The Problem with Christians

[AJW333]

Obviously studying magic book doesn't tell us that we're in the end times.  People have been studying magic book since magic book was written and have been confidently declaring their own generation to be the last, that the end is nigh.  They've been wrong.  I don't blame them, as we've determined, magic book says many things.   Perhaps you should have all taken a breath, and waited for the return of your king, before declaring any specific time to be the end time?  

Why do you think people have been getting it wrong?  Is magic book wrong?  Is magic book unclear?  Have it's readers, including yourself, failed to properly leverage magic book?

Studying the "magic book" does indeed tell us we are in the last days. If you study the Greek, you'll find that one of the signs of the lasts days is "nation rising against nation" and "kingdom against kingdom." The only time the world has been at war in such a manner is WWI and WWII. So from that time on, the last days have been in operation. It's anyone's guess as to how long this period will last.

You can't have the return of Christ until there is a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem and a range of other factors. The fact that people have missed this and misinterpreted Scripture doesn't make the Scripture wrong.

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The antichrist system has been around for a long time and is growing. The fact that persecution of Christians has grown dramatically in recent years is testament to this. It is interesting that a handful of Jewish Christians would predict that not only would their religion be around in 2000 years but that it would attract such opposition.

You still haven't answered the question. I'll rephrase it. How do you tell the difference between a failed prediction and one that hasn't happened yet?

A failed prediction is one that doesn't happen by the time it was specified to happen.