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Re: End Times confusing
Reply to post #36
Since you admit math.24:29 is a quotation/ reference to Isa.13:10 I submit the following.
Obviously the stars did nit fa from the sky in Isaiahs day. Isaiah used this symbolic language to speak of Gods judgment on Israel at the hands of a foreign nation. It it not reasonable then to say that Jesus is also not prophesying of the literal stars falling from the sky either. To a Jewish mind Jesus' words would have brought to memory the words of Isaiah and they would have understood that Jesus was also using the same symbolic language to prophesy the destruction of Israel at the hands of Rome. (this is interpreting scripture by scripture)
Also when Jesus says "...the SUN shall be darkened, and the MOON shall not give her light, and the STARS shall fall from heaven....
He is again speaking symbolically that Israel as a nation will no longer be the light of the world, they will no longer bear the glory of God as a nation
Consider Gen.37:9-10 (Joseph had a dream)
....the SUN and the MOON and the STARS made obedience to me...His father rebuked him....Shall I (sun) and thy mother (moon) and thy brethren (stars) indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee..."
Jacob understood that the SUN MOON and STARS represented the nation of Israel.
In math. 24:29 Jesus us again speaking to a Jewish auduence which would understand his words. Jesus us symbolically saying that the nation of Israel will be darkened, will no longer bear light, and will fall from their heavenly position as the holy people in the sight if all nation.
Jesus' twofold message is clear to anyone with an OT understanding.
He has used the symbolic words of his own prophets to warn Israel that judgment was coming at the hands of a foreign nation and that because if this judgment the nation would no longer and could no longer reflect the glory of God in the earth.
(this is interpreting the scriptures by the scriptures)
Jesus the greatest of all prophets uses prophetic language which his listeners would understand to prophesy of future events which would take place within their generation.
This is so plain, pray about it.
Reply to post #36
Since you admit math.24:29 is a quotation/ reference to Isa.13:10 I submit the following.
Obviously the stars did nit fa from the sky in Isaiahs day. Isaiah used this symbolic language to speak of Gods judgment on Israel at the hands of a foreign nation. It it not reasonable then to say that Jesus is also not prophesying of the literal stars falling from the sky either. To a Jewish mind Jesus' words would have brought to memory the words of Isaiah and they would have understood that Jesus was also using the same symbolic language to prophesy the destruction of Israel at the hands of Rome. (this is interpreting scripture by scripture)
Also when Jesus says "...the SUN shall be darkened, and the MOON shall not give her light, and the STARS shall fall from heaven....
He is again speaking symbolically that Israel as a nation will no longer be the light of the world, they will no longer bear the glory of God as a nation
Consider Gen.37:9-10 (Joseph had a dream)
....the SUN and the MOON and the STARS made obedience to me...His father rebuked him....Shall I (sun) and thy mother (moon) and thy brethren (stars) indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee..."
Jacob understood that the SUN MOON and STARS represented the nation of Israel.
In math. 24:29 Jesus us again speaking to a Jewish auduence which would understand his words. Jesus us symbolically saying that the nation of Israel will be darkened, will no longer bear light, and will fall from their heavenly position as the holy people in the sight if all nation.
Jesus' twofold message is clear to anyone with an OT understanding.
He has used the symbolic words of his own prophets to warn Israel that judgment was coming at the hands of a foreign nation and that because if this judgment the nation would no longer and could no longer reflect the glory of God in the earth.
(this is interpreting the scriptures by the scriptures)
Jesus the greatest of all prophets uses prophetic language which his listeners would understand to prophesy of future events which would take place within their generation.
This is so plain, pray about it.