Crazy Christian Theology

[BruceLeiter]

Christians love to focus on a return of Jesus based on the words of Paul, but I cannot find anything supporting this from the words of Jesus or prophecy. In fact, Jesus stated that he will return, but this is in regards to the final judgement, not some seven year tribulation period and 1,000 year kingdom.

31 “But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. 32 Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. (Matthew 25:31-33)

We have the rules/Law to live by and we also know that our sin is forgiven through a life dedicated to our belief in Jesus. What more should we focus on, then living our lives for Jesus? Note that this reference to sheep and goats connects to the Ram and goat of Daniel chapter eight.

You're right that we shouldn't "focus" on Jesus' second coming, but it's the basis for our hope.

Jesus did talk about his raising believers from the grave "on the last day":

Jhn_6:39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.
Jhn_6:40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”
Jhn_6:44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.
Jhn_6:54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.

 

[JustTheFacts]

You're right that we shouldn't "focus" on Jesus' second coming, but it's the basis for our hope.

Jesus did talk about his raising believers from the grave "on the last day":

Jhn_6:39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.
Jhn_6:40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”
Jhn_6:44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.
Jhn_6:54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.

I fully believe that we will be raised from the dead. However, reading the words of Jesus closely, those who believe won't be judged. In addition, the seventh seal describes heaven time as compared to earth time and Jesus stated that his hour has not yet come so he couldn't be harmed. One hour of heaven time is equal to the time of the New Covenant and from Daniel and Revelation I believe this is 2300 years. That means that we will pretty much be with Jesus instantaneously when we die.

 

[BruceLeiter]

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When it comes to the Christian faith, the people of the world are faced with a very puzzling scenario—you are to believe an assembly of Crazy Christian Theology to believe in Jesus. Please let me explain. Jesus is said to have come into the world as the Messiah and Son of God who resurrected himself from the dead to remove a permanent death sentence from those who believe in Him. Believe in Jesus and you will live forever to be with God in an eternal paradise. Reject Jesus and you are condemned to the weeping and gnashing of teeth for eternity.

The word of God through Deuteronomy 17:6 and 19:15 tells us that to believe this story we need the testimony of two or three eyewitnesses. This isn’t me providing this requirement—it is from the word of God in the Bible that Christians follow. But consider what you have been told through the Christian assembly of theology. The people of the world have the option of either believing or rejecting the story of Jesus told through Gospel authors that are a puzzling assembly of people. Only Matthew and John are said to be disciples and eyewitness of Jesus. However, there is no evidence in the Bible that Matthew saw anything Jesus did or said. Remove Matthew’s name from a list of the twelve disciples presented once each in four different books in the Bible and one reference in the Gospel of Matthew to the tax collector Levi as Matthew, and you have nothing to prove that Matthew was even a disciple. To top it off, John provided the most in-depth documentation of the recruitment of Jesus’ twelve disciples and John never once mentioned Matthew. The world does not have two or three eyewitness testimonies of Jesus, so the people of the world are either faced with believing the Gospel of John or they don’t.

Now ask yourself the following question: Do we have a God who was able to send his Son to the world to perform miracles and satisfy a prophesied sacrifice for our sin, but unable to provide two or three eyewitness testimonies to prove it all? That’s a ridiculous question because if God resurrected Jesus, he certainly ensured that we have eyewitness testimonies to prove it.

The good news is that we have the eyewitness testimony of Jesus—it’s presented in the Bible. The bad news is that it’s been hidden from you by false teachers who stole the Church from the disciples and the true followers of Jesus. My in-depth review reveals the evidence that God provided to the world to prove that Jesus is the Son of God, and that Jesus’ resurrection is the truth. In summary, you would be wise to believe.

We have two eyewitnesses of Jesus' ministry, death, and resurrection, Matthew and John. We also have two others who got their information from eyewitnesses, Mark and Luke. Case closed.