Saturday, August 23, 2008 ;
12:35 AM
Just been to another of that preacher's session. This time, he was talking about the second coming. He talked mostly of the Chapter of Daniel, and it got interesting once I found the number, 2300 years. Now who was it that kept saying it would be 2000 years. Hmm.. must be the Y2K people.
Based on another fulfilled prophecy of Jesus' baptism, the Judgment Day would be the year of 1844. And that's where time ran out. So... what happened in the year 1844?
I looked at Wikipedia, and found out that lots of Christians understood that the second coming would be then, only to be severely disappointed cos it did not happen. The funny thing is that, the pastor who preached that kept pushing the date forward. That sounds desperate lol!
Then YMCA was formed in that year! Did not know that it's actually a Christian association oO
That year was also when telegram was first tested and used. The first sentence was, "What hath God wraught!" We should bring that guy to this age, then he might say "What the Devil!" when he sees the internet = ='
So I thought I might as well google about the second coming. Then lo and behold, lots of dates popped up! Some said year 2034. Do not know why. Some said 2012 cos that is when the Mayan calender ends. Then a duo said it would be at 2014/15 cos in that year, four lunar eclipses happens on the Jew's holy days. It could only happen once in a few hundred years, and using some verses from Isa and some historical evidence (previous such occurence happened when Isreal and its capital was founded), they declared it should be then.
But what I found most interesting is the Age of Aquarius, which we are entering into now. It would being about spiritual awakening and lots of other advancements and new morals and freedom. An astrologist believes, on his calculations, that it started in the year 1844, although no one knows for certain except to guess from visible signs.
Then another person, psychic I think, said that it would be on the year 2075. Don;t know why it would be that year. Anyway, drawing on those verses where man would not know when it arrives, no matter how they seek or open their eyes, because it happens in the inner. That Jesus would not come as how we would recognize him, like how the people back then did not recognize that Jesus was the Messiah, and he would change the way people grow spiritually. You can read the whole thing if you google "Seth Speaks" by Jane Roberts, and I tend to agree with it mostly.
But anyway, the session which I attended today seemed to be filled up with more zealots than before. It always feels scary when there are people who are so fervent about things. All that matters to them is that they recognize that Jesus was their lamb, is their priest and will be their king. I bet that subconsciously is that they want to be rid of their sins and without a doubt eternal life. How else can I explain that they actually have a session of how to postpone your death by 7 years?
I can't stand people who want to get rid of their sins but they still continue to create sins. Do they even know what of the sins they have, other than they know that they have sinned?Do they do as was taught by their saviour? When I look at what is going on around me, I think they are more inclined to do it only in their own terms. The worse ones are those who claim to be a Christian but do nothing, only just for the benefits, if they are given at all.
I say, if you want something, work for it.
light my way ♥
