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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: Preterism refuted using Scripture alone? |
Bible Note: Coper, Your comments are appreciated. I do see the beast of Rev. 13:1 as Nero. I beleive there is much in this book that is spiritual in nature and thus there can be no historical verification. However in addition to verse 14 we have John's eyewitness in verse 3. Now here is what really stands out to me: "13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. 15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed." Unlike Nero who assumed deity and pretended powers, this two horned beast actually had miraculous powers and convinced the unbeleivers he was a diety. He even gave life to an inanimate image! This could be no mere mortal. I must persue this further sometime, but at this point I can think of none other that better matches the description "man of sin" than this two horned beast, Satan incarnate. I forgot to mention verse 11, he spake as a dragon. The beast with 2 horns identified in the personage of Gessius Florus by Russell. He was the governor of Judea under Nero and was said to have been the worst of all the Imperial governors of Judea. According to Josephus, beginning in May of 66 with the slaughter of 3600 peaceful citizens, he terrorized the Jews for 5 months, after which the Jews rebelled resulting in civil war, without which many say the Romans would never have been able to defeat them. Regarding Rev. 20, the many and varied interpretations of this chapter have resulted in much confusion. To me the verses don't seem to be in proper order, and I beleive that possible, but I'm not quite ready to go there yet. But let me note this one thing. The first sentence of verse 5 seems to interrupt the description of those that reigned with Christ. Many Bibles use parenthesis or footnotes indicating it was not in all manuscripts, and according to some, in some ancient manuscripts it was not in the main text but a note in the margin. Placing it after verse 6 makes more sense to me. I agree, as I think most do, that David as well as Moses were shadows of Jesus. Check out http://ecclesia.org/truth/40.html for an interesting article on the significance of the nuymber 40.Your note of dates reminds me of something I've found helpful. At http://www.prophecycorner.com/agee/chron.html is a chart of OT chronology that seems more accurate than that commonly used. For instance, according to Easton's dictionary; Cyrus' decree issued 536BC, but according to Martin Anstey's Bible Chronology, who computed chronology from the scriptures, it was 454BC. Easton's date does not compute in reference to Daniel's 70 weeks but Anstey's does. This chart primarily uses AH, Anno Hominis, Year of Man. 0AH is 4043BC. To convert AH to BC years, subtract from 4043, to convert BC to AH subtract 4043 from the BC year. Tom |