Posted by One more thing [Friend] on October 28, 1999 at 09:19:00 {BrTq3yWfsYrRIg7iiOekOgnjR4Br/g}:
In Reply to: *********"Serious Mistake" posted by Rational on October 28, 1999 at 08:27:33:
Rational
One more thing, the Survival book itself shows the Armageddon is the culmination of “the conclusion of the system of things.” Consider this:
“IT IS only natural to want to know how long it will be until the events so vividly described in the Bible and that culminate in Armageddon take place.”—How Long Will the Present System Last?, Survival into a New Earth, 1984: 21
One other thing bothers me about your post.
You appear to say that “the conclusion of the system” is the sign of that conclusion rather than the period. Note that that is not what is said in regards to the supposed “serious mistake”. The ‘serious mistake” had to do with a period of which an application should not be made after. The period was “the conclusion of the system”.
So, unless you contend that the Society teaches that Jesus’ parable could not apply until beyond [the period of] “the conclusion of the system”, then you cannot contend that the supposed “serious mistake” was made.
Friend