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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! Brad raised some excellent questions. I want to high light one of your responses. You wrote: "Again, the manner of his ascension was "in a cloud". That's indisputable. That's how he ascended. They were then told that he would come again in the same manner that he left: "in a cloud". I read nothing further into the text. The text does not address the question of physicality. To say that his return must be in the same physical body that ascended is reading more into the text than is necessary." This is not quite accurate. Who and what did they see ascending in the cloud? They saw the resurrected Jesus, physically ascending in the cloud. So, the natural reading of the text is that the resurrected Jesus, would also physically return in a cloud. To make 'a cloud' mean a literal cloud in the first half of the passage, and then to make it mean 'an army' in the second half of the passage seems like eisgesis to me. It seems to me that you are doing exactly what you accuse others of my friend. You are forcing the verse away from it's natural meaning to fit your preconceived notion about how and when Christ must return. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |