OK, and why do so many Christians deny this statement? The tribulation will happen during your lifetime. It's like they think they're immune to it. It might not happen during your lifetime, but let me bring up a point!
The Mayans weren't Christian, but they were the first and the last that've predicted the tribulation to be on December 24th, 2012, which means they were the first to say the tribulation would be a date outside of their lifetime. Isn't it ironic? They had a better system of telling time than our computers today according to studies.
So, answer the question(s) you want to.
2006-12-19 10:38:30 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In ancient Jewish tradition Satan is simply an angel doing the work that God assigned to Satan to do.
The word Satan means challenger. With the idea of Satan challenging us, or tempting if you will. This description sees Satan as the angel who is the embodiment of man's challenges. This idea of Satan works closely with God as an integral part of Gods plan for us. His job is to make choosing good over evil enough of a challenge so that it becomes clear to us that there can be only one meaningful or logical choice.
Contrast this to Christianity, which sees Satan as God's opponent. In Jewish thought, the idea that there exists anything capable of setting itself up as God's opponent would be considered polytheistic or setting up the devil to be an equally powerful polarity to god or a demigod.
Oddly, proof for The Christian satan/devil mythology is supposedly found in the ancient Jewish texts that were borrowed to create the bible. One can’t help but wonder how Christians came up with such a fantastically different interpretation of Gods assistant Satan in their theology.
Other hints about Satan’s role in human relations can be seen if you look at the name Lucifer. It’s meaning in the original tongue translates as Light bearer or light bringer. Essentially the bringer of enlightenment. The temptations of the Satan idea bring all of us eventually into Gods light. Hardly the Evil entity of Christian mythology.
Love and blessings
don
2006-12-23 02:35:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-30 16:18:34 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You contradict yourself. The word ghost means a spirit, howbeit generally a disembodied spirit. The tribulation is a period of time, it is not to be connected with a single day.
2006-12-19 10:47:15 · answer #3 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ghosts don't really exist. Demons don't really exist. Satan doesn't really exist. The Holy Spirit doesn't really exist.
2006-12-19 10:41:00 · answer #4 · answered by nondescript 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋