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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." |
Bible Question:
Hello Coper, Following this post has raised some questions. Would you please answer them so I will be able to understand better? Why 70 AD? The temple was not the earthly dwelling place of God. We the believers are from Pentecost on, no need for one made of stone. The priesthood-Jesus Christ is our high priest and advocate at the Fathers right hand. The sacrifices- Jesus paid that at the cross. The veil was torn from the top to the bottom at His death. All of these happen before 70 AD. You seem to view Matt 16:24 as a prediction that Jesus did know when He was coming back. What about Matt. 24:36, Mark 13:32,( only the Father knows ). As John was the only one that was alive in 70 AD. which would mean that he alone would have seen the Coming. How do you explain 'some'? Matt. 24:34 No predictions, He did not know. Would not generations be defined as progeny rather than a time frame? In the Quest of Truth, Brian |
Bible Answer: Brian, I hope I'm not out of line since you addressed Coper, but I would like to share a few thoughts on this. You have heeded the most important teaching in asking for and receiving the salvation of Jesus. Will all this discussion about what happened when or who did what have any bearing on your salvation? Of course not. But what about the lost person? He has heard of this salvation offered and it sounds much better than the alternative. He dives into the NT with zeal and encounters these very plain prophesies of Jesus regarding His parousia and judgement. He's confused - the Church says all this is still future. Was Jesus misquoted? Was He wrong? Did He deliberately deceive those He was speaking to so as to confuse them for some reason? Maybe starting with the OT will help clarify. Then he comes to the test of a prophet: Deut. 18:22, "When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him." Many atheists and others use these "failed" prophesies of Jesus (especially Matthew 24) to "prove" He was NOT the Messiah! Maybe this lost person will continue searching for the truth, or maybe he'll try some other religion. True, only the Father knew the day and hour but Matt. 16:28; 24:34 and others narrowed the time frame to a specific period - a generation, the ones to which He spoke. Finally, the Preterist view is important to me beause the Bible makes more sense. Before it frequently contradicted what I had been taught. I should have been looking for what I'd been taught to match the Bible, not vice-versa. I feel blessed to have found Preterism. God bless the internet - well, some of it! Praying for guidance in your quest, Tom |