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Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity

soldierant

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1. I have never understood, and probably never will,

Reply to sprinkleeninow (Original post)

Mon Jun 17, 2024, 10:39 PM

Jun 2024

the obsession of some Christians with the "End Times." If the "End Times" donot happen to the world in your lifetime, your personal "end timed" will happen to you when you die. It seems to me that it's those end times that we need to be prepared for, not for some hypothetical "End Times" of world events.

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☦️ Eastern Orthodox Christianity on 'Antichrist Is Coming' and 'The End Is Near' [View all] sprinkleeninow Jun 2024 OP

I have never understood, and probably never will, soldierant Jun 2024 #1

The Orthodox Church stresses an individual's end time moreso than the collective one. nt sprinkleeninow Jun 2024 #2

So does the Roman church. soldierant Jun 2024 #3

We know and believe He is coming back, The Parousia. sprinkleeninow Jun 2024 #4

We are to be prepared to meet Him whether individually or collectively always. sprinkleeninow Jun 2024 #5