It has been understood in the church that there is "revelation", that which Holy Spirit inspired men to write, and there is "illumination" where the Holy Spirit guides believers into understanding what He revealed correctly. That is the meaning of 2 Pet. 1:20-21. We cannot interpret God's word apart from the Holy Spirit who inspired it, He who revealed it.
"First of all you must understand this, that no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, because no prophecy ever came by human will, but men and women moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God." 2Pe 1:20-21 NRSVue
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"Above all else, however, remember that none of us can explain by ourselves a prophecy in the Scriptures. For no prophetic message ever came just from the human will, but people were under the control of the Holy Spirit as they spoke the message that came from God." 2Pe 1:20-21 GNB
My question is this: Did the Holy Spirit not illuminate what He inspired until the mid 19th century? Was the church in the dark about an important passage in the NT until the mid-1800s?
"So also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, at the very gates. Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place." Mat 24:33-34 NRSVue
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"In the same way, when you see all these things, you may know that the end is near, at the very door. Truly I tell you: the present generation will live to see it all." (Matt 24:33-34 REB)
In Matthew, Mark and Luke, the language makes clear that the generation to whom Jesus was speaking were to see "all these things" he had been describing. It takes some real scripture twisting to make the passage mean otherwise.
Therefore, can anyone quote from men of God out of the past who thought and taught that Matthew 24:1-35 was describing some 7-year tribulation period still future to us, which followed a rapture of the church? I can only conclude that the teaching that the Mt. Olivet discourse is discribing what Dispensationalists claim, is pure nonsense! Here is my challenge. There is a web site with over 100 commentaries and Greek language studies of the NT online where we can access beliefs of the church in the past. Find one prior to 100-150 years ago that taught the crazy notion being taught in our day.
https://www.studylight.org/
Did the Holy Spirit only illuminate Matthew 24, Mark 13 andn Luke 21 to His people in the last 100-150 years or so? I deny that the truth of God in this passage only became clear since Darby and Scofield.
"First of all you must understand this, that no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, because no prophecy ever came by human will, but men and women moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God." 2Pe 1:20-21 NRSVue
or
"Above all else, however, remember that none of us can explain by ourselves a prophecy in the Scriptures. For no prophetic message ever came just from the human will, but people were under the control of the Holy Spirit as they spoke the message that came from God." 2Pe 1:20-21 GNB
My question is this: Did the Holy Spirit not illuminate what He inspired until the mid 19th century? Was the church in the dark about an important passage in the NT until the mid-1800s?
"So also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, at the very gates. Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place." Mat 24:33-34 NRSVue
or
"In the same way, when you see all these things, you may know that the end is near, at the very door. Truly I tell you: the present generation will live to see it all." (Matt 24:33-34 REB)
In Matthew, Mark and Luke, the language makes clear that the generation to whom Jesus was speaking were to see "all these things" he had been describing. It takes some real scripture twisting to make the passage mean otherwise.
Therefore, can anyone quote from men of God out of the past who thought and taught that Matthew 24:1-35 was describing some 7-year tribulation period still future to us, which followed a rapture of the church? I can only conclude that the teaching that the Mt. Olivet discourse is discribing what Dispensationalists claim, is pure nonsense! Here is my challenge. There is a web site with over 100 commentaries and Greek language studies of the NT online where we can access beliefs of the church in the past. Find one prior to 100-150 years ago that taught the crazy notion being taught in our day.
https://www.studylight.org/
Did the Holy Spirit only illuminate Matthew 24, Mark 13 andn Luke 21 to His people in the last 100-150 years or so? I deny that the truth of God in this passage only became clear since Darby and Scofield.
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