(Tama;12843)
hmmm. It looks like they told you to use that Matthew 10 no mattere what anyone tells you, and matthew 10 is a BASE (1 word Base doctrice) of your false doctrine!!! Read the revelations and show me fullfilment of prophecies. That Matthew 10 is not directed to people in front of Him literally. It was a prophecy!!!
Tama: Come on! Matthew 10 IS IS IS IS directed to those people in front of Him. Yes, it was a prophecy--for THEM! And no one TOLD ME to take these verses that way--I do my own thinking based on sound exegesis and proper hermeneutical principles. Let's look at chater 10 verse by verse.Verses 1-4: Jesus clearly names the twelve apostles who are right there with Him!Verse 5: THESE twelve Jesus was sending out and commanded THEM, saying: "Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Samaritans."To whom is this addressed, Tama? To us? NO! Jesus said to THEM! Are WE not to go to "a city of the Samaritans? If this is about us, then that applies also. But that is ridiculous! Are WE not to go into the way of the Gentiles? Clearly, this is not directed to us, Tama!Verse 6: "But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."Who was to go to the lost sheep of Israel, Tama. We? NO! THOSE twelve were to go to the lost sheep of Israel!Verse 7: "And as YOU go, preach, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is AT HAND.'"Who was to preach as they were going to the lost sheep of Israel? We? NO! THOSE twelve apostles right there with Jesus, who were personally commanded to go, were to preach that the kingdom of heaven WAS at hand!Can you not see that this is not directed at anyone else other than THOSE specific twelve disciples?Verse 8: "Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give."Who was told to heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, and cast out demons? We? NO! Jesus is speaking directly to THOSE twelve whom He chose and whom He sent out to the lost sheep of Israel! THAT is the CONTEXT!Verses 9-10: "Provide neither gold nor silver nor copper in YOUR money belts, nor bag for YOUR journey, nor TUNICS, nor SANDALS, nor STAFFS; for a worker is worthy of his food."To whom is Jesus speaking? To us? NO! Do we carry money belts with gold and silver and copper? Do we wear tunics or sandals and carry staffs? No! These things are mentioned because they were things used by THOSE twelve whom Jesus sent out to the lost sheep of Israel.Verses 11-15: "Now whatever city or town YOU enter, inquire who is worthy, and stay there till YOU go out. And when YOU go into a household, greet it. If the household is worthy, let YOUR peace come upon it. But if it is not worthy, let YOUR peace return to YOU. And whoever will not receive YOU nor hear YOUR words, when YOU depart from that house or city, shake off the dust from YOUR feet. Assuredly, I say to YOU, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for THAT city! Who is being addressed here, Tama? Jesus is speaking directly to THOSE twelve about things THEY are to do as THEY go out to the lost sheep of Israel. This is NOT about us!Verse 16: "Behold, I send YOU out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore, be wise as serpents and harmless as doves." Whom was Jesus THEN sending out as sheep among wolves? THOSE twelve whom he commanded to go to the lost sheep of Israel. Are there principles here for us? Of course. We are still sheep among wolves in this world. We still need to be "wise as serpents and harmless as doves." But we are still not the ones being directly addressed here.Verses 17-22: Jesus now begins to tell THOSE twelve right there with Him whom he is sending out to the lost sheep of Israel about things that are going to personally happen to THEM as THEY go! "But beware of men, for THEY will deliver YOU up to councils and scourge YOU in their SYNAGOGUES. (Are WE to be scourged in Synagogues?)YOU will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to THEM and to the GENTILES.But whey THEY deliver YOU, do not worry about how or what YOU should speak. For it will be given to YOU in that hour what YOU should speak;for it is not YOU who speak, but the Spirit of the Father who speaks in YOU.Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise uup against parents and cause them to be put to death. And YOU will be hated by all for My name' sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved."Verse 23: "When THEY persecute YOU, flee to another. For assuredly I say to YOU, YOU will not have gone through the cities of Israel BEFORE the Son of Man COMES!" Jesus was COMING BACK before those very TWELVE could finish going through the cities of Israel. That is what it plainly says!Tama, it is only your preconceived ideas that cause you to stumble over such simple language. There can be no doubt that Jesus is speaking directly to THOSE twelve disciples whom He chose and whom He was THEN sending out to the lost sheep of Israel. Is anything ever directed to a specific person or people when you see the word YOU? Is there no direct address in the Bible which confines the things spoken to a specific person or people during a specific time in history? Do you not see that you only stumble over such simple direct address in those contexts that involve prophecy? Are you willing to rethink what you believe in light of these simple words?When Jesus sent His disciples out to get Him a donkey for Him to ride, was that not a command directed specifically at those disciples right there with Him? According to your way of viewing the personal pronoun YOU, perhaps we should all go out looking for a donkey to take to Jesus!!!! Clearly, He was telling only THOSE disciples to get Him a donkey when He said YOU. Do we pick and choose how we are going to use the principles of language--maintain the principles when they suit us; throw them out when they don't!I was a premil, pretrib dispensationalist for 30 years and I did the very same thing you are doing until I decided to get honest with God's Word and stop trying to make it say what I was taught to make it say.Jesus is directly addressing His first-century original disciples in Matthew 10 and Matthew 24. He was coming back before THEY could go through the cities of Israel and He was coming back in THAT generation. You don't see that because you don't want to, Tama.JesusReigns