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Originally Posted by Ohio
Thought you said Trump was the biggest distraction to Christians?
Don’t you think Christians should pay attention to Israel and the prophecies concerning them?
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Trump may be among the biggest distractions, however I said it. But my comment re: Cahn was not that he was the biggest, but among the biggest. Pay a little attention and you won't look like a fool in your replies.
As for paying attention to Israel and the prophecies concerning them, is the purpose to find prophecies to transfer from Israel to the US, or to find a reason to cease living in this world and simply look away to the future? Or is it as a reminder that we know not when the next life may come for us. Whether by natural death, immediate catastrophe, or the Second Coming.
I would note that when Jesus made mention of prophecies, it was generally to the teachers of the law, not the multitudes that he came to save. He expected them to understand the prophecies. He doesn't appear to have intended the multitudes to be concerned with it.
Why do we spend so much energy on the prophecies concerning Israel? To recongnize them is sufficient. They are there as signposts along the path of this life. But they are not signposts to turn from this life to pining for the next, but rather reminders that we have been left here with a charge that is our path to that next life. And that charge is not about the prophecies. Instead, the prophecies are reminders, as I mentioned earlier. Like recognizing the signs of the times. The important thing is that we "be about our Father's business." And that business is not about chasing prophecies, but about obedience to the commands.