Hi! :)

No one has answered my question yet, so I am reposting it,
since maybe folks didn't see it for some reason...

Soon I am going to be looking at an apartment, as far as
taking it over and living in it. The whole world wants an
apartment like this!

Out back, I will plant a tree into the earth and make it
grow, to provide shade. It'll be really cool! I think
everyone will see me coming with that tree and I think
that when we make a place beautiful, the whole world
rejoices!

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You have read what I posted above. Can anyone please
answer these questions for me (and they are very serious
questions, really), which are all based on what I wrote
above:

On Fri, 7 Dec 2007 15:56:40 -0800, "Chuck Stamford"
cox.net> said the following:

The Victorious Christ that has perfected our Blessed Hope:

How glorious it is to be alive today. To know that Jesus
Christ reigns in victory over all His creation! Victory
born of a sinless life and an unconditional sacrifice
that nailed perfection to a wooden cross on our behalf.
To pretend that we could ever understand that kind of
love and sacrifice is unimaginable! To proclaim Godly
love as a Christian is to extend our love to otherÂ’s as
He has done for us. To know that He came or was
made manifest for one reason, to set up an eternal
house not made of hands.

2 Cr 5: 1 For we know that if our earthly house of [this]
tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God,
an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

The victory of the cross or the promises of AD70 didnÂ’t
just end there. Isaiah gives us a glimpse of the eternal
promises that would follow and should resonate in the
heart of every believer whose faith is established in
Christ and that they have if they would only realize it!

How does Eschatology Shape American Politics?
by Tyrone Cropper

The relationship between Eschatology and politics is
a controversial one. In this article, we'll look at how
eschatology has shaped politics here in America.

It is also interesting that other countries such as Iran
have used striking parallels of theology to shape their
politics as well.

God's Ultimate Wedding Story
by Tyrone Cropper

Among the titles of Christ, The Bridegroom is closely
associated with Jewish customs and also rich in
spiritual significance.

It represents the expressiveness of His covenantal
relationship with His people. The Church is depicted
as the bride of Christ and as a Bride is spiritually
united with Christ.

When we approach this illustration from a modern
perspective, viewing it through the grid of 21st Century
American marriage and courtship customs, we miss much
of the richness and depth of this picture. This is due to
the fact that in His promised return, Jesus was drawing
an analogy from Jewish marriage customs in Biblical times.
Since this is so, those marriage customs MUST be examined
if one is to grasp the significance of the promise!

There seems to be quite a discussion in our day as to
“God’s Israel Identity".

by Sandy Elders

There are those who hold that the true Israel of God are
those who can trace their blood line to Abraham through
Isaac, if it were possible.

There are those who claim that people who have gone
through and keep certain rituals and ceremonies are
the true Israel. There are those who claim that the
residents of the Palestinian nation of "Israel" are the
true Israel. There are those who claim, "evidence",
that the race is the true Israel. Midst all the voices
calling out, "We are the true Israel of God", or
"They are the true Israel". It seems that God's voice
(Word) is ignored.

Eschatology in American History
by Doug Reed

In this article we will take a look at how eschatological
beliefs have shaped the history of the United States
and what we can hope for in the future.

It is a well known fact that eschatological beliefs have
shaped politics in recent years. Dispensationalist thought
has help lead to the United StatesÂ’ unconditional support
of Israel, and if you study the history of Zionism, you will
see that eschatological beliefs had a great deal to do with
the founding of the Jewish state. In many respects the
birth of Israel was a self-fulfilled prophesy. Those who
believed Israel would have to be reborn before Jesus
returned had no small part in the events of 1948.

Preterism, Society and the Modern Church;
Tackling the TabooÂ’s:

by Tyrone Cropper

Matthew 24: 36 is generally one of the first verses
offered as proof there is to be a yet future return
of Jesus.

Let us notice a few things about another text.
Christians, intentionally or unintentionally, ignore
the clear guidelines commanded by Jehovah to
Israel in order to validate a false prophets from
a genuine prophets of God.

Deuteronomy 18:18-22 is among the most abused
and misused passages of our day (many Christians
have been taught to ignore the guidelines within the
contexts of this "prophetic" passage). Here Jehovah
gives a clear guideline of how to tell the difference
between a false prophets and a genuine prophets
of God. In the fifth book of the Prophet Moses,
Deuteronomy, God told Moses:

If Christ Has Not Come!
by Richard McPherson

In this article Richard McPherson looks at some of the grave
problems created when we postpone the Second Coming
beyond the first century. If Christ has not come, the Bible
is a false book and God lied!

PP's = Partial Preterists

FP = Full Preterist

His Glorification: Not Ours!

by Nathan DuBois

2 Thess 1:9 "These will pay the penalty of everlasting
destruction, away from the Lord's presence and from
His glorious strength, 10 in that day when He comes
to be glorified by His saints and to be admired by all
who have believed, because our testimony among you
was true."

One of the biggest misunderstandings in the church today
is what it means to be "glorified". Many have taken this
passage in Second Thessalonians and applied it to the
1 Corinthians 15 passages concerning change. They take
it to mean that the saints will be changed into "glorious"
bodies akin to the resurrection body of our Lord, and
the world will see it, because the wicked and the righteous
are raised.