Post by neural on Sept 5, 2019 16:07:00 GMT -6
I've long pondered where this 2000 year bit of time we sometimes call the "age of Grace" comes from.
Surely within scripture God would have mentioned this.
In my research, I've come across the following, and would like some assistance with analyzing things as I am not a walking Scripture reference like some people are.
Romans 10:9 "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."
It struck me the other day that this verse, as well as another statement made by Paul both clearly say that it was God who raised Jesus from the dead. I can understand this. Jesus set aside His deity to become a man, and for him to have been anything more than a man would have sort of invalidated the entire sacrifice thing. Jesus needed to be wholly man while here on earth in order to be the spotless lamb.
At the same time, in John 2:19, Jesus says "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up" (yeah, I know ya'll know where I'm going with this now).
He states that He, Jesus, would raise up the temple.
Mark 14:58 "We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands."
"another" "made without hands".
Jesus was resurrected in His glorified body. Thomas saw and felt the wounds Jesus had. Was it really "another" body? It's arguable that yes it was.
What I'm wondering though is if Jesus was referring to the physical temple in Jerusalem, which is going to be replaced by the New City of Jerusalem, which has been built and prepared by God. Considering that God made the entire universe, I think it is safe to say that it is metaphorical to say He did it with His hands. As such, one could also conclude that the New City of Jerusalem was also built in the same manner. God simply speaks it into being.
Looking at it this way, the "three days" could elude to 3000 years.
Before you get upset because it sounds like I am suggesting we are yet another 1000 years from the return, may I also remind the readers of Matthew 24:22 "And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened."
And, while on the topic of things being cut short, etc., I'd like to point out that there is still quite a bit of debate as to just what Revelation 8:12 and the sounding of the fourth Trumpet "And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise."
This part I will admit is unlikely to be related, however I thought it was curious that if you take 1/3 of 3000 you are left with 2000. Again, it's a stretch, but AI wonder if "the day shone not for a third part of it" is describing how one third of the total length was removed, and that that day simply did not exist.
Again, conjecture, but I wanted to get others opinions on it.
Surely within scripture God would have mentioned this.
In my research, I've come across the following, and would like some assistance with analyzing things as I am not a walking Scripture reference like some people are.
Romans 10:9 "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."
It struck me the other day that this verse, as well as another statement made by Paul both clearly say that it was God who raised Jesus from the dead. I can understand this. Jesus set aside His deity to become a man, and for him to have been anything more than a man would have sort of invalidated the entire sacrifice thing. Jesus needed to be wholly man while here on earth in order to be the spotless lamb.
At the same time, in John 2:19, Jesus says "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up" (yeah, I know ya'll know where I'm going with this now).
He states that He, Jesus, would raise up the temple.
Mark 14:58 "We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands."
"another" "made without hands".
Jesus was resurrected in His glorified body. Thomas saw and felt the wounds Jesus had. Was it really "another" body? It's arguable that yes it was.
What I'm wondering though is if Jesus was referring to the physical temple in Jerusalem, which is going to be replaced by the New City of Jerusalem, which has been built and prepared by God. Considering that God made the entire universe, I think it is safe to say that it is metaphorical to say He did it with His hands. As such, one could also conclude that the New City of Jerusalem was also built in the same manner. God simply speaks it into being.
Looking at it this way, the "three days" could elude to 3000 years.
Before you get upset because it sounds like I am suggesting we are yet another 1000 years from the return, may I also remind the readers of Matthew 24:22 "And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened."
And, while on the topic of things being cut short, etc., I'd like to point out that there is still quite a bit of debate as to just what Revelation 8:12 and the sounding of the fourth Trumpet "And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise."
This part I will admit is unlikely to be related, however I thought it was curious that if you take 1/3 of 3000 you are left with 2000. Again, it's a stretch, but AI wonder if "the day shone not for a third part of it" is describing how one third of the total length was removed, and that that day simply did not exist.
Again, conjecture, but I wanted to get others opinions on it.
