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Brother Locutus,
Proof - how are you going to establish somethings were shortly to come to pass and others 1970+ years later - no justifucation other than fitting things to your failed theology.
Well, we do agree that the 6th seal is the dest of Jerusalem. That is a start. It's what comes after the seals in the timeline, the 7 trumpets, what do they represent? The time after the 7 seals and after the open scroll?
So if this was written even before the destruction, the trumpets would still be, shortly coming to pass, after 70 ad being shortly. 1-4 trumpets begin after the dest.
Meaning less argumentation with no understanding of what John is saying - did you receive the holy spirit? If you did you are taking of the water of life, no waiting till the "end".
Rev 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
Please explain v 4, where the context indicates the time frame of the statements, "And they shall see His face". Do you see His face? You are trying to say that all this is 70 ad, well, do you see His face? Does anyone who is alive in the flesh see His face?
This is showing a time after death is destroyed (all death, physical and spiritual, a time that has not happened yet), And the kingdom comes DOWN from God (the kingdom coming down from God, can only be the result of Jesus delivering the kingdom up to the Father, after the last resurrection). 1 Cor 15:23-28.
After death, and we are in the Spirit, the true implications of this statement, "take the water of life freely" will roll over you like a river of life. Do realize what this is really saying, about our life with Jesus after this flesh is over? What we experience now in our greatest dreams, cannot begin to compare to this.
No, our rewards after 70 AD are "due" at our death and resurrection into heaven
So when we die? We are immediately resurrected? There is no other resurrection to come? What about the unsaved? no resurrection for them? To stand before the judgment throne?
Where does it say that we are resurrected immediately upon our physical death?
Fawlty reasoning - every man appears before the judgement seat of Christ
If every man appears before the throne, then there must be another resurrection yet to come, you say immediate for you, but will the wicked not be judged also? Before the throne? Every knee shall bow, every tongue confess?
The "great" judgement was a 1st century event when the transition from the old to the new occurred - your fawlty reasoning that the old testament ended at the cross is in error
When the veil was rent, from the top to the bottom, the OT/law (10 and all), died, ended, it is finished, spiritless dead body temple, maybe not dead body buried, but D E A D.
You want to put the veil back together again, for a short time, try to sew it back together so that it will hold until 70 ad.
and shows a total misunderstanding of how the book of revelation is tied to the old covenant.
The Revelation is in OT prophetic/symbolic language. When the Revelation was given there was only the Law and the Prophets, no letters to the churches/people as a NT assembled yet. So those who received the letters of Revelation, probably looked at it exclusively through the "eyes" of the OT scriptures, and related the symbolism with events of history.
It was both, I posted my response to this before, going around in circles, do expect me to change my position - it ain't gonna happen.
I'm sure that there are many others also who like to read what you have to say. I'm always learning something from you.
I've never EVER stated "there is no eternal salvation" - you need to pay more attention to what I post if you are going to attempt a refutation.
What scriptures do you have for that? Act 2, 2:38? You said that salvation was about being saved from the dest of Jeru, after a post like that, I'm not sure you can prove salvation beyond 70 ad.
And it did - they knew it would happen, Paul wrote there was about to be not about to be after 1967 +51 year and counting.
Acts 24:15 (Young's) having hope toward God, which they themselves also wait for, that there is about to be a rising again of the dead, both of righteous and unrighteous;
Paul was not mistaken about the timing - you and all the futurist "theologies" are.
OK then, tell me the exact time of the resurrection, that took place at the dest of Jerusalem in 70 ad.
67 ad? 68 ad? 69 ad? 70 ad? what scripture gives the time of the resurrection at the dest of Jerusalem?
Nothing in scripture points to 1967 and a dirt based city
Matt 24:22, "And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved:"
This points to a time in which there will flesh be saved, and it's not talking about Christians, wild branches, because they were not the ones being exterminated by the Romans at the dest. of Jeru and Israel, it was the natural broken branches.
So this shows a time after the dest when the natural broken flesh branches survive.
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And you say that the times of the gentiles Lk 21:20-24, was ONLY the time Roman siege until 70 ad, but the trampling of the gentile nations on the dirt city didn't end there did it? I mean it is OBVIOUS that the trampling didn't end in 70 ad, it ended in 1967.
The times of the gentiles is a time with a beginning and an end. When the trampling ends, dirt city Jerusalem is restored to Israel, the natural broken branches..
and "they" knew exactly how long the time of Gentiles would last.
No they didn't, nobody knew because the scroll of 7 seals had not been revealed yet, the second 3 1/2 times. It could only be opened after Jerusalem was destroyed at the 6th seal. then the second 3 1/2 times could be revealed.
The second 3 1/2 times, is the times of the gentiles, 70 ad-1967.
(The 7 times, is the same time period as the statue of the gentile nations the rule Israel until they are restored to Jerusalem. Dan 2)
John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.
Since they all expected the "end" and the judgement to be at hand in the 1st century they were fully aware of the times by the spirit showing them things to come.
Yes, the dest of Jerusalem, and the times of the gentiles beginning, but no one understood the end until the Rev was given.
Do not complain, brethren, against one another, so that you yourselves may not be judged;
behold, the Judge is standing right at the door.
Those legs must be really tired after 1947 years and counting standing at the door.....
I agree about the time of the dest being near in scripture and OT.
But there are issues that I cannot resolve and be compatible with the, all done by 70 ad theory.
Death is destroyed,....is future,..... all death physical and spiritual.
The wedding,.....is future,.... after our death/rapt/resur, and death is destroyed, we are all assembled in the finished and completed kingdom, and delivered up to God. 1 Cor 15:23-28.
We shall see His face, ...... not in this life.