This then means that Israel was to be set aside and written in 2 Cor 3:10-18 !! Dan
Dan,
You are, of course, absolutely correct that the "
Kingdom of God"
was
TAKEN from the Jewish "generation" and it was
GIVEN to
the Christian "generation", as Jesus clearly taught during
His Ministry:
Mat 21:43
Therefore say I unto you,
The Kingdom of God
shall be
TAKEN FROM YOU,
[the Jewish "generation"]
AND GIVEN to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
[The Christian "generation"]
Mat 21:45
And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables,
they perceived that he spake of them.
It is exceedingly interesting that just as the Jews were
NEVER MEANT to understand the
END of their "
Kingdom",
so also, the Christians were
NEVER MEANT to understand
the
END of the "church age". Even though Scriptures revealed
there would come a time when all the "
lost sheep" were saved,
when all the Saints were "
sealed"
[Rev 7:1-3] and a time when
the "
testimony" of the church would be "
finished"
[Rev 11:7]...
the "
two candlesticks" and "
two olive trees" represent the church.
There would come a time when the Holy Spirit would be
"
taken out of the way"
[2Thess 2:6-9] so that Satan could
be "
loosened" from the Bottomless Pit
[Rev 9:1-2] in order to
RULE during his "
little season"
[Rev 20:3 and 11:7], which is also
shown in Scripture as the Great Tribulation "
Kingdom of Heaven"
[Mat 25:1-13] and as the 7-Headed Revelation Beast, who is led
by the Antichrist ["
little horn" and/or "
false prophet"] and gets
his power and strength and authority from Satan, the dragon.
[Rev 13:2]
Rev 13:2
And the
[Revelation] Beast which I saw was
like unto a leopard,
[representing the Christian Kingdom] and his feet were as the feet
of a bear,
[representing the Jewish Kingdom] and his mouth as the
mouth of a lion [representing the Pre-Flood Kingdom]: and the
dragon [Satan] gave him
[the Revelation Beast] his power,
and his seat, and great authority.
Of course we see the same thing taught in the OT prophecy,
showing EACH "Kingdom of Heaven" was a separate and
distinct "generation" of Saints. With EACH Kingdom having
it's own unique Gospel... as God "revealed" His Truth in a progressive manner (to the saints) throughout history.
Dan 7:3-7
And four
great Beasts [Kingdoms] came up from the sea,
diverse [different] one from another. The first
was like a LION,
[Pre-Flood Kingdom of Rev 13:2] and had eagle's wings: I beheld
till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth,
and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given
to it.
[showing the pre-fall and post-fall nature of the first Kingdom]
And behold
another Beast,
a second,
like to a BEAR,
[the Jewish
Kingdom of Rev 13:2] and it raised up itself on one side, and it had
three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said
thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. After this I beheld, and lo
another,
[third Beast/Kingdom] like a LEOPARD,
[the Christian
Kingdom of Rev 13:2] which had upon the back of it four wings of
a fowl; the beast had also four heads;
and dominion was given to it.
[as the saints "lived and RULED with Christ" during the church age]
After this I saw in the night visions,
and behold a Fourth Beast,
dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly...
[the Great Tribulation
"Kingdom of Heaven" and/or the Revelation "Beast" of Rev 13:2]
However, just as Jews Saints were
NEVER MEANT to understand
the
END of their "
Kingdom", so also, the Christian Saints were
NEVER MEANT to understand the END of their "
Kingdom".
Act 1:7
And he said unto them,
It is not for you to know the times or
the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
So, Daniel confessed that
HE DID NOT UNDERSTAND the
meaning of
his own prophecies... but the Bible
PROMISED the
Truth would remain "
closed-up" and "
sealed" until they will be
revealed to the Last Saints at the "
time-of-the-end". However,
while, the Bible
PROMISED the Last Saints "
shall understand"
these Biblical mysteries, it also promised
NONE of the unsaved
would be able to understand or accept these Biblical mysteries
[Dan 12:8-10]
Dan 12:8-10
And I heard,
but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord,
what shall be the end of these things? And he said, Go thy way,
Daniel: for the words are
closed up and
sealed [from all Saints]
till the
time of the end. Many
[Saints] shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly:
and none of the wicked shall understand;
but the wise shall understand.
In fact, we see that
JESUS also
PROMISED the Last Saints
"
shall see ALL THESE THINGS"
[all Great Tribulation prophecies]
including the fulfillment of Daniel's "
Abomination of Desolation"
and even the
NAME of the Antirchrist... just before His Return.
[Mat 24:15 and 24:33-34]
Mat 24:33-34
So likewise
ye,
[Last Saints] when ye shall see all these things,
know that it [His Return] is near,
even at the doors. Verily I say
unto you, This
[last] generation
[of Saints] shall not pass,
till all these things be fulfilled.
Now (before any heads explode)
we all know (or should know)
there is a generation of LAST SAINTS that "
see" (experience) the
fulfillment of ALL Great Tribulation (Revelation Beast) prophecies
BEFORE they are suddenly "
changed" into their incorruptible
spiritual bodies in a "
twinkling of an eye" (at the Resurrection).
The
POINT of all this is simply to show that... just as the Jews
were
NEVER MEANT to understand the
END of their "
Kingdom",
so also, almost 2000 yrs of Christian saints were
NEVER MEANT
to understand the
END of the church age - and the fulfillment of
ALL "
these things" (Great Tribulation prophecies or "
signs").
However, the Bible is exceedingly clear
[in Dan 12 and Mat 24]
that the Last Saints "
shall understand" and we "
shall see"...
the fulfillment of all Great Tribulation/Revelation Beast "
signs",
even knowing the
NAME of the Antichirst.
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BTW: understanding what the Bible
PROMISED in Daniel 12:8-10
we can know
absolutely that all "interpretations" about fulfillment
of Daniel's four Kingdoms/Beasts
MUST BE INCORRECT since the
Bible
PROMISES the Truth remains "
closed-up" and "
sealed"
to all the Saints... until the Last Saints at the "
time of the end"
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Just as the Jewish Saints were
NEVER MEANT to understand
the
END of their "
Kingdom"... until the LAST JEWISH SAINTS were
"
harvested" into the Christian "
Kingdom" [John 4:35]
John 4:35
Say not ye, There are yet four months,
and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields;
for they are white already to harvest.
So also, the Christian Saints were
NEVER MEANT to understand
the
END of their "
Kingdom"... until the LAST Christian Saints were
"
sealed"
[Rev 7:1-3] and the "
testimony" of the church age was
"
finished"
[Rev 11:7] and the Holy Spirit was "
taken out of the way"
[2Thess 2:6-9] so Satan could be "
loosened" from the Bottomless
Pit
[Rev 9:1-2] to
RULE in the Great Tribulation/Revelation Beast
and the
LAST SAINTS, those living during the Great Tribulation and
those who are "
changed" in the "
twinkling of an eye", will be the
Saints that "
shall see" and "
shall understand" these Biblical Truths
that were "
closed-up" and "
sealed" until the "
time-of-the-end",
also called the "
Season and Time"
[Dan 7:11-12]
BTW: This should demonstrate to any rational person that the
common
ERROR of thinking the early Saints "
understood" the
Scriptures better than the Last Saints... is just
foolishness and
the "
fruit" of not understanding Scriptures about the Last Saints.
Just as the Christian Saints understood the Gospel
MUCH BETTER
than the Jewish Saints... so also the Last Saints understand the
Gospel (and all prophecy)
MUCH BETTER than those living during
the church age (before the Last Saints are "
sealed" and Holy Spirit
is "
taken out of the way").
Jim
