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I see you haven't studied the passage. Peter addresses his letter to the Jewish diaspora, being the Apostle to the Jews as Paul has said.

Indeed, the New Covenant was established at the moment of the crucifixion, marking a pivotal point in spiritual history. In the writings of Paul, we find that Jesus is depicted as the mediator of this covenant, suggesting that He is actively involved in facilitating the terms of the covenant for...

I agree. But your error is to assume that Paul is talking about a cataclysmic, climatic end to the world. He is not. He is talking about the role of the Messiah, which is to subdue his enemies. The last enemy is death. There are many more enemies to subdue before that.

Of course, Jesus and the Apostles are the mediators of the New Covenant. But a portion of it has yet to come to pass, and a fuller explanation of that portion is found in Ezekiel 36, among other places.

I agree; the main point of Romans 11:1ff is that God has not cast away his people, the Jews. At the same time, however, the point would be moot if a Jew didn't live Jewishly and abandoned everything distinguishable about being Jewish. The Jewish people who maintain their Jewishness while at the...

I understand why you might resort to an emotional appeal. I get that. But a sober look at the passage will reveal that Peter's reference to resurrection supports David's contention that God would not allow his son's body to suffer decay. And because Christ did not suffer decay, being...

Yes, I understand that. There has never been a time when evangelism was deemed unnecessary because they all know him. The prophet conveys a profound and expansive message that goes beyond mere individual salvation. Although it is indeed true that every Jew who embraces Jesus Christ will find...

I get that. But you were giving your understanding of Isaiah chapter 2, which speaks about a time when the mountain of the Lord will become the chief of the mountains. And I showed how this passage contradicts your position that the "last days" is the time between the Advents. This means that...

Peter is writing to a particular set of congregations populated by the Diaspora. He is talking to the descendants of Jacob who are living abroad.

I appreciate your post, but I wanted to clarify a crucial point regarding the concept of martyrs. It's important to understand that martyrs, by definition, are individuals who endure suffering or are ultimately killed due to their unwavering beliefs. Therefore, when the passage refers to the...

Okay, thanks for the clarification, but doesn't Revelation 11:15 contradict a major tenet of Amillennialism? Consider the wording of the verse. Logically speaking, John is saying that someone has come into possession of something, where the "someone" is Jesus and the "something" is the kingdom...

My comments are restricted to the Passage at hand, quoted by the poster. He quoted 1 Corinthians 15 as proof that Christ's return is coterminous with the end. He imagines that the Second Advent marks a climactic end of history, after which believers will experience a New Heaven and Earth. In...

One would expect the OP to stand as the "QED", the thing to be demonstrated. It isn't clear from the OP that the thing to be demonstrated was that Christ will not rule on this earth for a thousand years after he comes again.

We are trying to make sense of verses like, 1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; In a profound theological statement, Peter asserts that Christ's...

I see no problem with that.

No. The Israel of God includes the descendants of Jacob who are born again.

No. Peter quotes David to prove that God would not allow his descendant to suffer decay, not to suggest that the resurrection is the same thing as ruling on David's throne.

Not all of them. While it is true that the future will see each and every man and his neighbor knowing the Lord, this will never be true of the Gentiles.

Yes, but in Romans, Paul recognizes a difference between Israel and the other nations.

Yes, they were aware of what Ezekiel had written. Ezekiel 36 has yet to come to pass.