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No resurrection is mentioned in Mark 13:26-27
Sorry, you couldn't be more wrong!!!
And then He will send His angels, and gather together His elect from the four winds, from the farthest part of earth to the farthest part of heaven.
As Paul uses this same term for resurrection -
1 Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2 not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come.
the farthest part of heaven.= even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.
JLB
Still not resurrection.
The context of Mark 13 is Jerusalems destruction (verses 1-4), a first century event
The disciples ask 2 questions regarding Jesus' prophecy (Jerusalems destruction)
Jesus then answers their questions (regarding Jerusalems destruction) in his discourse
Jesus says to his disciples (his generation), "this generation shall not pass until all these things be done". He clearly states that his "coming in the clouds" and the "gathering of
the elect" would be fulfilled within "that generation" (within 40 years of his speaking those words)
Mark 13 has nothing to do with anything after 70ad, the future coming of the Lord, or the resurrection. The words "gather together" do not necessarily mean resurrection.
As a matter of fact, verse 27 says ...."FROM the uttermost part of the TO the uttermost part of heaven.
He gathered the elect Jews FROM an earthly place TO a heavenly place. From mt. Sinai to Mt Zion, from old Jerusslem to new Jerusalem, from the house of Moses to the Church of the living God, from the old order to the kingdom of God, from law to grace...........
This is what 70ad and the 40 transitional period (30ad-70ad) was all about for the elect Jews!
My reasoning stands. No resurrection is mentioned, only a "gathering together of the elect" is mentioned and only in the context of Jerusalems destruction which Jesus said would take place within his generation.
I have answered your questions and responded to your follow up post, please do the same for me and address the following.
1. The language "apo arti" in Math..26:64? (Hereafter means: from now, from the present)
2. Show me a scripture where Ciaphas saw Jesus' second coming in a vision or by the Spirit?
Since the disciples only asked 2 questions, both regarding regarding Jerusalems destruction (mark 13:4), why would Jesus mention "seeing" the OAD (verse 14) and his "coming in the clouds" (verse 26) as part of his answer?
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