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#343747 - 2010-03-12 21:25:25 Re: Earthquakes and 'end times' [Re: CoAspen]
SivartM nods emphatically Registered: 2008-12-20 Posts: 3201 Loc: Here, there, everywhere	The lesson is that conservative numbers are bigger! Wait, shouldn't that be... smaller? And liberal numbers bigger? :\ runs away to a deserted island _________________________ "Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much." - Oscar Wilde “Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets." - Jesus
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#343767 - 2010-03-12 21:46:50 Re: Earthquakes and 'end times' [Re: SivartM]
abelisle Seeker Registered: 2002-08-13 Posts: 1509 Loc: Bronx, NY, USA	But the increase in numbers in the last decade or so may not really be that big an increase due to more awareness of geological phenomena and increase dispersion of human populations into previously remote areas. Alex _________________________ We are our worst enemy - sad but true. http://abelisle.blogspot.com
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#343773 - 2010-03-12 21:50:51 Re: Earthquakes and 'end times' [Re: SivartM]
GreatLakesGramma Registered: 2001-02-21 Posts: 3630 Loc: Michigan, USA	I agree with Neil. Natural disasters are getting closer together and causing more devastation, but that's simply evidence that the world is wearing out. It doesn't tell us at all WHEN the second coming is going to be. We know that it is near, but HOW near is not necessary for us to know. We should just tend to being about our Father's business. _________________________ Catherine God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26. "To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you." -- C. S. Lewis
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#343775 - 2010-03-12 21:53:25 Re: Earthquakes and 'end times' [Re: GreatLakesGramma]
pkrause Registered: 2000-03-24 Posts: 27331 Loc: Deltona,FL,USA	Originally Posted By: GreatLakesGramma I agree with Neil. Natural disasters are getting closer together and causing more devastation, but that's simply evidence that the world is wearing out. It doesn't tell us at all WHEN the second coming is going to be. We know that it is near, but HOW near is not necessary for us to know. We should just tend to being about our Father's business. _________________________ phk "And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." John F Kennedy "Government is the enemy, until you need a friend". Bill Cohen Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism. Earl Warren
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#343791 - 2010-03-12 22:14:04 Re: Earthquakes and 'end times' [Re: karl]
cardw Registered: 2002-02-22 Posts: 3575 Loc: CA	Originally Posted By: karl But, I see that you and Lineman are going for the "no urgency" interpretation of Matthew 24. That would be the attitude of the people in Noe's day, don't you think? I don't get it. How is worrying about this future going to change it one little bit? _________________________ Rich http://tiny.cc/CM2j8
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#343792 - 2010-03-12 22:19:11 Re: Earthquakes and 'end times' [Re: cardw]
Woody Swiss n Swedish American Registered: 2006-12-09 Posts: 27077 Loc: A citizen of Heaven	Originally Posted By: cardw Originally Posted By: karl But, I see that you and Lineman are going for the "no urgency" interpretation of Matthew 24. That would be the attitude of the people in Noe's day, don't you think? I don't get it. How is worrying about this future going to change it one little bit? It's not about change. It's about exerting the fear of God on them so that they will come to God due to that fear. Hell fire and brimstone. _________________________ May we be one so that the world may be won. Christian from the cradle to the grave I believe in Hematology.
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#343795 - 2010-03-12 22:23:32 Re: Earthquakes and 'end times' [Re: cardw]
karl Registered: 2009-04-18 Posts: 2752	Originally Posted By: cardw Originally Posted By: karl But, I see that you and Lineman are going for the "no urgency" interpretation of Matthew 24. That would be the attitude of the people in Noe's day, don't you think? I don't get it. How is worrying about this future going to change it one little bit? The idea is not to get into a complacent state of mind about the future. Worrying about it won't change IT, but preparing for IT will change US. I have quoted the warning Scripture and the complacent attitude the Scripture warns us against (Behold all things continue....) It is up to each of us to decide how we will take the warning and how we will avoid the complacency. I'm hearing a lot of "Who cares?" here. I hope I''m wrong.
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#343802 - 2010-03-12 22:36:09 Re: Earthquakes and 'end times' [Re: karl]
Woody Swiss n Swedish American Registered: 2006-12-09 Posts: 27077 Loc: A citizen of Heaven	Yes Karl. I think you are wrong ... as you hoped. The complacency belongs in the camp who think the end time events are significant. We have zero time. If we should die ... that would close the chapter. But those that dwell on the end time events ... will lead us to believe that we have till the end of the world. That is what leads to complacency. _________________________ May we be one so that the world may be won. Christian from the cradle to the grave I believe in Hematology.
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#343806 - 2010-03-12 22:40:10 Re: Earthquakes and 'end times' [Re: Woody]
karl Registered: 2009-04-18 Posts: 2752	Originally Posted By: Woody Yes Karl. I think you are wrong ... as you hoped. The complacency belongs in the camp who think the end time events are significant. We have zero time. If we should die ... that would close the chapter. But those that dwell on the end time events ... will lead us to believe that we have till the end of the world. That is what leads to complacency. I agree that thinking there will be a more convenient time to seek the Lord can be fatal. No matter how badly I have stated the urgency of the situation, my concern is that we put off no longer opening the door fully to Christ.
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#343807 - 2010-03-12 22:42:14 Re: Earthquakes and 'end times' [Re: karl]
Woody Swiss n Swedish American Registered: 2006-12-09 Posts: 27077 Loc: A citizen of Heaven	Originally Posted By: karl Originally Posted By: Woody Yes Karl. I think you are wrong ... as you hoped. The complacency belongs in the camp who think the end time events are significant. We have zero time. If we should die ... that would close the chapter. But those that dwell on the end time events ... will lead us to believe that we have till the end of the world. That is what leads to complacency. I agree that thinking there will be a more convenient time to seek the Lord can be fatal. No matter how badly I have stated the urgency of the situation, my concern is that we put off no longer opening the door fully to Christ. _________________________ May we be one so that the world may be won. Christian from the cradle to the grave I believe in Hematology.
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