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Originally Posted by Nell
I'll repeat my question:
Do you think the "era of the evangelical churches" have anything to do with the fulfillment of end times prophecies? What parallels? What are the parallels you see between Laodicea and the American Church? How can the American Church NOT be the fulfillment of the Laodicea church?
I have noticed that many Christians "zone out" when it comes to the matter of the end times. I've heard the speculation that most of the entire Bible is related to the end times. That is to say: judgement begins at the house of God.
Nell
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Nell,
Perhaps I don't fully understand your posting and you might want to explain it a bit.
Yes, judgment begins at the house of God. The Bible states this clearly. Do you see it differently?
I don't see any specific end-time prophecies that would have to be directly related to evangelical characteristics. But I do see parallels to the last epistle: Believing that everything has now turned out right. We have everything we need, we are rich...
My own experience is not that Christians zoom out on end-time issues. Quite the opposite. We prefer to focus on them to the point where we don't see our own failure. That's why I want to be cautious about engaging in end-time interpretations. We should interpret the signs of the times — yes! But above all, we should clean up our own backyard. We should align our church-being with the gospel. And here, I see, above all, the unresolved problem of division, about which evangelicals usually say: it's not a problem at all, but rather, it's okay.
The message to Laodicea is: Buy yourself some eye salve. And if the "local churches" think they're the fully restored church, then I'd say they need some very expensive eye salve.