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This is why: I feel that many people get sooooo tied up with end-times prophecy and whatnot that they are compromising what they should be doing.....what Jesus told us all to do.....serve, love, "feed my sheep". I believe people can get so tied into being a "end-times-detective" that they stop showing the light of Christ to those around them.
If we (Christian) were to all do that, then the world would be a very dark place indeed.
I put a lot of importance in trying to live out my life as Christ showed in the NT. I also think about the various parables about being ready at all times....but that does not mean obsessing and trying to "read the signs" and whatnot. To me it means to stay close to my blessed Lord Jesus through prayer, study of the Bible, service to others, faith, hope, worship, and doing everything I can to shine the light of Christ upon those around me.
I have faith that all will be OK for me as I focus on serving Him during my life and not looking for the end of the world to come.
I do think it is good to study and read Revelation and other Prophecy books in the Bible....but there must be balance in all things!!
I think the world's end *as we know it* is near. But I don't think that global anihilation or what Christian's refer to as rapture is near, or actually a real possibility.
No offense intended, I just don't follow that line of thinking.
Christians have been spouting about it being the end times since the beginning of time.
Personally, I think it's a scare tactic.
Well, so have a lot of other people. My scriptures even have a timeline. The end of the world is not solely the property of Christianity. Neither is religion.
no, and I think that people spend too much time worrying about stuff like this.
Ha! Me too.
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Originally Posted by Ms.Belinda
Well, as a very devout LDS person, I do believe that the end of the world is near. Most Christians would probably agree. There are a lot of things that are starting to happen that I take as "signs".
I don't agree, and not all of the Christians I know would agree, either.
I also think that people have been saying the end is coming for many many years now. Oh, and not just Christians, not at all.
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My scriptures even have a timeline. 
The end of the world is not solely the property of Christianity. Neither is religion.
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