2006-12-20 14:21:13 · 19 answers · asked by Kyle B 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Christians have been waiting for Christ's return for almost 2000 years. If you waited that long for a bus, your great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great- great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great- great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great- great-grandchildren would be late for work.
Ever consider that you're on your own?
2006-12-20 14:27:18 · answer #1 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are 3 judgements.
The first was done at the cross. God took the world to trial, the verdict was guilty. The punishment was death and Christ stood in our place. There is now now condemnation for those in Christ because Christ died in our stead.
There will be 2 future judgments for the believers and unbelievers alike alive in this time.
The first will be the Bema Seat judgement. This is like the olympian who won the marathon recieving his reward. The bema seat is a rewards judgement for the good works done in Christs place. It is not a salvation issue but a rewards issue. They are already saved.
The second is for unbelievers. The Great White Throne judgement. It is the act of convicting and punishing the unbelievers of the world because they are still in their sins and not in Christ. They have never claimed that forgiveness and are still in their sins and will be convicted and condemned at the great white throne judgement.
For believers, all is forgiven...for unbeleivers, their sins remain upon them.
2006-12-20 22:27:55 · answer #2 · answered by sheepinarowboat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." from Matthew 24:36.
And if you read Matthew 24-25, you will see that no everyone will be forgiven. But everyone will have had a chance to see where their heart lies. How do you identify with the parables that Jesus shares in these two chapters?
2006-12-20 22:27:43 · answer #3 · answered by im3ngs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In his word"The Bible it says that No Mn will know the hour or time he is comming back.But look around you and you can see all the things that bible speaks about wars,rumors of wars,family against family,greed for money,etc.God knows when to come.I use to ask"Why don't God just destroy this world?But when I made that statement I wasn't even fully serving him.So where do you think I would have ended up.He knows there are more he wants to come to him.When that number is up.WE ALL are going to be kneeling..Beleive it or not people can debate all they want about there is no God etc.But Lo and behold the time is going to come that they will wish they toungue would have fell out of there mouth.
2006-12-20 22:29:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately everyone will not be forgiven because everyone does not feel the need to be forgiven and consequently do not want to be forgiven.
God loves everyone and will forgive anyone but will not save a single one against his or her will or without his or her cooperation.
It won't be long. Christ gave us signs in Matthew 24 and other verses by which we may know. Then He finished with this...
Matthew 24:33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, [even] at the doors. If someone is at your doors, you don't have to figure out what day and hour they will be coming to your house. IT WILL BE SOON.
More specifically, Revelation 13 helps us to know too. It is a prophecy about America.
Revelation 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
This beast coming up out of the earth with 2 horns like a lamb represents the United States with the 2 fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty which distinguished it from all others nations at its beginning. The character of the nation will change dramatically as indicated by the words "spake as a dragon".
The dragon in Bible prophecy represents Satan or the devil.
Revelation 12:9 And the great DRAGON was cast out, that old serpent, called THE DEVIL, and SATAN, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Here is how the Bible explains this.
A beast in Bible prophecy represents a kingdom
Daniel 7:23 Thus he said, The FOURTH BEAST shall be the FOURTH KINGDOM upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
The word kingdom and nation are used interchangeably in the Bible to mean the same thing.
Ezekiel 37:22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two NATIONS, neither shall they be divided into two KINGDOMS any more at all:
John beheld another nation coming up out of the earth.
Coming up out of the earth means growing in this Bible prophecy...
Job 8:19 Behold, this [is] the joy of his way, and OUT OF THE EARTH SHALLOTHERS GROW
This growing nation had 2 horns like a lamb.
Horns represent power in Bible prophecy.
Habakkuk 3:4 And [his] brightness was as the light; he had HORNS [coming] out of his hand: and there [was] the hiding of his POWER
This growing nation had 2 powers like a lamb.
All lambs in the Bible are symbolic or point to the true, spiritual LAMB, Jesus Christ.
John 1:29 The next day John seeth JESUS coming unto him, and saith, Behold the LAMB OF GOD, which taketh away the sin of the world.
The growing nation had 2 powers like Jesus Christ.
What were the 2 principles of power in the life of Jesus Christ ?
Love to God and love to man
Matthew 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt LOVE THE LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Matthew 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.
Matthew 22:39 And the second [is] like unto it, Thou shalt LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR as thyself.
In brief Jesus was describing civil and religious principles of life.
The growing nation had 2 strong principles of power like Jesus Christ. Civil and religious principles with the freedom to practice these.
What about spake as a dragon ?
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2006-12-20 22:57:43 · answer #5 · answered by ccttct l 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No man knows the time, I can guess soon as in our lifetime.No
why would there be a judgment if all would be forgiven.
2006-12-20 22:24:18 · answer #6 · answered by gwhiz1052 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
For some it could be tonight, you never know when your number will be up.
Only those that make Jesus Christ their Lord and Savior will be saved.
2006-12-20 22:27:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fnord
2006-12-20 23:18:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dec. 13, 2012
2006-12-20 22:23:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
42
The answer to all
42 days and 42 will be forgiven
2006-12-20 22:23:36 · answer #10 · answered by A 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋