Who thinks GOD should just make an appereance and settle...?

Question

all of the religious dillema's human kind face today? I can't help but think that HE is sitting up there and enjoying all the shenanigans with Bush and Iraq and what not...

Answer 1

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Answer 2

John MacArthur said something very provocative: ''since belief is a moral, rather than an intellectual issue, no amount of evidences can ever turn unbelief into faith.'' this statement has some astonishing implications:

1. it is not knowledge that saves a person.

2. suppose there arises a movement that spreads around the world, some new science has proved the bible true, and proved beyond any criticism that the God of which the bible speaks exists. all other religions everywhere admit they just didn't see the whole picture, but now they do, and everyone with the mental capacity to grasp such knowledge, does so. they are still not saved. you can't look for proof and then be saved by knowledge. the proof is out there, it's abundant, and it exists to show how foolish it is not to believe, but not to make actual believers out of anyone. for someone to believe, a deliberate change in their heart must take place, not a change in their knowledge.

if God could be proven without a shadow of a doubt, there would be ppl believing b/c they have to, not because of a willful submission to God.

it's almost like He's showing us mercy at this point, knowing that there are many who will not believe, He does not give out much evidence where everybody can't help but see it. for where much is given, much will be demanded.

to quote the Newsboys: ''hold on, let the truth be known, the truth is more than to each his own. if the Truth be known, there'll be more to answer for. everybody gets a shot, it'll cost you everything you've got. if the truth be known, do you really wanna know?''

Answer 3

It is written in the bible that God will come back again. Revelation,Matthew and some other chapters in the bible confirm that. It is also written in the bible that "you should not test the Lord" Matt 4:7. God works in ways human beings cannot understand but He still loves us the same. If you were God and solved every problem there was in this world, what power is there? Would your people grow? or would they just become more and more reliant on you? In the end, don't you become a servant more than a God? A balance needs to be struck and God intervenes only when He thinks it is best. He has also assured us that we will not be "tempted beyond what we are able" 1 Corinthians 10:13. With this premise doesn't it already say the solution to all your problems? Bush could have resisted the temptation to exert power but like the common man we choose to yield to sin. It's just the Garden of Eden all over again...Don't you think? Email me if u have any further questions. [e-mail]

Answer 4

He has made appearances over and over from the beginning of time. Remember the Garden of Eden? That didn't ultimately keep man from adulterating his will. Remember the burning bush? The Israelites would follow Him for a while and then turn away. Remember the parting of the Red Sea? Remember Jesus walking for some 33 or so years showing miracles and teaching all men His will to follow?

The nature of man is the reason there is so much disagreement within religion not the nature of God. If God came back today and said "OK everybody listen one more time. This is the last time I'm gonna say this", it would not take much time at all for disagreements to surface. Again, not because God did a poor job with communication but becasue men always seem to want to "do it the way I think it should be done".

Answer 5

He already did...about 2000 years ago. There were tons of "religious dillemas" back then. (These religious conflicts aren't a new thing) Some didn't believe Jesus was who he said he was and 2000 years later there are even more sceptics! It would only be a matter of time before people forgot or decided that His appearance was an optical illusion or something.

Answer 6

What makes you think that "the shenanigans with Bush and Iraq" are of a religious nature?

God put the ability within us to solve our problems. Whether we actually do solve them is up to us.

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Answer 7

The Messenger of God for our time had appeared nearly 2 centuries ago with a Plan to build the Kingdom of God on earth.
This is carried out gradually as Christ did 2000 years ago from Israel.

Answer 8

Since everything is part of the great plan, and all things come about for the fulfilment of god's will then the way things are is exactly as was intended.

Its just that it seems like an unruly mess to all rational, sane, right-thinking people.

Answer 9

Jesus is coming back, the Son of Man is coming on a cloud in the Eastern sky.

He is coming just like the Great Flood in Noah's time, when people laughed in Noah's face and when the rains came, nobody laughed, for it was too late for them.


No man, no angels, and JESUS Himself doesn't even know when He is coming back, only God the Father know the date, for He will tell Jesus to go.

Answer 10

he has appeared (well his face) on a tomato, a peice of toast and also a knot in a plank of wood.
Seriously god could not show himself as that would negate free will, as we would have to accnoledge his existence and believe in him and the whole religion is based on faith not fact.
A fanciful get out clause if ever i heard 1!

Answer 11

How can you even begin to question God's timing. He will come back in His own good time and at that time every knee will bow. But if you don't know Him, trust me, you don't want Him to come back for by than it will be too late for you to turn to Him, so the fact that He seems to be procrastinating continues to demonstrate his amazing mercy.