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Originally Posted by Zezima
In the Lords Recovery, it is heavily preached that God is waiting for his builded church, then he will return. Is this doctrine biblically supported? Seems odd that man can somehow dictate when God comes back, but I could be wrong.
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What I see in the Bible is that God Himself has predetermined all those times and seasons. He has His own timetable for that
great Day of the Lord and the coming of the Son of Man in all His glory with the holy angels..
No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Matt. 24:36.
As far as I can remember, the LR always had the idea of "
WE need to bring the Lord back." I can clearly hear things like, "
we need to ....in order to bring the Lord back." It´s like one of the goals of the LR, it´s in their culture and beliefs. They believe they are
the "God chosen," exclusive group that will recover all the lost truths and practices in the Bible which will result in bringing the Lord back. That is not Biblical.
There is always the aspect concerning the believers cooperation and responsibility. Like Peter says in 2 Peter 3:12, "expecting and
hastening the coming of the day of God," or Mattew 24:14, "And
this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole earth, for a testimony to all the nations; and then the end will come." But still I think the timing of His coming is mainly in His hands. And surely man will not and cannot dictate that.