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And what counts most of all is this: God knows where you are. He came to this earth to feel what you feel, and to take all the booby prizes for everyone, past, present, and future, who tried for that mark and missed. What other religious tradition even speaks in those terms? [[Islam]] makes you walk a tightrope over a burning canyon. (Unless you kill somebody to advance the faith, but that's a little out of the league of most of those who will hear our message.) [[Judaism]] is, by definition, incomplete: it is still under the law, though the age of the law is past, and that of grace has succeeded.

And what counts most of all is this: God knows where you are. He came to this earth to feel what you feel, and to take all the booby prizes for everyone, past, present, and future, who tried for that mark and missed. What other religious tradition even speaks in those terms? [[Islam]] makes you walk a tightrope over a burning canyon. (Unless you kill somebody to advance the faith, but that's a little out of the league of most of those who will hear our message.) [[Judaism]] is, by definition, incomplete: it is still under the law, though the age of the law is past, and that of grace has succeeded.

In closing, however, I have to mention one other possibility: we are likely to get snatched (Greek ''harpagesometha'', from ''harpazo'' I seixe, snatch, and carry off by force) ({{Bible ref|book=1_Thessalonians|chap=4|verses=16-18}}) before this mission even gets out of the planning stage. Everything depends on whether Divine patience is finally exhausted. As it might very well be.--[[User:TerryH|TerryH]]^{[[User talk:TerryH|Talk]]} 17:46, 1 April 2009 (EDT)

In closing, however, I have to mention one other possibility: we are likely to get snatched (Greek ''harpagesometha'', from ''harpazo'' I seize, snatch, and carry off by force) ({{Bible ref|book=1_Thessalonians|chap=4|verses=16-18}}) before this mission even gets out of the planning stage. Everything depends on whether Divine patience is finally exhausted. As it might very well be.--[[User:TerryH|TerryH]]^{[[User talk:TerryH|Talk]]} 17:46, 1 April 2009 (EDT)