How Do I Discuss the End Times Without the "Doom and Gloom"?

Core Christianity

Aaron Simon

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 23 February 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Episode 909 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions.

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Questions in this Episode

1. In Mark 16:15-18, Jesus talks about the signs accompanying those who believe and mentions tongues and snake handling, it seems. This seems very odd and today's skeptic could point to this and say, "here, Christian, drink this poison and you should be fine, right?" What is the context and explanation I should be aware of here?

2. As a follower of Christ I run across many others who believe we are living in the last days. For some, this gives them hope and others it gives them a sense of "gloom and doom." How do you communicate this to non-believers without making it seem like its a message of "gloom and doom"?

3. If God cares about his creation, why does he allow humans to tortue and mistreat animals every day?

4. Are our good works proof of our faith and salvation?

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0:00.0	How do I discuss the end times without the doom and gloom? That's just one of the questions
0:12.0	we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity. Well, hi, this is Bill Meyer,
0:17.0	along with Pastor Adriel Sanchez, and this is the radio program where we answer your questions
0:21.9	about the Bible and the Christian life every day. Our phone lines are open right now, and you can call us
0:27.4	with your question for the next 25 minutes or so. Here's our phone number. It's 833-843-243-26-73. You can spell it out,
0:36.2	833-the-core. You can also post your question on one of our
0:41.7	social media sites. And of course, you can always email it's your question at questions at
0:46.8	core Christianity.com. By the way, Adriel is live on YouTube right now. If you check out our
0:53.0	YouTube channel, you can also send us a
0:55.8	message that way if you have a question so you can interact with him right there in the studio
0:59.9	on YouTube. Well, let's go to a voicemail we receive from one of our listeners. This is from
1:05.1	Scott. My question is pertaining to Mark chapter 16, verse 15 through 18. It just seems strange the things that Jesus says to the disciples. The signs that will accompany those who believe in my name, they will drive out demons, will speak in new tongues, they will pick up snakes with their hands, and when they drink deadly poison, it will
1:28.4	not hurt them at all.
1:29.9	They will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.
1:33.6	This just seems very odd, and like today's skeptic could point to this passage of scripture
1:39.0	and say, here, believer, drink this poison and get bit by this snake.
1:43.4	You should be fine, right?
1:45.3	I would just like some clarification on this passage and maybe the context and a better
1:49.9	description. Thanks and God bless.
1:53.2	Hey, Scott. Thank you for your question. Yeah, if somebody comes to you and hands you a viper
1:59.3	and says you're a Christian, you know, what are you
2:01.7	going to do? I do not recommend trying to play with that thing. So a couple of things with regard
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