In the mid-nineties, a man in our church (a preacher, but not the pastor) said God's calendar doesn't go past 1999, so Jesus would be coming back before 2000.
Sounds like one of those really firm Day-Age Dispensationalists. The ones who believed that each "Day of Creation" represented a 1,000 year age in the history of man. Since the "7th Day" was reserved for the 1,000 year reign of Christ inn the millennial kingdom, "man" only gets a 6,000 year history.
Sounds like one of those really firm Day-Age Dispensationalists. The ones who believed that each "Day of Creation" represented a 1,000 year age in the history of man. Since the "7th Day" was reserved for the 1,000 year reign of Christ inn the millennial kingdom, "man" only gets a 6,000 year history.
Yep, sounds like.
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Sounds like one of those really firm Day-Age Dispensationalists. The ones who believed that each "Day of Creation" represented a 1,000 year age in the history of man. Since the "7th Day" was reserved for the 1,000 year reign of Christ inn the millennial kingdom, "man" only gets a 6,000 year history.
I found out that the ancient pagans pointed such a theory out in their "holy books" far more plainly than the bible ever did. And yet these same guys argue against Christmas since it is pagan!
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I found out that the ancient pagans pointed such a theory out in their "holy books" far more plainly than the bible ever did. And yet these same guys argue against Christmas since it is pagan!
Sounds like one of those really firm Day-Age Dispensationalists. The ones who believed that each "Day of Creation" represented a 1,000 year age in the history of man. Since the "7th Day" was reserved for the 1,000 year reign of Christ inn the millennial kingdom, "man" only gets a 6,000 year history.
Bishop Haywood, S.G. Norris (Apostolic Bible Institute), and F.E. Curts (UPC Ohio Dist. Supt.) in their day taught the theory that each "day" of creation was 7000 years long. I remember talking to my wife about that some years ago and saying something like, "Well, if Jesus doesn't come and if we live for the next 30-40 years, we'll find out if they were wrong." Bishop Haywood and Bro. Curts are both dead. I'm not sure about Bro. Norris but I assume he is.
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Bishop Haywood, S.G. Norris (Apostolic Bible Institute), and F.E. Curts (UPC Ohio Dist. Supt.) in their day taught the theory that each "day" of creation was 7000 years long. I remember talking to my wife about that some years ago and saying something like, "Well, if Jesus doesn't come and if we live for the next 30-40 years, we'll find out if they were wrong." Bishop Haywood and Bro. Curts are both dead. I'm not sure about Bro. Norris but I assume he is.
This is the kind of thing that makes me wonder about some of the "doctrines" that have been "inspired by God" over the years. I mean seriously. I would assume that some really respected folks received really strong "feelings" before making these endtime predictions. These give us a little chuckle, but Lord help us if we have a organizations built on similar "feelings".
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