tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024018.post6340381836528363851..comments2024-03-27T21:04:07.353-04:00Comments on As I See It Now: Pondering, Not PanickingDebrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08894174653208070320noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024018.post-45483697004643904902012-12-09T20:49:09.765-05:002012-12-09T20:49:09.765-05:00Well, maybe, if one likes labels - which I don'...Well, maybe, if one likes labels - which I don't. If I remember correctly, I started with a book called "Plow Shares and Pruning Hooks" by Brent Sandy. Mostly what surprised me was that this isn't 'way out there' stuff thought up by people who keep changing their prophecies each time the last one doesn't pan out. It helped provide a framework for prophecies and Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17065893613028995685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024018.post-50961053483630733712012-12-09T15:42:55.634-05:002012-12-09T15:42:55.634-05:00Judy--aha! You got me to doing some research today...Judy--aha! You got me to doing some research today and well, I discovered you are a preterist. And well, I am really, really not a preterist. But oh well! You and I can't be 100 percent alike--that would be boring! :) Thanks for commenting. Blessings, DebraDebrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08894174653208070320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024018.post-34821416604561882822012-12-09T12:27:06.007-05:002012-12-09T12:27:06.007-05:00Yes! You DID miss it! And so did I, for years an...Yes! You DID miss it! And so did I, for years and years. <br />Please note that I did not say that EVERYTHING has taken place, but the believers at the time John wrote the book of Revelation knew EXACTLY what he was telling them, it wasn't some far off prophecy, but one that played out right before their eyes. <br />And then there is the book of Daniel...<br />Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17065893613028995685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024018.post-45806027083308553372012-12-09T07:01:01.029-05:002012-12-09T07:01:01.029-05:00Julie--Yeah, actually Tom was thinking more like C...Julie--Yeah, actually Tom was thinking more like Caribbean islands for the cozy and exotic thing. :)<br /><br />I was thinking Canada more for convenience in travel and he agreed because, as I said, it wouldn't take much for him to move *anywhere.* :) Blessings, DebraDebrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08894174653208070320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024018.post-58436754413576234662012-12-09T03:01:24.259-05:002012-12-09T03:01:24.259-05:00Cozy & exotic? Would that really be Canada?! ;...Cozy & exotic? Would that really be Canada?! ;) I love Canada, though.<br />Julie no longer in Texasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024018.post-60984069185283338952012-12-08T16:46:20.846-05:002012-12-08T16:46:20.846-05:00Elizabeth--oh, I know... Starting a whole new beli...<br /><br />Elizabeth--oh, I know... Starting a whole new belief because of a feverish girl's vision. Wild, huh? :)<br /><br />Sarah--so glad you are not worried, worried. :) Yes, the Bible is the best book for instruction of last days living. Truly.<br /><br />Terri--sounds like we're definitely on the same page! :)<br /><br />Judy--oh dear.. 'most' of Revelation has already Debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08894174653208070320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024018.post-20776542504586956852012-12-08T16:09:19.823-05:002012-12-08T16:09:19.823-05:00If you've ever read anything about the fall of...If you've ever read anything about the fall of Jerusalem it would appear that at least most of the book of Revelation was fulfilled then.<br />It's a very interesting thing to ponder, from all sides.<br />I like resting in the simple joy that God knows what He is doing, even when I don't.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17065893613028995685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024018.post-89076293950532599452012-12-08T16:00:15.982-05:002012-12-08T16:00:15.982-05:00Huh...Finally someone who thinks as I do about thi...Huh...Finally someone who thinks as I do about things. I certainly felt strongly that we might be Babylon when reading Revelation last month (or was it October) and from a different standpoint about rapture, I dreamed many years ago that my husband and I had purpose in the end days, those tribulation days to try and lead others to Christ. That rather knocked any lingering beliefs in a Rapture terricheneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06865436021565986224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024018.post-37863059618208066662012-12-08T00:10:24.233-05:002012-12-08T00:10:24.233-05:00Debra, I am not worried, worried, but it does stay... Debra, I am not worried, worried, but it does stay in the back of your mind when you read about it again. :) I was at Sam's club later today and they had the book How to Survive the End Of the World by Bob Hosteter. I only had very short time to look it over before I had to put it down and get out of the store. Seemed to be a Christian view of such thoughts and what the Bible has to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024018.post-37143277061880492472012-12-07T21:56:48.492-05:002012-12-07T21:56:48.492-05:00You are right on the rapture theory...sorta strang...You are right on the rapture theory...sorta strange really that they took a young girl's dream and ran with that...but yea, we used to be on that band wagon too...but when you start to study more indepth, kind of hard to hang onto that one!! We have concerns too, but it boils down to simply finding, day by day, and doing whatever GOD leads us to do...HE knows ALL our days and we can trust Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024018.post-68130324439394464222012-12-07T17:22:02.231-05:002012-12-07T17:22:02.231-05:00Oh Sarah! I don't want to make anyone worry. S...Oh Sarah! I don't want to make anyone worry. Since before Time, itself,God has had the end of the world planned and it's all under His control. He's not worried, so we shouldn't be, either. For me, I'm taking 'time off' now to let God restore me to a peaceful place so that--if America is Babylon--I'll be ok with it inside my head, not worried, but still a light to Debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08894174653208070320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024018.post-56468020941340672972012-12-07T16:48:27.344-05:002012-12-07T16:48:27.344-05:00I heard years ago that America as they saw it is ...I heard years ago that America as they saw it is not even mentioned in the end times. The minister that was saying this the first time I heard it said that would mean that we were no longer a world power at all. Or we were annihilated. I know we need to study and know our Bible but sometimes it can scare the wits out of you. ... Yes I can see that we could surely be the Babylon. :( That Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024018.post-30082682726429726232012-12-07T11:09:32.799-05:002012-12-07T11:09:32.799-05:00Here are those verses about the martyrs at the alt...Here are those verses about the martyrs at the altar:<br /><br />9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. 10 They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” 11 Then each of them was Debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08894174653208070320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024018.post-84631688117598487422012-12-07T11:05:40.660-05:002012-12-07T11:05:40.660-05:00Lori--yes! God will never leave us or forsake us. ...Lori--yes! God will never leave us or forsake us. And I believe He will stand boldly within those Christians mentioned in Revelation who will be killed for their faith, the ones who stand at the altar asking when God will avenge their martyred deaths. And all the millions of martyrs already who have died, well, to me, they prove Christians *are* tortured and killed for their faith--it happens-Debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08894174653208070320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024018.post-12576843849620403252012-12-07T10:46:56.533-05:002012-12-07T10:46:56.533-05:00I think Babylon will be in the Middle East...just ...I think Babylon will be in the Middle East...just my opinion and I am pre-rapture. God never pours His wrath on His children, ie, Sodom and Gomorrah {He would have spared if only 10 righteous people in it}, the great flood {He saved Noah and his family who walked with God.} Yes, we will suffer harm from other people but I don't think we will suffer the wrath to come...I sure hope I'm Always Learninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15764938913852283082noreply@blogger.com