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1 | Don't understand Revelation and 1 Cor 15 | 1 Cor 15:28 | biblicalman | 228270 | ||
I am unable to find in my Bible where 1 Corinthians 15.25 is 'a specific reference to the millennial rule'. There is nothing specific about it at all. It is an interpretation and many would disagree with that statement. It is reading into Scripture what is not there and then calling it specific. Revelation 11.15 specifically refers to the coming eternal reign of Christ. There is no mention of anything else (neither any millennial reign or His present reign as both LORD and Christ - Act 2.34-36). I have found nothing in Scripture about the Temple being rebuilt. In Revelation the Temple is in Heaven both before and after chapter 11. 2 Thessalonians 2.4 probably refers to a pagan Temple in the Roman empire where Caligula did set himself up to be worshipped as theos (it is the Temple of theos, a word which refers to any divinity). Revelation 11 cannot be literally interpreted. It is impossible to conceive of a Temple where the Gentiles control in hostility (trample) the courts of the Temple with the sanctuary alone being occupied by God's people, espcially as it exists for three and a half years. The Gentiles would take over the whole Temple. The Temple must therefore be the Temple of the Holy Spirit, the body of Christ. There was no command to build the Temple in Ezekiel. It was not intended to be built. It was on a mountain some distance from Jerusalem.(Jerusalem was defiled) as an encouragement to God's people.. What was to be built was the altar (Ezekiel 43.18). The Temple was a heavenly Temple situated on a mountain some distance from Jerusalem (which like the angelic armies of Elisha were visible only to those gifted with spiritual sight) which demonstrated that God was still with His people even though there was no physical Temple. That altar was built by Zerubbabel and Joshua (Ezra 3.2). I know of no Scripture which says that the Messiah will build a Temple. Perhaps you can enlighten me. We must be careful not to stretch Scripture so as to fit it into our own theories. We must look at what is ACTUALLY said. |
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2 | Don't understand Revelation and 1 Cor 15 | 1 Cor 15:28 | Searcher56 | 228273 | ||
Second question for you biblicalman, If "Revelation 11 cannot be literally interpreted", what other Scripture do you think is not literal? Searcher |
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3 | Don't understand Revelation and 1 Cor 15 | 1 Cor 15:28 | biblicalman | 228276 | ||
There is no one in the world who takes every word of the Bible literally (no one that I know of thinks that Nebuchadnezzar was a tree). The only question is how we are to decide on what is literal and what is not. Now when we come to Revelation it is particularly difficult as it is a book of 'signs'. John 'signified' things through signs. The four horsemen of Revelation 6 are not literal, although the devastation that followed was. Thus we have to weigh each chapter up and consider what is literal and what is not. In Revelation 13 it is not really talking about a beast which will arise out of the waters. We have to interpret who the Beast is and what the waters represent. So especially at the commencement of each chapter we may expect symbolism. And so I could go on. Or perhaps you do expect a dragon to come from the sea? It is not for me to say what you believe. Best wishes. |
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