On May 6, 5:54 am, " Sword of the Spirit" <swordofspi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> "Pastor Dave" <ananias917_@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> news:6nit14pj7dsk50kfc9bc9chstpa4qu9uni@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Mon, 05 May 2008 07:40:47 GMT, " Sword of the Spirit"
> > <swordofspi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> spake thusly:
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> >>And that Christ has returned from heaven to set up
> >>God's kingdom can be seen to be a blatant lie as he
> >>promised the nations would be ruled with a "Rod of
> >>iron" by the saints once his kingdom is established
> >>on the earth.
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> > I have explained to you repeatedly what that is and
> > you think that ignoring this and repeating the same
> > claim, means you proved your doctrine correct!
>
> No-way Mr. heretic was the gospel preached to ALL nations by AD70...
[I'll probably be corrected here, but] I've always understood "all
nations" (e.g. Luk 24:47) to mean the known world of the time.
So, if Acts was written c.63 (
http://www.blueletterbible.org/study/pnt/pnt02.html
) , the Roman world was just about covered.
Of the Great Commission -
Matthew reached Ethiopia
Mark died in Egypt
John was in prison in Greece but died in Turkey
Peter stayed in Jerusalem
James the Just was died in Jerusalem
James (son of Zebedee) died in Jerusalem
Bartholomew (or Nathanael) went to Turkey but died in Armenia
Thomas went to India
Barnabas got stoned in Greece :-)
> ... , and
> everyone can see the nations are still bathing in their filthy sins and
war
> turmoil. Such will not be the case when Christ does return to rule the
> nations with a rod of iron. Belief your crazy theories as long as you
wish,
> but you will not turn Christ's brethren from their patient waiting.
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