On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 00:48:46 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In a message dated 12/20/2004 11:30:51 P.M. Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > But the Bahai faith isn't completely dissimilar to those groups. I > think about "A thief in the night" and the related interpretations of > the Millerite groups who as fundamentalists literally expected the > coming of Jesus to bring justice and righteous to the earth. > > > Yes, and it even goes further than that. The first millennial movement was > started during the Crusades by Joachim de Fiora who probably laid the > groundwork for dispensationalism. He held that Age of the Holy Spirit would > begin in the year 1260 A.D. Of course 1260 in the Muslim calendar is 1844 in > the Christian one.
Do you know how he came up with his prediction? (I don't). I mean that would make a big difference in terms of whether switching calendars on him is a reasonable thing to do. Did he come up with the number 1260, and then pick the wrong start date. Or did he get 1260 AD some other way? Peace Gilberto "My people are hydroponic" __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
