Danger: Christ's Eternal Kingdom is Still Not Complete Today

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Some wrongly teach that today Christ's kingdom is already manifest on earth. In that they add men's doctrines with describing that His kingdom is only meant in the spiritual sense, and not in the physical literal sense. Some of them even wrongly interpret Christ's 2nd coming to be spiritual only, and not involving His literal bodily return to this earth. Those doctrines of men represent DANGER!!!

John 18:36
36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if My kingdom were of this world, then would My servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is My kingdom not from hence.
KJV


Will there be a future time when Christ's servants will fight, and present His literal physical kingdom on earth? Yes!...

Rev 19:11-16
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and He That sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He doth judge and make war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns; and He had a name written, that no man knew, but He Himself.
13 And He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and His name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed Him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of His mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it He should smite the nations: and He shall rule them with a rod of iron: and He treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And He hath on His vesture and on His thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
KJV


Christ's 1st coming was meek as a lamb, to die upon the cross, to offer all who would believe on The Father through Him the remission of sins.

Christ Jesus' 2nd coming will be when He returns from Heaven with His army TO FIGHT, and take reign over all peoples and nations, and establish His literal Kingdom over the whole earth (Revelation 11:15-18; Isaiah 34; Zechariah 9:9-10; and the Rev.19 Scripture above).


So why is man's teaching that Christ's kingdom is a spiritual kingdom only a false idea?

That idea is actually a doctrine from Satan, because it wrongly suggests that 'today' Jesus is already reigning over all nations, even with all the evil going on in this world, and especially with persecution of His Church increasing in today's world.

Some brethren get wrapped up with the idea of 'religion' so much that they tend to lose common sense, and just quit thinking for themselves. And if many believe a false idea preached in the pulpit, they'll go along with it just because of others who accept it. Those in Christ Jesus are never to do that. Like those at Berea that Apostle Paul commended because they went to the Scriptures checking Paul out to see if what he was preaching was written, that also is how we are supposed to be (Acts 17:10-12).

Christ's Kingdom is indeed manifested on earth in the spiritual sense today, through His Church here on earth, even through the Christian nations He ordained that His enemies today on earth still trying to destroy. Yet our Lord Jesus with His Army has not arrived yet today to end the control that Satan's servants have over a major portion of this earth. That day is coming though, soon. Then our Lord Jesus will established His eternal reign over ALL nations and ALL peoples on this earth. ALL peoples and nations will bow in worship to Him and The Father only. There will not be worship of many gods on earth like there still is today. There will be only One GOD that all the world will turn to, as written in the Old Testament prophets like Zechariah 14.

So why would 'some' preachers today preach the lie that Christ's kingdom is already manifest here on today, and with all the evil still in today's world that what we see today is what we get? Why would they teach such a lie? It's like Isaiah 5:20 where God said woe to those who call evil good, and good evil, that put darkness for light, and light for darkness!


The danger in that false preaching of a 'Kingdom Now' is this:

Our Lord Jesus forewarned us about the very end of this world with the establishing of a one-world kingdom over the whole earth, and with a king appearing as God in Jerusalem demanding all to bow in worship to him. Did you not know brethren that our Lord Jesus is going to do that very thing to all nations when He returns?? He is going to cause all nations and peoples to bow in worship to Him only, as written (Philippians 2:9-11).

Yet our Lord Jesus and Apostles Paul and John forewarned us about a coming false king to Jerusalem that will sit in a rebuilt temple there and proclaim himself as God, over all that is worshiped or even called God. That means ALL nations worshiping him only, and with a one-world kingdom over all the earth (per Rev.13 & 17). Do you not see the DANGER in believing Christ's kingdom as already... established on earth today with that? If you aren't paying attention in God's Word about this, you might ... wind up worshiping the wrong Christ, because a fake Christ is coming to Jerusalem first!

The globalist plan for a one-world government today is Satan's plan to mimic Christ's future eternal Kingdom upon this earth. When all wars and rumors of wars have stopped, like Jesus warned, then that is the time to sit up and take strong notice, for it will require the coming Antichrist who will play our Lord Jesus to stop those wars and bring the false peace for the very end in his fake world kingdom.
 
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I think it is a lot more likely the wars will not stop until Jesus returns.
When Jesus destroys the enemy and all the enemy fighting against Israel, and all the weapons,
it will not be with believers/Ekklesia, but with His Holy Angels - finally called to action. Remember He said He could call so many legions with a Word, to stop from being crucified , IF His Kingdom was of this world.... when His Kingdom is being accomplished on this earth, His Holy Angels will wipe out the enemy toot sweet ... no opposition to God's Word nor to the Holy Angels works.
The Ekklesia will be trusting ABBA YAHWEH, all along, not fighting for themselves, following Jesus' Life and Example Perfectly... resting their lives completely in the Father's Care.... thus the Ekklesia, the true believers, will still be "harmless as doves", relying on the Father completely, trusting Him fully, resting in Jesus Care....

The war(s) / warring/ fighting will not stop, no: They will be crying "PEACE, PEACE" when there is not peace....
Almost every country today is at war.
This was announced publicly about 3 years ago or so, on March 17, world wide. > world war III already started.
 

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Christ Jesus' 2nd coming will be when He returns from Heaven with His army TO FIGHT,

An army needs Armour, yeah? ‘Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. [12] For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. [13] Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. [14] Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; [15] And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; [16] Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. [17] And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:’ Ephesians 6:11-17
 
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I think it is a lot more likely the wars will not stop until Jesus returns.
When Jesus destroys the enemy and all the enemy fighting against Israel, and all the weapons,
it will not be with believers/Ekklesia, but with His Holy Angels - finally called to action. Remember He said He could call so many legions with a Word, to stop from being crucified , IF His Kingdom was of this world.... when His Kingdom is being accomplished on this earth, His Holy Angels will wipe out the enemy toot sweet ... no opposition to God's Word nor to the Holy Angels works.
The Ekklesia will be trusting ABBA YAHWEH, all along, not fighting for themselves, following Jesus' Life and Example Perfectly... resting their lives completely in the Father's Care.... thus the Ekklesia, the true believers, will still be "harmless as doves", relying on the Father completely, trusting Him fully, resting in Jesus Care....

The war(s) / warring/ fighting will not stop, no: They will be crying "PEACE, PEACE" when there is not peace....
Almost every country today is at war.
This was announced publicly about 3 years ago or so, on March 17, world wide. > world war III already started.

The idea that there will be a short period at the very end just prior to Christ's return, that will be a time of world peace on earth, all wars having stopped, that is not my opinion. It is Scripture.

Matt 24:6
6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

KJV

When many at the pulpit quote that verse from our Lord Jesus, they often do not quote that last phrase in red. They skip it, and then they preach their own opinions.

The opposite of a time of "wars and rumours of wars" is a time of peace. Apostle Paul confirms this time of peace at the very end also...

1 Thess 5:2-4
2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
3 For when they shall say, "Peace and safety"; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
KJV


Paul was pulling from the Old Testament prophets like Isaiah about that "sudden destruction" (Isaiah 30:13; Isaiah 13, etc.).

Daniel 8:25 shows the coming Antichrist ("king of fierce countenance") will destroy using peace...

Dan 8:25
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.

KJV

So like I said, this is not my opinion about the very end. It is God's Word as written.
 

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An army needs Armour, yeah? ‘Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. [12] For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. [13] Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. [14] Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; [15] And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; [16] Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. [17] And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:’ Ephesians 6:11-17

Fear not. Apostle Paul was speaking that in Ephesians 6 to Christians in that time, and it is especially meant for us who will go through the coming great tribulation. The "evil day" we are to have the Gospel armor in order to make a stand for Jesus, is about the coming great tribulation period.

The reason why many of God's people fear the coming tribulation is because they have not done what Paul commanded there. They instead allow doubt to creep in from the false preaching of false apostles (2 Corinthians 11).

Churches especially involved in Pre-tribulationalism do not teach from God's Word about the short time of world peace that the great tribulation timing is going to be like. They instead preach gloom and doom and all out war, even WWIII and nuclear war instead for the tribulation at the end. That is exactly the opposite... of what God's Word reveals for the end, as I showed from Scripture.

The Antichrist is coming to play Messiah in Jerusalem, not his old self. This is why the deceived will be saying "Peace and safety" at the end like Apostle Paul showed in 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3. The devil is going to use peace & prosperity to destroy souls with for the tribulation. That... is why only the deceived will be saying that "Peace and safety'. Those of us who remain faithful waiting on our Lord Jesus' coming will instead be hated by all nations and peoples.

So the "Peace and safety" is a time marker for the very end of this world just prior to Christ's return. When we see it, know that shortly thereafter the "sudden destruction" upon them from God's wrath will soon follow that false peace, and that will be a signal of Christ's time of return.
 
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So the "Peace and safety" is a time marker for the very end of this world just prior to Christ's return. When we see it, know that shortly thereafter the "sudden destruction" upon them from God's wrath will soon follow that false peace, and that will be a signal of Christ's time of return.

Luke 11:20-22 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. [21] When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: [22] But when a stronger than he (1 John 4:4)
shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.


Would you agree no one can overcome the Armour of God?
 
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Luke 11:20-22 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. [21] When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: [22] But when a stronger than he (1 John 4:4)
shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.


Would you agree no one can overcome the Armour of God?

That's right, but each believer must through Christ put that Armour of God on. No man can do it for us. At present, there are many, many brethren who do not have it on. They may understand what our Lord Jesus did for us upon His cross, but they don't have the "strong meat" to make the stand against all the fiery darts of Satan.

Heb 5:12-14
12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.

13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.

14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
KJV
 

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its more like a war of attrition. the living in Christ live, the rest do not survive the contest of that, no matter the hostility. its kind a like out living the opponent without raising your hand toward him. you must remember the Lord your God always was, therefore He has survived eternity of before when there was nothing else, and He has given the born again the same power to live. again, God's Judgement and Ways are Life, man's judgement and ways are death. how can death overcome the Life of Christ, when Jesus proved that even when death is given the opportunity it can't overcome the Life of Christ.

so how the world continues to try to erase God's people from the face of the earth is irrelevant.
 

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No. You posted your opinion.

No where did you show that there will be peace nor that the wars will stop before Jesus Returns, and remember there is no peace for the wicked, besides....

So like I said, this is not my opinion about the very end. It is God's Word as written.
 

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That's right, but each believer must through Christ put that Armour of God on. No man can do it for us. At present, there are many, many brethren who do not have it on. They may understand what our Lord Jesus did for us upon His cross, but they don't have the "strong meat" to make the stand against all the fiery darts of Satan.

Understood. Considering the verse where Paul told them they were carnal and not yet able to endure. 1 Corinthians 3:1-2 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. [2] I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.

To me, Paul is not condemning them for their need of milk but is, encouraging them to move forward to meat. like a father to sons. Wanting them to be able to bear. Jesus said the similar in He had so much more to tell them but they were not able to bear it yet.

‘but each believer must through Christ put that Armour of God on.’

Agree but maybe we see that differently, not sure? Hebrews 10:32-34 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; [33] Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used. [34] For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling (the distributions) of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

Romans 13:10-12 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. [11] And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. [12] The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

Romans 13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

1 Thessalonians 5:3-8 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. (1 Corinthians 10:12-13) [4] But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. (that that day should overcome the Armour of Light but instead the darkness, being ...)Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. [6] Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; (that now it is high time to awake out of sleep) but let us watch and be sober. [7] For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. [8] But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on (the whole Armour of God, the Armour of Light) the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

In 1 Corinthians 11:30 he refers to them as drunk and taking every man his own before another, and ‘For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.’

Many sleep rather than it is high time to awake out of sleep. Be sober. Which (imo) goes back to what you said ‘At present, there are many, many brethren who do not have it on. They may understand what our Lord Jesus did for us upon His cross, but they don't have the "strong meat" to make the stand against all the fiery darts of Satan.’
 

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Some wrongly teach that today Christ's kingdom is already manifest on earth.


I have seen his Kingdom its all around us here in like another dimension.

Here's proof I met this Luke.. some perfect, super happy with me, stranger.

luke2.jpg


I can quote Jesus saying its, here, now. And within you.

Jesus also said if it was my Kingdom who will fight for me suggesting you could see it now. I've studied nothing but Jesus all my life.
 
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Paul was pulling from the Old Testament prophets like Isaiah about that "sudden destruction" (Isaiah 30:13; Isaiah 13, etc.).

Daniel 8:25 shows the coming Antichrist ("king of fierce countenance") will destroy using peace...

Dan 8:25
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.

KJV

Jeremiah 23:16-17 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord. [17] They say still unto them that despise me, The Lord hath said, Ye shall have peace; (false?) and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you. (Again false?)

Romans 1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds [5] Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
 

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Lets go to Jesus.

He talking about loved ones in parables. . in the beginning.

Its here now! 1:17


So never go around Jesus and say its not here yet.
 

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When he says this world ends, the type of world that rots and turns to dust, is when . . everyone will be able to see it. Its intertwined with this world... side by side with this reality.
 

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No. You posted your opinion.

No where did you show that there will be peace nor that the wars will stop before Jesus Returns, and remember there is no peace for the wicked, besides....

I posted Scripture. If you want to argue, try someone else. I don't have time to waste with those who won't recognize God's Word as written.
 

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Understood. Considering the verse where Paul told them they were carnal and not yet able to endure. 1 Corinthians 3:1-2 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. [2] I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.

To me, Paul is not condemning them for their need of milk but is, encouraging them to move forward to meat. like a father to sons. Wanting them to be able to bear. Jesus said the similar in He had so much more to tell them but they were not able to bear it yet.

‘but each believer must through Christ put that Armour of God on.’

Agree but maybe we see that differently, not sure? Hebrews 10:32-34 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; [33] Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used. [34] For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling (the distributions) of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

Romans 13:10-12 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. [11] And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. [12] The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

Romans 13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

1 Thessalonians 5:3-8 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. (1 Corinthians 10:12-13) [4] But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. (that that day should overcome the Armour of Light but instead the darkness, being ...)Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. [6] Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; (that now it is high time to awake out of sleep) but let us watch and be sober. [7] For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. [8] But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on (the whole Armour of God, the Armour of Light) the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

In 1 Corinthians 11:30 he refers to them as drunk and taking every man his own before another, and ‘For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.’

Many sleep rather than it is high time to awake out of sleep. Be sober. Which (imo) goes back to what you said ‘At present, there are many, many brethren who do not have it on. They may understand what our Lord Jesus did for us upon His cross, but they don't have the "strong meat" to make the stand against all the fiery darts of Satan.’

A prime example of brethren still on the 'milk' of God's Word not yet able to discern men's doctrines are those not aware that today Satan through his servants on earth are setting up a mimic of Christ's kingdom, and they will present a world king over it that is going to have the power to work great signs and wonders and claim to be God which the majority of the world will believe, and will demand all to bow to him as God. They don't know it's going to be a time of world peace and prosperity when that happens, and instead are looking for all out WWIII, etc.

Just what brethren today would that be that are NOT looking for those coming signs? (and those signs come straight out of God's Word about the end of this world)
 

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I have seen his Kingdom its all around us here in like another dimension.

Here's proof I met this Luke.. some perfect, super happy with me, stranger.

luke2.jpg


I can quote Jesus saying its, here, now. And within you.

Jesus also said if it was my Kingdom who will fight for me suggesting you could see it now. I've studied nothing but Jesus all my life.

Jesus said His kingdom is NOT of this world, meaning this present world. He said that if it was, then His servants would fight...

John 18:36
36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if My kingdom were of this world, then would My servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is My kingdom not from hence.
KJV


When our Lord Jesus said to the unbelieving Jews that the kingdom had come unto them, meaning by His Presence among them offering them His Salvation, they 'rejected' it! To reject The Gospel of Jesus Christ is to reject His kingdom.

Thus still today, the majority of Jerusalem still rejects the kingdom. And until Jesus is manifest literally in Jerusalem, upon the throne of David, literally, because David's throne is an earthly throne, then Christ's eternal kingdom has not yet come upon this earth.

So brethren need to discern God's Word when speaking of His kingdom in the spiritual sense, like with it manifesting here with His Church, compared to His literal kingdom to come that will happen at His literal return back to this earth some time in our near future. I've preached to Christian brethren the whole Zechariah 14 chapter about Christ's literal return and establishing of His eternal reign in Jerusalem on earth with His saints, and none of them had ever read that nor ever heard it preached at the pulpit! What a shame that pop Christianity today seeks to hide that.
 

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Jeremiah 23:16-17 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord. [17] They say still unto them that despise me, The Lord hath said, Ye shall have peace; (false?) and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you. (Again false?)

Romans 1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds [5] Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

I hope you aren't trying to apply that Jeremiah 23 idea upon me, because I AM NOT PUSHING THE IDEA OF WORLD PEACE! Instead, what I've been doing is to WARN brethren about it, because it is a SIGN of the end of this world from the Old Testament prophets.

So you have to be very... careful 'how'... you use that Jeremiah 23 warning, because it is God telling His faithful to not believe the false prophets who preach world peace (peace, peace when there is no peace).

Jer 6:13-14
13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of My people slightly, saying, "Peace, peace; when there is no peace."
KJV


That is exactly where we are today. The false prophets with their 'Kingdom Now' theories that Christ's Kingdom is already established here on earth, and they preach that false peace, when what they are actually doing is to help Satan setup his one-world beast kingdom for the end of this world, as he comes first as the Antichrist playing God.

[Miss Universe is victorious, and she is asked, "What is your greatest hope for mankind?" And she answers, "My hope is for world peace!"]
 

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Jeremiah 23:16-17 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord. [17] They say still unto them that despise me, The Lord hath said, Ye shall have peace; (false?) and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you. (Again false?)

Romans 1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds [5] Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Now then, back to what our Lord Jesus and Apostle Paul warned us, giving a Sign of peace for the very end... which obviously you failed to understand:

Matt 24:6
6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

KJV

Often in God's Word we have to use the process of elimination to come about the meaning sometimes. This is one of those examples by our Lord Jesus. For example, with a multiple choice quiz, you go through all the answers first and pick the one the correct answer. You do that by the process of elimination. You eliminate the wrong answers until you wind up with the correct one.

So in this sense, IF wars and rumors of wars are still going on, then just like Jesus said, "but the end is not yet". That means the 'end' has not yet come IF wars are still happening. So then, what's the opposite of wars and rumors of war? It is peace.

In 1 Thessalonians 5, Apostle Paul confirms this Sign for the end, because when the DECEIVED say, "Peace and safety", then the "sudden destruction" will come upon them (which that destruction is the event of Christ's 2nd coming on the "day of the Lord").

Therefore... the DECEIVED will believe the end is a time of "Peace and safety". And that represents a time on earth when ALL wars have stopped. That because the coming pseudo-Christ/Antichrist is to set himself up as God in Jerusalem for the end, prior to Christ's return. And thus the Daniel 8 Scripture I quoted about that king of fierce countenance using 'peace' to destroy many, is also a confirmation of this SIGN of world peace for the end.

But will it be a 'true' peace? NO!!! It will be a fake world peace! That is why it's very dangerous to believe the 'Kingdom Now' theories of men's doctrines, because that is a prep for their coming false world kingdom.