In my mind the one most important point that Christ made happened with the "woman at the well" in John 4.
This is where Christ makes the point that it is the spiritual that becomes the reality in the NT.
The Lord ushered in the spiritual view of the NY as he clearly told the woman at the well what time it was in John 4:21-26:
21 Jesus *said to her, “Woman, believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.
23 But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers.
24 God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
25 The woman *said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us.” 26 Jesus *said to her, “I who speak to you am He.”
Jesus has shifted the focus here!!! Clearly worship locations are no longer prominent because Jesus has come. Now it's the "Jerusalem above" where our focus of worship should be.
This is why Jerusalem has no significance prophetically in my view. Contrary to what most think "partial preterism" has diverse views within it also.
I started my Christian walk in an "Independent Fundamental Baptist" (Scofield Reference Bible) church, I remember all the questions I had about the literal futurist approach to the scriptures.
It has huge problems.
This is where Christ makes the point that it is the spiritual that becomes the reality in the NT.
The Lord ushered in the spiritual view of the NY as he clearly told the woman at the well what time it was in John 4:21-26:
21 Jesus *said to her, “Woman, believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.
23 But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers.
24 God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
25 The woman *said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us.” 26 Jesus *said to her, “I who speak to you am He.”
Jesus has shifted the focus here!!! Clearly worship locations are no longer prominent because Jesus has come. Now it's the "Jerusalem above" where our focus of worship should be.
This is why Jerusalem has no significance prophetically in my view. Contrary to what most think "partial preterism" has diverse views within it also.
I started my Christian walk in an "Independent Fundamental Baptist" (Scofield Reference Bible) church, I remember all the questions I had about the literal futurist approach to the scriptures.
It has huge problems.
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