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Old 03-11-2008, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by holyfool33 View Post
In Second Timothy chapter three it says perilous times will come and men will wax worse and worse. How would a Postmill respond to this scripture or the idea of a Great Apostasy?
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But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
Is this quantitative or qualitative? Is it wrt men collectively or individual men?

Further, most (all) postmils believe in a falling away just prior to the 2nd Coming. I do not believe the passage is inconsistent with a generally optimistic view of the development of Christendom.
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