It's harder to find than you might think. A lot of people view forums like this one on endtimes as not really for serious Bible students since few if any are willing to consider that they are wrong about something and will not accept a text in opposition to their view no matter how clear it is.
So let's propose something a bit more serious and reasonable --
Starting at 55:58 in that video of a church service
(keep watching to see the BIG BANG near the end from Rev 6)
near the start of this sermon he gives some examples of historic failures to take end-time, crisis, critical events "seriously".
1.
The Flood -- The entire planet gets it wrong - only 8 people get it right.
And
the "thinking" ??
"I am not sure if Noah is right - so I may not join him but I will be near enough - so that when I see rain start to form/fall, or hear thunder, I will get in the boat".
And of course the "Flaw" in that not-serious solution is that the door of the ark closed seven days BEFORE the rain starts to fall according to Gen 7.
2. The
coming of the Messiah - "He came to His own and His own received Him not" John 1:11 - the "nation got it wrong".
And
"the thinking"??
" Why should I worry about which of all these fake messiah claims are legit when I can just wait until some so-called Messiah comes along and frees us from the Romans - as soon as I see him do that I will join in and miss all the fake false messiahs".
And the flaw -- is that they would reject the Is 53 Messiah that came to save the world from sin.
The video makes the argument that "bad doctrine has consequences" as in the case of Eve, as in the case of those that "missed the boat".
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The video above is about Rev 13 and 14 and the first part (Part I) is referenced a few times in that video so I am including it here
Title: Rev 13 – “The mark of the beast”
Begins at 00:00
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One thing that stands out is that "getting it wrong" was not just "mildly inconvenient on some tiny level" - but in fact was fatal.
Next the video gets into our current situation - where we are dealing with end time events for planet Earth.
1. Rapture: (many flavors of this idea in the Bible some of them discussed in the sermon)
Almost all the popular versions have NO DOWNSIDE to getting the rapture teaching wrong. No matter what you are thinking or expecting you get raptured anyway as a Christian. So why waste your time trying to figure out the details of that topic - as long as you are a Christian. Unlike ALL the real examples in the Bible where getting it wrong matters. (Even though I do accept a version of the Rapture teaching as being in scripture)
2. No Rapture; (several flavors of this)
Almost all the popular versions have NO DOWNSIDE to getting the no-rapture teaching wrong. No matter what you are thinking or expecting you get the wonderful ending of Christ on Earth fixing everything for you in the end. (And even I view Christ as fixing things on Earth but not in the typical millennial kingdom on Earth fashion)
So why waste your time solving the details on that topic - as long as you are a Christian. Since in that case - and unlike ALL the real examples in the Bible where getting it wrong matters) it matters not if you figure out the details.
My view is that
it does matter (just as in all major crisis examples) and that the
"it really does not matter" endings reveal a problem somewhere in the scenario being proposed.
The video proposes
a more serious option where it DOES matter at the end of the world JUST LIKE it mattered in the case of Eve, and Noah, and John the baptizer and in the days of Paul etc.
Is there even one other serious Bible student on this area of the forum willing to take an honest look at the option proposed there - even though it does not fit your bias?
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If you are tempted to post something like one of the following ... please don't since I already agree that you have the free will to go that direction
1. I don't have to listen to any view that is not my own if I choose not to
2. I choose to only have bad things to say about people or views that are not my own rather than looking at details in that view
3. I already looked at Bible details to get to my current view and don't have time to look any further
By sparing us those posts you are doing a big favor to us all in the spirit of open discussion. I thank you in advance.