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2000 years of wars.Tell me, did Jesus know the exact day or month or even the year of His return? No He did not! ONLY the Father knows!
Therefore, all that Jesus knew was that it was going to be a very long time. To him it could be at least a thousand years or even more, of which IS exactly the case because....men STILL have to believe that God is. But when there is come first a falling away, and men no longer come to repentance, THAT IS WHEN He shall return
Hellooo, the KoG was taken away from the Jews.Okay, here is a passage that refers to the Millennial reign in Psalm 2....
8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
11 Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
It is Jesus taking over the earth and the governing powers(heathen) told to submit to him during His reign.
I think this is just fascinating.
This is a divine warning to the former world governing powers as he takes over.
....making God a liar.Hellooo, the KoG was taken away from the Jews.
Therefore, ALL of the promises except One, were made null and void!!
The ONLY Promise left to them is Jesus, and for that, there are only a remnant that do come to Him.
The Old Covenant promises are not binding in the New Covenant. Thats why He called it NEW!
Who do you think the heathen are?Okay, here is a passage that refers to the Millennial reign in Psalm 2....
8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
11 Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
It is Jesus taking over the earth and the governing powers(heathen) told to submit to him during His reign.
I think this is just fascinating.
This is a divine warning to the former world governing powers as he takes over.
Yes! Jesus is judging the nations! See John 3:18. Its still going on, ever since Pentecost.2000 years of wars.
This alone debunks your theory....
Isaiah 2....4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
You mean Christians are learning war no more?Yes! Jesus is judging the nations! See John 3:18. Its still going on, ever since Pentecost.
The saved of the nations, being born again christians, are they who ARE OF that "holy nation".
It is they who do not learn war anymore!! We learn of Jesus, and His Peace that passes all understanding!
The non Israeli folksWho do you think the heathen are?
A cheap shot with no NT scripture.....making God a liar.
Wrong answer!The non Israeli folks
Not a single promise God makes to anyone is null and void.A cheap shot with no NT scripture.
Try Paul, he was well versed in helping us to understand that God excepts no man Jew or Gentile without faith in Christ first!
To reject Christ is to reject the Father!
Don't you yet know, that for all of the Jews and their Religion, they remain "godless" , aka "desolate?
Born again Christians learn war no more!You mean Christians are learning war no more?
Correction, future, non Israelis after the Jer 31 effect on them happens.Wrong answer!
Try EVERYONE is a heathen in the sight of God, who neglect to believe and recieve Christ.
Tares are warmongering Christians?Born again Christians learn war no more!
There are many who are christian in name only, and unfortunately, they "are none of His" , aka "Tares" .
I was once one.Wrong answer!
Try EVERYONE is a heathen in the sight of God, who neglect to believe and recieve Christ.
So was I.I was once one.
Davy, when He stood and said to come drink of Him and you will never thirst again...the metaphor so you say the Lord contrasted with water (temporal) a man drinks of and thirst again. John 4:13-14 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: [14] But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
Two waters He shows ...which are you speaking of? The kind where a man drinks and thirst again. Or the River of Life the Lord gives? Are you really comparing the two and making them equal?
I must put this in two posts, but copy it to a WP for your edification.First- Your assessment is 100% error, because you do not understand that "a thousand years" is symbolic of the Age of God's Grace now, and therefore has NO literal time limit on it, because the length of it is determined by God's "longsuffering" and the "faith" of men, or the lack thereof, and not by our measure of time.
Secondly- you have disregarded the words of Christ and the work of His Sacrifice, by His statement:
Mat. 12[29] Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he [Jesus] first bind the strong man? and then he [Jesus] will spoil his house. See Mark 3:27 also.
Q. Who are satan's "goods" (Mk. 3:27)?
A. Every person who is not born again of God's Holy Spirit. They are "none of His" Romans 8:9.
Yes, the book of Revelation is prophetic, but it is highly symbolic, depicting the whole mind of God, who is speaking in the past, present and future all at the same time. So for one to learn of Revelation by human analytical thought, it is like a child trying to comprehend Calculus. Isaiah 55:8-9