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  1. asker24

    Can we pray for shortening the days of the Second Coming?

    He has taught us the Lord's prayer. Peter talks about hastening the days, and the very last prayer in the Bible is Come!. In the worst case, as you mentioned, asking this will have at least the effect on us of aligning to His will, because it is in His will to return. But according to the...
  2. asker24

    Can we pray for shortening the days of the Second Coming?

    Brother whatgoeshere, can you explain why, then, this reasoning couldn't be applied to any other prayer, thus making any prayer useless? Dear jasonc, I'm sad that you see the Day of the Lord as something merciless and terrible, that is better to be delayed, but I'm thankful that you openly said...
  3. asker24

    Can we pray for shortening the days of the Second Coming?

    I see, I understand your position. :) For me, I'd rather ask and risk that is useless, than not ask and risk to miss a huge chance.
  4. asker24

    Can we pray for shortening the days of the Second Coming?

    Hi whatgoeshere and thanks for your reply! These points seems similar to civilwarbuff's ones above. So you can look there for a reply. In short: Not knowing doesn't imply the usefulness of asking. Moreover, the Father knows the future, so we don't know if he decided the date knowing the prayers...
  5. asker24

    Can we pray for shortening the days of the Second Coming?

    Good morning Brother Eugene. I'm using the above scripture to infer that elect's prayer may have a role in the hastening of the return of Christ. I'm not entering into details of the return features (some think is a rapture, others is another form, but these details are not relevant in this...
  6. asker24

    Can we pray for shortening the days of the Second Coming?

    Thanks for the detailed answer Civilwarbuff :) Actually the questions were supposed to be 2, maybe it's the miracle of multiplication of the questions :biggrin Completely true that no one knows the day, and it is wrong to guess predicitions. But this doesn't imply that we can't ask to hasten...
  7. asker24

    Can we pray for shortening the days of the Second Coming?

    Thanks, Eugene! That is exactly another formulation of this prayer. Let's pray it, then :) Maranatha JLB God bless us
  8. asker24

    Can we pray for shortening the days of the Second Coming?

    As Christians, at least some of us are looking forward to the return of Jesus (call it Rapture, Second Coming or any other way and regardless the different interpretations of the intermediate events) Now usually, we pray the Lord for good things that we would like in our lives because Jesus...
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