And on a more 'serious' note (yeah, here I am, big and bold as... and throwing a 'damper' on the New Year's 'festivities'... sorry...)
SIGH! Gee, Unk (and peace to you!)... this is starting to 'hurt' just a tad. I know you are just 'funnin' to some degree, you and the others here, but, golly, when you make fun of me... and do it in serious ERROR... I kinda feel like I hafta speak up:
The above is from OBVES but could just as well come from the keyboard of... Shallby... or any number of self made internut fundy bible scholars... Well the clock has just ticked us over into 2002 and again the predicted end of the world hasn't come, the horses aren't wading through rivers of blood, the birds aren't out feasting on the flesh of kings and I ain't here earnestly rump humping the nearest female with the Angels bashing at the door and threatening to send me down if I don't show 'em my mark in the foreheadskin.
Please... PLEASE... Rev... and all you others who would... don't 'lump' me in with those who think they know 'the date and hour' and go preaching gloom and doom. That is NOT my 'message'; you have not heard such from me, and I dare say NEVER will. My 'commission' is not to try and scare the hell out of people to get them to 'serve' God... but to tell them that what God WANTS is for those who CLAIM to serve Him... to learn love. Genuinely. The when and where of what is to come... has NOT been 'given' to me to speak. And the God and Christ that
I serve do not wish ANY to die. Truly. Yes, perhaps some... even many... WILL... but that is NOT my 'business'... or my 'message'. THAT... is between such ones... and God/Christ.
I have not preached an 'end' to you, Unk... you or anyone else here. Please... do not lump me as you for some reason keep doing. My commission is not to preach death and destruction... but life... everlasting. GOOD news. And I have endeavored to the best of MY ability, to fulfill that commission. Your statement, then, is in error... and unfair. And yes, I did take it personally... for, in truth, it 'hurt'. Sorry, but I am just being honest.
Peace to you... all... and 'happy New Year'. May it bring you all that you 'wish'.
A slave of Christ,
"Shallby"