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Bible Prophecy & The Martyr's Challenge
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Russ Scudder
2006-11-06 02:57:04 UTC
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Two questions for those who study, believe in, and follow the Christian
Bible.

The Bible tells us that god answers the prayers of the faithful. Biblical
prophecy tells us about the final days before the return of Jesus. It tells
us about The Rapture, The Tribulation, and The Battle of Armageddon, but I
do not find any reference to what will trigger The Rapture and the return of
Christ.

For the first time in human history, we have the technical knowledge and the
systems in place to conduct a global call to prayer and a global Martyr's
Challenge. A Martyr's Challenge which would include live simultaneous
broadcasts of the challenge to all corners of the world. All people in all
countries and followers of all faiths would hear the challenge and see the
results at the same time. All people would hear the call to prayer and pray
for a response from God at the same time. A Martyr's Challenge lasting
thirty days, with live broadcasts every twelve hours, would ensure that all
people, even in the remotest locations on earth, would be aware of the
challenge and able to participate in the challenge.


I therefore ask the following questions of all who study, believe in, and
follow the Christian Bible.

1. Would God respond to the simultaneous prayers of all humanity, asking him
for an answer to the same question?

2. If God did respond to a formal Martyr's Challenge as prescribed:

"In that exact same nanosecond I ask that you turn the bodies of all
defending martyrs, from the true path of enlightenment (whether it is one
martyr or one hundred million), to dust and bring their spirits home (home
to God), thereby proving that their prophets are the true prophets and their
path your chosen path for all humanity."

Would God's response be The Rapture as defined in the Christian Bible?

I hereby ask you to consider the following Martyr's Challenge, and to
discuss it in your discussion groups and with your church leaders.

Is a simple request from mankind what God has been waiting for?

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The Martyr's Challenge

This is a direct challenge to all would be martyr's in the world, no matter
where you live or what your faith my be. This is a direct challenge to all
true believers in the world, no matter where you live, or what your faith
may be. If you believe in God, that God listens to your prayers, and that
God cares about humanity, I challenge you to come forth and defend those
beliefs as a Defending Martyr offering your life to God for an answer from
God.

This is a Martyr's Challenge, and I am a challenging martyr offering my life
to God so that all of humanity may know God's will.

Lord please hear my plea for I come before you as a challenging martyr,
seeking answers which only you can provide. The human race has been besieged
on all sides by false prophets, perverting the word of God for their own
personal glorification and gain. All of these prophets claim a special
connection with you, and special insight into your design and your plans for
our future. They move amongst us creating confusion and unrest wherever they
go. They turn brother against brother generating suspicion and fear which
inevitable leads to violence and war.

Our planet is now divided by over a half dozen major religions whose
followers all claim to be the true believers, and the chosen children of
God. Those major religious groups are further divided by thousands of minor
religious sects, all of whom claim to be following your chosen path for
humanity and your will. Each sect in turn viewing all other religious sects
with the suspicion and mistrust, which ultimately leads to increased
violence and war.

Our problems are further compounded by national leaders who are driven by
ambition, greed, and self glorification. Leaders who are far too willing to
invoke the word of God whenever it suits their purpose or furthers their
ambitions. They intertwine their political rhetoric with our religious
traditions and prophecies in order to divide us and further their own
ambitions.

Lord we seek peace and a clear understanding of your will. That is why I
come before you as a challenging martyr offering my life as a vehicle
through which you can clearly and unambiguously communicate your desire to
the human race.

The answer I seek my Lord is "Who amongst us is following the true path
which you have chosen for mankind?"

I ask that you respond to this challenge in the prescribed manner so that
there can be no question that the answer came from you and no question as to
what your desires are. I challenge all true believers of all faiths to send
forward defending martyrs so that you may clearly communicate your desire to
the entire human race by the method set down in this challenge. I ask that
you inspire true believers from all faiths and all religious sects to offer
themselves as defending martyrs and proof that their faith is the true faith
and that their path is your chosen path for all mankind.

When the defending martyrs of the true path of enlightenment has come
forward, I ask that you bring me home by turning my body to dust in one
billionth of a second leaving only my right hand as proof of your deed. In
that exact same nanosecond I ask that you turn the bodies of all defending
martyrs, from the true path of enlightenment, to dust and bring their
spirits home, thereby proving that their prophets are the true prophets and
their path your chosen path for all humanity. Bringing us home in the
prescribed manor is a feat that only you can preform. Bringing us home in
the exact same nanosecond will be proof that all humanity can clearly
understand.

In the name of all humanity I ask this of you, so that we may all know and
follow the true path of enlightenment and the true prophets of God.

In the name of God, and for the sake of all humanity,

Amen
Matthew Johnson
2006-11-07 02:43:04 UTC
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Post by Russ Scudder
Two questions for those who study, believe in, and follow the Christian
Bible.
Those who not only study, believe in and follow, but study well, will know
better than to issue your so-called 'challenge'. For you are _seriously_
confused concerning the Rapture, as well as concerning teleology and
eschatology.

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Post by Russ Scudder
Would God's response be The Rapture as defined in the Christian Bible?
No.

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Subducat se sibi ut haereat Deo
Quidquid boni habet tribuat illi a quo factus est
(Sanctus Aurelius Augustinus, Ser. 96)
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