Monday, July 31, 2006

the end, or the not-yet?

What's a Christian to think about the latest trouble in the Middle East? Is it a sign of the end of days, or just another conflict that will eventually end?

John Piper of Desiring God Ministries wrote an article over two years ago, Israel, Palestine, and the Middle East.

Author Tim LaHaye, co-writer of the Left Behind series, answers in the affirmative to the question, Are These the End Times?

Beliefnet.com's Patton Dodd takes on some questions in Beliefwatch: The End?

Jack Kinsella believes The Time Shall Come.

Pastor Mark Daniels knows about a great thing to do when someone asks What Should Christians Do in Response to the Current World Crisis?

Psalm 92:12 (NASB): The righteous man will flourish like the palm tree, he will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Habbakuk 2:17 (ESV): The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, as will the destruction of the beasts that terrified them, for the blood of man and violence to the earth, to cities and all who dwell in them.

2 comments:

  1. Take two aspirins with water, and go to Google and read "Pretrib Rapture Diehards" and "Thomas Ice (Bloopers)" and everything will be better!

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  2. Erin and Angela: Exactly. The point of life is not to try to figure out when Jesus will return, but to act as if that will happen at any moment.

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