Glad you had an epiphany. Please consider that most of the people connecting on these forums have had similar epiphanies.....just not sparked through the study of the Bible. That doesn’t make them any less valid. Respect others. Golden Rule.
I’ve had many mystical, unexplainable, experiences (prophetic dreams, out of body, you name it).
I’m sure I’ll have many more. One thing you can’t be absolutely certain of is that you won’t and your current beliefs won’t change through some seemingly insignificant “aha” moment. Happens when you least expect it.
When we think we are at the end.......well we pretty much end our growth.
At this moment, your position seems quite dogmatic, static and hopeless. Even though you bring up “questions” about the Bible, you don’t seem to consider any other perspective valid if it is not in step with your own. IMHO you are stuck in one view of the “God”, “The Lord” or “Elohim” of the Old Testament. Did you ever make it to reading about the “Loving God” of the New Testament, or do you just relate better to this “mean, judgemental son of a bitch up there” because that is what turns your crank?
If it turns your crank fine, more power to you and I respect that.....I run on different fuel. Most people need their own unique fuel. One size does not fit all when it comes to finding the truth IMHO.
(I know you think the Book of Revelation is some kind of prophecy, but a lot of Bible Scholars, people who devote their life to figuring the book out, think it was just thrown in to control the sheeple with fear...have you checked out what happened at the Council of Nicaea?)
Truthunter, your fire and brimstone stuff isn’t going to work on people just because it works for you. You are using this “power of nightmare” tactic thinking this is going wake people up? It is going to either paralyze them with fear or repel them. Maybe time to change tactics? Filter your message towards the level of your audience? Learn to speak other people’s language?
I do share info with all people I come across....I temper the info I share to their “awareness” level. No point trying to teach advanced physics to someone who doesn’t know how to add. So I start by teaching them how to add.
And you know, people on this forum know what is up.....you really don’t need to blast this doomsday stuff at us non-stop. I am prepared, I bet most people here are. Work on those who don’t have a clue.
You know this worked wonders for me
When I turned 30 my friends made me recite 50 times:
"I Canzirka, promise to practice patience and tolerance for the rest of my life"
They made me do it again when I turned 50.
(It is my mantra....I recite it when I start to lose it with stupidity).