On May 8, 9:13 am, roym...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On May 6, 5:54 am, " Sword of the Spirit" <swordofspi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
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> > "Pastor Dave" <ananias917_@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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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!
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> > No-way Mr. heretic was the gospel preached to ALL nations by AD70...
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> [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.
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> So, if Acts was written c.63
(http://www.blueletterbible.org/study/pnt/pnt02.html
> ) , the Roman world was just about covered.
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> 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 :-)
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> > ... , 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.
'[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. "
You are being corrected. The truth is relative to many things,
including ones point of observation. In Luke we have Jesus speaking a
parable, so as to not be taken literally. All nations will certainly
be referring to those nations that Abraham is considered the father
of. A tree in the forest gets a diferent perspective on birds than us
on the plain.
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