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Exactly my point.i cant find “and it shall cease to be?”
English - AntiChrist (a transliteration of koine Greek)the true Antichrist
Excellent point, see Study 11 -This is to important for those who profess Christ and such a eye opener not to share repeatedly.
Let's take a look at Matthew. From the KJV Chapter 24 speaks of the tribulation and also the Sabbath. In Matt 24:20-31 Jesus speaks of the Sabbath being kept BY HIS FOLLOWS (US) through the destruction of the Temple in 70AD up to His Second coming.
It sure is. Some resources to help demonstrate that.The Sabbath is Friday sundown to Saturday sundown my friend.
If the heavens and the earth are not new to you, it is because nothing has changed in you--as "the kingdom of God is within you."I do not see a new heaven and a new earth as yet.
Let's address your errors one at a time.I fully acknowledged that, as you are well aware. What I do not acknowledge is your opinion that the rest you speak of actually replaces obedience to God's commandments. That my friend you cannot show from scripture. I do not deny the test. I experience it every day. And I demonstrate the faith I have in Christ's rest and in His word, by obeying it. It is strange that you would use the observation of the Sabbath as evidence that others haven't a rest in Christ, when it in reality reveals the exact opposite.
KJV Ezekiel 20:12
12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.
Has God changed? Has Jesus changed? Is that gospel given to the Jews different to that given to the gentiles? Are the conditions of salvation different in the NT than they were in the OT?
He was just mocking that I said, Christ "came not to destroy but to fulfill" the commandments, then entered the rest of God, and we who are "in Christ" with Him (just as it is written).i cant find “and it shall cease to be?”
"we" who are in Christ with Him?we who are "in Christ" with Him (just as it is written).
Those given to Christ by the Father, who standing at the door and hearing His knocking, open the door and receive the promise of His coming in to them, and them in Him. Of whom it is also written by the personal testimony of Paul, that "It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.""we" who are in Christ with Him?
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Honestly brother, I've always thought that "dispensations" were simply time periods...Just to clarify why I would make such a bold statement, for I am fully aware that claiming a doctrine held by a vast majority of American Christianity found it's genesis in the mind of devils will offend some, if not many.
Dispensationalism, the particulars of which are contrary to many otherwise well established Christian truths, was devised for one purpose. Similar to preterism and futurism, (and all dispensationalists as far as I am aware, are futurists) , dispensationalism effectively hides the true Antichrist from Christian observance. Unless they are willing to study their Bible without a predisposition to the teachings of Jesuits.
That is basically correct.Honestly brother, I've always thought that "dispensations" were simply time periods...
Hey Aaron, good to see you again.English - AntiChrist (a transliteration of koine Greek)
koine Greek - αντιχριστος (antichristos)
Latin - Vicarivs Christi (official title of every 'pope', cardinal, archbishop, bishop, archdeacon, deacon, and priest of Rome)
Anti - koine Greek meaning, 'in the place of, or instead of' (or exalting to same position), or 'against'
2Th_2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
Christos - koine Greek meaning, 'anointed', as the Hebrew "Messiah" means the same.
Lev_6:22 KJB And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt.
Lev 6:15 so called LXX ὁ ἱερεὺς ὁ χριστὸς ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ ποιήσει αὐτήν· νόμος αἰώνιος, ἅπαν ἐπιτελεσθήσεται.
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Yes, they are. Manufactured though and given a spiritual connotation as if God worked in different ways, and changed the means by which men are saved according to the calendar. The truth is, that from Genesis to Revelation, whether Jew or Gentile, pagan, heathen, slave or free, man, woman or child, all are saved by grace through faith. And contrary to popular opinion in the modern church, law and grace are not, nor have they ever been, antagonistic to one another.Honestly brother, I've always thought that "dispensations" were simply time periods...
So, fulfill in your mind still means that any obedience whatsoever to the law, for example, a refusal to steal or commit adultery, is a sign that one is living contrary to the gospel?Thus, by being "in Christ" we thereby do the same and the law and commandments are "fulfill" (rather than "replaced"
Mmm. So the fact, and it is a fact, that all the improvement in character and attitude toward the righteousness of Christ and my hunger and thirst for that quality of life that reflects they image of Christ and results in obedience to His commandments, is a sign of lack of faith. Got it.Walking through life as if Jesus had not "fulfilled" the commandments and as if He is not in you in that capacity, is not a demonstration of faith, but a lack of faith, as your actions deny His presence. The "evidence" then, is rather of the promise of rest, demonstrating only part of what He has done in you--and shows only a half-measure of all that He has done, as if you were not yet "crucified with Christ"; and this is of you, not me.
Sorry brother, I should know better than to comment on threads like this as, I'm not up on all these man made dispensations. Also in total agreement with you that all people who are saved, OT and NT alike, are saved by grace through faith in either their looking forward to their messiah and us looking back in faith.Yes, they are. Manufactured though and given a spiritual connotation as if God worked in different ways, and changed the means by which men are saved according to the calendar. The truth is, that from Genesis to Revelation, whether Jew or Gentile, pagan, heathen, slave or free, man, woman or child, all are saved by grace through faith. And contrary to popular opinion in the modern church, law and grace are not, nor have they ever been, antagonistic to one another.
It is as I said, you misunderstand.So, fulfill in your mind still means that any obedience whatsoever to the law, for example, a refusal to steal or commit adultery, is a sign that one is living contrary to the gospel?
Mmm. So the fact, and it is a fact, that all the improvement in character and attitude toward the righteousness of Christ and my hunger and thirst for that quality of life that reflects they image of Christ and results in obedience to His commandments, is a sign of lack of faith. Got it.
I'm trying to follow the objection to dispensensationalism. Are you saying its antagonistic ?Yes, they are. Manufactured though and given a spiritual connotation as if God worked in different ways, and changed the means by which men are saved according to the calendar. The truth is, that from Genesis to Revelation, whether Jew or Gentile, pagan, heathen, slave or free, man, woman or child, all are saved by grace through faith. And contrary to popular opinion in the modern church, law and grace are not, nor have they ever been, antagonistic to one another.
As was already pointed out the grammar ties the entire chapter together. 3 questions were asked by the Disciples. When shall these things be in respect to the temple being destroyed, the sign of His coming and the end of the world. Jesus' answer ties all three questions together. His use of conjunctive particles from verse four to verse six where Jesus talks of not being troubled in the hearing of wars and the rumor of wars and the rise and deception of false christs. He says all this must come to pass but the end is not yet.Matthew 24:16 - “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. 18 And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. 19 But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! 20 And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. You left out verse 16 from your OP which sinks your premise. Praying that "your flight not be on the Sabbath or winter" in verse 20 has to do with "let those in Judea flee" in verse 16. Matthew 24:20 applies to those living in Judea.
Matthew 24:16 - “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. 18 And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. 19 But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! 20 And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. You left out verse 16 from your OP which sinks your premise. Praying that "your flight not be on the Sabbath or winter" in verse 20 has to do with "let those in Judea flee" in verse 16. Matthew 24:20 applies to those living in Judea.
I find it interesting that Ellen G White took this same Bible passage that had nothing to do with Sabbath observance by Christians and used it in a manner that is inconsistent with the context of the verse as well. Jesus was not imploring Christians to pray that they would not need to escape upon the Sabbath so that they would not break the fourth commandment. The context of the verse is clearly pointing to the physical difficulties of traveling.
Travel for pregnant and nursing women would be very difficult. Winter cold would make travel extremely difficult along with closed city gates, laws against carrying loads, laws against traveling more than a short distance, laws against buying and selling on the Sabbath. (Exodus 16:29; Jeremiah 17:21-22; Nehemiah 13:15-19) The only reasonable explanation of Jesus' reference to the Sabbath here is that He was concerned with the difficulties these Jews would face if they were forced to leave Judea on the Sabbath day.