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This sounds like you believe in Preterism or some form of it. If this is the case, you are incorrectly posting in the thread.The Earth - A Dark & Desolate Wasteland:
Jeremiah 4:26-28
26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness(place where JESUS preached the Gospel.The place was fruitful until 70AD) , and all the cities thereof were broken down(Israel was broken down,even the Temple was destroyed in LITERAL fulfillment of the Word of GOD),at the presence of the Lord(yes) by His fierce anger.
27For thus hath the Lord said,The whole land(Israel) shall be desolate;yet will I not make a full end.(there shall be great tribulation,such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time,no, nor ever shall be).
28For this shall the earth(Israel) mourn,and the heavens(the 1st and 2nd heavens?Ephesians 1:3-8, the 3rd will still be established from now on) above be black (i.e. the OT and NT will be finished, will no longer be valid, for that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish); because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.(the heavens-the first two heavens-and the earth(current Israel),which are now,by the same Word are kept in store,reserved unto fire against the Day of Judgment(the Judgment Seat of Christ)and perdition of ungodly men.
Isaiah 65:17-Behold,I create new heavens and a new earth:and the former shall not be remembered,nor come into mind.
Jeremiah 4:23-25
23 I beheld the earth(Israel), and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens(Eph.1:3-8), and they had no light.
24 I beheld the mountains...they trembled, the hills moved lightly.
25 I beheld,and, lo,there was no man,and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
Revelation 6:12-17
12And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal,and, lo,there was a great earthquake; sun became black...the moon as blood;
13The stars of heaven fell unto the earth,as a fig tree cast her untimely figs,when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
14And heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled; every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
15The kings of the earth,the great men,the rich men,the chief captains,the mighty men,every bondman,every free man,hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16And said to the mountains and rocks,Fall on us,and hide us from the face of Him that sits on the throne,and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17The great Day of His wrath is come; who shall be able to stand?
This is a Futurist Thread.
BTW ~ I am pretty sure the event in verse 24 did not happen in the past.
Jeremiah 4:24
"I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly."
Nowhere in history does it record people ever talking about how mountains trembled and how hills moved lightly.
It didn't happen because it is still yet a future event.
Note: Keep in mind that when the sun stood still for Joshua, certain people in history were able to record that this was a longer day in history. Meaning, if something major did happen in the past as you suggest, surely history would have given some record of such events. This is why I cannot take the Preteristic views seriously. In addition, it basically would throw us into a state of laziness or lack of not caring, as well. If Jesus is not coming back, or He is not going to rapture His church (Whereby one could miss out on it), then you can just continue to float through life without a care. However, this is not the impression I get when I read the Bible. There are dire consequences to our souls as believers in the afterlife if we do not follow Jesus and or we are not ready for Him. Jesus is only going to meet in the air those saints who are faithful to Him. If one is justifying sin or not encouraging others to ready for Him (for the Caught Together Event in Thessalonians), they are not going to be raptured. Those believers who are not raptured are going to be left behind. They going to have a hard time because they will have to face potential martyrdom by the Antichrist / Beast. Imagine the horror Preterists and Post Tribbers will face for leading people to believe wrongfully that we should not be ready at any moment for Jesus to come for us. I would not want to be in their shoes. Granted, God is merciful, and He can forgive such a thing, but that still does not undo the damage of others having to suffer by the hands of the Antichrist or Beast when they didn’t have to. Also, those who are left behind will also be tested again at the end of the Millennium, as well. So double whammy. That is what a lack of faith does. There are grave consequences for not believing and obeying what God‘s Word says.
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