tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post765992974616133706..comments2023-11-03T04:50:42.128-05:00Comments on Confessional Gadfly: "Left Behind" Folks - see, you got it backwards!Rev. Eric J Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17747919365522145094noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post-91247194015164672892011-02-04T18:53:02.082-06:002011-02-04T18:53:02.082-06:00Robin,
Our experiences regarding the Rapture are ...Robin,<br /><br />Our experiences regarding the Rapture are not unique. It is a very common issue that amounts to a horrible burden that the modern American church is placing on their children.<br /><br />...and the "Left Behind" teaching is not the only teaching where you find this. Anywhere you find false doctrine that comingles Law and Gospel, you will find stories of sinners who have been unneccesarily vexed by well-meaning (but still torturous) error.Mike Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09202275259518132834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post-84819845782185940512011-02-04T15:54:54.425-06:002011-02-04T15:54:54.425-06:00Congrats on IE Blog of the Week!Congrats on IE Blog of the Week!Dan at Necessary Roughnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449576018918167898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post-90511307505384889652011-02-03T23:24:07.836-06:002011-02-03T23:24:07.836-06:00Mike, that makes me laugh or cry depending on the ...Mike, that makes me laugh or cry depending on the day. I too remember being in my house and I couldn't find my Dad; and my Mom wasn't at home. I panicked!!! I ran through the house screaming for him and then went outside crying. Finally, he rounded the corner and asked me what was wrong? I had to lie because I didn't want my parents to think that I didn't think that I was saved and being raptured with the rest. Of course the best was when I told my mom at ten that I wanted to go to college and she said well, don't plan ahead because the rapture is going to happen soon. AAGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! I totally freaked out. Oh yeah, I am thirty now. Mom was a little off...Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17055813722170067044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post-41192895523471740122011-02-02T17:49:00.387-06:002011-02-02T17:49:00.387-06:00Now hang on a second! You two aren't using th...Now hang on a second! You two aren't using things like the gramatical method of textual analysis and plane ole facts to spoil people's imaginary myths are you?!?<br /><br />After all, those erring teachers work so hard on their rediculous theories... and they mean well. :P<br /><br />The rapture filled me with so much dread as a child that it made my life miserable. Even today I can recall moments as a young kid where I couldn't find my parents and was wracked with horror and guilt at the thought that they might be raptured and I had been "left behind".<br /><br />What a load of... skubalon.Mike Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09202275259518132834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post-68373202063171115192011-02-02T14:06:18.179-06:002011-02-02T14:06:18.179-06:00Then two men will be in the field; one will be tak...Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left. (Matthew 24:40-41)<br /><br />The irony is, as you hinted, that the "one taken" is taken for judgment! The context shows this as the story of the flood (verses 37-39) is the paradigm for these short parables. Also the word "taken" is not so much an ascension or rapture word as a "taken into captivity" word.Georgenoreply@blogger.com