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Do you Believe The Bible's END TIME PROPHECY?

Almost 3.8 billion people do. how'd i get that number? 2.1 billion christians (estimate) 1.5 billion muslims (estimate) 20 million jews (estimate). Well, if you are one of these religious people than most likely you believe in the WHOLE ENTIRE book and probably believe in the prophecies in those books as well.

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1. So what. About 3.6 billion people liked the movie Titanic. That didn't make it a good movie.

2. Yes, that is over 50% of people.

3. According to the Bible, the second coming was supposed to happen around 2000 years ago, but that never happened so it was a false prediction. Numerous passages in the Bible portray Jesus clearly stating that the Second Coming would occur within the lifetime of his disciples.

"Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled."

— Matthew 24:34

"This generation" refers to a span of 30-40 years, thus placing the date of the second coming before the deaths of the disciples. C.S. Lewis called this "the most embarrassing verse in the Bible" in The World’s Last Night and Other Essays.

Three more verses explicitly state that some of the people listening to Jesus as he preached would not die before he returned.

"Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom."

— Matthew 16:28

"And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power."

— Mark 9:1

"But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God."

— Luke 9:27

Jesus also told people that "the time is short and they should not get married, not mourn, not be happy, not buy things, and not live "in the world". This again indicates that Jesus himself believed his return to be extremely imminent.

"What I mean, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none; those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.""

— 1 Corinthians 7:29-31

"But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer."

— 1 Peter 4:7

The term "Second Coming" never appears in the New Testament. Furthermore, in none of the Epistles which were written prior to the Gospels is Jesus ever referred to as "coming again" or "coming back" or "returning." The only terms used are "coming" or "will come." If the Jesus of the Gospels is legendary fiction, then this is exactly what would be expected if early Christians were looking forward to the First Coming of Jesus, much as practitioners of Judaism are still looking forward to the First Coming of the Messiah, not the Second Coming.

Christian beliefs about the Second Coming

Obviously Jesus did not return within the lifetime of his disciples. Many Christians today still believe that the Second Coming is imminent, and talk about the impending rapture. As we can see elsewhere in the Bible, this is nothing new. Later in the story, the disciples begin complaining to Peter. As a result, Peter invents an ad hoc answer.

"Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.... But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day."

— 2 Peter 3:3-8

Thus an ad hoc case is made that when Jesus said that his return was "imminent" and "at hand" he really meant "thousands of years from now".

4. Jewish people don't follow the new testament, and therefore do not read Revelations.

5. to Butterfly Christie: Your mistaken because Jesus said that the generation would witness the destruction of Jerusalem, which was a type of events connected with Christ
s return. You need to see what the bible is really saying and because you dont understand part of it you should not dismiss the whole thing.

muslims dont read the bible. They do believe in Jesus but think He was just a prophet. Jews are still waiting for the Messiah to come. Jesus has come to the earth and fulfilled the Law of God. His sacrifice has paid our sins. Now we must repent of our sins and trust in Jesus Christ alone for salvation.

6. @ graffix:
Actually, Butterfly Christie is correct. You need to take your own advice, it seems.

Jesus said "this generation will not pass away until these things have come to pass," referring to all of the doom and gloom signs of his obviously imminent return. The destruction of the temple was obviously not written about until after it happened.

7. I do not believe the end time prophecy. It's ridiculous as are all prophecies.

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