BABerean2 said in post #51:
Which Jerusalem?
God still has great regard for the earthly land of Israel (as in Deuteronomy 32:43,49b), and its earthly Jerusalem especially (as in Isaiah 62:6-7, Psalms 122:6). For even during the future, literal 3.5-year worldwide reign of the Antichrist (the individual-man aspect of Revelation's "beast") (Revelation 13:5-18), the earthly Jerusalem will still be considered by God to be the holy city (Revelation 11:2, Luke 21:24), the holy mountain (Daniel 11:45, Daniel 9:16). And after the future Tribulation of Revelation chapters 6 to 18 and Matthew 24, at Jesus Christ's Second Coming, it will be to the Mount of Olives just east of the walled Old City of Jerusalem that Jesus will physically descend (Zechariah 14:4-21, Acts 1:11-12). And then Jesus will physically rule the whole earth from the earthly Jerusalem during the Millennium (Micah 4:1-4, Zechariah 14:8-11,16-21, Revelation 20:4-6).
Also, if even those who are "strangers" in Israel can inherit the land of Israel (Ezekiel 47:21-23), then certainly Christian Gentiles, who are "no more strangers" to Israel (Ephesians 2:12,19), will inherit the land of Israel, during the future Millennium of Revelation 20:4-6. And they will inherit the land, and all of the other promises given to Israel (Ephesians 2:12,19, Ephesians 3:6, Galatians 3:29, Genesis 12:7), along with all of the elect Jews who have ever been saved in the past, or who will get saved in our future, including at Jesus Christ's Second Coming (Zechariah 12:10-14, Romans 11:25-32).
With regard to the Biblical, geographical extent of "the land of Israel", it does not (as is sometimes claimed) include everything between the Nile and the Euphrates. People quite understandably mistake "the river of Egypt" (Genesis 15:18) as being the Nile, when actually it is a wadi near Gaza which forms the border between the promised land and Egypt (Joshua 15:47,3-4). In this way, the promised land excludes the harsh deserts of Sinai.
Also, the promised land does not extend from the vicinity of Gaza eastward to the Euphrates, so that Israel would include Jordan and western Iraq, because the eastern border of the promised land runs between Damascus and the Dead Sea (Ezekiel 47:18).
So instead of extending from the vicinity of Gaza eastward to the Euphrates, the promised land extends from the vicinity of Gaza northward through Lebanon to the Euphrates in northern Syria. So the promised land includes Lebanon and the region of Hamath (1 Kings 8:65), in the northwestern part of Syria.
In this way, the promised land includes the western part of the "Fertile Crescent", and excludes the harsh deserts of Jordan, eastern Syria, and western Iraq.
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BABerean2 said in post #53:
The Son does not correct the flawed pottery with the rod of Iron. He destroys it.
Some of the non-Christians in the future Millennium may be destroyed due to continued disobedience to God (Psalms 2:9b, compare the idea of Jeremiah 19:11), while others will not be destroyed because they will submit to the divine, returned Jesus Christ (Psalms 2:10-12). For just as when someone figuratively "breaks" a horse, he does not destroy it, but forces it to submit to him, so Psalms 2:9 does not require that all of the non-Christians left alive at Jesus Christ's future, Second Coming (Matthew 24:39b-40) will eventually be destroyed by Him. Instead, Psalms 2:9a can refer to some of them being only figuratively "broken" by Him, so that they will submit to His physical, worldwide reign during the Millennium (Psalms 66:3, Psalms 72:8-11). That is why other verses say that the returned Jesus and the physically resurrected Church will "rule" the nations with a rod of iron (Revelation 19:15, Revelation 2:26-29, Revelation 5:10, Revelation 20:4-6), not kill all of them. And why after the Millennium, there will still be nations (ethnos) alive on the earth who will be deceived by Satan into committing the Gog/Magog rebellion (Revelation 20:7-10, Ezekiel chapters 38-39).
Also, in Psalms 2:9a, the original Hebrew word (ra'a, H7489) translated as "break" can be translated simply as "hurt" (Psalms 15:4b), in the sense of suffering trouble which is less than total destruction. The ways that the returned Jesus Christ will "hurt", or punish, disobedient nations during His future Millennial rule on the earth are shown in Zechariah 14:16-19.
BABerean2 said in post #53:
Based on 2 Thessalonians chapter 1, Christ returns in "flaming fire" taking vengeance on those who do no know God.
2 Thessalonians 1:7-10 refers to Jesus Christ's future, Second Coming, which will occur before the future Millennium (Revelation 19:7 to 20:6, Zechariah 14:3-21). Note that 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10 does not say that "all" non-Christians will be killed by Jesus at His Second Coming. For some non-Christians will be left alive by Him (Matthew 24:39b-40), and they will enter the Millennium (Zechariah 14:16-19). Also, the "vengeance" and "everlasting destruction" at the Second Coming (2 Thessalonians 1:8-9) will not be the lake of fire and brimstone (of Revelation 21:8) for everyone killed by Jesus, just as "the vengeance of eternal fire" which came upon Sodom and Gomorrah (Jude 1:7) was not the lake of fire and brimstone for those killed. For only the future Antichrist (the individual-man aspect of Revelation's "beast") and his False Prophet will be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone at Jesus' Second Coming (Revelation 19:20). Other non-Christians will not be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone until after they have been physically resurrected and judged at the Great White Throne Judgment (Revelation 20:11-15). Between the Second Coming (Revelation 19:7 to 20:3) and the Great White Throne Judgment will occur the Millennium (Revelation 20:4-6) and the subsequent Gog/Magog rebellion (Revelation 20:7-10, Ezekiel chapters 38-39).
BABerean2 said in post #53:
Peter was looking for this earth to be burned up on "the day of the Lord", when He "comes as a thief", in 2 Peter 3:10-13.
Regarding 2 Peter 3:10-13, in the Day of the Lord will occur the destruction of heaven (the first heaven: the sky/atmosphere) and the earth (its surface) at the Great White Throne Judgment (Revelation 20:11, Revelation 21:1). And this will be followed by the creation of a new atmosphere and surface for the earth (2 Peter 3:13, Revelation 21:1), onto which the literal city of New Jerusalem, God the Father's house (John 14:2, Revelation 21:2-3), will descend from the third heaven (Revelation 21:2-3).
But the Day of the Lord will not immediately bring the destruction of the earth's atmosphere and surface. For the Day of the Lord will begin at Jesus Christ's future, Second Coming (1 Corinthians 1:7-8) as a thief (2 Peter 3:10a, Revelation 16:15). And after His Second Coming, He will establish His Kingdom physically on the earth with the physically resurrected Church for 1,000 years (Revelation 19:7 to 20:6, Revelation 5:10, Revelation 2:26-29, Psalms 66:3-4, Psalms 72:8-11, Zechariah 14:3-21).
And after the 1,000 years, the Gog/Magog rebellion will occur (Revelation 20:7-10, Ezekiel chapters 38-39). And after its defeat, at least seven years will occur (Ezekiel 39:9b), before the earth's atmosphere and surface are destroyed at the Great White Throne Judgment (Revelation 20:11). All of these events, from Jesus' Second Coming to the Great White Throne Judgment, will be part of the Day of the Lord. For it is not a 24-hour day, but to God is like a 1,000-year "day" (2 Peter 3:8).