Posted by Bob - the Alien on December 03, 2003 at 08:36:27:
In Reply to: error posted by giveawayboy on December 02, 2003 at 22:51:59:
: I meant to say that I DON'T think we are playing a cosmic game of see-saw. My bad.
Revelation 20:2-3
"And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season."
In other words, After all the nasty stuff goes down, the bible explictly tells us that we will have 1000 years without evil in the world.
Although I do wonder about the end of that verse... after God's work is done, and this world has served its purpose, why must evil be loosed again? Perhaps Satan, too, will be brought back into the fold after his purpose is complete. I'd like to think so. It shows that God truly loves everyone if he even will bring back his adversary at the very end.
With Love,
Bob - the Alien