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Originally Posted by OneAccord
I've always veiwed the "last days" as having begun at Pentecost when the Holy Spirit was poured out in Acts 2.
However, in light of Heb. 1:2, the "last days" may have begun when Jesus was born. I was reading in 1 Thess. 4 how Paul said "...WE which are alive and remain...." Notice the word "WE", which seems to suggest that those living at that time would witness the Lord's return. The Thessalonian Christians read this, and seems to have mistakenly concluded that the coming of the Lord would be in their lifetime. Hence the need for Pauls 2nd letter to clarify that certain events must take place before the Lord's return. ( 2 Thess. 2).
In Rev. 1:19, the Lord speaks to John and says this: "Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things will shall be hereafter." I'm not a student of prophecy, but, if I understand anything about prophecy, it seem to have more than one meaning and, sometimes, more than one fulfillment. I think it means different things. When Jesus was speaking in Matthew 24 about endtime events, it does seem that much of waht He said was fulfilled in 70 AD with the destruction of Jerusalem. That, I believe is what Jesus told John in Rev. 1:19- "the things which are". However, the prophecy is also about "....the things that shall be hereafter...". So, we can say Matt. 24 was partially fulfilled in 70 AD, but as long as there are false Christs and false prophets (Matt. 24:24), then I believe that prophecy had not been completely fulfilled. |
Thank you for your input, I see just a couple of problems. You say Matt could not be completly fulfilled because we still have false prophets and false Christ. But Jesus was speaking of that generation
Mat 24:34 Verily I say unto you,
This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. We will always have false prophets and false christ, but Jesus put a time line on his words. THAT GENERATION SHALL NOT PASS.
As for the word herafter in
Revelation 1:19 it would be better translated
those things that follow after. Not future happening thousands of years later, but immedianty following. Hence it is all history. There is a reason Paul tells us to study to show ourselves approved.
Again thank you for your input for that is what I ask for. I plut these things out for the concideration of all.
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