Well since you never give an explanation but complain others are vague, I have to deduct one thought at a time of what you reject. If it is not in the Lord's day and not in the NHNE, and has not been in the last 1990 years, then when is it? It happens at the second coming, and you are out of options on why you deny the Lord's Day.
I asked Davy if he would like to discuss it. If he said yes then I was planning to go into it in more detail. Do you understand what I'm saying?
If it happens at the second coming as you claim, then explain to me how the following can happen at that time:
Zechariah 14:10 The whole land, from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem, will become like the Arabah. But Jerusalem will be raised up high from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses, and will remain in its place. 11
It will be inhabited; never again will it be destroyed. Jerusalem will be secure.
If this is meant to be taken literally as saying earthly Jerusalem will be inhabited after Christ's second coming and never destroyed again then explain how that can be the case in light of what Peter taught here:
2 Peter 3:10 But
the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare. 11 Since
everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 12 as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. 13 But
in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
How do you interpret 2 Peter 3:10-13? When do you believe it will be fulfilled? I believe it will be fulfilled at Christ's second coming which would mean that an earthly millennial kingdom would be impossible to occur after the earth is burned up. If the passage was fulfilled after the thousand years then how could Zech 14:11 be true since earthly Jerusalem would obviously would be destroyed when the earth is burned up?
Now, let's look at another part of Zechariah 14 that can't possibly be fulfilled after the second coming of Christ:
Zechariah 14:16 Then the survivors from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, and
to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles. 17 If any of the peoples of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, they will have no rain. 18 If the Egyptian people do not go up and take part, they will have no rain. The Lord will bring on them the plague he inflicts on the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles. 19 This will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles. 20 On that day holy to the Lord will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the Lord’s house will be like the sacred bowls in front of the altar. 21
Every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the Lord Almighty, and all who come to sacrifice will take some of the pots and cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the Lord Almighty.
If this is meant to be taken literally and was fulfilled during a time period right after the second coming Christ then that would mean animal sacrifices would be reinstituted because it mentions celebrating the festival (feast) of tabernacles and talks about people coming to make sacrifices in Jerusalem.
That cannot be. Animal sacrifices were performed in Old Testament times for the purpose of foreshadowing (pointing forward to) Christ's once for all sacrifice.
Hebrews 10:1
The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. 2
Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins. 3 But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins. 4
It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. 5
Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said: “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me; 6 with burnt offerings and sin offerings you were not pleased. 7 Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll—I have come to do your will, my God.’” 8 First he said, “
Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”—though they were offered in accordance with the law. 9 Then he said, “
Here I am, I have come to do your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
This passage clearly teaches that the old covenant animal sacrifices were only a shadow of something better to come which was the Lord Jesus Christ's "once for all" sacrifice. They have already served their purpose and there will never be any need or desire for them ever again. Notice that it says "when Christ came into the world, He said: "Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me; with burnt offerings and sin offerings you were not pleased".
Why would God ever want to have animal sacrifices again when He clearly was not pleased with them and did not desire them any longer? That's why He sent His Son Jesus Christ to make His "once for all" sacrifice so that animal sacrifices would never be needed again.
I believe Zechariah 14 contains a lot of figurative language just like the rest of the book. Premils think that Zechariah 12 and 13 will also be fulfilled at the second coming despite the fact that Zechariah 12:10 is quoted in John 19:37 as having a first coming fulfillment and Zechariah 13:7 is quoted in Matthew 26:31 (Mark 14:27) with a first coming fulfillment as well.
Zechariah 14:8
On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it east to the Dead Sea and half of it west to the Mediterranean Sea, in summer and in winter. 9
The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name.
These verses had a first coming fulfillment. Verse 8 is figurative language, but the explanation for its fulfillment can be seen in this passage here which related to the last day of the festival (feast) of tabernacles:
John 7:37
On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “
Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” 39
By this he meant the Spirit,
whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.
What about where it says the Lord will be king over the whole earth? Here is the fulfillment of that:
Matthew 28:16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then
Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Ephesians 1:16 I keep asking that
the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength 20 he exerted when
he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. 22 And
God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
