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I would argue OSAS only refers to believers who remain faithful “to the end”. Therefore, NOSAS refers to the person who initially believed, but doesn’t remain faithful “to the end”. Both are true in a sense…And are completely irrelevant to my point: John’s examples of never seeing death...

A common theme among John’s literary works is that believers have already passed from death to life, and have eternal life. So I wouldn’t agree that Jesus is referring to the 2nd death in 8:51. Instead, consistently with John’s theme, Jesus is referring to the death that believers have already...

According to Paul, the abrahamic promises were ultimately to the singular seed - Christ. Anyone who is in Christ, whether Jew or gentile, is then then of Abraham’s seed seed and heir according to the promise. so I really don’t see this as a valid argument against the replacement theology of the...

Matthew 24:30, should not be read in a vacuum as if it’s its own brand new information. Instead, The reader should notice that Christ, in Matthew 24:30, is alluding to OT passages - Zechariah 12:11-14 and Daniel 7:13. “all” tribes of the land should be understood in context of what Jesus is...

I meant In general. Since the authors of the NT often quote or allude to the Greek versions of the OT, I have no issues with the inspiration of the Greek texts that are quoted in the NT. This has nothing to do with “bel the dragon or Susanna”. It’s argued that Matthew 24:30 is pulling from the...

Matthew 16:28 would be better understood as christ coming “with” his kingdom instead of “into” his kingdom. Matthew 16:28 28Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming “with” (en) his kingdom (or royal power).” “En” of that...

I absolutely agree that Christ did not come “bodily” in 70ad. But I believe Christ did come on clouds to judge Jerusalem, like the ancient of days had descended from heaven and come on the clouds to judge nations in the past: Nahum 1:3 3The LORD is slow to anger and great in power,and the LORD...

There is no other passage in the OT, that I’m aware of, that has the phrase “son of man coming on the clouds” besides Daniel 7:13. That being said - If the original meaning of Daniel 7:13 of the son of man coming on the clouds should be understood as Christ ascending “to” the ancient of...

This doesn’t address that the NT often quotes from the Greek translation. Try to avoid red herring fallacies. this doesn’t address my main point - which is that God came on the clouds in the OT in judgement of nations and enemies. Why should Christs coming on the clouds in association with...

I completely agree it doesn’t make sense that Christ is coming before the ancient of days and sitting on throne at the same time. It’s why it wouldnt make sense for Matthew to allude to the masoretic text version of Daniel 7 in the olivet discourse. That’s why it makes so much more sense that...

in the OT, God descended from heaven and rode on the clouds in a “visible manner” during times of judgment (2 Samuel 22, Isaiah 19, etc….). So If the Olivet discourse in Matthew is alluding to the OG Daniel 7:13, where the son of man comes on the clouds “as” the ancient of days, why should it...

The olivet discourse does not mention the physical resurrection of once dead bodies coming up out of the ground or tombs, so I agree that didn’t happen on the first century. The phrase “son of man coming on the clouds” In the olivet discourse is an allusion to Daniel 7:13. in the “old Greek”...

this is where OT knowledge of God’s characteristics is important - Only God is the one who rides the clouds, and this is often used in terms of judgment. Only God is the one with divine beings at his disposal. Only God is the one with all power. The everlasting kingdom is the kingdom OF GOD in...

I’m going to look into this. That’s super interesting!

The main point is that the OG of Daniel 7:13 theologically demonstrates similarities between the son of man figure and the ancient of days, possibly even equating them, while at the same time, removing the clarity in direction of movement of the son of man. The direction then becomes irrelevant...

I listen to a podcast every week called “data over dogma”. There was a brief mention of this on the latest episode by biblical scholar Dan Mclellan. I thought it was so interesting, so I had to do a little digging, as I also haven’t heard of it before. While there are several different views...

There are 3 ancient versions of Daniel - the Masoretic Text (MT), the theodotion Greek (TH), and the Old Greek (OG). it’s interesting to note that In Daniel 7:13, in the Old Greek, it’s rendered differently that the masoretic text and theodotion text. Instead of saying “with the clouds of...

i disagree with the hermeneutic of shoe horning one’s personal, and non inspired, opinions on current events into the Bible, as this has a 100 % failure rate beyond 70ad. Was Jerusalem destroyed and did the temple fall within Jesus’ generation? Emphatically, yes.

1.) The coming of the kingdom of God with power is synonymous with Christ coming in his kingdom when we look at the parallel gospels. It makes zero sense for Christ to say “some standing here shall not taste death until it comes” in association with the timing of Christ coming in his kingdom IF...

Wouldn’t it just be the new covenant replaces or supersedes the old covenant?