Davy
Well-Known Member
Your accusations of intellectual dishonesty are misplaced.
God prepared His kingdom for all who would be brought into it, from whatever people in whatever time, would you not agree?
Let's look at Ephesians 1 to see if it declares the church to be The One for whom the kingdom was prepared.
Ephesians 1 King James Version (KJV)
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
So as I look through this chapter, I've bolded what I've seen that may refer to what God did for us before, but I'm not seeing anything about the kingdom. Can you point me to the verse you have in mind, and show me how this refers to the kingdom being prepared solely for the church?
This would also leave me wondering who David will be king over.
Much love!
Oh no! Not the Hyper-Dispensationalist nation of Israel is the kingdom only doctrine of men!!
Just this Hosea quote by Apostle Paul to Gentile believers is enough to show that Christ's Church is God's True Israel, the believing Gentiles inheriting with believing Israel...
Rom 9:23-26
23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
25 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
KJV
So you should dump Darby's Dispensationalist theories, because they are not written in God's Word. There is no 'secret rapture' of the Church to live in Heaven while the kingdom of Israel is restored on earth. David's throne is an earthly throne, not a Heavenly one. And Jesus of Nazareth is coming to sit upon David's earthly... throne, in JERUSALEM, in His Temple, and not today's orthodox unbelieving Jew's temple.