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NASB | Matthew 5:5 ¶ "Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 5:5 ¶ "Blessed [inwardly peaceful, spiritually secure, worthy of respect] are the gentle [the kind-hearted, the sweet-spirited, the self-controlled], for they will inherit the earth. [Ps 37:11] |
Subject: Who "inherit the earth"? |
Bible Note: You wrote, Steve: Rev 21:1) that it must be the new earth where the new Jerusalem will be. ---------------------------------------------- I just read this over in the NT. The New Jerusalem is to be 1500 miles high, and 1500 miles on all sides. Is that correct? Kinda of a cube effect? Also, this prophecy comes from a vision or dream of one man who wrote Revelations. And, I not sure about this, but I don't believe the real author has ever been pin-pointed. So, here's the question; Isn't this a lot riding on just the vision of one, maybe, unknown man? With no known track record? One is the considerations in any kind of revelation is that the only one who can vouch for it, is the one who says he had it. Is that reliable? Can we risk our lives on that? Another question: The last person that I'm aware of that had a "revelation" was Joseph Smith of the Mormons. He also envisioned the coming of a New Jerusalem but he said it would be somewhere on the New World continent, mainly, I think, somewhere in North America. I think he even suggested Missouri at one time. So there's another example of a revelation that can only be substantiated with the word of the person claiming it. Some people would suggest his revelation is just as valid as the previous one in the Book of Revelation. Now, the last question: Even if one is correct, is there a logistical problem fitting? Certainly Missouri won't hold it. And I don't believe the site of the old Jerusalem would accomodate it, either; although I'm not positive what the Middle East expanse is. ....good thoughts....Treadway |