The "D" Chart

[canadyjd]

No, there is a huge difference. If His kingdom were only of Heaven and not on earth, He would not have said "from" (Greek ek). If I say, "I work Tennessee" when I'm in Wisconsin, that means I no longer work in Tennessee. So when Jesus says His kingdom is from Heaven, that indicates a kingdom on earth.

I didn’t say His kingdom was only from heaven. I said He rules from heaven.

At some point there will be a new heaven and a new earth. This earth burned by fire. Not sure what that will look like, but I don’t think it’s going to be the same as we have now.

There is much speculation, but saying we can’t really know this side of heaven is probably the best we can do.

Not refuted in Matt. 24 since that is not about the rapture but about the 2nd coming. (P. S. I don't get my theology from the Left Behind books. Just sayin'. )

Do you agree Matthew 24 clearly teaches the 2nd coming occurs after the great tribulation?

We know very little of the rapture, but the account Jesus gives of the angels collecting the saints from the four corners of the earth is consistent with Paul’s mention of the dead in Christ rising first to meet Him in the air.

No, upheld by Paul in Romans 9-11. There are three whole chapters there with Paul proving a future for ethnic Israel.

No, and you didn’t address the teaching of Ephesians of the two groups, Jew and Gentiles, being made into one new man by the cross of Christ.

As for Ephesians, where does it say that God abrogated His unconditional covenants (Mosaic, Abrahamic, Davidic) with ethnic Israel?

Abrogated? Fulfilled by the person and work of Jesus Christ.

No, that's in Revelation 20, and it's not a misunderstanding, but a literal interpretation. The misunderstanding is on the side of those who believe it is somehow an allegory. But in order to hold that position, one must say what it means as an allegory,…

So, since you reject the literal 1000 year reign of Christ on earth ("from" Heaven), what does the 1000 years stand for, and why?

The context of Revelation 20 is the reward for faithfulness during the great tribulation, for the martyrs, is to rule with Christ for a thousand years.

John wanted those suffering persecution to understand the great reward and honor Christ will show to them in heaven.

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