Originally posted by vistesdI think you read the Bible too much like Lord of the Rings, only fer real! 😉
As a post-dimensional, non-millenarian Zennist, I think you read the Bible too much like Lord of the Rings, only fer real! 😉
But I love ya anyway, ‘cause in the end, you’re always a gentleman (okay, a bit of a scholar, too...). And perhaps more non-judgmental than I am (okay—probably...).
I am a desperate man in search of answers. Those I have found within the doctrine have offered succor not found anywhere else. So either my investigative abilities are so slipshod as to allow me to miss the obvious, or my self-delusion is so sublime as to offer the appearance of seamlessness... either way, I am as close to the truth as my mind will currently allow.
But I love ya anyway...
And I salute you, as well.
Originally posted by rwingettThat is the meaning of the word 'imminent.' However, upon departure, He didn't give a generic 'you better be ready, cuz I might just pop back in any time' kind of a deadline. This thing we call human history is a timed event, possessing a beginning and an end.
They've been saying Christ's return is imminent since right after he died. That seems to be a rather permanent state of imminence. I suppose in another 2,000 years his return will be just as imminent.
If the plan for the Second Advent isn't for another million years, that simply means it (that span of time) is required for everything to be complete. I'm in no rush for this to be over, if it means that more people become sons of God.