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Subject: Still not convinced preterism is false |
Bible Note: Tim, Thanks for your input. Any attempt to shed light on this issue is much appreciated. It seems that you may have read more into the Acts 1:11 passage than is written. The passage never uses the word "physically". It does say "This same Jesus" or "This Jesus will come in just the same way as you have watched him go". He ascended "in a cloud", and he would return "in a cloud". I don't think the first century mindset would have any problem relating to the use of this "cloud coming" metaphor. This is why I quoted Is. 19:1 earlier. God was going to come "riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt". Then he fulfilled that prophecy by destroying Egypt. Did God come to Egypt riding on a swift cloud? Absolutely! But, did he come physically? No. He came in the form of the Assyrian army. How do you view the NT time-frame passages that we've been discussing? As I've written earlier, in my opinion, one must begin with the clear time-frame references spelled out in Scripture and keep in mind the relevance to the original audience in order to place the more obscure passages into the proper context. Thanks again for your time. Coper |