Eschatology and Baseball

You may want to know what Eschatology and Baseball have in common...well if the Cubs ever won the World Series we would know the end is near....hahahaha!!

For real though I just finished my Doctrine on Eschatology (The End Times).

For the record:
I'm Premillianniumist: I believe that Israel and the Church are two separate entities and the Church has not taken over Israel. Christ will come to earth for a earthly ministry that will last 1000 years. I do take Biblical prophecy literally.

Amillionniumist believe that the Church has taken over for Israel and that Satan is bound right now (as I would say if Satan is bound he has a pretty long chain)...also they believe that the millennium is happening right now spiritually and that Christ will not serve a true 1000 years on earth. They also do not take Biblical prophecy literally. All this is not to say that they aren't believers, Eschatology is not a salvation aspect but it does tell us about their way of thinking about theology.

I am also a Pretribulation believer. The church will not see God's wrath (1 Thess. 5:9) during the tribulation, during the Tribulation the nation of Israel will be set-up for the Messiah again and as well set earth up for Christ millennium kingdom. Christ taking us up into the clouds can happen at any moment, we all need to be prepared. I struggled at times with Post or midtribulation and at one time thought about going Posttrib. But after studying the Scriptures and deciding that the Bible really focues on Premillennium I stand as a Pretribulationist.

Need more info from me on Scripture, let me know and I can e-mail you my Doctrinal Statement (it's about 15 pages long).

BASEBALL IS BACK!!!
Here are my predictions for the year (I'm not a prophet so these aren't biblically based!) hahaha

National League
East champ: Mets
Central champ: Cardinal
West champ: Dodgers
Wild card: Cubs
NL Champion: Homer Pick: Cardinals: What will actually happen: Dodgers


AWARDS
MVP: Albert Pujols (will give him 4)
Cy Young: Chris Carpenter

American League
East champ: Yankees
Central champ: White Sox (last game of the year again to win it)
West: Angels
Wild card: Red Sox
Champion: Yankees

AWARDS
MVP: Mark Teixeira
Cy Young: Roy Halladay

WORLD SERIES:
Homer Pick: Cardinals over Yankees
What will happen Pick: Dodgers over Yankees

Many of you are thinking - the Cardinals? Every 2 to 3 years the Cardinals make an awesome run under LaRussa. This is the year again. The Cubs have more holes than people think and the Cardinals are stronger than many people think. Watch out!!!