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Ok, so when Jesus, who is God, said:To understand what "the Apostles meant when they said [by the Spirit of GOD] it would come to pass place shortly" , before of all it is necessary to have the Spirit of GOD, of course. Peter Apostle said: "Be not ignorant of this one thing,...a thousand years is with the Lord as one Day, so, it has passed only two days until now, for the everlasting Spirit of GOD the period of two Days are as a blink of an eye, understand?
And to understand what Servant78 meant is necessary to have discernment of spirit, if it is GOD's Spirit or spirit of MAN, a human spirit like the spirit within you, or even if it is a spirit of demon-1Timothy 4:1-2. What does the Word of GOD say? The Word is GOD-John 1:1, self-executable. "What man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of MAN which is in him? even so the things of GOD knoweth no man, but the Spirit of GOD"- 1Corinthians 2:11.
By your words you confess that you do not discern either one or the other. Your thinking is from a human perspective, a stumbling block, not from GOD's pespective.
By the way, remember what my Lord JESUS said after His resurrection, let say almost 2000 years ago, being Him at the right hand of the Father: Revelation 1:1- The Revelation of JESUS Christ, which GOD gave unto Him, to shew unto His servants things which MUST SHORTLY come to pass; and He sent and signified it by His angel unto His servant John; (and unto us too).
But there are a number of prophecies from the Apocalypse that still remain to be fulfilled in the predicted shortly period of time as it was revealed by JESUS almost 2000 years ago, understand?
Once a thousand years is as one Day with the Lord ...
So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near—at the doors!
Matthew 24:33
By your discernment of spirit, you are suggesting I should interpret this to mean:
"So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near—at the doors to God but still thousands of years away for men because a thousand years is as one Day with the Lord"
Do I have that right?
Also, in order to avoid the stumbling block of my human perspective, if "near" = over 1000 years, then how long would you say "not near" is to God?:
“I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near; A Star shall come out of Jacob; A Scepter shall rise out of Israel, And batter the brow of Moab, And destroy all the sons of tumult. (Numbers 24:17)
Is a Million years "not near" to God? A Billion? Some other number?
As my limited understanding has informed me, This is a Prophesy speaking of the Advent of Christ, however It was only about 1400 years between when this was written and the Advent of Christ, and, I now know from your discernment above that it's impossible for 1400 years to be "not near" to God, so It must be some other length of time, or this prophesy must not be about Christ's advent at all.
Please enlighten us with your spirit filled, discerned perspectve of this passage and How long "not near" is to God..
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