First, Jesus will not rule and reign in an earthly kingdom sense. Jesus reigns right now over all of Heaven and Earth (Matt 28:18) and his reign is perpetual throughout all generations forever (Rev 1:5; Isaiah 9:6-7; Matthew 28:18; 1 Peter 3:22; 1 Tim 1:17).Originally posted by JohnR7
Of course He will rule and reign here on Earth for 1000 years. That is why in this final hour whole nations are being won for God.
Next, we are NOT in the final hour. Rather, St. John was in the final hour 2000 years ago when the endtimes antichrists heresy appeared (1 Jn 2:18-19). Now, when you say "final hour" do you mean 2000 or more years from now? Should I suppose that you mean Christ will return after the year 4000?
Finally, evangelism is successful NOT because it is the final hour -- RATHER, evangelism is successful because Christ's Church and the gospel of the Kingdom is all-powerful and destined to succeed as it has even up to our times (Matt 16:18-19).
Praise the Lord.Originally posted by JohnR7
Our church has a 100 person missionary team returning from Swaziland and we are rejoicing that another nation has been won for God.
Originally posted by JohnR7
We will rule and reign with Jesus and the Capital will be Jerusalem. Every year the nations will have to send a representive to Jerusalem to worship before God. Also, they will take a little trip outside of the city:
Okay. Here's where your understanding is not taking into account the revelation given through Jesus and the apostles. The capital of the Faith will NEVER AGAIN be earthly Jerusalem. It will forever be in "Heavenly Jerusalem" in Spirit and Truth:
John 4:20-23
Our fathers worshipped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship." Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour comes when neither in this mountain, NOR IN JERUSALEM, will you worship the Father ... But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH, for the Father seeks such to be his worshippers.
Galatians 4:25-26
Now this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children. But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is our mother.
John, the earthly Jerusalem of the jews of the flesh is NOT ever again going to be a headquarters of the True Faith. Furthermore, if you believe that it is and that people are going to go up to their city of Jerusalem then you must also believe that Christ's work is in vain and we will return to the bondage of the Mosaic Law, including mandatory circumcision, blood sacrifices, and feasts. For Zechariah 14 says:
Zechariah 14:16-19
It shall happen, that everyone who is left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, Yahweh of Hosts, and to keep the feast of tents. It shall be, that whoever of all the families of the earth doesn't go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, Yahweh of Hosts, on them there shall be no rain. If the family of Egypt doesn't go up, and doesn't come, neither shall it be on them; there shall be the plague with which Yahweh will strike the nations that don't go up to keep the feast of tents. This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations that don't go up to keep the feast of tents.
and Ezekiel says:
Ezekiel 44:7,9
In that ye have brought [into my sanctuary] strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, [even] my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations. Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that [is] among the children of Israel.
BUT PAUL REVEALS:
Galatians 5:1-4
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. Christ is become of no effect unto you
Colossians 2:14,16-17
The bond, with its requirements, which was in force against us and was hostile to us, He cancelled, and cleared it out of the way, nailing it to His Cross ... Therefore suffer no one to sit in judgement on you as to eating or drinking or with regard to a festival, a new moon or a sabbath. These were a shadow of things that were soon to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
So we are not going into the future that you have depicted. Rather, we are already in the New Jerusalem as Paul states in both Hebrews 12:22-24 and Galatians 4:26 and we are converting Nations to come inside to join us in Covenant with our King and ruler over heaven and earth (Revelation 21:24-27).
GW
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