During covid times I heard many interesting conspiracy predictions such as the value is money will fall to zero, the whole society will collapse, the vaccine will kill 99% of the population etc. None of those things have happened yet, but can you add some other predicitons to the list?
Actually, long before covid hit, there were all sorts of predictions floating around. You know, things like the 2008 recession will cause the whole economy to collapse and then we’ll go straight to Mad Max style post-apocalyptic nightmare or 9/11 was supposed to start WW3. I can’t even remember all the predictions I’ve heard over the years, but I’m sure you can help me out. Oh, just remembered that someone said that paper and metal money will disappear completely by year xyz. At the time that date was like only a few years away, but now it’s more like 10 years ago or something. Still waiting for that one to come true…
Jesus was supposed to return before all the disciples died. All current christians conveniently forget that part
Yeah in the new testament they speak about it like it’s gonna happen any day now. They’ve been saying “any day now” for 2000 years. They’re like Toronto Maple Leafs fans waiting to win the Cup.
Are you talking about Jesus telling the disciples about seeing the Kingdom of Heaven? Peter, James, & John see the Lord be transfigured when he goes up the mountain and meets with Moses and Elijah. So, no we understand well.
Read the Bible more. Matthew 17.
No, I’m talking about Matthew 24:34. Spoiler alert, that generation has been passed away for a while now. You read the bible more lol
And before you try to twist Jesus’s words, keep in mind that god is not the author of deception, so if he got caught lying that’s a big problem for Christianity.
Doesn’t this context imply “this generation” is roughly equivalent to “heaven and earth”, not literally the current generation of Homo sapiens?
to me what you describe seems like post-hoc rationalization. If earth has passed away who will be there to see the signs and know he’s near? To me it seems to imply that after he returns (within the human generation) h+e will pass away and that’s when the second earth (if i’m remembering revelations correctly) will be created, and even then his words (mainly his moral teachings) will still be good
some funny potential interpretations:
Hah, I like the way you think. Thanks for the input. I don’t remember Revelations well enough to speak on it.
You are correct in that, that it is a controversial set of passages with 3 general interpretations.
Thanks, you should join me in reading the Bible more.
At this point I only read the bible when i’m double checking my memory on verses believers didn’t know about and/or when they try to twist verses to not be as damning for the religion as they are