Comments on: Shedding Some Light On The Outer Darkness

By: Joe2aT

Joe2aT — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:24:34 +0000

John, Christians are slowly coming to accept the fact that the rapture, the “seven-year tribulation” (never mentioned in the Bible), and the antichrist portrayed as a man with supernatural powers is all man-made fiction which has been exploited by hundreds of unscrupulous ministers and authors in order to make money for themselves—with considerable success, I might add. Christians are very interested in learning about this outer darkness thing, but when it’s tied to futurist eschatology, you lose a large part of your audience, as we feel that all the prophecy in the Bible was essentially fulfilled in 70 AD and therefore has no place in straight Biblical theological discussion. I think you have much knowledge regarding the outer darkness and I want to learn more about it, but is there some way you can explain it without introducing an aspect of Christianity as controversial as futurism and prophecy?

By: The Fate of the Dead Church

The Fate of the Dead Church — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:45:10 +0000

[...] (the same fate of the Jews who do not know Christ at the time of His appearing – see Shedding Some Light on the Outer Darkness) yet remaining alive to face the great tribulation is only the half of it. These newly rededicated [...]

By: Tracie

Tracie — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:18:14 +0000

Good article, John. I just realized we are like archeologists, digging and finding evidence of the truth. Keep up the digging, brother!