"Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household." Matthew 10:34-36 NASB
"I have come to cast fire upon the earth; and how I wish it were already kindled!" ... "Do you suppose that I came to grant peace on earth? I tell you, no, but rather division; for from now on five members in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three."... (Luke 12:49,51-53 NASB) "If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple." Luke 14:26 NASB
Gospel of Thomas 16 (in the Apocraypha) (SV):
"Perhaps people think that I have come to cast peace upon the world. They do not know that I have come to cast conflicts upon the earth: fire, sword, war. For there will be five in a house: there'll be three against two and two against three, father against son and son against father, and they will stand alone."
Seems like the right inspiration for W, I think.
--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> So George Scialabba forwarded the Rapture quotes to
> Danny Postel's
> list, where Ken Silverstein picked it up. I realize
> the net has
> changed everything, but still it's always nice, when
> forwarding
> things, to credit sources.
>
> The incident inspired me to take a look at the
> Rapture Ready site.
> Holy Christ, to coin a phrase. Since when did war
> and mass death
> become a Christian value? Yeah, I know the answer to
> that, but JC
> himself would not have approved.
>
> Doug
>
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>
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>
> BHiles
> Citizen
>
> Join Date: Apr 2002
> Location: Indiana
>
> If this is Isaiah 17 Time then 2,000,000 people are
> about to die
> [Merged]
>
> As we lift our heads up for our redemption it is
> also the Terrible
> Day of the Lord in which it is only God's grace that
> saved us from
> the very same fate. In our joyful anticipation we
> must also
> understand the gravity.
>
> When the anger of the Lord has not been satisfied
> and God's judgement
> is unleashed against any of mankind it is a horrific
> and awe filled
> vision that will cause us all to quake in our shoes.
>
> I believe that if we see Damascus destroyed it is a
> clear definate
> indication that it is time to look up for rapture.
> Not a necessity
> but it is a clear indicator.
>
> Isaiah 17:1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus
> is taken away
> from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
> 2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be
> for flocks, which
> shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
> 3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and
> the kingdom from
> Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as
> the glory of the
> children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.
> 4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the
> glory of Jacob
> shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh
> shall wax lean.
> 5 And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth
> the corn, and
> reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he
> that gathereth
> ears in the valley of Rephaim.
> 6 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the
> shaking of an olive
> tree, two or three berries in the top of the
> uppermost bough, four or
> five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith
> the LORD God of
> Israel.
> 7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his
> eyes shall have
> respect to the Holy One of Israel.
> 8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of
> his hands, neither
> shall respect that which his fingers have made,
> either the groves, or
> the images.
>
> Verse Five gives the indication of the rapture and
> the actual leaving
> of the balance of Believers who are saved post
> rapture as the
> gleening harvest once the olive tree is shaken.
>
>
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