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Well, I would say it takes longer than a twinkling of an eye to consider whether I should or shouldn’t get my stuff when I get off the roof. In a twinkling of an eye would be like getting stuck by lightning, no time to even think about getting out of the way.

In Luke 17:31 people who are on the roof are not supposed to come down and get their stuff, the same with the people in the field. It doesn’t seem like it happens in a blink of an eye if there is time for people to consider whether or not they should get their stuff, though. 1 Corinthians...

In 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 the dead in Christ shall rise first then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up. In Matthew 13:30 both grow together until the harvest then the tares are gathered first and bundled then the wheat is gathered into the barn. In the parable of the tares the...

I don’t think it really matters that much about who the servants were, most of the commentaries I looked at say the servants are elders or those in authority in the church. I did see one commentary that suggested it could be the angels but also thought they could be elders. The point I was...

Biblehub They were in the kingdom. I already explained that. The tares were people who continued to rely on the old covenant requirements for their sins. That is why we see them in the church up until 70AD, which was a harvest at the end of that age. They were treated with brotherly love as...

Are you serious? Matthew 13:30Let both grow together until the harvest: Is there something you don’t understand about that? The word “grow together” <4885> means to grow together, to increase together. Context: The Greek verb συναυξάνω appears in the New Testament to convey the idea of growth...

Well in Matthew 13:30 the servants are told that the reapers will gather at the harvest, then in vs 41 the angels are the ones gathering. It doesn’t seem likely that the servants are the reapers/angels by the way the parable is written.

Well yea, if you don’t allow a brother or sister to increase their view while a tare is allowed to increase their view then that is how I perceive you. But now I see you are claiming you wouldn’t allow a tare to increase either, so I have to ask you this now, are you a servant or not? The...

In the parable the servants are told to allow the tares and the wheat to both grow/increase. All I see is repeated attempts to thwart the views of others. That isn’t allowing other views to increase. If a Premil wants to make a post about how Satan isn’t bound you will argue against that view...

Here’s the thing, you constantly telling others why their view is incorrect and how they need to see the Amil view and not allowing a different view to grow, contradicts your interpretation of the parable which specifically says to allow tares to grow together. It’s kinda like a fat pastor...

We know the old covenant didn’t just vanish after the cross because Hebrews 8:13 says it was ready to vanish at the time it was written. So we have to make sure we don’t contradict that verse. We know that James, Peter, and John were to go to the circumcision while Paul and Barnabas to the...

Acts 15:28For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; 29That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye...

Ok, thanks for that view, I appreciate it. This is the first time I have heard about this, I’m going need to take a closer look at it before I can make any comments about it. One thing I can say for now though is I do agree it applies to the first century, which can be used as instruction and...

And you do a good job of convincing me that Amil is not the correct view.

Prior to 70AD there were different burdens on Jews than there were on Gentiles, in the church. That ended in 70AD. I don’t know why but it seems there are many people who think that all of a sudden everyone just abandoned the old covenant practices and immediately agreed to move into the new...

I would say the believers who lived in the first century that saw those events unfold.

Well, I see those who were zealous for the law being part of the church until 70AD. After that they were no longer part of the church, and that is still true to this day. That is what I see happening in the parable of the tares. I can’t make sense of all the views trying to apply the tares to...

Well, sure, look at 1 John 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. Those events literally happened in the first century, before...

Right, that’s why I have to reject any interpretation that calls the tares all the unsaved in general. Can you at least see why someone who looks at this logically would reject that interpretation?

Ok let’s take a closer look at 1 John 3:8-10 1 John 3:8He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 9Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed...