Prophesy Anomaly

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I was studying in preparation for teaching a Bible Study when I stumbled on an anomaly that caused me to dig and search deeper. What I found startled me. For I, like many American Christians had never been taught the true Biblical timeline of prophesy.

Stop by these sites: http://www.sullivan-county.com/news/cathouse/darby.htm and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispensationalism I personally came away with an assurance that dispensational doctrine was incorrect, but then, I find myself agreeing with John Calvin more than anyone else.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvinism has a pretty good summary of Calvinism; and this one is interesting too. http://www.spurgeon.us/index.php I didn't write Demons and Prophets to compete with Tim LaHaye. Man, I wish I had come up with the LaHaye model! This guy is making mega-bucks from his books. The facts are however, that his books as do most current Christian writings follow a doctrine that was originated by John Darby. Historically, the doctrines relating to the return of Christ and attempts to predict His return have been the cause of more fable than faith. Men with more knowledge than I have failed to be correct. John Nelson Darby first came up with the doctrine of pre-millennial (secret) rapture of Christian believers in 1827. This was popularized by the publication of the Scofield Reference Bible in 1909.

The doctrine is part of a much wider doctrine of ‘dispensationalism’. Dispensationalism rigidly applies a compartmentalization of Scripture into "dispensations," and a dichotomy between Israel and the Church. Dispensationalists believe "this present world system . . . is now controlled by Satan" (not by God) and will end in failure and apostasy. This book does not agree with John Darby’s theories. Many learned and Holy men have attempted to predict the return of Christ. Even John Wesley predicted the return of Jesus would occur in 1836. These attempts were not limited to Holy men and Theologians, John Gribbin, science editor of "Nature" magazine, and Stephen Plagemann of NASA's Goddard Space Center in Maryland, predicted the world would end in the latter part of 1982. The Jehovah’s Witnesses have made so many predictions it fails to be humorous. In deed there have been over two hundred predictions! So, when you read this book, take heed! It is fiction … just a layman looking at the Bible and the world. Not a prediction of the return of Christ.