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RE: Speaking to the multitude

in #religion8 years ago

That last one is easy! Jesus said, "I go to prepare a place for you."
Peter tells us that, "Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."

So as long as there is one more person that can be saved, He will delay. It would seem that we are running out of such people, so it shouldn't be much longer.

I'm thinking that there is indeed a correlation between the accumulation of pride in what we have been able to figure out for ourselves and the availability of more people who are open to being saved. No doubt, that played a role in choosing the time when He would introduce Himself to mankind.

As for your other points, believers know that this life is just a blip on the eternal time scale and that bad things happen for reasons we can understand. Just like a wise army recruit knows that she is going to be subject to all kinds of discomfort during her basic training - while that training is just a blip on her coming opportunity to serve with distinction.

Meanwhile, "the god of this world" is being allowed to continue to demonstrate the disaster of letting men govern themselves according to his demonic principles. When this disaster has run its course, Jesus will return to clean house.

It didn't have to be this way, but that is what men have chosen.