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21 | What is willing? | Matt 8:2 | following him | 131505 | ||
Hello CDBJ; I looked up the commentary you suggested; and it did indeed; help clarify things. Thanks Blessing to you Aaron |
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22 | What is willing? | Matt 8:2 | following him | 131504 | ||
Hello Tim; yes it does help thank you. Although I must have crossed my references because somehow I thought that the term in 1 Tim 2:4 was another word for desire. I cant recall at the moment what it was but it meant desire but not followed up by action. I think the word started with a "B". And I'm not sure where I got it either. I'll have to go back through my notes and find it. I certainly do appriciate your help. Blessing to you Aaron |
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23 | Does God plunge mortals into ignorance? | Obad 1:8 | following him | 131197 | ||
Hello Reighnskye; You last stated: ”I guess what I'm trying to get at (or conversely understand better myself) is that an adult's rejection of the gospel is largely made via one's own earthly mind and mortal level of understanding.” ”Indeed all wisdom originates from God, both spiritual and earthly. Nonetheless, I personally tend to view the large majority of supposed conversions and/or rejections of the gospel as being made according to the earthly type of knowledge, wherein the volition is somewhat compromised due to lack of spiritual awareness.” You are right. It needs to be. God created us to be not only spiritual but physical as well. All of God’s dealings with man have occurred in the real physical world both in the OT and in the NT. His death was physical, so was His resurrection. His resurrected body was spiritual but also physical. His plan is to redeem creation (physical). When he originally created the world, including us, it was physical, “And behold it was very good” It is very difficult for people even Christians to understand the spiritual or eternity. So God reveals Himself physically (Jesus). And we respond according to the physical revelation. Our choice to follow Christ is based upon His interaction with us here in the real world; The question is whether we go beyond that to actually have a relationship with the Father Who is Spirit. Another factor influencing conversions/ or rejections of the gospel is how we Christians relate to each other. John 13:35 "By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." How we love each other will determine if they see Christ or not. ”It is my personal perspective that the majority of religious conversions and/or rejections of the gospel are done on a shallow level of earthly psuedo-consciousness, thereby largely lacking any degree of eternal impact.” I would have to sadly agree with you here. It seems so few people who convert actually go further than what is commonly called “Fire insurance” level Christianity. They don’t grow into a real relationship with the living God and Creator, Jesus Christ that He originally created us for. I appreciate your posts. They have been quite refreshing and thought provoking. Thank you. Blessing to you Aaron |
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24 | Does God judge nations directly? | Obad 1:2 | following him | 131195 | ||
Hello DocTrinsograce; Please forgive my barging in on this discussion but I would like to add my 1 cent. This is a topic of great interest to me. I agree with much of what you stated. I’ve read many of your posts and have appreciated them greatly. I come to have a lot of respect for your views. “The Bible is a message from God. Many things have happened to human beings since our first parents came into being. Yet, of all those things, God specifically chose only a small set of events to record. I am certain that each of these events actually took place, and yet they reflect the truth on many different levels. A God like ours can arrange these things without any trouble at all. Thus, a statement of Isaiah, for example, can be a message to the people of his own time, to the people of a few generations later, to the people of the time of the Advent, as well as to us today.” About this next one I have a question. ”On the other hand, one has to be careful of not over spiritualizing things. If we don't have the explicit authority from scripture to spiritualize a narrative, we must not presume on the scriptures themselves. We can speculate, as long as we firmly understand that that is what we are doing. Speculation should never be the basis for determining doctrine.” What is “Explicit authority (from scripture) to spiritualize a narrative”? I don’t believe you mean that the scripture has to actually say “It’s OK to spiritualize here” but who determines what can be spiritualized and what cant? If you look in Matt 2:15 “He remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet: "OUT OF EGYPT I CALLED MY SON." The context of Hosea 11:1 which Matt quotes is clearly regarding Israel yet Matthew (inspired by the Holy Spirit) spiritualizes it to refer to Jesus. In Gen 22 regarding Abraham sacrificing his son, the real context is God testing Abraham’s faith yet everyone I know spiritualizes this to be a prefiguration or similitude (I love that word “similitude”) of God the Father sacrificing Jesus. Yet I don’t know of any scripture that indicates it can be or has been spiritualized in this way by any of the apostles or disciples. Perhaps you know of one? So who is to determine which scriptures can be spiritualized or interpreted as a prefiguration or similitude? Have you ever given a scripture to a group of people and then asked, ”What this does this scripture mean?” How many different answers did you get? I’ve gotten several. Does it mean there are all wrong? It depends on how the Lord is using that particular scripture to influence that person. I myself have received “revelation” about myself or the way God deals with me or situations from scriptures that are not related to the context of what I was revealed. I do not regard such “revelations” as being the interpretation of the scripture though, just something God is dealing with me personally about nor would I teach it. I would agree with you concerning the example of the preacher you heard. The context of the passage does not lead itself to his conclusion. However, I can not say the Holy spirit has reveal to him something that is not true. The idea that the gospel has been given to the gentiles after the Jews (for the most part) rejected it is solid. It just isn’t supported by the scripture he used. Again the danger would be if he insisted that this was the real context and meaning of that scripture. This is perhaps one of the main reasons churches split. Because someone gets a personal revelation from God from a particular scripture, and instead of taking it as God dealing with something in their own life they claim it as the real interpretation. A “New revelation for the church.” When nobody sees what he sees he leaves trying to take as many with him as possible. Interestingly enough the “New revelation “ usually become the main doctrine of the new church that is established, sometimes to the exclusion of real foundational doctrines. I have no problem with spiritualizing scripture as long as it is being rightly divided, i.e. rightly assigned to “personal revelation” or God dealing with you on a personal level and not to true context and doctrine. I hope I’ve explained myself well enough to be understood. Although I think I confused myself. Blessing to you Aaron |
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25 | Does God plunge mortals into ignorance? | Obad 1:8 | following him | 130901 | ||
Hello again Reighnskye; “I guess that I'm under the impression that humanity born in sin never really possessed the higher wisdom in the first place.” Proverbs 8 says that wisdom has existed from the beginning and the start of it was seeking God. Rom 1:18-21 shows that they knew about it but made a deliberate choice to reject it. The evidence of God’s existance “His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature,” was always there for them to see. “Children from the womb lack the light of spiritual awareness, and therefore cannot discern between good and evil without the Law of Moses to eventually instruct them.” I’m not convienced this is completely true. Children seem to have a far keener sense of spiritual things than adults. We very recently had a child in our church that was sick but saw an angel. The angel came and spoke to him saying that he was sent to heal him and he did. It is us adults that have years of dealings in this world of corruption that have a difficult time in sensing the spiritual realm. Children are far more likely to have faith in Christ than we adults. As for children discerning between good and evil I do think you are right that they cannot without some form of instruction indicating to them what is right and what is wrong. And even then they often chose the wrong because they are very much driven by self interest. ”Does God elevate mortals to the light of spiritual awareness prior to their rejection of the gospel?” I don’t believe you can reject something you have no knowledge of. Therefore they must been given a choice to chose from. But the choice may not have come from being elevated to “the light of Spiritual awareness” as Rom 1:18-21 indicates that even the natural creation declares the glory of God. Rom 1:18-21 “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. 21 For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. We can see in the OT people like Noah and Enoch who found grace with God prior to the giving of the law. The fact that at least these two had some form of relationship with God show it was possible for all during that time to also. Those that rejected Him did so inspite of the testimony of the entire creation. “Or do people usually merely reject the gospel with no more than the Law of Moses to enlighten them?” I think many people reject the pospel because of the Law of Moses, thinking it just a bunch of rules and regulations. They never realizing that the Law points us to Christ who gives us freedom and the Father who conforms us to the image of His Son. It is not a thing that we can do ourselves, it’s all a work of God’s grace in us. Blessing to you Aaron |
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26 | Is this a lottery? | Rev 20:6 | following him | 130363 | ||
Hello again Searcher56; I thought through what you wrote as to the requirements for participating in the first resurrection they are: 1. Beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, 2. And those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, 3. And had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand; ... they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. In Rev 2:20, 24-29 It gives other requirements for those to rule over the nations. 20 "Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. 24 "Now to you I say, and to the rest in Thyatira, as many as do not have this doctrine, who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say, I will put on you no other burden. 25 "But hold fast what you have till I come. 26 "And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations— 27 ‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron; They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’ —as I also have received from My Father; 28 "and I will give him the morning star. 29 "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."‘ This is how I would interpret these passages: The problem this church had was that they allowed Jezebel to teach heretical doctrines that cause the believers to stumble and sin. Jesus tells them that if they overcome that i.e. become diligent in rooting out false doctrines and teachers and return to teaching truth as the church in Ephesus did; and keep His works to the end they would be giving ruler ship over the nations. The only time that I am aware that the nations would be around for them to rule over in this context would be during the 1000-year reign. Nowhere in this passage does it say that they would need to meet the three requirements mentioned above. Since verse 29 says, “He who has an ear, let him hear what the spirit says to the churches.” I assume this letter to the church in Thyatira can be applied to all the churches existing at that time and those existing today. Therefore if I overcome in this particular area meaning not tolerating false doctrines and teachers but expose them for what they are, and keep His works to the end. I will also be rewarded by Jesus and set to rule over the nations participating in the first resurrection. Even if I died tomorrow by natural causes prior to the events described in Rev 20. How would you interprete this passage? |
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27 | Is this a lottery? | Rev 20:6 | following him | 130315 | ||
Based on these three qualifications, the apostle John would not qualify because he died a natural death prior to these events. Millions of other christains from his time to present that have died natural deaths would not qualify either. Rev 20:6 says that the second death has no power over those who partake of the first resurrection. Does it have power over those who did not take part in it. The rest of the dead are raised at the end of the 1000 years and are presented before the great white throne for judgement Rev 20:5, 11-13. Are we who do not take part in the first resurrection going to partake in that judgement? | ||||||
28 | Is this a lottery? | Rev 20:6 | following him | 130309 | ||
Searcher, if you were (the Lord forbid) to die tommorow, before these events, would you take part in the first resurrection? | ||||||
29 | Is this a lottery? | Rev 20:6 | following him | 130307 | ||
Hello Searcher; Please explain to me how Rev 20:4-6 "implies some Christians will not be risen for a thousand years." I'm not getting the connection Blessing to you Aaron |
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30 | One God, One Jesus Christ | 1 Cor 8:5 | following him | 130290 | ||
Hello Tim; I thank the Lord for brothers like you who have a solid grasp of the greek, not only that but you seem to be able to explain it in ways that even I can understand. I have a question along the same lines as this thread. The first and the last. Isaiah 44:6 "Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: 'I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God besides Me.” Jehovah is the first and the last and there is no other God (first and last) Rev. 22:13 "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end." The first and the last, Alpha and Omega and the beginning and the end are one and the same. Rev 1:8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "Who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." The Alpha and Omega is the Lord God is the Almighty Jehovah (equals) First and the last (equals) Alpha and Omega (equals) Beginning and the end (equals) Lord God (equals) the Almighty. Rev. 1:17-18 “When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. And He placed His right hand on me, saying, "Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades. Rev. 2:8 "And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life, says this: If the first and the last is Jehovah, when did Jehovah die and come to life? As far as I know He didn’t, Jesus did. Jesus claims here that He is the first and the last. The book of Revelation is a book that reveals Jesus Christ. It reveals Him to be not only equal with God, but God Himself. Is there anything in the greek grammatical structure that would make this reasoning invalid? Blessings to you Aaron |
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31 | Pragmatism is of the World | Job 21:15 | following him | 130008 | ||
Hello Karen; Forgive me for taking so long in getting back to you about the king issue concerning Jesus. You are very correct in that God cannot lie. Jesus was in fact the king of the Jews. The Jews were waiting for their Messiah to come for a long time thinking that at His coming He would rule from the throne of David as their king defeating their evil oppressors. This was all according to interpretation of OT prophesies. However, the prophecies referring to the messiah reigning as their king were not referring to His first coming but His second. His first coming was to redeem man from sin by His death on the cross. This is why the Jews missed it. They were looking for Him to do something that was not going to happen at that time. Was He still the king of the Jews? Yes. In Matt 1, the genealogy shows His ancestry as going back directly to David. He was David’s heir and as such had a right to sit on David’s throne and rule Israel. He was in fact the real king of the Jews but it was not His purpose to Rule at that time. You can see throughout the gospels He deliberately avoids being set up as king. And the only time He admits to being the king of the Jews is during His trials; once before the high priest who used His testimony as being the Messiah for a charge of blasphemy against Him when the testimony of the false witnesses were falling apart, and second before Pilot who would be obligated by Rome to eliminate the threat of a king that could possible cause the Jewish people to revolt against Roman authority. I hope I answered your question if not let me know. Blessing to you Aaron |
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32 | Pragmatism is of the World | Job 21:15 | following him | 129740 | ||
Hello Karen; I would like to say something about this "King"/"king" issue. Jesus was placed before Pilot on trial in which the Jews wanted Jesus to receive the death penalty. Their case however was going very badly because Pilot could find no reason for His trial let alone His execution. Remember the reason Jesus came in the first place was to die on the cross for the sins of man. And at this point Pilot was trying to keep Him from that cross. And the Jews could give no reason for Jesus to be put to death. So Jesus provides Pilot with a reason. He does not claim to be THE King. He claims to be a king. The king of the Jews (an earthly king) and as such set Himself up to be a threat to Rome. Even with this Pilot tried to get Him off until the Jews threatened him by saying that if Pilot let Him go Pilot was no friend of cesear. Pilot realy had no choice but to condemn Jesus if Jesus was realy a king. Jesus it seems had to force Pilot to send Him to the cross to die for the sins of man. Just something to think about. Blessing to you Aaron |
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33 | Pragmatism is of the World | Job 21:15 | following him | 129573 | ||
Hello DocTrinsograce; Heb 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. From this verse I would say the God requires us to believe that He will reward us for seeking Him. Please dont take me wrong in what I am going to say. I'm not saying that you don't believe this because from what you write it seems you include all this in the term salvation. But I usually divide salvation like this; God did not give us salvation just so that we could be saved. He saved us for something; a relationship with Him. In my view salvation is just the first step. It refers to delivering us from the bondage of sin and the jugdement that comes with it. Being freed from all that we now have access to have and grow in a living, dynamic, powerful relationship with the living God and Creator of the universe and to be who He created us to be. I am thankful for salvation (getting to heaven you might say) but I want more I want to know my God personally. This is what I would consider those rewards are refering to. Blessing to you Aaron |
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34 | Order of occurance | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 128429 | ||
Good morning New creature: You asked if: “Do you believe the Holy Spirit dwells even in unbelievers, and remains inactive in them, until some at point in their lives they become aware of His indwelling presence, and at this point they begin actively responding to Him?” No. I believe the Holy Spirit only indwells believers. The influence of the Holy Spirit is an external one (What I mean by that is He works from the outside as He influences the inside) to unbelievers. This scriptures shows what spirit is influencing unbelievers: of which we were all part of. Eph 2:1-3 1And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, 2in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. 3Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. This scripture show that there is a big difference between the two groups and that God dwells in one and not the other. 2 Cor 6:14-18 14Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 15What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people." 17"Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you." 18"I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty." Here we see that we are sealed after we believe. Ephesians 1:13 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation--having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, Here it says that those who believed in Him received the Holy Spirit John 7:38-39 38 "He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, 'From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.'" But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. Grace and peace to you P.S. You say that this is a survey? Will you share with us your findings? I would love to see the results. |
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35 | Order of occurance | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 128400 | ||
Good evening New Creature: In response to your question I would say we are active but only as one responding to the direction of the Lord: For example see the scriptures below the works we do are originated in God. He prepared them that we should walk in them. Our response is to walk in them. Eph 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. Here our deliverence from temptation is one God creates for us it is our response to something He has provided for us that we use to escape. 1 Cor 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it. Rom 8:11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. Rom 8:13 for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. Rom 8:14 For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. Rom 8:26 In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; - The Spirit gives life to our mortal Bodies - By the Spirit we put to death the deeds of the flesh. - You are a son of God if you are being led by the Spirit - The spirit interceeds for us. Rom 8:28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. Rom 8:29 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; Rom 8:30 and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified. - God causes all thing to work for our good - In Rom 8:29-30 you can see our progress from glory to glory is realy God's work being performed in us. We only respond to Him. If we will not respond to Him then I would say that would be living according to the flesh (see Rom 8:13 above) and regeneration does not take place. |
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36 | Order of occurance | Bible general Archive 2 | following him | 128386 | ||
Hello New Creature: This is where I believe regeneration starts: 2 Cor 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. But I don't believe it is a finished work we still need purification Titus 2:14 who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds. But the great thing is the One who started it will also finish it. Phil 1:6 For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. His grace and peace to you |
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37 | First Century Second Coming? | John 5:19 | following him | 128246 | ||
Hi Xerxes: I must say, I appreciate you stance of neutrality in this issue. It is a difficult thing to remain neutral when playing the “devil’s advocate” toward both sides. However, I’m not convinced that you do not hold to either side. I believe you’re just not telling us which side you hold to and that’s fine. There are only two choices of six that are viable. Non-viable options: 1. Jesus never came in the first place 2. Jesus came and died but didn’t rise from the grave (and variations to this idea) 3. Jesus is/has come right now, right now, right now, right now to infinity 4. Jesus wont be coming back Only viable options: 1. Jesus has come back (at any time between His ascension and right now, right now, etc) 2. Jesus will be coming back. (at some time between right now, right now, etc and eternity future) The question is which side the scriptures support the most (including the allegorizing). You must include possible allegories because Jesus himself allegorized many things 1. You are the salt of the earth 2. You are the light of the world 3. You must eat my flesh and drink my blood 4. He said to Peter “Feed my sheep” Jesus was a carpenter, but I suppose He could have had a flock of sheep somewhere. 5. Much of the book of Revelation which Jesus gave is allegorical. I can’t image a real beast with seven heads coming out of the sea and people bowing down and worshipping it. But people will do strange things. Do we have to understand all the scriptures pertaining to this issue (Which by the way is pretty much most of the Bible? There are two basic themes in the scriptures 1. That God created the world and no one else did and 2. The redemption of that world He created and which man had lost.) I dont think so. Nor does mean that we won’t change views if we find more evidence later that supports the opposite view. I at the current time of writing this hold to the premil position. Part of my reasoning behind holding to this view is the fact that God has set a pattern of dealing with man on and in the physical realm. 1. He revealed Himself in it Rom 1:20 2. His judgments upon the nations including Israel (OT) 3. His mercies and favor upon those who call upon Him 4. Christ’ death and resurrection. 5. The expectation of a physical reigning of the messiah on the throne of David by all the prophets. 6. The expectation of the creation itself of redemption (Rom 8:19-23) I have to conclude that Jesus will follow the precedent that God set and His return will result in many physical / creation changes including but not limited to: 1. The lion and the lamb side by side 2. The child able to put its hand on a vipers nest 3. All tears be wiped away 4. Sickness done away with 5. Creation restored 6. Etc. But since the time of Adam to today the world is still obviously still under the curse (crime, sickness, death etc) I must conclude that Jesus has not come back yet. And in my view the scriptures and history better supports the premil view. Now concerning this portion of Josephus, you inserted into one of your posts “Besides these, a few days after that feast, on the one and twentieth day of the month Artemisius [Jyar], a certain prodigious and incredible phenomenon appeared: I suppose the account of it would seem to be a fable, were it not related by those that saw it, and were not the events that followed it of so considerable a nature as to deserve such signals; for, before sun-setting, chariots and troops of soldiers in their armor were seen running about among the clouds, and surrounding the cities. Moreover, at that feast which we call Pentecost, as the priests were going by night into the inner [court of the temple,] as their custom was, to perform their sacred ministrations, they said that, in the first place, they felt a quaking, and heard a great noise, and after that they heard a sound as of a great multitude, saying, “Let us remove hence.” I am assuming this is referring to around 70AD when the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and that you are suggesting that this could represent Christ’ return upon the clouds. There is another explanation for this vision. In the OT we see several instances where angelic hosts were to provide protection to individuals and cities. I believe it was Elisha who prayed that his servant’s eyes would be opened to see the angelic host protecting them from an enemy. One angel destroyed 185,000 Assyrians during Hezekiah’s time. In Dan 12:1 we see that Michael stands guard over Israel. It is possible that this vision was one of seeing the angelic host which was stationed around the cities of Israel for protection being withdrawn so that the Roman army could come and fulfill what Jesus spoke about the destruction of Jerusalem. And those that saw this vision were the same ones that rejected Christ and were seeing the result of that rejection. It may not have anything to do with the Lord’s return. Just another possibility. Blessings to you |
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38 | Matt 16:28 "some" and "see" | Matt 16:28 | following him | 127874 | ||
hello Tim Moran; Thank you for the insight. As you mentioned that the Kingdom was a present reality, I was reminded that many times as Jesus walked along He said that the kingdom of God was at hand and even demonstrated that same kingdom through the miracles He performed. The desciples although given authority to do many things while Jesus was with them; really received power when the Holy Spirit came upon them in Acts. This could not have happened unless Jesus had gone to be with the father. So many of those standing there not only saw the kingdom coming in power but also became the avenue through which God exercised that power to the people around them. I greatly appriciate your help brother Blessing to you. |
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39 | Study of the minor prophets? | OT general | following him | 127650 | ||
Anyone may join the study. The only thing I would ask is that all discussions stick to the subject of the book of Joel. Any tangents that come up should be moved to the main forum and not discussed within the study streams. This study may also latter be used by some as a sort of commentary while reviewing all the postings in it. A commentary which they can add to if they wish. | ||||||
40 | Study of the minor prophets? | OT general | following him | 127638 | ||
Hello chesed: Blessings to you and welcome to the forum. We would love to have you participate. I'm just waiting to see if there is a little more response or interest in it before trying to set it up. I looking at the beggining of next week if all goes well. |
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