THE TRUE "REPLACEMENT THEOLOGY/SUPERSESSIONISM" OF THE BIBLE

[jgr]

But in the case of 2 Thessalonians 2:4, he did not use the word in a metaphorical context.

He used it there in a spiritual context, the same as in every other instance where he used it.

Otherwise, he would have used eidóleion or hieros/hieron.

 

[ebedmelech]

The Old Covenant scriptures still bear relevance in the sense that they bear witness to the New Testament to which Christ appealed to make the case for His Messiahship, and to which the Apostles also appealed to make their case for the Gospel Christ has commanded to be preached. They bear relevance in their historical importance and in the righteous and moral laws that the were not declared obsolete and were carried over into the New Testament. And the scriptures Paul said were "inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness" are just as much so today as they were in his day.

None of the scriptures, be they of the Old or the New Covenant, should be treated as being any less relevant than the rest. They are all equally inspired and therefore all equally irrelevant. The Old Covenant no doubt expired upon the death and resurrection of our Savior; scripture clearly attests to that, but I will place no expiration dates on any of the scriptures where none have manifested themselves.

This is not about the relevance of scripture. Everyone should know all scripture has relevance. You stated "all of scripture is just as applicable and relevant". My point is all of scripture doesn't have application because some of scripture is obsolete, so it cannot not be applied though it does have relevance.

Case in point (again), would be the feasts that God commanded under the Old covenant. They have all been fulfilled in Christ, therefore the apostles no longer observed the feast days, though they did use them as a means to preach the gospel to the Jews. They gathered at the first Pentecost after Christ ascended in Acts 2 to be empowered and filled with the Spirit, and Peter preached the gospel. Pentecost had no application as the New Covenant did away with the OLd...though it did have relevance because a great number were saved to Christ.

 

[St. Helens]

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