Where does it come from and how does it differ from the Mosaic and especially the Abrahamic Covenants?
Thanks for asking!Where does it come from and how does it differ from the Mosaic and especially the Abrahamic Covenants?
Thanks for your explanation. BTW, you're not morphing into a preterist on us, are you? (See boldened above)It was not until Jesus came as Israel’s Messiah, however, that the covenants with man were kept perfectly and fulfilled.
Really?Thanks for your explanation. BTW, you're not morphing into a preterist on us, are you? (See boldened above)
Right, isn't He still fulfilling them, or are we already in the Millennium? (see where I am coming from?)Really?
I said...........
"that the covenants with man were kept perfectly and fulfilled."
God said in Mathew 17:17.........
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. "
You are correct! However, that is a question with really deep implications.Right, isn't He still fulfilling them, or are we already in the Millennium? (see where I am coming from?)
Can someone explain what exactly happened in 70AD for those of us that weren't there....!
Yes the Temple was destroyed, but that doesn't mean God is finished with Israel...Ok, the temple was destroyed we know that. It's not there anymore, though the site is of course, always there with other things built on it.
Isn't that the end of the story?
Christians aren't rebuilding temples and still sacrificing animals at the altar. God is only a prayer away, we don't need to make the trek to Jerusalem. There is no more Jewish royal family. They have presidents and try and carry on as a remnant of what they once were but if they don't know their Messiah they wouldn't have understood that it wasn't just for their sakes, but for everyone (all of humankind) to enter into a covenant with God.
So am not sure what else is expected...it HAD ended hadn't it? All things must come to an end so we can be born again and have a new beginning. Christians aren't like Muslims who are compelled to make Hajj to mecca and worship a rock.
Incorrect.Ok, the temple was destroyed we know that. It's not there anymore, though the site is of course, always there with other things built on it.
Isn't that the end of the story?
Christians aren't rebuilding temples and still sacrificing animals at the altar. God is only a prayer away, we don't need to make the trek to Jerusalem. There is no more Jewish royal family. They have presidents and try and carry on as a remnant of what they once were but if they don't know their Messiah they wouldn't have understood that it wasn't just for their sakes, but for everyone (all of humankind) to enter into a covenant with God.
So am not sure what else is expected...it HAD ended hadn't it? All things must come to an end so we can be born again and have a new beginning. Christians aren't like Muslims who are compelled to make Hajj to mecca and worship a rock.
Agreed!Yes the Temple was destroyed, but that doesn't mean God is finished with Israel...
Romans 11:1-2,25,28 ESV
I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. [2] God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel?
[25] Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
[28] As regards the gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But as regards election, they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers.[\b]
2 Samuel 7:10 ESV
And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more. And violent men shall afflict them no more, as formerly, (part of the Davidic Covenant)
There were in fact Kings in the line of Jesus, however, the sinless Son of God, the Christ was incarnated from a very long line of sinners.Also, Jesus had no children (he never married) so the royal line, such as it was ended with him. BUT he did an amazing thing and said that everyone who believes in Him would inherit eternal life, meaning all believers are co-heirs with him.
And we are going to take turns sitting in heaven on those heavenly thrones. Of course this is in the spirit, not in the flesh, but, that's what is promised. So am not sure what else is expected. We aren't going to Lord it over people like gentiles do and become tyrants... as there is only ONE Lord who is righteous. Lord knows all the leaders on earth have flaws and can never do EVERYTHING right. They can't even follow all the laws God made perfectly.
I think its a case of semantics that the passage can be misinterpreted.
Jesus did fufill the law, his death on the cross did pay for everyones sins. There was no more need for sacrifice, as book of Hebrews sets out to explain, and thus we are justified because Jesus death paid for OUR sins. His blood was the new covenant.
I am not sure what else needs to be said...? Otherwise, every time I sin should I be flying to Jerusalem and sacrificing a lamb to pay for it?
And so the temple in Jerusalem was "destroyed" in 70 AD. There is a reason WHY it was destroyed!Also, Jesus had no children (he never married) so the royal line, such as it was ended with him. BUT he did an amazing thing and said that everyone who believes in Him would inherit eternal life, meaning all believers are co-heirs with him.
And we are going to take turns sitting in heaven on those heavenly thrones. Of course this is in the spirit, not in the flesh, but, that's what is promised. So am not sure what else is expected. We aren't going to Lord it over people like gentiles do and become tyrants... as there is only ONE Lord who is righteous. Lord knows all the leaders on earth have flaws and can never do EVERYTHING right. They can't even follow all the laws God made perfectly.