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Regarding Ezekiel chapters 40 to 48, note that they aren't necessarily a prophecy of future events which must happen, like those in Revelation must happen (Revelation 1:1), but could have been a conditional vision which Israel had to fulfill while it was still in Old Testament/Old Covenant times (Ezekiel 43:11). For the vision refers to animal sacrifices for sin (e.g. Ezekiel 43:21-22), which were forever abolished by Jesus on the Cross, along with all the rest of the letter of the Old Covenant Mosaic law (Ephesians 2:15-16, Colossians 2:14-17, Hebrews 7:18-19, Romans 7:6; 2 Corinthians 3:6-18). Jesus' New Covenant sacrifice for sin (Matthew 26:28) completely and forever replaced all the Old Covenant animal sacrifices for sin (Hebrews 10:1-23).
Eze 44:1 Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.
2 Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
3 It is for the prince;
Zec 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
Eze 46:1 Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.
2 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
3 Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons.
You know why the "East gate" is walled up????
If Ezekiel chapters 40 to 48 are a prophecy of future events, and weren't only a conditional vision which now will never be fulfilled, the sabbath and feasts (e.g. Ezekiel 46:4,9) won't be those of the letter of the Old Covenant Mosaic law, but a better version of them, under the New Covenant.
The rules in Ezekiel chapters 40 to 48 are different in detail from the letter of the Old Covenant Mosaic law. For example, note all the differences in the details of the passover animal sacrifice requirements of Ezekiel 45:21-25 and those of Numbers 28:16-24.
It sure wasn't a Walt Disney preview of coming attractions.
As long as people are "in the flesh/body of sin", they are going to sin, flesh is an enemy of God.
Actually, it can be lost. For note that the Bible doesn't teach once-saved-always-saved, but shows that initially saved people will obtain ultimate salvation only "if" they continue in the faith to the end (Hebrews 3:6,12,14, Colossians 1:23).
Law is one thing I find few people understand, and the Bible is a book of law.
Lawyer have a saying, "What's right is not always law, What's law is not always right",
It help to explain the confusion most people encounter with understanding the law.
The wages of sin is "Forgiveness", or how about "Repenting", what does the scripture say???
Ro 6:23 For the wages of sin is death;
Heb 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and
without shedding of blood is no remission.(of sin)
Mt 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass,
one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
OK, you were saved, then you committed another sin, one that caused you to lose your salvation because in paying for your first sins Jesus didn't pay for that sin because it had not been committed at the time.
If the law required Jesus dying the first time to save you from sin, why wouldn't the law require Jesus to die a second time for these "other sins"???
If God forgives one sin without a death, without the shedding of blood, God violates his own law, and makes Jesus's death/suffering on the cross, "Worthless".
Le 17:11 For the
life of the flesh is in the blood: and
I have given it to you upon the altar
to make an atonement for your souls: for
it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Ro 6:6 Knowing this, that
our old man is crucified with him, that the
body of sin might be destroyed,
How are you going to understand the differences between the church's "Living sacrifice of the Body of sin", and those "Dead sacrifices of the body of sin" in the trib,
when you don't understand how the plan of salvation works????
Also, even if they do continue in the faith, initially saved people will obtain ultimate salvation only if they also patiently continue to the end in obedience and good works
Works can't save, God Foreknows what you're going to do your whole life, and God does not "Abort" his "Born again" children.
Regarding "five virgins/servant", note that the 10-virgins parable (Matthew 25:1-13) shows that the marriage of the church to Jesus won't occur until his 2nd coming (Matthew 25:10), which Jesus had just finished saying won't occur until "immediately after the tribulation" (Matthew 24:29-31), just like Revelation 19:7 shows that the marriage won't occur until after the (never fulfilled) tribulation, shown in Revelation chapters 6 to 18.
After the trib both church and Israel are at the Cana marriage to start the MK.
but you leave this "other wedding" that Israel refused the invitation, when/where does it occur???
Mt 22:2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
Mt 22:8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
Mt 22:10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
Mt 25:10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
You, and some others, are doing exactly what I've been saying, you try to construct a theory but leave out so many other things in scripture your theory has huge holes everywhere in which the other things left out won't fit.
You're trying to work a puzzle but without all the pieces.
The marriage supper (Revelation 19:9) won't have yet begun by the time of Revelation 19, which won't begin until after the future tribulation of Revelation chapters 6 to 18 and Matthew 24 (cf. Matthew 24:29-31; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-8). For regarding the church, the marriage supper will be a literal feast in the earthly Jerusalem after the resurrection and marriage of the church at Jesus' 2nd coming (Isaiah 25:6-9; 1 Corinthians 15:54, Revelation 19:7 to 20:6; 1 Thessalonians 4:15-16; 1 Corinthians 15:21-23,51-54). While the church will enjoy a feast "of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined" (Isaiah 25:6), the birds will feast on the corpses of the world's armies defeated by Jesus' at his 2nd coming (Revelation 19:17-21).
The Son marriage in Heaven is why there is a "Pre trib rapture", the covenant "Confirmed" with "MANY" for "one week".
The Cana marriage celebration is with "ALL".
Also, regarding the 10-virgins parable, in Matthew 25:6 "midnight" could represent mid-tribulation,
If it's midtrib, then the confirmation of the covenant couldn't be for "one week", but only a half week.
Another one of you "holes".
Regarding the devil being allowed to have physical power over some people in the church, imagine Revelation 2:10.
Re 2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation
ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
2Th 1:4 So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
Are you saying the tribulations the church suffer today is no different than the tribulation period???
If so, why does scripture say the trib is a time such as never been before or ever will be again???
You have no idea of just how bad the trib will be, maybe that's why you think the "body of Christ" will still be here.