{"id":291,"date":"2021-03-08T19:40:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T19:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/generational-divide.jour342.com\/blog\/?p=291"},"modified":"2021-04-20T13:11:23","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T13:11:23","slug":"a-millennials-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generational-divide.jour342.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/08\/a-millennials-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"A Millennial’s Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Photo courtesy of Jonathan Shephard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By Sam Oliveira<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to prophesy, some might think of the mysterious beastly creatures mentioned in Revelations with many eyes. We might also envision the in-depth end times depictions we have been taught since childhood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week, I had the privilege of interviewing my boyfriend Jonathan Shephard on how he grew up in the Adventist church and what prophecy meant to him then and now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cMy situation is a bit unique because my dad, who doesn\u2019t like having silence in the house, would have the late C.D. Brooks pastor [playing] in the background\u2026and that\u2019s really where I started listening to some sermons because he did a lot of [them] about end-time events,\u201d stated Jonathan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout his childhood, he was surrounded by this constant end time knowledge that he had no idea what it meant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI started actually listening when I was about 5 or 6 years old, but I started interpreting, and finally getting it in my head around [when] I was 14 years old,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having to constantly listen to end-time sermons from such a young age instilled immediate fear into him. He felt that he wasn\u2019t doing enough, and if it wasn\u2019t doing enough, was he really going to be saved?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s interesting how when I think about the end times, my childhood also had fear instilled into the way I dealt with prophecy. I felt that if I didn\u2019t do exactly what my parents said about Jesus or anything else regarding religion. And then I\u2019d automatically be persecuted and not go to Heaven. I find it quite intriguing how Jonathan\u2019s childhood experience and mine are not very far off from each other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter you start gaining a relationship with Christ, it’s like, \u2018Oh, yeah, I’m just a pilgrim here. I’m just passing. The fear factor gets removed when you realize that the hardest part has already been done for you,\u201d Jonathan stated. \u201cAnd I think it’s always been interesting to me [how] we’re in a rush to teach people the end times, but we’re not in a rush to teach them about God? How are you going to enjoy heaven if you don’t even know who is in heaven?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Sam Oliveira When it comes to prophesy, some might think of the mysterious beastly creatures mentioned in Revelations with many eyes. We might also envision the in-depth end times depictions we have been taught since childhood.  This week, I had the privilege of interviewing my boyfriend Jonathan Shephard on how he grew up in … <\/p>\n

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