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Nearly 2000 years ago, despite fulfillment of prophesies showing that the Messiah had come and was present on Earth, most Israelites didn't believe it. This was because they expected to be taken in a Rapture and for Armageddon to take place. They didn't believe that there would be a space of time between events.
Nearly every Christian religion believes that the signs of the second "coming" of the Messiah and the last days began in the early 1900s. The problem with this is the Greek word that's translated as "coming" actually means presence/present, so if the signs are fulfilled, than Christ came nearly 100 years ago. They reject this for the same reason of the Jews, because they expected all Christians to be taken up in a Rapture, followed by Armageddon. In Bible versions, the word meaning presence/present is properly translated except where it refers to Christ.
2006-10-06
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