Monday, June 22, 2009

15. Christian Soldiers? Growing Controversy

Friend Anthony sends this link to a Newsweek article about the growing controversy over military chaplains using the armed forces to spread the Word. The days for this sort of evangelism may be numbered.
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 22, 2009 at 2:28 PM

    Hi Larry,

    Would you comment on Rev. 7:3,,,who are the bond-servants? Please put in context regarding the whole chapter.

    Thanks,

    E.

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  2. Larry GottJune 22, 2009 at 8:27 PM

    Right now I'm trying to post on a Prophecy 101 level, and E. asks me a question about Prophecy 401. This question deserves an extended answer, and I can see it being more comprehensively answered around my post #215.

    But here is the short answer: you've picked a issue that is not agreed on by those with differing viewpoints about prophecy issues, nor even within a single group such as premillenialism.

    One debate is whether the 'bond-servants sealed' in Rev 7:3 are a literal group of 144,000 special Jewish witnesses, or whether this should be taken more symbolically (not 144,000, and/or not Jewish). By post #215 I may be ready to make a statement both about the number and the group makeup.

    Before then, however, I will be posting about literal versus symbolic interpretation of Biblical events and personages.

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