- "Heaven and earth" refers to the temple, not the literal heaven and earth. Earth refers to the outer court because that is where the people walk and heaven refers to the inner court because that is where God walks. Furthermore, the word used by Christ in Matthew 5:18 is "gē" which means not the globe, but rather the land. It's a local reference. If he had meant the entire globe he would've used the word "kosmos".
I totally disagree. The Preterist fixation with 70AD and the coming of Titus is wrong, unhealthy, dangerous and unbiblical. Their skewed and faulty mode of interpretation colors their vision of God's truth. The doctrine itself requires the rejection of the real, clear and obvious meaning of repeated Scripture, and its replacement with something that is more fitting and palatable to the obscure Preterist thinking. This is not normal or acceptable biblical hermeneutics.
You need to undertake a deeper and broader study of this to get the proper biblical perspective. In the 59 references in the New Testament where
“heaven” and “earth” are found together in the same passage, they are always 100% describing what we would all commonly know as “heaven” and “earth.” What is more, in the 6 references to “heavens” (plural) and “earth” the word "earth (or
gē) is exclusively referring to the place we humans live. To argue otherwise, is changing truth a facilitate the teaching of man.
When Jesus wanted to talk about this planet that we live on He called it
gē. To Him, it described where we as humans live. It is always used in contrast to heaven where God lives. The bliss and perfect of heaven (
ouranos) is often compared in Christ's teaching to the corruption and trials of earth (
gē). Here are some examples:
There are no grounds to spiritualize these away apart from justify false doctrine.
Jesus prayed to the Father in Matthew 11:25:
“I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven (or
ouranos Strong’s 3772)
and earth (or
gē Strong’s 1093)
, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.”
Is Christ making a reference to the earth as most people understand it (and which we humans live on) or is He speaking of the temple in Jerusalem?
Jesus promised in Matthew 16:19:
“And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven (or ouranos Strong’s 3772): and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth (or gē Strong’s 1093) shall be bound in heaven (or ouranos Strong’s 3772): and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth (or gē Strong’s 1093) shall be loosed in heaven (or
ouranos Strong’s 3772)
.”
Is Christ making a reference to the earth as most people understand it (and which we humans live on) or is He speaking of the temple in Jerusalem?
Jesus says in Matthew 18:19:
“That if two of you shall agree on earth (or gē Strong’s 1093) as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven (or
ouranos Strong’s 3772)
.”
Is Christ making a reference to the earth as most people understand it (and which we humans live on) or is He speaking of the temple in Jerusalem?
Matthew 28:18 records:
“And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven (or
ouranos Strong’s 3772)
and in earth (or
gē Strong’s 1093)
.”
Is Christ making a reference to the earth as most people understand it (and which we humans live on) or is He speaking of the temple in Jerusalem?
Jesus says in Luke 16:17:
“And it is easier for heaven (or
ouranos Strong’s 3772)
and earth (or
gē Strong’s 1093)
to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.”
Is Christ making a reference to the earth as most people understand it (and which we humans live on) or is He speaking of the temple in Jerusalem?
Acts 4:24 says,
“And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven (or
ouranos Strong’s 3772)
, and earth (or
gē Strong’s 1093)
, and the sea, and all that in them is.”
Is Christ making a reference to the earth as most people understand it (and which we humans live on) or is He speaking of the temple in Jerusalem?
Acts 7:49 declares:
“Heaven (or
ouranos Strong’s 3772)
is my throne, and earth (or
gē Strong’s 1093)
is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?”
Is Christ making a reference to the earth as most people understand it (and which we humans live on) or is He speaking of the temple in Jerusalem?
Acts 14:15 tells us:
“We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven (or
ouranos Strong’s 3772)
, and earth (or
gē Strong’s 1093)
, and the sea, and all things that are therein.”
Is Christ making a reference to the earth as most people understand it (and which we humans live on) or is He speaking of the temple in Jerusalem?
Ephesians 3:14-15 records,
“I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven (or
ouranos Strong’s 3772)
and earth (or
gē Strong’s 1093)
is named.”
Is Christ making a reference to the earth as most people understand it (and which we humans live on) or is He speaking of the temple in Jerusalem?
Colossians 1:16 says,
“For by him were all things created, that are in heaven (or
ouranos Strong’s 3772)
, and that are in earth (or
gē Strong’s 1093)
, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.”
Is Christ making a reference to the earth as most people understand it (and which we humans live on) or is He speaking of the temple in Jerusalem?
Hebrews 12:26 says,
“Whose voice then shook the earth (or
gē Strong’s 1093)
: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven (or
ouranos Strong’s 3772)
.”
Is Christ making a reference to the earth as most people understand it (and which we humans live on) or is He speaking of the temple in Jerusalem?
Revelation 5:3 declares:
“And no man in heaven (or
ouranos Strong’s 3772)
, nor in earth, neither under the earth (or
gē Strong’s 1093)
, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon."
Is Christ making a reference to the earth as most people understand it (and which we humans live on) or is He speaking of the temple in Jerusalem?
Revelation 10:5-7 says speaking about the end,
“And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth (or
gē Strong’s 1093)
lifted up his hand to heaven (or
ouranos Strong’s 3772)
, And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven (or
ouranos Strong’s 3772)
, and the things that therein are, and the earth (or gē Strong’s 1093)
, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.”
Is Christ making a reference to the earth as most people understand it (and which we humans live on) or is He speaking of the temple in Jerusalem?