“Then the channels of waters were seen, and
the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke,
O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.”
Psa 18.15
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“Of all bad men religious men are the worst.
Of all created beings the wickedest is one who
originally stood in the immediate presence of God.”
– C S Lewis, Reflections on the Psalms
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Jesus was not popular with the church of His day –
“popular Christianity” is an oxymoron.
– eab, 11/20/14
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Young “Joe” had a dream – make that two;
They seemed to come “out of the blue.”
Though often “let down”
He eventually found
His leadership dreams ALL came true.
– eab, 3/3/05 (Gen 37.9)
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Edward Irving on 3/15/1833 was removed from the Presbyterian ministry. Two reasons were given – one, was his Pentecostalism. He founded a church, “The Holy Apostolic” or “The Catholic Apostolic.” Irving came across a book written by a Jesuit, Manuel Lacunza The Coming of the Messiah in Glory & Majesty (under the name Rabbi Juan ben-Ezra, an assumed Jew who became a “Christian”). Irving, an intellectual, liked Lacunza’s book & sadly translated it into English.
Irving studied end-times & declared there will be a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit & then Jesus would return. He also believed the Jews would be returned to Israel. He believed the return of Christ was imminent & set a date. Some of the women of his church began “speaking in tongues.” Margaret MacDonald, prophesied “there will be a mighty baptism of the Spirit this day” & contributed to the imminent or “secret rapture” theory. (Strictly speaking this theory “requires” Jesus to come twice more.)
Irving is noted here in a negative way; that we see this mistaken man was one of the polluted creeks through which the American church received the idea of a “secret rapture.” (John Darby was another creek with his influence on Scofield & Scofield’s “study bible.”) Christ WILL return & may come in our life time but “thief in the night” has been misused – please re-read Peter and Paul noting the noises that will accompany the Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Presbyterians did right to show Irving the door.
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