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But think about it. Is it possible to be metaphorically wrong???

I perceive you are akin to a unique rabbit. You know how you catch a unique rabbit? Unique up on it.:ROFL:

Sorry, I guess I get carried away from time to time.

Sorry, you posted about the same time I did.

Sure, how about this? The Epistle of Barnabas (translation J.B. Lightfoot)

Some things will have an internet link, and some are right here in my noggin, notes and such. I'll do what I can.

Church history can drive one nut's sometimes with placing concepts and that with other ideologies can be mind boggling. Amen...

You seem quite the literalist.

It's all copacetic and working now. Wonder what happened?

The term you're likely referring to is annihilationism. It’s a belief that says that souls who aren't saved won't suffer eternal torment in hell and consequentially the lake of fire, but will ultimately be destroyed or simply cease to exist entirely. They often cite scriptures like Matthew...

Look, so you know, I believe dispensational teaching is a grave error in eschatology simply because among other errors, it teaches two forms of Grace. That's, for lack of a better word "silly". God's Grace is impartial, never ending, has no pause to it, and is free to all. No doubt about it in...

Dispensationalism no. Pre tribulational removal yes, that is except for the Shepherd of Hermas. I may have posted him by mistake because of his repentance stance and the mention of tribulation. I should have read deeper. But that was some years back since I even studied the subject. Forgive me...

Hey, found a couple more from the 2nd century. It's a good thing to keep notes. The Shepherd of Hermas: This 2nd-century work speaks of the imminent return of Christ and the need for repentance to escape the coming tribulation. It emphasizes the imminence of Christ's return and the importance...

Hey, thanks... It gives me a warm fuzzy feeling to know I'm not alone in this.

And no, I'm "NOT" a dispensationalist by no means. I know someone is going to ask that.

Here we go. Ephraem the Syrian (c. 373): Ephraem's sermon "On the Last Times, The Antichrist, and The End of the World" is often cited as containing elements that some interpret as pre-tribulation rapture ideas. Brother Dolcino (1304): Dolcino and his followers, known as the Apostolic Brethren...

Man, there go my travel plans out the door. You're wrong however to say that the dispensationalist are the ones who came up with it. Morgan Edwards (1703-1796) Edwards, a Baptist minister, wrote about his pre-tribulation rapture beliefs in 1744 and later published them in 1788. He saw a...

By the way, I do see this as a gross mistranslation of the text. It came from the Westcott/Hort manuscripts which were echoed from Origens terrible translation of the Antioch text (later called Textus Receptus) he scarfed up, and brought to Alexandria in and around the 3rd century to create his...

Thanks Dino. It's appreciated...

I wonder why I'm not getting notifications in my email. I thought I checked all the right check boxes. Anyone have a clue?