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"restored to that nation." Was the kingdom of God ever the task of Israel only?
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"It is NOT for YOU to know..."
You is who? Was The Lord talking to Danoh and Dave in 2014? Was He speaking to every person who would ever live, even the people living in the months prior to the beginning of His Arrival? Or was He speaking specifically to His eleven disciples standing before Him? How can we Know?
(I hope I don't get in trouble for this)
When Jesus said:
"He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority"
He was speaking specifically to His disciples at that time. The dead giveaway is the question that they had asked which prompted His response:
“Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”
The disciples question demonstrates that they did not at that time understand the ramifications and specifications of Daniel 9. That kingdom was in the process of being taken from their people and given to another people producing its fruits. They were living right near the line of demarcation that separated the two and Jesus didn't want to break their hearts just as He Ascended. The kingdom was not ever going to be restored to that nation.
When the day of Pentecost arrived and they were all together in one place, I bet they knew the complete answer to the question that they had asked. There's nothing like The Coming of The Holy Spirit to clear up the detail of Daniel 9.
I think that it's not for everyone to know but near to the time of an important Bible event there are usually two or three wise guys around.
4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. - 1 Corinthians 12
Prophets prophecy... And according to 1 Cor 12:10, God does bless men with the gift of prophecy.
"It is NOT for YOU to know..."
You is who? Was The Lord talking to Danoh and Dave in 2014? Was He speaking to every person who would ever live, even the people living in the months prior to the beginning of His Arrival? Or was He speaking specifically to His eleven disciples standing before Him? How can we Know?
(I hope I don't get in trouble for this)
When Jesus said:
"He said to them, It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority"
He was speaking specifically to His disciples at that time. The dead giveaway is the question that they had asked which prompted His response:
Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?
The disciples question demonstrates that they did not at that time understand the ramifications and specifications of Daniel 9. That kingdom was in the process of being taken from their people and given to another people producing its fruits. They were living right near the line of demarcation that separated the two and Jesus didn't want to break their hearts just as He Ascended. The kingdom was not ever going to be restored to that nation.
When the day of Pentecost arrived and they were all together in one place, I bet they knew the complete answer to the question that they had asked. There's nothing like The Coming of The Holy Spirit to clear up the detail of Daniel 9.
I think that it's not for everyone to know but near to the time of an important Bible event there are usually two or three wise guys around.
That is YOUR books based reasoning into all that.
Fact is that the Spirit verified through John the Baptist's father the promised restoration of Israel's kingdom, in Luke 1:67 forward. While, in Luke 24, the Lord "opened their umderstanding" of that.
And Acts 1 continues that same understanding.
Acts 2's "raised to sit" is in the sense of Hebrews 2:5's and 2:8's "not yet."
Your bias just won't allow you to at least consider exploring these issues from passages like these.
Nevertheless, if you've believed Rom. 5:8 - "you're complete"
Danoh,
Acts 2's "raised to sit" is in the sense of Hebrews 2:5's and 2:8's "not yet."
Yet this is what "by faith, not by sight" has always meant. The futurist complains that the kingdom will be on this earth by sight, but diminishes that which is by faith (due to a lack of faith) and never quotes Jesus' saying that the kingdom of God is not the kind about which you will say 'here it is' or 'see, there it is.'
Early Christian preaching was therefore subversive for both Judaism and Roman theology (its divine emperors). Because Jesus was declared Lord and reigning by the apostles, and everyone, even rulers and authorities, should be submitting to him.
This had an effect on Emperor Vespasian at one point, even before the chilling episode of Vesuvius. He actually tried to impose penalties on adultery because Roman households were notorious for sexual misconduct. It didn't work out very well, but you can see the point. He'd heard a warning from a Christian and believed he should do something.
Yes, there were a few prophets in the NT who announced short term predictions. The gift is not those who are futurists today, because there is no 2P2P in the Bible. It is a mistaken Judaistic conception.
That is YOUR books based reasoning into all that.
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