From those given more, more will be demanded (Luke 12:48).
We “invest” whatever talents were given, with an increase expected (Matt 25:14-30).
Of course the PROBLEM with this comment is that it does not
understand the CONTEXT of these events and, therefore, it
cannot hope to understand the MEANING of the passage.
It assumes the "we" are those living during the church age
when the CONTEXT is actually during the Great Tribulation
and/or the Revelation Beast.
The Gospel of the Bible is that the Holy Spirit remains with the
elect (the "wheat" in the church, but not the "tares" in the church)
until it's time for Satan to be "loosened" from the Bottomless Pit
to RULE during his "Little Season" [Rev 9:1-2, Rev 20:3].
Until Satan is "loosened" from the Bottomless Pit, the saints
"lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years" [Rev 20:4]
which is the A-Millennial period of the church age... also shown
in Mat 28:20 as the Great Commission when Jesus promises
to "be with you until the end of the age". This is also shown
as the time when the "two witnesses" preach their "testimony"
[Rev 11:3-4] Please note: the "two candlesticks" and the two
"olive trees" represent the church - preaching in the church age.
However, AFTER the "testimony" of the church is finished, Satan
is "loosened" from the Bottomless Pit to "make war with them"
(the LAST "wheat and tares" in the church) and to "overcome"
them and (spiritually) "kill them" [Rev 11:7 and Dan 7:24-25]
for a period called 3.5 "days/times/years/watches of the night",
all of which represent the Great Tribulation or the Revelation Beast.
But, BEFORE Satan can be "loosened" from the Pit to RULE over
the last "wheat and tares" (shown as ten "virgins" in Mat 25:1-13,
as ten "kings/horns" in Daniel 7 and (again) as ten "kings/horns"
in Rev 17:12-13 and Rev 17:17]... FIRST the Last Saint must be
"sealed/saved" [Rev 7:1-3] and the Holy Spirit (which "restrains")
must be "taken out of the way" [2 Thess 2:6-9]... only THEN
can the "Man of Sin" be "revealed" (to the Last Saints) and be
"destroyed with the Brightness of His Coming". [2 Thess 2:6-9]
The CONTEXT of the passages mentioned in this post is AFTER
the Great Commission ("testimony" of the church) is finished and
AFTER the Last Saint has been saved and AFTER the Holy Spirit has
been "taken out of the way"... it is only THEN that Satan can be
"loosened" to RULE in the Great Tribulation "Kingdom of Heaven"
[Mat 25:1-13] also shown as the 7-Headed Revelation Beast... as
the (last) saints are NO LONGER "living and ruling with Christ".
So, it's a COMMON MISTAKE for those BEFORE the Last Saints
to assume the passages mentioned in the previous post to be
representing the "church age". However, the CONTEXT of those
passages is the duration of the Great Tribulation "Kingdom" and/or
the Revelation Beast. This is easily proven in SCRIPTURE when
it is read carefully, or "revealed" by one of the Last Saints, as
was promised in Scripture to occur during the "time of the end"
[Dan 12:8-10] and/or the "Season and Time" [Dan 7:11-12],
or when the Seventh Trumpet "begins to sound" [Rev 10:7-11],
which is also the period mentioned in Rev 11:14.
(1) First, notice in Matthew 25:14-30 the CONTEXT is shown
as the period "as a man [Jesus] travelling into a far country"
[Mat 25:14] until "after a long time the Lord of those servants
cometh" [Mat 25:19]. Most people have incorrectly ASSUMED
this period was from the Lord's resurrection - until His Return...
however the actual CONTEXT is AFTER the "end of the age"
when the Great Commission ("testimony" of the church) occurred
and AFTER the last saint had been "sealed" [Rev 7:1-3] and
AFTER the Holy Spirit was "taken out of the way" so Satan
could RULE during the period shown as the Great Tribulation or
the 7-Headed Revelation Beast. This Biblical FACT is shown by
comparing Mat 25 with all other RELATED Scriptures.
(2) Secondly, in Luke 12:36-50 the CONTEXT is shown as the
period "when He [Jesus] will RETURN from the wedding".
The "wedding" does not occur until AFTER all the saints have
been "sealed", and AFTER the Great Tribulation [Mat 25:10]
Jesus does not RETURN while He is "with us until the end of
the age" of the Great Commission of the "testimony" during
the church age. And Jesus does not RETURN while the saints
"lived and ruled with Christ" during the church age.
The time when Jesus RETURNS is AFTER the Great Tribulation
or the Revelation Beast, and AFTER the "marriage supper of
the Lamb" [Rev 19:7,9]. Jesus does not RETURN while the
Holy Spirit is "taken out of the way" and Satan Rules... but
AFTER the "Man of Sin" is "revealed" and then DESTROYED
by "the brightness of His Coming".
(3) This is all shown very clearly when COMPARING these events
with the Lord's Return in Luke 19. The CONTEXT of these events
[Luke 19:12-27] again BEGIN (like Mat 25:14-30) at the time when
"A certain nobleman [Jesus] went into a far country to RECEIVE
for himself a KINGDOM, and to RETURN". Again, this is NOT the
period (church age) when "the saints lived and ruled with Christ"
and this is NOT the period when Christ "is with us until the end of
the age". This is the period or time when the Holy Spirit as been
"taken out of the way" and Satan has been "loosened" from the
Bottomless Pit to RULE during the Great Tribulation and Revelation
Beast.
The CONTEXT of these events is confirmed [Luke 19:15] as being
"when he was returned, HAVING RECEIVED THE KINGDOM",
and NOT while the "Kingdom" was being built as the "testimony"
of the church was to "seek and save" all the lost sheep. This is
NOT before the last saint had been "sealed" and Satan had RULED
during His "Little Season" of the Great Tribulation/Revelation Beast.
This is AFTER the "Man of Sin" was "revealed" and DESTROYED
by the "brightness of His Coming". AFTER the Great Tribulation
and the Revelation Beast. It's AFTER the "marriage of the Lamb"
which could never happen before the "Final Harvest" [Mat 25:10]
when "the Door was Shut".
This CONTEXT is confirmed [Luke 19:27] when Jesus commands
that all His "enemies" (representing the "tares" in the church who
are sown by Satan) to "bring hither and SLAY THEM before Me".
This event doesn't occur before the Final Harvest [Mat 13:30,41-42]
it occurs AFTER the "Door was Shut" [Mat 25:10]
So... while many teach the parable of the "talents/pounds" occurs
DURING the "testimony" of the church in the Great Commission,
the CONTEXT is actually AFTER the "testimony" is finished and
AFTER all the saints have been "sealed" and AFTER the Holy Spirit
had been "taken out of the way" and AFTER the Great Tribulation
"Kingdom of Heaven" is finished and AFTER the Revelation Beast
was destroyed and AFTER Satan's "Little Season" was finished and
AFTER the Final Harvest was finished, AFTER the "Door was Shut"
and AFTER the "marriage supper of the Lamb".
Those teaching these events occur DURING the church age simply
have NO IDEA what they are talking about because they do not
understand the CONTEXT of the events They do not understand the
Gospel includes a "time of the end" or "Season and Time" on earth
AFTER the "testimony" of the church" is finished and all the saints
have been "sealed" and the Holy Spirit is "taken out of the way".
This is when the Lord takes a "long journey" while Satan RULES during the Great Tribulation/Revelation Beast... The Lord does not
Return until AFTER the "Final Harvest" and "marriage supper"
and they do not understand because all of these Gospel Truths had
remained "closed-up" and "sealed" to all previous saints until the
Last Saints, "shall understand" as clearly foretold in Daniel 12:8-10
and Matthew 24:15 and 33, and the Last Saints PREACH these Bible
"mysteries" (and many others mysteries, as the Seventh Trumpet
"begins to sound" [Rev 10:7-11].
BTW... there are NO MORE "signs" on earth AFTER the Seventh
Trumpet "begins to sound", until the resurrection of the dead,
the Lord's Return and the Last Saints being "changed" into our
incorruptible spiritual bodies in the "twinkling of an eye".
Now, we are NOT saying that the saved "wheat" in the church
do not produce "fruit"... they certainly do, some thirty-fold, others
sixty-fold and some one hundred fold. But the EVENTS described in
Mat 25 and Luke 12 and 19 are EVENTS associated with the period
of the Great Tribulation/Revelation Beast and NOT the church age
BEFORE the last saint is "sealed" and BEFORE the Holy Spirit has
been "taken out of the way" so Satan can be "loosened" to rule..
Finally, the "unprofitable servant" refers to a specific person living
during the Great Tribulation "Kingdom" or the Revelation Beast who
(like the faithful servants) was given some understanding about the
events of the Revelation Beast but (unlike the faithful servants) he
decided to not preach those Truths ("hid Thy talent in the earth").
Again, harmonizing with everything else the Bible teaches about the
period of the Great Tribulation and Revelation Beast... but NOT the
period of the church age when Christ was "with us" and the saints
"lived and reigned with Christ".
Jim
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