The Historical Jesus is real and He rose from the grave

[DeistPaladin]

Well, we have a supernatural God.

Where?

we are in a time of faith.

What do you base that assertion on, that this was Jesus' plan all along?

There is no mention in the Bible that all the miracles will go away and Jesus will play peak-a-boo with us. I ask because you are spuriously dismissing the inconsistency of a bombastic showman god who dazzled the crowds with his overt displays of supernatural power only to hide in the shadows now that the technology exists to both record and communicate such events all over the world.

It would be as if a mainstream religion insisted that Star Wars was a documentary and that The Force was a real power in the universe, that at one time Jedi could move objects with their minds and dominate the weak willed. "Where are these Jedi now," the skeptic might ask, noting that the modern priests of the Force had no such powers. It's all tricks and nonsense.

Back to the claims of the Bible, the miracles certainly didn't stop when Jesus flew up into Heaven on the day of his resurrection (Luke 24). Or was that eight days later (John 20)? Or was it 40 days later (Acts 1:3)? Well, regardless of what timeline we choose to follow, the miracles still continued after Jesus departed according to Acts. They only stopped once science lifted the curtain of superstition and ignorance, forcing your god away from the present and into either the distant past or some nebulous future time. Speaking of which...

The endtimes are at hand

So Christians have said for 2000 years since Jesus established the tradition.

Jesus promised that the endtimes would be within the lifetimes of some who heard him speak (Mark 13:30). Paul believed that he would be among those in the rapture (see 1Thes 4:17 and note the "WE"). Revelation ended with the promise "surely I come quickly" (Rev 22:20).

2,000 years later, we're still waiting.

Israel, just like the Bible predicted has be re-est in 1948.

The god of Israel promised that the seed of David would rule forever, not to disappear and be reformed in 1948 by Christian interests in America seeking to fulfill their own prophecies. That's probably how Christianity formed in the first place, by the way. Some Jews were chaffing under Roman rule wondering what the hell happened to that promise Yahweh gave to king David. A few decided their promised kingdom was in a higher place and the rest is history.

We are heading towards a one world, one monitary system, just like the Bible predicted.

I wish that were true. If the human race and our civilization is going to survive we're going to have to come together. Don't hold your breath waiting for it.