We embrace the idea of the end of times, but seem to deny it by our actions.
We speak of all that is included as if it were all a process, and so do the scriptures...and yet they also elude to things happening in the twinkling of an eye, even using past-tense language to suggest (or rather clarify) that all things were actually before rather than in the times that we experience or come to the knowledge of them.
There is indeed something to the fact that time can either fly or even stand still. To say it isn't so, would be a lie.
This thread is not me getting metaphysical or philosophical, but rather biblical--biblical in a way that is undeniable. Now, I know some will take the stance of the kingdom of this world as being reality as if the ground beneath their feet were actually stable and the earth not whirling through a space of unknown proportion to mankind. Or as if the Bible includes no miracles and mysteries, and things denied for centuries because of unbelief by men thinking only on their own level instead of God's--as if they actually knew better than He. They kid themselves. They are the scoffers of scripture.
But I don't want to make this too "long" (--pun intended).
Time and the things of this world are not what they would appear to be. There are many possible examples and many scriptures to draw from, but the best example is the Bible itself, or any book for that matter, first conceived, then begun, then the introduction of characters, then the plot, and finally the finish--or the bigger finish than expected--with a plot twist! And that is where we come in--at the big finish and the plot twist...that is, as it is written: "Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect."
The point is...the Bible too was conceived and finished before it came to be known to the readers...and the finish is not what you have expected. That is what He said. Meanwhile, we seem prone to push it all off to a comfortable distance in the "future"..."in our lifetime", but heaven forbid "not now!"
The "longing" then could be described as the long and drawn out version as if painstakingly crossing a formidable desert as men often experience life, or as God's Readers Digest (or short) version. Either way, the setting is not the times and kingdom of this world, but rather the timeless kingdom of God. The story of which ends with "in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, the mystery of God would be finished, as He declared to His servants the prophets."
We speak of all that is included as if it were all a process, and so do the scriptures...and yet they also elude to things happening in the twinkling of an eye, even using past-tense language to suggest (or rather clarify) that all things were actually before rather than in the times that we experience or come to the knowledge of them.
There is indeed something to the fact that time can either fly or even stand still. To say it isn't so, would be a lie.
This thread is not me getting metaphysical or philosophical, but rather biblical--biblical in a way that is undeniable. Now, I know some will take the stance of the kingdom of this world as being reality as if the ground beneath their feet were actually stable and the earth not whirling through a space of unknown proportion to mankind. Or as if the Bible includes no miracles and mysteries, and things denied for centuries because of unbelief by men thinking only on their own level instead of God's--as if they actually knew better than He. They kid themselves. They are the scoffers of scripture.
But I don't want to make this too "long" (--pun intended).
O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water.
For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.
Time and the things of this world are not what they would appear to be. There are many possible examples and many scriptures to draw from, but the best example is the Bible itself, or any book for that matter, first conceived, then begun, then the introduction of characters, then the plot, and finally the finish--or the bigger finish than expected--with a plot twist! And that is where we come in--at the big finish and the plot twist...that is, as it is written: "Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect."
The point is...the Bible too was conceived and finished before it came to be known to the readers...and the finish is not what you have expected. That is what He said. Meanwhile, we seem prone to push it all off to a comfortable distance in the "future"..."in our lifetime", but heaven forbid "not now!"
The "longing" then could be described as the long and drawn out version as if painstakingly crossing a formidable desert as men often experience life, or as God's Readers Digest (or short) version. Either way, the setting is not the times and kingdom of this world, but rather the timeless kingdom of God. The story of which ends with "in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, the mystery of God would be finished, as He declared to His servants the prophets."
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