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Bretton Garcia

(970 posts)

7. 2,000 years since it was promised "soon" ...

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 12:20 AM

Sep 2018

..."quickly," "at hand," within a "generation," and "near" in time (RSV), and the second coming has still not occurred.

So unfortunately, we can't realistically hope that Christians will be raptured away anytime soon. Though it's nice to think about.

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Come Soon, Jesus, and Take Them All Away in the Rapture! [View all] MineralMan Sep 2018 OP

I'll second that. Harker Sep 2018 #1

Also, they should be kind to us. Pope George Ringo II Sep 2018 #2

Too late for that. There is no kindness in any of them. MineralMan Sep 2018 #3

Not again?!... NeoGreen Sep 2018 #4

"Nobody's seen any sign you for a couple of thousand years..." The Genealogist Sep 2018 #5

The fact that Revelation cultists exist is bad enough Major Nikon Sep 2018 #6

2,000 years since it was promised "soon" ... Bretton Garcia Sep 2018 #7

Everyone should have on of these... NeoGreen Sep 2018 #8