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Shoot howdy! We see that everyday right here. The big "lie"--the core and the cause of the "strong delusion" prophesied, was (and still is believed), is that Christ would return someday in the distant future rather than "must shortly take place"..."soon" after He said it. Not seeing Jesus...

According to Webster, a strong delusion is defined as a fixed belief that is not amenable to change despite conflicting evidence. It implies an inability to distinguish between what is real and what is only perceived as real, often resulting from a disordered state of mind. That's pretty much it!

That is true except for "the mystery of God should be finished as he declared to his servants the prophets." Not "what" he declared, but "as" he declared. "As" defined as: "as (342x), when (42x), how (18x), as it were (20x), about (14x), miscellaneous (56x)." In other word: in the same way...

You referred to "what Jesus came to do" as being out of context--which is indeed a contradiction--because "the OT prophets and Law" is what He came to fulfill. And yet "It is finished." But that did not "end" all in the way that you suggested, because the prophecies of old also included "the...

You begin with a contradiction, for "what He came to do", is "the OT prophets and the Law." And why does what you say not reconcile with: "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever?"

And in this understanding, where did Israel go wrong that they knew not their Messiah when He came--not being "prepared to receive God's Word?"

I can answer, but @soberxp should respond first.

There are a few ways that one could look at that question, but the most correct answer is the best: One must have hearing, from which comes faith.

Ah, but there is another possibility also...

This--this life, these things we do, we do because of who we are--and were--before the foundation of the world. This is our freewill made manifest by God. Why? Because it is our testimony, and evidence--evidence before the Judgement.

Yes. Unfortunately. :(

I was, and have been, referring to the fact that Israel was caught off guard--so caught off guard and wrong--they rejected their own promised Messiah. That similarity is being repeated in its own way by the Church. There is a type of censorship occurring within the Church today, a...

What is missed in Daniel's account, is that the seventy weeks, and the sixty-nine weeks, and the one week--are not speaking of the same thing. The seventy weeks was given to Daniel by Gabriel (from God) regarding all that was determined regarding his people--from beginning to end. Meaning, as a...

It is the difference between heaven and earth. The spirit is vastly greater, while the world and its natural elements, including those miracles in the flesh, is passing away.

Do you see a similarity in the Church being set in their ways after 2,000 years and convinced they are doing what is right by God, with the Priests and Pharisees (Israel) when Christ came and they didn't have a clue they were way off track?

You are preaching a pet peeve--and it is not good. Shame on you.

"The flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another." So, yes, the fruits of the spirit extend into the natural world. However, miracles in the natural world--including those of the flesh--they are but a demon-stration of the "greater...

There is some truth in what you are saying, as Jesus even said, "all these things will come upon this generation." Which is to say, "It is finished" is true in every way. And yet, just as what He came to do and finished at that time extended back to the beginning, it also extends to the end. He...

God "does not change", and "Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever." Which does not allow for prophecy to end at the coming of Christ--for the "yesterday" of Christ was that time of the prophets of old; ...and His "today", that time of His coming--including the time of His coming in...

It is a good question. However, the answer is not what one might expect. The miracles of Jesus's time were amazing--what you might expect from the Son of God. Even those of the twelve apostles. Amazing! But then again, while Jesus was performing miracles, He also said some things--one of which...