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According to what or who?
Jesus may be reigning for us right now, but he still needs to fulfill the promise to the Jews too and that includes being their King here on earth for a time.
And the kingdom stands today and needs no 'ushering in'.
Jesus is ready to be Lord of anyone who wants to accept him, today.
There are perfectly legal means at our disposal to fix that, we who do recognize the Lordship of Jesus.
Its like a king saying he has authority over a certain kingdom but refrains from ruling it.... thereby allowing the kingdom to fall into the hands of evil men who lay it to waste.
It is, like you say, disappointing but it is from a human stubbornness and not easily overcome.
If thats is what the kingdom was meant to be, then its a bit of a disappointment, don't you think?
"Jesus : All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me"
And then he died.
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I agree.
If everyone followed Jesus' commandments all at once and never sinned, this world would transform into a utopia considering that there is enough wealth and food to shelter and feed everyone here on Earth.
It is, like you say, disappointing but it is from a human stubbornness and not easily overcome. It's time that people get away from the defeatism that has been planted like a cancer into society, this feeling of the inevitability of failure.
That is a doctrine you believe for no other reason than your faith in a cult.
Dewey, that cancer was planted by God to get people to turn to him and away from the ways of the world.
We live in the New Age that the Bible predicted and that Jesus proclaimed as the Gospel, the Kingdom of God.
The times that we live in were all spelled out in the Bible, so why do you act so surprised?
Something people are fully capable of doing without any help from God.
The reason the Bible is so viable today is because history is getting ready to repeat itself for not having learned anything.
Does that happen after the heaven and earth get burnt up?
Let me know if you think these events in Ezekiel 37 have already happened.
You are probably thinking of certain people calling themselves Christians, and not Jesus himself.
. . . try to get others to become controlled . . .
Originally posted by jmdewey60
reply to post by Deetermined
Does that happen after the heaven and earth get burnt up?
Let me know if you think these events in Ezekiel 37 have already happened.
Funny that Ezekiel leaves that part out.
So, there are "heathen" in the new world, forever?
After the Babylonian exile of the "Jews", there was an opportunity granted for a restoration as Ezekiel suggested.
Of course we know how that ended, they murdered "David", then fought the "heathen" on their own, and were destroyed and cast out of the land for two thousand years.
So the "prophecy" was an alternative universe that could have been, but now never will.
Plan B kicked in and now we have a universal "Israel" which is everyone in the world who believe in Jesus, they are now Gods Chosen People, so says the New Testament, and so say I.
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Originally posted by sk0rpi0n
Why is that the Bible tells us Jesus received authority over earth 2000 years ago and our world still remains a # place?
What part of ... Authority doesn't equal utopia ... don't you get?
It's very simple. God is allowing creation to unfold as He wishes.
All through history God has allowed evil and sin and illness.
He was in charge then ... He's in charge now.
ETA ... and if you are tired of the world being a #place ... then perhaps you would like to speak to those who are making it such. You can start with the religious fanatics who thump their qu'rans and bibles and say that whoever doesn't believe like them are going to hell or should be killed off ...
edit on 2/27/2013 by FlyersFan because: (no reason given)