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For example, people might say that they believe that Jesus is the Christ because He was raised from the dead after His crucifixion. The question then becomes "How is it that you believe that He was raised from the dead?" The response may be "It is stated in the Bible, the Word of God." The question then becomes, "How is it that you believe that the Bible is the Word of God?" The response may be "It is evident because of the many truths it contains." The question then becomes, "So, is it that you first believe in the Bible, and then you believe in Jesus because He is written about?" .. and the questioning can continue forever (94:1) Or, one might say, "I believe that Jesus is the Christ because I can feel His love in my heart, and because I can see how He has blessed my life." The question then becomes, "So, if a person of a non-Christian faith, feels the love of their founder, and sees how he has blessed their life, does this, therefore mean that he is also from God?" (94:2) When it comes right down to it, we believe for one overwhelming experience or reason, or for a number of experiences and reasons, some of greater and some of lesser value. Each one of us must have had some sort of divine confirmation, some special blessing from God to enable us to believe. And this confirmation is a personal thing that only we ourselves can fully understand. We can tell others our reasons for belief, but the reality of it cannot be conveyed (94:3) 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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