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1 | First Century Second Coming? | John 5:19 | Fatherof4 | 127906 | ||
You've got me confused... You believe Jesus switches subjects between in Matthew 24 between the destruction of Jerusalem, then to some event in the far off future, then back again to the destruction of Jerusalem? You should familiarize yourself with the apocalyptic language being used here to describe God impending judgment his people. Very similar language is used to describe very similar type events in the OT. None of the LITERALLY happened, but the Jesus audience would know of these scriptures and would have had no doubt as to what he was saying was about to happen in Jerusalem. For example: Prophesying the fall of Babylon to the Medes in 539 B. C., Isaiah wrote: Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming, Cruel, with fury and burning anger, To make the land a desolation; And He will exterminate its sinners from it. For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth with their light; The sun will be dark when it rises, And the moon will not shed its light (Isaiah 13:9-10). Also see: Isaiah 34:4 (destruction of Edom) Amos 8:9 (destruction of Samaria) Ezekiel 32:7-8 (destruction of Egypt) Finally, you have been deceived by Bible translations which have used translated the original as “earth” or "world" when it should have been translated as “land”. All the “nations of the land” did actually mourn when God used the Roman armies to come upon them in judgment in AD 70. What do you think Jesus was talking about when he said "this generation will certainly not pass away until ALL these things have happened"? (emphasis mine!). |
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2 | First Century Second Coming? | John 5:19 | JCrichton | 127912 | ||
Hi, Fatherof4! Since I am not a linguist nor a theologian I cannot offer any arguments dealing with transliterations or roots of words. What is clear is that the end of times and Jesus' Second Coming has not happened... Please refrain from worldly dissection of Scripture and listen to the Holy Spirit: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, (read also 2:6-17) The Man of Lawlessness Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come. Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God's temple, proclaiming himself to be God. Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? Jude 1:14-15 (your welcomed to read the whole Epistle) Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men: "See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones to judge everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of all the ungodly acts they have done in the ungodly way, and of all the harsh words ungodly sinners have spoken against him." Revelation 1:6-8 To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father--to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen. Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of him. So shall it be! Amen. "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty." Again, there’s nothing I can state that the Holy Spirit has not set in Scripture! God Bless! Angel |
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