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I have not, and am not, saying that God has not or will not make a show of power over the entire world. But that does not change just how or when the Lord comes. Again, you say "literal" when nothing in the world is literally literal in the way you mean: All is created, all things come in parables.

Say what you mean. If you are referring to Christ's reign, say so. But you were equating the new earth and the world, which cannot be done. In which case, we should clarify: When you say, "his reign on THIS earth", do you mean the old or new earth? As for "spiritualizing"...this is of the...

Sure we do: 1 Corinthians 15:23 "But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming."

The new heaven and the new earth...are not worldly. They are of the kingdom. This world is passing away. It is heresy to contend that Christ's kingdom is "of this world", as you say. How is it that you have it backwards, and accuse me of heresy?

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You don't seem to know what you are asking. As I said (and Christ), "all things come in parables." "Literal" is an oxymoron: Defined as "of letter or sign." Meaning: not actual, but a parable. So..."the plagues of Egypt" were: parable, figurative, and literal. ...and your point?

I have answered the question...and then some. If you have point to make, make it.

All things come in parables. Which is greater, the riddle or the explanation?

Whether one calls the language used by Jesus as "figurative", or parable, or spirit...the point is, it is not worldly, but of the kingdom. Rightly divide the world.

No questions...really? As I said, I answered why Jesus spoke in parables already. Do you need me to quote that too?

That is the problem...the "basic reading comprehension." Jesus said that the words that he speaks "are spirit." Why then, do you look for a worldly fulfillment? That is worldly "comprehension." No, there is no mass worldly event, but only a mass spiritual event. But this, indeed, is not...

Yes, of course, it's quite obvious what your opinion is: You don't believe God's word is His word. God is spirit, yet you are against "spiritualizing" His word. And then you dis' me too.

Why are you being selective and not considering all of the scriptures? Are you not aware that "the kingdom of God does not come with observation?" Or, that each comes "in his own order?" If God is true - there can be no mass event, no worldly timeline where "every eye will see Him." Do you not...

This is all quite interesting from an historic standpoint. But from a biblical standpoint it should be no mystery: As the Jews have been held in a type of blindness, but during these times of the gentiles God pours out His spirit upon all flesh.

I have answered your question(s) and have also explained multiple times. But you do not hear, and now you reject what I have said, even lashing out, while still having questions. Obviously, you are not ready to listen.

You have given two would-be interpretations of the book of Ecclesiastes, and then you give your own third interpretation. But, your's too is man's perspective. Instead of fully understanding the meaning of the scriptures as they fit into the overall word of God which only He has providence over...

You asked: ...So, my mention of the wheat and the tares was to explain why God has confounded all language - not that He does not want all who are His to understand Him, but rather that the tares do not understand Him. This is why "all things come in parables" and why "the scriptures must be...

No. Baptism, like all that is manifest in the world, is the image of nothing in the world, but of that which is on high. It is an image of spiritual cleansing. Being born of water [first], refers to the process of redemption: the fallen are born of water/flesh, first, that they may choose life...

Physically born of flesh. That there are those who hear what the spirit says, and there are those who do not. Jesus spoke in parables to fulfill the word of prophecy: That the Word, whom is God, would speak all things in parables so that the word would only be understandable to those to whom it...

No. There is historical precedence for both the false and the true, for both those who "believe" they are correct as well as for those who "know" the truth. There is no room for debating. One either aligns with what is true or what is false by the spirit that is in them. But, "he who has an ear...