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NASB | Matthew 16:28 ¶ "Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 16:28 ¶ "I assure you and most solemnly say to you, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom." |
Subject: Still not convinced preterism is false |
Bible Note: Greetings Coper! I have been trying to follow your posts on this topic, but I have not had a chance to respond as of yet. Your contention has been that we need to take Scripture at face value and that 'soon' means 'soon' and that 'near' means 'near'. Yet, in regards to Acts 1:11, it seems to me that you are doing what you accuse the futurists of doing, but even worse. :-) Acts 1:11 says, "‘‘Men of Galilee,” they said, ‘‘why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”" They had just seen the physical body of Jesus ascend into Heaven on a cloud. Doesn't the face value sense of the passage demand that Jesus would also physically descend from Heaven on a cloud? Otherwise, doesn't the phrase 'will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven' lose all meaning? ;-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |