Douggg
anytime rapture, non-dispensationalist, futurist
- May 28, 2009
- 28,777
- 3,419
- Country
- United States
- Faith
- Non-Denom
- Marital Status
- Private
Amil has the tendency to quote scriptures that Jesus is the messiah, Lord of lords, King of kings - as if pre-trib, pre-mil is not aware of all the passages in the bible about Jesus; pre-trib, pre-mil are just as familiar and knowledgeable about those, as Amil.Psalms 110:1-7 predicted this unique dual office of Christ, saying, “The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries. He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.”
Psalm 110 blows apart the Premil fixation with a future earthly millennial kingdom. Everything about the, Old Testament Messianic prophecies is current and heavenly. They are shown repeatedly to be occurring now in this intra-Advent period (also known as the “last days”). The scene we are looking at relates to a revelation David received of the ascended Messiah exalted to the highest place in the universe – at the right hand of God.
Hebrews 6:20: “Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.”
Hebrews 7:1-2: “For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace.”
Hebrews 7:11-12: “If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.”
Hebrews 7:16-24 tells us that Christ “is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. 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. And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest: (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament. And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death: But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.”
This reading confirms that Christ holds this holy office “for ever.” Hebrews 5:6, 6:20, 7:3, 17 and 21 repeats this great truth. The word interpreted “unchangeable” here is very significant in the light of the teaching of the Black. It comes from the Greek word aparabatos, which simply means non-transferable. It is a legal word. For example, it relates to a judge laying down a decision that is unalterable and non-transferable. It also describes something which belongs to one person and cannot be transferred to anyone else. This means that no one else can hold the Melchizedek priesthood. Christ continues alone in this role, having an unchangeable non-transferable priestly office. Unlike the old covenant priesthood, Christ has no successors in this office. The reason being He never dies. Therefore, He never needs replaced.
Christ is consecrated a Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec, by an oath which stands fast for evermore. Hebrews 7:27-28 confirms this, telling us that Christ “needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself. For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.”
Once again there is no end to the Lord’s hold on this office. What is more, this priesthood that belongs to Christ is far superior to the old one because it is established with an oath of God which indicates something sure, final, eternal and unchanging. We therefore need no other high priest or no other mediator (1 Timothy 2:5). Christ will not (or cannot) share this office with another, neither can He hand the baton over to others. He holds it firm and alone as of right and by way of an everlasting oath. Those that purport to steal this sacred title enter into the dangerous arena of heresy.
The issue is God's three point plan - the mystery of God who He has declared to His servants the prophets.
1. does God have a plan to bring Israel, the Jews, corporately speaking, to salvation in Jesus?
2. does God have a plan to end the sordid state of existence man has been in ever since the garden of eden; and replace it with man being in an idyllic existence in the everlasting Kingdom of God?
3. does God have a plan to destroy Satan and his angels, and their kingdom, forever?
Yes, to all of the above. The issue is not about questioning anything about Jesus. pre-trib, pre-mil, do not need a new covenant theology sermon about what is in the bible about Jesus.
Revelation 10:7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
When Amil starts sermonizing new covenant theology - pre-trib, pre-mil should just say stop, get back on the issue of God's three point plan.
Nothing you have written invalidates the pre-trib, pre-mil position.
Last edited:
Upvote
0