the land promises are EVERLASTING! and Israel has not been living in the land it was promised as the maps on another thread showed clearly.
If you wish I can give you all the promises that have yet to be fulfilled that must still be fulfilled.
You're welcome to do that. It helps a bit to address all the verses that you claim God promises land to the Israelites. Joshua clears it up nicely so if there are others we need to address, that'd be a good idea.
I saw those maps and they didn't show anything clearly at all. It was an image of Isreal/Palestine area in green and you stated that there was a large area on it that was not occupied, etc. Nothing in the image corroborated your statement. You can re-post the image if you like, but not for my sake.
Well you seem to neglect Jesus returning to earth, to establish HIs kingdom as clearly shown in Matt. 24&25 as well as numerous OT prophecies.
Yeah all those OT prophecies corroborate Matthew 24's return of Jesus as the world falls apart and is destroyed while His saints are gathered and all sinners destroyed. Who would live upon the "desolated" earth at that time? The next event is the New Heaven and New Earth because the old has passed away.
Matthew 24:29-31
Isaiah 13:9-11
When you add all this with REv. 19-21 You see Jesus return to earth, battle the antichrist and overthrow HIm. then there is a first resurrection of the righteous (OT promise) and a 1,000 year gap. Then God destroys the universe, and sets up "eternity". The bible fills in the events of those 1,000 years!
Actually the only place that even speaks of a "1,000" year period of time is in a small passage in Rev. 20:1-7. Nowhere else in scripture is that corroborated at all; and you all have been challenged repeatedly to produce anything that contradicts that with no success on your part.
All these verses coincide perfectly with Christ returning after the Tribulation, gathering His saints, destroying all sinners and wickedness, including the devil and death, and handing over His rule to the Father for the completion of all time upon the physical earth.
Matthew 24:29-31
Isaiah 13:9-11
1 Corinthians 15:22-26
YOur problem is that you demand these be strictly in near proximation which they are not!
I don't demand it at all. The Bible makes it plainly clear. I don't
need the Bible to say anything, the Truth always speaks for itself. Unlike so many of you, I don't have any agenda that I need to twist scripture to corroborate.
If it supported your position plainly, I'd be 100% on your side. It does not.
When the bible has many many passages on a subject, you just cannot take one and make it all powerful. You have to look at all verses in light of teh subject (here eschatology) to learn if there are other factors one writer did nnot include
You're absolutely right and your belief in a 1,000 year time period after Christ's return is only touched on in one ... tiny ... little passage in Rev. 20:1-7. There is
no other scripture that corroborates that 1,000 years from Genesis to Jude.
... when Jesus returns to earth as prophesied, it is not the end of time, but the onset of the millenial kingdom. Jesus is not reigning yet though He is king of kings. The earth is not under His control-YET. god is still allowing Satan temproary rule. God the Father reigns in Heaven not Jesus. Jesus returns at the end of the campaign of Armageddon and establishes His kingdom after 75 days.
Nope. Jesus' kingdom was christened when He defeated the enemy on the Cross and successfully lived a life free from all sin. He has been ruling in heaven ever since. When He returns, just as scripture makes clear, He will destroy everything unholy and hand over all rule and authority to His Father. Just as all those with no agenda cannot help but plainly see here in scripture:
1 Corinthians 15:22-26