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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/20/la> uren-boebert-republican-dinner-jesus-second-coming
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> Knox County, TN: Republican Colorado
> representative Lauren Boebert has told a group of
> party members that they “get to be part of
> ushering in the second coming of Jesus”,
> prompting shock and mockery online.
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> “It is an honor to serve in this time. I believe
> that many of us in this room believe that we are
> in the last of the last days and that’s not a
> time to complain, that’s not a time to grumble,
> to be dismayed, to be disheartened, but a time to
> rejoice,” Boebert said.
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> “You get to be a part of ushering in the second
> coming of Jesus,” the congresswoman said to
> applause across the room.
On end time prophecies, Ms. Boebert sounds a lot like some past LDS leaders I've read about here. That said, there is a Bible verse (I think it's in all three of the Synoptic gospels) where Jesus, when introducing an end times discussion, says that "You do not know when I will come." In other words, the Colorado representative has definitely got this one just plain wrong.
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> Boebert’s remarks of the Christian belief that
> Jesus will return again after his ascension to
> heaven 2,000 years ago has triggered a slew of
> reactions online.
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> The Lincoln Project, a Republican political action
> committee aimed at defeating Trumpism, tweeted:
> “Christian or not, Lauren Boebert cannot
> adequately represent any constituent who does not
> believe in this end times prophecy. Can you really
> have someone making decisions on your behalf that
> thinks nothing they do now will matter?”
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> One user wrote, “If the end of times are coming
> why is she bothering with an election?”
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> “I say this in all sincerity as a Knox county
> constituent and as an actual Christian … what in
> the HELL was that all about???” another user
> tweeted.
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> Wednesday’s address by Boebert was not the first
> time the Republican congresswoman made striking
> remarks about Christianity.
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> Earlier this year, Boebert hinted that Jesus may
> have prevented his crucifixion if he owned AR-15
> rifles.
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> “How many AR-15s do you think Jesus would have
> had?” Boebert asked a crowd at a Christian event
> in Colorado. “Well, he didn’t have enough to
> keep his government from killing him.”
Again, Ms. Boebert misses the point of the Bible here. According to Genesis, Isaiah, and other Old Testament prophets, the Son of God was supposed to be put to death so that human beings could be saved from what Roman Catholics refer to as "original sin." (I'm aware that Mormons didn't (and maybe still don't) believe that that was the reason Jesus was sent.) At any rate, Jesus is well aware (it is mentioned in several passages in all of the gospels) that he is supposed to be put to death. As a matter of fact, both Luke and Matthew's gospels run an incident where the apostle Peter cuts off the ear of one of the Jewish high priests with a sword and Jesus rebukes him for doing just that because he is supposed to die according to the prophecies spoken about him. So again, Ms. Boebert is very wrong on her facts, especially why Jesus came and the nature of his mission.
For those who are still wondering, I am still an atheist and I believe the Bible to now be a work of fiction. Yet I think that Ms. Boebert's misreading and misinterpreting of the Bible should be called out for what it is: a series of lies on which she is trying to hang her political career.