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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:
I'm brand new to this forum so please let me know if I'm out of line with this question or if it's been asked and answered or if it's not allowed on this site. Most people that I've talked to about this verse (and related verses) either avoid it altogether or say that it refers to Christ's transfiguration which imediatlely follows in Matt. 17. I don't believe He is referring to His transfiguration since it took place only six or eight days later. It seems unlikely that Jesus would inform the disciples that some of them would not die in the next week. That's not much of a prophecy. My questions are: Is it possible that the coming of the Son of Man (The Second Coming) took place at the 70AD destruction of Jerusalem and fulfilled this prophecy and many others commonly thought to be yet future? Was the "end" spoken of in the New Testament simply referring to the end of the Old Coventant system rather than the end of the literal earth? I'm aware that this line of thinking is called Preterism. I've been introduced to it rather recently and I can't disprove it. It has become an obsession with me and I would appreciate it if someone could shed some light on this subject and redirect me back to a more proper understanding of Scripture. |
Bible Answer: Hello coper44, I haven't participated in this particular thread but I have followed along and read each post with interest. I would like to quote from your original post and then offer some observation and suggestion. You wrote: "I'm aware that this line of thinking is called Preterism. I've been introduced to it rather recently and I can't disprove it. It has become an obsession with me and I would appreciate it if someone could shed some light on this subject and redirect me back to a more proper understanding of Scripture." In your own words you presented yourself (intentionally or unintentionally) as only having recently been exposed to the preterist view and apparently having little to go on. However, you unleash a string of posts (some quite long) that accurately represent the preterist view. So I, and I suspect others, are left wondering if you in fact posted your original with an agenda other than the one you stated; which was to "have light shed on this subject and redirect me back to a more proper understanding of Scripture." Are you simply regurgitating literature or do you actually have a much better learning of what you have only recently been introduced to than you suggested? In either case, you have not been truly open to the "shed light" others have offered as your stated intent suggested you would be. You also wrote: "I'm brand new to this forum so please let me know if I'm out of line with this question or if it's been asked and answered or if it's not allowed on this site." Your original question was not in and of itself "not allowed" on the forum, however, initiating a thread with a now apparent intent to push one's own view on a topic that is widely debatable and divisive is in violation of the terms of use of the Forum. Therefore, I might encourage you to put an end to your "obsession", at least on the forum. There is a sufficient amount of literature on the Market that will allow you to peck out the differences in the debate without having to push your debatable views on the bible study forum. One place to get a good look at all four of the major views of this issue is "Revelation: Four Views: A Parallel Commentary by Steve Gregg. I don't endorse the book necessarily as I own it but have not actually read it in it's entirety. I suggest it because of it's lay-out (Parallel) which makes it easy to consider the different views up close. Your cooperation will be much appreciated. God bless, Jeff |