It is totally up to you to see it that way, jgr. We just have a different Messiah and a different God.
Luke 1:32-33 (NKJV Strong's,) He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. 33 And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.”
That is the Davidic Covenant that was promised to David. Established and confirmed in 2 Samuel 7, 1 Chronicles 17:11-14, etc. An unconditional covenant God made with David. Messiah has never assumed David's throne, ruling from Jerusalem yet.
Messiah is not King over Israel now. The Father has not finished doing what He promised to do....
Psalms 110:1 (NKJV Strong's,) The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.”
Isaiah 9:6-7 (NKJV Strong's,) For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of His government and peace
There will be no end,
Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
To order it and establish it with judgment and justice
From that time forward, even forever.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
Jeremiah 3:17 (NKJV Strong's,) “At that time Jerusalem shall be called The Throne of the Lord, and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem. No more shall they follow the dictates of their evil hearts.
Jeremiah 33:20-21 (NKJV Strong's,) “Thus says the Lord: ‘If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that there will not be day and night in their season, 21 then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant, so that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne, and with the Levites, the priests, My ministers.
Throne is not a literal seat or chair, it is a position of authority as King ruling over literal, physical Israel. Even in secular situations, ascending to the throne is not ascending to a literal seat or chair, it is a position of ruling authority. Kings and queens throughout history have swapped literal seats for ones they prefer to camp their back side on, but they are still the ruling monarch. They are still on the throne. And Yeshua still has not reigned and ruled over physical Israel yet. And that means there will be physical, literal Israel to rule over, as promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, known as the Abrahamic Covenant.
And yes, I do believe that covenant is literal and the promise that Gabriel stated to Mary confirming it as well. It wasn't a figurative angel confirming a figurative covenant made by a figurative God.
You claim that all of the OT is abrogated by the NT. Very well. You have called YHVH a liar and your faith is not in His Messiah, Yeshua, if you hold to that position, but in another god and another messiah, if any at all. It doesn't get any clearer than that. Get ticked off at me if you want to, I really could care less. You have called the One I have placed my trust in a liar that doesn't keep His promises, even unto His own Son.
I try never to get all heated in forum threads, or accuse people of falsehood, but when someone makes blasphemous statements like you are, I have real issues just sitting still while they impugn my Lord's character and honor. There is such a thing as righteous anger, and no, it is not a sin unless I were to wish harm on someone.
I leave you to your allegorical nonsense and the Lord. Explain it to Him that way on that day that He was just making allegorical promises and see where it gets you.
It's interesting that our Lord chose to express His very first prophecy in the form of "allegorical nonsense":
Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Hebrews 8:13
In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old...
Revelation 21:5
And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new...
Old vs. new.
Your choice.
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