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Originally Posted by Vulcan
Can I take this one?
"Advocating" , maybe not, but he is sure looking forward to Armageddon. How does that go "you are either with us or against us" and he is on the side destruction. People like Van Impe want to lead us into a self fulfilling prophesy. Scary stuff.
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Jack Van Impe has been writing and teaching on the Apocalypse for well over 20 years. I'm not familiar with his current stuff but, in his older writings he never advocated helping prophesy fulfill itself. Since then from what I've heard he's gotten quite ecumenical. That is why I don't read his stuff anymore.
The most orthodox interpretation of biblical eschatology would have a man(anti-Christ) make a peace treaty with Israel and then break it after 3.5 years. He then will attempt to destroy Israel with a confederation of nations. This war will be stopped in the valley of Hinnon(sp) by the returning Jesus Christ. If Jack is still pre-tribe he believes all Christians will be gone before the anti-Christ takes power. Either way there is no way a Christian could speed up these events without being on the wrong side of them.
Christian eschatology starts with the end of the church age at the rapture and then has God fulfilling the rest of his promises to wards Israel and then finally a judgment and new beginning. Revelations has something like 22 chapters but, doesn't mention the church after the fourth chapter.