bible is metaphor or fact?? - Page 5

RS thanks for an intelligent response, hate to break it to you but how many are the "elect", how many? - do you really think out of the billions of people that ever lived YOU will be one of them????

second all those things (signs) have always happened, in fact people are living longer and better now in general and it is the most peaceful time that has ever been if you actually look at real history.

lastly;

³⁴ Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

seems clear this was spoken to peers of the time - it did not happen in that generation or any after (yet), you saying this was a metaphor and not literal? it is plain english to me the generation passed and these things were not fulfilled.

why did you strike it through???

I underlined it :)  The elect refers to the Jews. and sorry, I don't know what you mean by me being the one?

Just food for thought,

The temple was destroyed in 70 A.D.  (notice how our time is even based on Jesus's death? ;) ) and will be again, so the third temple must be built.  Israel already has the plans made up, FACT, and the red  heifer picked.  FACT.  Remember too, the Jews are still living by the OT waiting for the Messiah, as they don't believe Jesus is Him.

There are more accounts to read also, Luke for instance, and then again in the OT where it describes eyes melting from the body like only a neutron bomb is capable of doing.`

World peaceful Vk, did I read that right?  Oh my goodness, hundreds of thousands are being killed in Iraq and Syria, mostly Christians, why do you suppose that is?  ISIS has said, they will raise their flag in the U.S of America.  They plan on taking over the West, and all free countries, and they will.  ( well, they will try, freedom will be lost, whether or not it will be ISIS I don't know)

i mean the elect are only going up....apparently

plans to build a temple - unintriguing

a beleiver has picked a red heifer - unintriguing and hardly a sign from above, more like a guy who read the story picked a heifer to fulfil what he already beleived.

eyes melting aas only a neutron bomb will do - thats laughable, now if e = mc^2 appeared in the oroiginal manuscripts i would believe.

no time is not based on jesus death, our calender is. there are many different calenders from many different cultures, aztecs, chinese, pagan.....ours is not even that good. none have anything to do with how time is measured, that makes you sound dumb.

wars have never stopped, in general more people aare safer and happier now than any time in the past.

Well, I tried.

Have a great night Vk. 

If you're bored, google ISIS, beheadings, slaughter of Christians in Iraq and Syria, Muslims slaughtering muslims in Syria and Iraq,  Christians beheaded in Africa, war in Israel, Gaza,  then come back and tell me the world is at peace. 
 

i did not say at peace, you are trying to make it sound like this is an unprecedented era of war, it is not.

And Christians are burning people at the stake in Haiti, so what's your point?

Source Travels?

http://m.theage.com.au/world/islamic-state-message-to-america-we-will-drown-all-of-you-in-blood-20140819-105lv3.html

I forgot to mention the tension between Russia and the States, Russia is killing the petro dollar, flying planes over American air space.

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/russian-strategic-bombers-conduct-more-than-16-incursions-of-u-s-air-defense-zones/

My mistake, it's Papua New Guinea, not Haiti.  Here you go!

http://wildhunt.org/2013/02/the-reality-of-burning-witches-trigger-warning.html

Well, we know that Jesus wasn’t gay, black, Muslim, a women, or an illegal alien.

Because if he were one or more of the above entities, surely the Democrats would totally embrace him. Causing  the News Media to love and worship him.

And of course, it would be politically incorrect to criticize him. You would be ridiculed, ostracized and possibly made to resign your position for one bad comment.

Amen…

how do you KNOW jesus wasn't gay?? certainly wasn't a role model for hetero love and family values.

actually the historical evidence jesus even existed at all is a bit sketchy.