Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: mreisch@euler.unm.edu (Mique Reisch) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: I am looking for a little help on my road Message-ID: Date: 15 Jun 91 06:09:57 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM Lines: 29 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu mroz@ug.cs.dal.ca (Martin Mroz) writes: > One fine day you are walking down one of the main streets in your city >and a ragged looking man comes up to me and says, "Hello, (here he uses you own name, for example:) Elliott, my name is Jesus Christ." On 12 Jun 91 02:45:46 GMT, mtf39190@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Michael T Freeman) said: Michael> The Bible says that when Jesus does return he'll do so in Michael> power and glory. There will be no doubt to his identity. Just an observation or two about the above... If I recall correctly the jews were quite sure that the Messiah would come in power and glory and liberate them. The people of Jesus's time for the most part seem to have felt this meant overthrowing the Romans. Christians today take the old testament prophecies in a much different light. If so many (especially the so called scholars of the day) were wrong what makes you so certain. weather>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> < Hello Mique Reisch < < my friend mreisch@euler.unm.edu < < are you visible today? MREISCH@UNMB < >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>government