RE: Is Yahweh true? Watch Israel.
March 22, 2013 at 8:58 am
(This post was last modified: March 22, 2013 at 9:06 am by jap23.)
(March 22, 2013 at 8:45 am)Persuade Me Wrote:Quote:The return of Christ can only be a good thing
How about for the people incapable of believing that he's real?
Can't say I didn't see that one coming.
If you're still alive by then, you'll have an extended lifetime, even as a mortal. You'll have plenty of time to accept Christ's obvious presence. The bible has a lot to say about mortals being in the kingdom, and one of the passages says that those who die at 100 will be considered an infant (i.e. you'll live a long time!!).
This concept of 'God's coming back to send you all to hell' is something that lacks good biblical reasoning. If you refuse to obey God- the worst thing that'll happen to you as that you'll die. After that, nothing- the concept of 'hell' being a place of eternal torture and torment lacks any biblical evidence. Sheol and Hades both mean 'the grave', and Gehenna is simply referring to the valley of Hinnom (a place where rubbish was burnt). Death is no different to what you always knew it to be- I you want biblical evidence see Jas 4:14; Job 14:1-2; Eccl 9:5,6,10, Psa 6:4-5; Isa 38:18-19. If the dead were being immortality punished in a fire-pit, this is an outright contradiction to Rom 6:23- eternal life would not be a gift!!
no- to sum it up- if you don't believe, your fate will be just as you expect it to be now- no difference.
I can dig up more evidence for what I said if you want it.
minor changes made for clarity.
Addition:
@Tonus- read my second post- I should have written interested. I said 'exciting' absentmindedly because I expect Israel to survive.
I'm kinda busy and don't have much time for these forums, so if you respond to this post, don't expect me to reply immediately- but I will try to get back to you sometime.