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Calling Revelation apocalyptic literature doesn’t deny its truth—it identifies its God-inspired literary form. Scripture itself contains multiple genres (poetry, narrative, parable, epistle), and recognizing genre is essential for proper interpretation. The symbolic imagery in Revelation is no...

Ok, so you provided zero examples of Jesus shifting the referent from the literal temple to a spiritual living stones in Matthew 24. What verse in Matthew 24 explains that Jesus shifted from talking about the literal temple, to “living stones”?

I honestly have no idea what you are saying here. John 2:19 is explained in vs 21 by the author of the gospel. Where does Matthew explain that Jesus was actually referring to living stones when he answered their questions?

There is a difference between simply saying “i disagree” or arguing against improper hermeneutics that you disagree with VS personally attacking someone via words like “a joke”, or “fools gold”. You seem to rely on the ad hominem of the latter for someone reason, which is absolutely not an...

You misunderstand. Its absolutely untrue to argue that Christians, who claim that revelation is apocalyptic literature, do so because they reject prophecies or believe it fiction. There are many Christians that acknowledge the prophecies of Revelation are real, and have been or will be...

Ah yes, more ad hominems. I guess you believe your arguments do require them. You still haven’t addressed the central issue: where in the text of Matthew 24 is the referent of “temple” changed? In Matthew 24, the disciples explicitly point out the physical temple buildings, and Jesus responds...

Strong arguments do not need to rely on ad hominems. As such, your arguments often come with them to no surprise. Your OP is built on improper hermeneutics. Your example with John 2:19 is misleading, and results in the over harmonization fallacy. Just because John provides and explanation in...

John 2:19 is explicitly interpreted in the text: Jesus is speaking about His body (John 2:21). Matthew 24 is a separate discourse in a different context, where the disciples are pointing to the physical temple buildings, and Jesus describes their destruction WITHOUT any redefinition of “temple.”...

Absolutely untrue

1.) calling “apocalyptic literature” a made-up genre just doesn’t hold up. That category isn’t arbitrary; it’s based on observable features in texts like Daniel and revelation : symbolic imagery, heavenly visions, angelic interpreters, cosmic language, etc. You don’t need to “impose” the genre...

This is a good principle in theory. The problem is that many will ignore context, historical setting, audience relevance, grammar, linguistics, semantics, literary genre, scholarly consensus, translation consensus, etc….for their preferred framework. In essence, their framework is scripture...

I wasn’t attempting to see the reason you questioned him. I just thought it was ironic that it seems he believed you don’t understand what the Holy Spirit teaches in regards to that subject.

Christ’s audience in the OD doesn’t include those born 2,000 years later. If the antecedent to “all these things” includes at least the literal temple destruction, and the antecedent to “you” is Peter, James, Andrew, and John, then Christ’s audience in the OD doesn’t include those born 2,000...

it was more of an ironic allusion to one of spiritual Israelites often used arguments I’ve come across. People often claim they are the ones truly lead by the spirit, and yet they argue with others claiming the spirit is truly leading them. In this case who does spirit truly lead in...

Spiritual Israelite, the Holy Spirit is teaching him, and not anyone else apparently, those answers - as made clear by his post.

Although not what I asked about, yes, Jesus talked to the four disciples “in private”. This strengthens the case that, grammatically, all the 2nd personal pronouns of “you” throughout the discourse refer to them. Thus, the “you” in “when YOU see all these things then YOU know it is near”...

Incorrect, you only gave me your personal opinions on things I wasn’t even talking about. I didn’t ask who Jesus was talking to. It’s obvious from the text he was talking to his disciples, in front of him, in private. I asked about Matthew 24:32-33. I asked, did Jesus privately tell his...

Like I said, I’m not going to answer your unrelated questions, if you first do not address the actual point I made, to which you foisted yourself onto “The disciples will know it is near when WE see the events of the Olivet discourse” is not an answer to the question: did Jesus tell the...

@Trekson Doesn’t answer my question. Do you believe the scarlet beast in the wilderness is the same as the beast (lion, bear, leopard combo) that comes out the sea? Or do you think they are different beasts whose heads represent the same thing?

you seem to be getting a little worked up. Maybe take a deep breath and pause to think before having to rely on personal attacks in attempt to bolster your position I never said you couldn’t respond to me. I simply reminded you that you put yourself into someone else’s conversation, that didn’t...