Posted on 03/22/2007 9:54:02 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
Good thing we're both Postmil, huh topcat? :)
Whenever you hear the phrase "anti-semite" in an eschatology discussion you can be sure the user has run out of anything important to say.
Please explain this statement? The reason I ask is you would have to level Jerusalem to make room for this temple since it will be about 8x6 miles large not counting the courtyards
Important by your standards, I assume. Israel will always be the seed of Jacob. Replacement theology can have no basis but anti-semitism. Gentiles have never been part of the seed of Jacob, thus cannot be one of the sticks that are rejoined. Unless you are a part of the house of Ephraim, being joined to Judah will still not make you Israel.
Deny prophecy all you wish; it's between you and the Lord.
Hmmm....maybe this calls for an expansion of Irving's Law....
The temple of Ezekiel is not to be built by men, so why worry about what has to be leveled? Do you suspect that a few Syrian missles and bombs might level Jerusalem?
Prophecy fulfilled before our eyes. I don't know how it is going to happen but the Temple will be rebuilt. But the final sacrifice was given 2,000 years ago. The Jews won't realize it until He returns. BTW, Ezekiel gives the measurements and description of this Temple.
My point was that the Temple in Ezekiel will not fit on the temple mount.
And why are you so accusing?
Of what did I accuse you?
You are extremely touchy; maybe you might ask that question to the mirror?
Most interesting.
Your comment that one is not to worry about what needs to be leaved so the temple can be built is rather callous. The end justifies the means?
Callous in what way? The Lord told us that he was the one bringing the wars; was he callous?
When you post on a thread, you have to accept the fact that all can see your post, and comment on its strengths and weaknesses.
The sad fact is that such attempts only obfuscates and denegrate real instances of anti-semitism which is a hated of Jews and all things Jewish.
Christians who understand the true nature of the new covenant and takes eriously the message of Paul that "there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him" are hardly anti-semites. Only the ignorant or dishonorable person would make such a charge.
The sad fact is that these alleged "literalists" fail to see the literal reality of the new covenant as it was given to the true Israel of God, the sons of Abraham by virture of faith in Jesus Christ. "And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." A person who trusts in Christ today is no less apart of Israel and heirs to the blessing than any who claim to be an ethnic Jews.
What these poor folks fail to realize is that its not about "replacement", but it is all about expansion of the kingdom to include the entire world in the blessings of Christ Jesus to His elect people. But they cannot see that because they are stuck in a carnal world of expectation for the very "messiah" that the qst century apostate Jews wanted but Jesus said was not coming.
Enough of your disneyland theology.
Are there any other parts of God's word that need to be expurgated? Your theology fails all prophecy tests; it's imaginary from top to bottom.
Knock it off!
You can do better than name calling, can't you? Open your Bible. Read the New Testament.
Your problem is the same as the first century Jews who failed to see Chist as the fulfillment of all the OT prophecies (Luke 24:27,44), and kept looking for a geo-political ruler to help deal with the Romans. You are expecting a carnal king. Not the One who is presently seated on David's throne in heaven subduing the nations (Acts 2:30; 1 Cor. 15:25).
Do you have any NT passages to support your theories? That's where the apostate Jews fell down on the job. They failed to see Christ as the fulfillment of the promises to Israel as the True Seed of Abraham (Gal. 3:16). Modern literalists have much the same problem.
Great strawman building, and for the NT nonsense, God's word is one word.
It's been a long while since you and I traded posts - could you refresh me as to your particular theological persuasion?
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