Precisely. This is the unfortunate result of how religion and denominationalism limit Christ. People box themselves in theologically by adhering to the dogma of their "sect of choice" and thus are unable to "follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth."
Preterists correctly understand the Messianic prophecies (Daniel, in particular), realizing that the 70 Weeks foretold Christ's ministry and sacrifice in the beginning and middle of the 70th Week, respectively.
And I think many of us will TOTALLY agree with the preterist view on these matters, to an extent.
But to some, those physical matters contain MANY other showings that THE SPIRIT will teach and show.
Tried to touch on this ever so briefly on this forum before. That the physical courses of the temples physical are a PREAMBLE of what is also to come to the SPIRITUAL temples. Tabernacle of wandering, temple of the RICH, latter temple, even more glorious, yet it too ultimately vanquished ALL contain much much ACTUAL SYMBOLOGY of what remains on the HORIZONs for us all. God first showed these matters in the natural or physical settings.
Jesus was the first 'natural man' HUMAN temple containing The Spirit of God within His Temple, yet that natural temple was also DESTROYED. The CHURCHES are the second set, the RICH TEMPLE of 'fat people' believing they have everything NOW in all the glories of Grace and every good thing, but those same churches have in fact been already carried into SPIRITUAL BABYLON where it currently resides. Yet they didn't see what hit them did they? Just like the people of Israel didn't hear, believe or see it coming to them from their CAPTORS.
They all believed the false prophets who only prophesied GOOD GOOD only unto them until the day they were carried off. It is almost entirely as it is today in so many respects. And from these conditions are carried out THE REMNANT from and by the calling of God, which is going out STRONGLY and has been also for a time now.
These are all 'preparatory' matters for each of us for the glory of the latter house in the spiritual order of things.
The interesting part is that much of it is transpiring and will transpire, largely unseen, and still under the eyes of the enemies, just as the latter house from Babylon came. And just as that latter house was in REALITY prepared for the ARRIVAL OF GOD HIMSELF therein in the form of Jesus Christ, the matters will be repeated in the SPIRITUAL, the glory being 'revealed' within US, just as HE was prior revealed in THAT TEMPLE.
So many things to gather.
But they, too, are thinking as the natural man, only seeing external, outward, physical events, yet ignoring the fact that Christ's words "ARE spirit; they ARE life." They cannot see that "The time IS at hand," and "ALL the sayings of this book" happen "quickly" in the lives of those who know that they must experience every seal, trumpet and plague within themselves; in other words "ALL the sayings of the prophecy of this book." Even now, as it has been for the past 2000 years, all those who understand what is meant by "keeping the sayings of the prophecy of this book" experience "ALL of this book."
Dispensationalists (i.e. - orthodox futurists) fail to see the very same thing (among many other things), though they DO realize that NOW we have "the earnest of our inheritance, which is the holy spirit of promise" and are sealed with that spirit "until the redemption of the purchased possession", the actual resurrection, which is yet future.
All of this confusion is due to the fact that religion and denominationalism is bondage. In order to strictly adhere to a sect of choice, many truths are, by default, forfeited,
I might even say that all of those things above were required. It provided us grounds to seriously examine every jot and tittle and to test every matter.
And we also know that happened to that RICH TEMPLE prior. Except today such temples are plastered all over the globe. Even WALKING around.
Solomon
STILL fell as so did the temple he built. Could write VOLUMES on this matter alone and what it portends,
which SIGNS are currently so many I have lost track.
Yet believers will still whine and wail about the Pope, the RCC, this cult, that cult, the Jews of the flesh, the Muslims, the supposed anti-Christ as some particular man, yada yada yada. Just stick a finger in my throat.
The Living Allegory is unfolding PRESENTLY. And has about
ZERO to do with ANY of that.It has in effect been one long SET UP since the day of Christ on earth in flesh ended.
Seriously dramatically INTERESTING. And ALL in the ORDERS they have already been prior shown. Do we need to hear 'voices in our heads from God' when we can't even deal with what we already have?
God communicates intensely with what is already set to writing. So much so that I have a hard time taking it all in. And when those sights are turned to view our present world, I am actually in shocked amazements at how vivid things are, yet unseen.
It is a coincidence that men have the need to draw out BLACK ENERGY from the ground? Allegorize just THAT and tell me the Living Allegory isn't alive and WELL? It is an 'allegory' of US.
Is it an allegory that 'rich men' have put the world into turmoil? Again. Is it a coincidence that nearly all of our 'earthly habitations' are deeply IN DEBT?
Is it a coincidence that rich men buy their way out of lawlessness every single day?
I could again go on in VOLUMES about present allegories and what they are SHOWING US about our INSIDES. From the Hand of God?
heh heh heh. Upon the 'whole world' no less.
and to LIVE BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD, and to "follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth" is not possible when chained to a creed, statement of faith, or self-imposed absolute.
But again, it is God who does ALL of these things. It is He Who opens eyes, and He Who closes eyes.
It is not easy to call down destruction upon ourselves. The Pharisees of the old order were quite proud of their system.
Had they dismantled the TEMPLE when Christ arrived it would have all been over on the spot.
But they just didn't SEE HIM COMING. Just as they will not the LAST TIME.
This is what THE PROPHET still does with DEAD CHILDREN of promise:
2 Kings 4:34
And he went up, and lay upon the child, and
put his mouth upon his mouth, and
his eyes upon his eyes, and
his hands upon his hands:
and stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
And there will be another working, not so pleasant:
Zechariah 14:12
And this shall be the plague wherewith
the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem;
Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
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