Postscript to "When Will We Ever Learn"
The problem with poking holes in premillenialism is that it puts you in bed with some types that you don’t want to be near. Nothing in that previous post should be construed as support for replacement theology or amillenialism or some other ‘ism.' Nothing should be construed as teaching that the Jews are irrelevant to the second coming and end times.
We want certainty, and we want it about end times. Why we think we are going to get it is beyond me. Let’s focus on something Christ said, “Occupy until I come.” So how do we define “occupy?
Some of us define it as “lead a good moral life, pay taxes, go to church on a more or less faithful basis, pursue a career, raise children responsibly, and look forward to retirement.”
Others define it as “put Christ at the center, be a faithful follower, and work hard to bring others to Him or support those who do.”
Others would say it means, “put Christ at the center and end human suffering and by doing so bring others to him, and do it yourselves.”
All three of these will keep us occupied, but I’m not sure that being occupied and “Occupying” as a commandment mean the same thing.
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