Great effort! I copied it for reference.
All these prophesied things will happen. If they don't, then our Bibles are just another load of fiction.
You may think there won't be another Temple and sacrifices are just OT history, but Paul says: these things that happened to ancient Israel are symbolic of what will happen again. 1 Corinthians 10:115
This is a total avoidance of the fact that you have sin offerings in your imaginary future millennium. Your fight is with Scripture, not Amils. Colossians 2:14 plainly and unambiguously declares, that Christ's atonement resulted in the
“Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross.”
The Greek word for “Blotting out” here is
exaleiphō (eks-ä-lā'-fō) meaning:
‘to wipe off, wipe away, to obliterate, erase, wipe out, blot out’
These old covenant ordinances (rites and rituals) pertaining to the ceremonial law were obliterated at the cross.
For those that still anticipate the renaissance of the old abolished ordinances we need to ask: When did (or will) the “blotting out the handwriting of ordinances” occur? From this passage it is clear, Christ “took it out of the way” by “nailing it to his cross.” These ordinances embraced the old covenant civil, ceremonial or ecclesiastical law. They were finished at the cross.
Colossians 2:16-17 tells us:
“Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.”
The Greek word translated “holyday” here is
heorte meaning
feast or festival. Of 27 mentions of this word in the normally precise KJV, it is interpreted “feast” in all of them apart from here.
New American Standard interprets:
“Therefore let no one act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day -- things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.”
The Living Bible says,
“So don't let anyone criticize you for what you eat or drink, or for not celebrating Jewish holidays and feasts or new moon ceremonies or Sabbaths. For these were only temporary rules that ended when Christ came. They were only shadows of the real thing-of Christ himself.”
Paul is saying here that the old covenant feasts and festivals simply served as types and shadows of things that were to come. They looked forward to the new covenant arrangement and the reality and substance in Christ. The Jews of Ezekiel’s day and Zechariah’s day would never have understood this.
Colossians 2:20-22 finally sums up the sums up the biblical position today:
“Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, (Touch not; taste not; handle not; Which all are to perish with the using) after the commandments and doctrines of men?”
This is not talking about the moral law, it is talking about the ceremonial law. It is a redundant system. Christ took the whole old system away. The old Mosaic ceremonial law is completely gone. It is useless.
Christianity took us away from the old Mosaic ceremonial law completely. Those who argue for a return to the old system fail to see that it has been rendered obsolete through the new covenant.
Hebrews 7:18-19 makes clear:
“For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.”
This word “disannulling” is taken from the Greek word
athetesis meaning
cancellation.
The phrase
“weakness and unprofitableness” used here to describe
the old abolished system actually reads
asthenes kai anopheles literally meaning
: feeble and impotent useless and unprofitable.
It is hard to believe that you would promote the return, on the new earth of all places, of such a hopeless discarded arrangement.
Impossible.
Jesus is not reigning as King of the world yet.
Satans 'little season' is quite plainly the final 42 months of this age. Revelation 13:
Wow! You even deny Christ kingship now. This is why everyone should renounce and reject Premillennialism. It dethrones Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:22-24 tells us:
“For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.”
Here you have it:
“all rule and all authority and power” are
“put down” at
“Christ's … Coming.” It is that simple, and that clear. Those who take a clear, objective and literal straightforward reading of this text will see that it spells the end of all rebellion. However, this is the opposite to the Premil millennium: which has more wicked and more enemies arising and culminates in the greatest uprising in human history – as the wicked, against the saints of God “as the sand of the sea.”
Paul then reminds us:
1 Corinthians 15:25-26:
“For he must reign (present, active infinitive)
, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.”
Here he shows that Christ is reigning now. It is written in the present, active infinitive sense. How long does he reign? He confirms: “till he hath put all enemies under his feet.” Again, this couldn’t be clearer! Every last enemy will be subjugated and subdued at the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. The last enemy is identified as death!
There you have it! The second coming sees the final subjugation of all:
· rule
· authority
· power
· death
Paul then reinforces this thought:
1 Corinthians 15:27-28
“For ‘he hath put’ (aorist active indicative) (hupotasso or subordinated or submitted to) all things under his feet. But when he saith, all things are put under (hupotasso or subordinated or submitted to) him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put (hupotasso or subordinated or submitted to) all things under him. And when all things shall be (hupotasso) subdued (or subordinated or submitted to) unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him (hupotasso or subordinated or submitted to), that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.”
Paul, again, repeats the great truth that God “hath put all things under his feet” as He reigns in majestic glory upon high. The reign described here is
aorist active indicative, meaning it is
ongoing. He also shows, whilst Christ is reigning over His enemies as Lord and God, they will NOT be made His footstool, subdued and put down until the second coming.
The whole focus here is the current reign of Christ upon the heavenly throne that will culminate in the final downfall of all his enemies when he appears. Then we'll his enemies finally be subdued, put down, and made his footstool.
Hebrews 1:2, 3, 2:9 says,
“Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things … Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high … Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him.”
There it is! He is the supreme power. He is the government. He carries all authority. Whilst new enemies are being born every day, while new wicked regimes continually arise, Christ determines what He allows and what He doesn't. There is nothing that is not under Him. The world is NOT out of control. God has a plan and that plan will be fulfilled, when God sees fit.
1 Peter 3:22 says, that Christ,
“who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God (now!!!)
; angels and authorities and powers being (currently!!!)
made subject unto him.”
Without a doubt Christ is reigning over His enemies since the resurrection, waiting for their final predetermined put down. Those who question Christ’s current reign do great assault upon the truth of God’s Word and undermine the current sovereign kingly position that He now assuredly holds. They also circumvent clear New Testament writings that teach Christ is reigning now.