Subject: Jewish law during the millenium |
Bible Note: Hello Beja, Very interesting, thank you for your answers, and your responses. Sorry, I must admit I did not receive a lot of clarification. When you say that you, "can't respond as to what other verses you mean when you haven't told me which ones.", Well, I guess I did quote the verses, but did not tag them with a reference. My fault. The scriptural references are, 1Pet 5:8 and Matt 24:24, and the gist was, that satan is in the world, and he is deceiving Christians. Now I would like to address your post: I see it increasingly interesting that when you decide whether the passage is to be interpreted literally or not, that (quoting you), " have a choice. I can say to all these passages in scripture from a variety of genres, "No No, none of you can be understood literally and we must add at least a 2000 year gap in you." Or I can say to one single passage in revelation, which is a book absolutely full of things meant to be taken in a symbolic way, "This one is the one passage not to take literally." To me I take scripture as a whole far far more literally by taking the amillenial position." The interesting point, is that the one passage that is the deciding passage concerning the 1000 year reign, (Rev 20:1-3) is the one that you choose to take symbolically and say that it has been going on for 2000 yrs and is still going. I see it as quite literal from the passage that satan IS bound in a sealed 'abyss' (elsewhere translated as 'bottomless pit") and this is literally explained as: 'so he cannot deceive the nations'. But you say he still has access and he is presently deceiving people that are in the nations. And you say that you are taking the passage literally? This I see as a definition of the difference between exegesis and eisegesis I see the seal placed over satan as being much more effective than the seal on Jesus in Joseph's tomb, but hey, that is just me and my presuppositions. You imply that this seal is as effective as a screen door, because satan still is working among us in the duration of the 1000 yr reign. I appreciate your view, and although I might seem skeptical of it, I will try to remain open and remember this thread during future discourses. I will stay with my reading of Scripture, at least for now. When it says that satan is 'prowling about' that does not say to me that he is doing this from a sealed pit. I will try to remain sober and vigilant because of him (1Pet 5:8) as I do further studies to try to understand more thoroughly. Blessings to you and yours in Christ, keliy |