That again is absurd, error based on error, the repetition of which does not make true. One must be like a so-called "Christian Scientist" to deny the abundant evidence that the devil is very active, and the Lord did not retrain him all the world would be like N. Korea.
the blood of the apostles, prophets, saints and the righteous, in general. Jerusalem was responsible for ALL THE BLOOD of all the prophets, apostles, and all righteous in general.
This actually applies more fully to the Roman emperors, which would persecute the church, and not simply because of the Jews but because of paganism. And which description goes beyond even that city.
This was the blood on Jerusalem’s hands:
The jdgmnt of Jeru.was s an example of the judgment to come, but your selective description ignores the other aspects of Babylon that extend far beyond Jerusalem, which did not reign over the kings of the earth, nor is found no more at all.
And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. (Revelation 18:21)
the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee:” (Rev 18:23-24) Both also lost the voice of the bridegroom and the bride. That can only be Jerusalem.
That is simply more forced spiritualization, and is utterly untenable as the church is the bride of Christ, consisting of both Jews and Gentiles, and did not cease to exist or make music to the Lord, and the text starkly states shall be heard no more at all in thee.
Nor do i see Jerusalem as being the so great city that the merchants referred to saying,
And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate. (Revelation 18:19)
As for the rest of your responses, you must stay up half the night making them, while due to my stiff fingers it takes me hours to write responses to them, and i do not think much more is warranted from me.
I did see this yesterday however,
Your notion that the deaths of 1.1 million Jews by sword and famine, the complete destruction of Jerusalem, and the resurrection of the elect from the "four winds" was anticlimactic can only mean that you were not there, or the endless stream of "Antichrist of the Week" false prophecies has darkened your soul.
I think the false prophets who were to be stoned for foretelling things that do not come to pass could have learned some things from preterism. And no, i do not subscribe to Antichrist of the Week nor to the absurdity of a divided partly resurrected church, and Jerusalem being no more at all, etc,. or the extensive world wide and prolonged calamitous events being fulfilled in 70AD, and which almost entirely (Tacitus says a little) depends upon the writings of a Jewish turncoat whose integrity is justifiably questioned .
>>>That again is absurd, error based on error, the repetition of which does not make true. One must be like a so-called “Christian Scientist” to deny the abundant evidence that the devil is very active, and the Lord did not retrain him all the world would be like N. Korea.<<<
How about just a few supporting references for a futuristic Babylon? I am particularly interested in where all those apostles, prophets and that righteous blood comes from: you know, those whose blood Babylon the Great was responsible for. The same blood Jerusalem was responsible for.
This is no debate. It is a kindergarten name-calling contest. And I am going to declare you the winner! I cannot think of a greater insult to throw at you than “Christian Scientist;” so you win.
Insane…
Philip