Another “sign” that Jesus is coming back?
I mean how many churches have attempted to predict the second coming?
Can’t they just accept the fact that not even Jesus knows? It even says so in the Gospels.
Jesus is real
Man shares testimony
Do you want Jesus to come back?
That’s a question each believer needs to ask themselves.
No real christian would attempt to predict the second coming. Only cults have a habit of doing this.
So far, I have not shared anything predicting when. I have been sharing posts of people sharing the dreams and visions they have had.
Those dreams and visions serve as warnings that the time is “soon”, but when that time is, is still unknown. The only thing that we can be sure of is that people will be caught off guard.
If it happens in this generation, the question is, are you ready?
I’m sure that sometimes they ignored Roman law.They had to get permission from the Roman authorities in capital punishment cases, but generally the Romans didn’t interfere in religious cases, except when it might get the locals riled up- possibly in Jesus’ case, as He was accused of blasphemy (claiming to be God; just claiming to be the Messiah would not have been enough). He probably was executed by the Romans for stirring up trouble (at the Temple?). Jerusalem had a population of at most 50,000, but at Passover it swelled to 250,000, so the Romans were sensitive to anybody causing trouble at the time.
As in the case where Josephus writes of the stoning of James the brother of Jesus
Ananus, who, as we have told you already, took the high priesthood, was a bold man in his temper, and very insolent; he was also of the sect of the Sadducees, who are very rigid in judging offenders, above all the rest of the Jews, as we have already observed; when, therefore, Ananus was of this disposition, he thought he had now a proper opportunity [to exercise his authority. Festus [old Roman Procurator] was now dead, and Albinus was but upon the road; so he assembled the Sanhedrin of judges, and brought before them the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ, whose name was James, and some others, [or, some of his companions]; and when he had formed an accusation against them as breakers of the law, he delivered them to be stoned.(James, brother of Jesus - Wikipedia)
Albinus was the Roman procrator at that time, who had traveled to Egypt, and was furious with Ananus when he got back, probably for not asking for permission. He apparently wanted to have Ananius executed, but was told this might fire up the Sadducees, so he decided to just fire him instead.
What is the probability that this is a coincidence?
The Bible in its current form was canonized by the Council of Nicea. I doubt they were counting chapters.
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And the chances of this being by coincidence is probably going to be impossibly small. Therefore, it can only be by design of a supremely intelligent being. One that could plan for over 63,000 cross-references across the Bible.
Guy explaining why Jesus said he did not know the hour.
It’s also the hardest. Because, despite what the fervent Evangelicals on the street would have you believe, you can’t just will yourself to believe something that’s inherently unbelievable with no evidence.
They also insist that all you need to do is read the Bible (in whatever far-removed modern language from the original) and pray to the Holy Spirit to get the correct interpretation - by which they mean their interpretation. Considering how many different branches of Protestantism have been born out of this line of thinking, it’s clearly pretty difficult to read the Bible correctly and pray to the Holy Ghost correctly.
Other religions, including Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity (both of which don’t believe in “Salvation by faith alone”), make it a bit easier to know what to do and believe, and they even have leeway if you don’t actually literally believe the crazy stuff as long as you do the right thing. Hence, I would argue they’re actually easier.
BTW (this is a genuine question), if a Protestant dies when he or she is in the midst of an inevitable “questioning” or “non-believing” phase, do they go to Hell according to their doctrine? 
Finding patterns in number sequences seems more like apophenia to me, the tendency to find patterns or meaning in random events, numbers, images, shapes. Like seeing Jesus in your toast.
I’m not denying the existence of intelligent design just that this would not be the best example of that.
The modern Bible was put together by a group of men. Who are they to decide books in the apocrypha are any less important?
So fervent Evangelists are wrong, and Catholics and Orthodox are wrong, and only you and a half dozen other believers who gather in somebody’s basement have the genuine Spirit, and you’re starting to suspect that ol’ Fred sitting in the corner might be a heretic.
Christianity is certainly the hardest religion when you excommunicate 99.99% of fellow believers for not holding onto the Pure Faith.
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Wikipedia has more cross references. And
Considering the bible is modtly about the Jews and Jewish sects that’s not really surprising.
Jesus healing a child with uneven leg lengths
Person explains energy required to make the imprint of the shroud of Turin
Waiting for the video of someone’s arm or leg growing back-
somehow it never happens. Instead we have an obviously faked picture of a girl sitting crookedly on a chair while the preacher pretends to pull out her tucked in leg.
Better quality fakes, please.