03-11-2011, 04:26 PM
Shlama Akhan Jeremy.
I concur with what Akhan Alan mentioned. It's not really a focus or even a thought in the church.
The CoE is closer to the command that we go and baptize the nations. Not to worry about tomorrow while there is work to do today. And we go out to preach, not scare the dickens out of people. There's plenty of that going around these days.
All churches of course look forward to the Second Coming, the resurrection from the dead, and the Judgement Seat of Christ. Some are just focused on that, unfortunately, to the detriment of our main duties. In that sense, you might consider the CoE close to the Jewish concept of the latter days. It's there, but not a focus.
Shamasha
I concur with what Akhan Alan mentioned. It's not really a focus or even a thought in the church.
The CoE is closer to the command that we go and baptize the nations. Not to worry about tomorrow while there is work to do today. And we go out to preach, not scare the dickens out of people. There's plenty of that going around these days.
All churches of course look forward to the Second Coming, the resurrection from the dead, and the Judgement Seat of Christ. Some are just focused on that, unfortunately, to the detriment of our main duties. In that sense, you might consider the CoE close to the Jewish concept of the latter days. It's there, but not a focus.
Shamasha