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Of course, many aspects of our faith make sense, and can indeed be explained. But in the end, regardless of our personal experiences, we believe in Him because He is our Savior, and our hearts have responded to His divine call. Words cannot contain fully the reality of our faith in Him, neither can they express our love for Him. Such faith and love belong not in the realm of full explanation. Faith remains a mystery, though a partially intelligible, but not irrational mystery (94:4) God is love, and His creatures respond to that love. Is it not possible, therefore, that at His Second Coming, the peoples of the world may simply respond to that divine love that He will again manifest, regardless of the manner of His Coming? Is this not, in fact, a far more fitting response on the part of God's children, than seeking to test His truth with our own limited knowledge, even as the people did at His First Coming? Is it ours to judge Him Who is, Himself, our Judge? (94:5) No, certainly not. We know that we cannot judge the Christ. At the same time, however, we cannot just disregard the prophecies that we know refer to His Second Coming. We want to understand what they mean. We want to know that they will all be fulfilled. Although we are not to use the prophecies against the Christ as was done at His First Coming, nevertheless, God has given us minds through which we are to understand things, and surely we want to understand the true meaning of the prophecies referring to the Second Coming
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