JLB Is it dreaded spiritualization to say the Kingdom of God is with in us?
Luk 17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
By the same token lateralization of Scripture twist and perverts the Word also....
God teaches us at different speeds and ways.
Lets just use
Rev 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Did these things literally come to pass shortly?
Mat 26:26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
Literal or Spiritual? thats an easy one...
Mat 26:61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
which is the above verse?..
I too can truthfully say i believe in the Scriptures. I dont agree with on every point nor to Storm and i agree on all points.... We are all searching and looking for truth. The scriptural truth i held for about 30 years of adult life is not the same today. I was/am not a heretic.
We are brothers and sisters in the Lord. Discussing His Word.
When we were kids mom could say 'time to clean your room' maybe to your/my sister that meant get out the vacuum do the laundry change the bedding... maybe to you/me it meant grab the dirty clothes off the floor throw them in the hamper pull the spread over the bed.... God opens our ears to His Word He teaches us as He wills. Not that one is better then another just different.
Yet is it heresy for you to be looking for a literal kingdom?
Those are your words, not mine!
These are my words -
Scripture teaches concerning
the return of Jesus Christ resurrection -
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. 23 But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits,
afterward those who are Christ's at His coming. 24 Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power.
To say that the resurrection has past is heresy!
These are my words -
Scripture teaches concerning the return of Jesus Christ and the 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. 3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
The "man of sin" comes first, deceives those into believing he is God.
The safeguard against being deceived by this false messiah is found in the words of scripture -
29 "Immediately after the tribulation of those days
the sun will be darkened, and
the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven,
and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
No one will have to tell you The Lord Jesus has returned, No one! Because -
Behold,
He is coming with clouds,
and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.
As lightning strikes in the east
and is seen in the west so shall it be with the coming of the Lord.
People that tell you Jesus has already returned, are setting you up to be deceived by the Lawless one.
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The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish,
because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2 Thessalonians 2:9-10
The Lord Jesus will destroy the Lawless one when He returns!
And then the lawless one will be revealed,
whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.
Believe the scriptures!
Don't believe those who would traffic in heresies!
The literal kingdom phrase is your words!
I simply write what the scriptures say!
JLB
