Posts Tagged ‘Judaism’

Dispensationalism – Was The Church an Accident for Christ’s Failure to Establish the Kingdom?


Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem

Image by Carmelo Aquilina via Flickr

Dispensationalism: Was the church an accident
for Christ’s failure to establish the kingdom?

The theology that teaches that Christ postponed
the kingdom and yet await its establishment at the
millennium is what’s known as Dispensationalism.

It is a rather recent teaching (past 200 years) in the
area of eschatology (study of last things) which
includes the second coming and its related events.

We believe that Dispensationalism errs by charging God with failure to keep his promise regarding the imminent (from a first century perspective)

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Flaws in Rebuilding The Temple Theory?


Photo by :en:User:Gilabrand.

The Temple Mount

Are there flaws in the temple rebuilding
theory?

All kids believe in some sort of fairy tale,
whether Santa Claus, Snow White and
the Seven Dwarfs, or in Aladdin and his
magical lamp.

When kids mature into adults, they
generally grow out of fairy tales. Why?
because such fairy tales are easy to
distinguish from reality.

In the world of eschatology, fairy tales
are not so clear especially when men
of prominence, money and power espouse
them before world wide audiences.

Nevertheless, it is not difficult to spot

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Alive Till Son of Man Comes?


Constantine's Conversion, depicting the conver...

Would the Apostles remain alive till
the Son of Man comes?
That’s a
simple question. The answer is not
so simple.

One would think that the apostles, long
since deceased, are certainly not roaming
through the streets of Israel.

However, according to the New Testament,
that’s exactly where they should be?

The following statement was published in

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Did Jesus See A World Without Marriage?


A Ketubah in Aramaic, a Jewish marriage-contra...

Jesus spoke with religious rulers of his
day about the end of a tradition in
marriage. Did Jesus see a world without
marriage?

Lately, there’s been a lot of talk about
whether the rights of marriage should
be extended to the gay community.

After giving some thought about living in
a world without traditional marriages, the
following thoughts occurred to me.

If there were no marriages, eventually,
population numbers would siginificantly
decrease. This would temporarily
lower the unemployment rate.

However, with smaller populations, the
world’s productivity will also cease, so
we won’t be as efficient and productive.

Next, real estate values would significantly
decrease because there would be fewer
people to purchase homes or rent apartments,
leaving millions of empty, unoccupied properties.

This would then have a catastrophic impact
on the economy and eventually raise the
unemployment rates.

So why did Jesus see a world without
marriage?
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What Temple Will You Build Me in Jerusalem?


A model of Herod's Temple adjacent to the Shri...

Image via Wikipedia

With mounting conflict over the Jerusalem temple,
the Israeli and Arab world are at odds over the
possession and destiny of the “sacred” mount as
it is called.

Israel remains divided. Some desire the temple to
be rebuilt. Others choose to abandon it entirely
to the Arabs.

The secular Israeli government opposes religious
control fearing it would render it obsolete thus
dismantling the secular government.

To answer the question, What temple will you build me
in Jerusalem?
, consider the:

  • Origin
  • Purpose
  • Nature and
  • Destiny
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