Hebrews says Jesus was descended from the Tribe of Judah. Levite priests were descendants of the Tribe of Levi, not Judah.
So, if Jesus has become a priest, he didn’t become a priest on the basis of the Mosaic law which specified that priests in Israel had to be descendants of Levi only. So Jesus must have become “our priest” on the basis of some authority other than a Mosaic law. What authority would that be? “The power of an indestructible life”, i.e. according to the likeness of Melchizedek, who–legend says–was a divine being, i.e. immortal. In other words, the Resurrected Jesus has an indestructible life, which is all the authority he needs in order to be “our Priest in Heaven”.
The difference between a perishable body and an imperishable body (1 Cor 15;42) is not that one is physical and the other is a nonphysical body, but that one is a sarx and the other is a pneumatik soma.
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Hmm thats an interesting claim.
It ignores similarities in events that are also found in jeremiah and ezekiel
If you follow the 70 week prophecy timeline, it was the book of daniel that caused the Magi to note the star of David come looking for christ in approx 4 b.c.
After the approach of the Maggi, king Herod had his own scholars study writings and they concluded exactly the same thing as the Maggi…that the birth of achrist was foretold to take places at that exact time in history…hence Herod ordered the execution of babies under the age of 2!
Nebuchaddnezzars vision in Daniel 2 spoke of things to come…this was a dual propehcy and in its first interpretation talks of kingdoms that follow Babylon.
History has proven those kingdoms to have been Medo Persia, Greece, Rome, and feet of iron and clay (strong and week kindoms but not a single dominating power).
It isnt possible for the feet of iron and clay to have taken place after Rome but before Jerusalem was ransacked the second time in A.d 130 (it was first attacked around A.D 70). Also…Rome remained in power long after AD 130.
Also, we must not forget what the angels said at jesus ascention…this same jesus will come again in the same manner as you have seen him go up into heaven.
We also have other bible texts thst say he will come with a shout and every eye will see him. Those who are dead in christ will rise up to meet those who are alive with him in the air…the second coming will mean the end of life on this earth for those who are saved. Christs feet will not touch the ground.
We also have the statement that the wicked will cry out to the rocks to fall on them…they will be killed by the brightness of His coming. This is directly related to Gods answer to Moses…“no man can look at me and live”. Remember the israelites falling back and hiding themselves from Moses after he went up to the mountain to talk with God. Moses had to wear a veil each time to cover the glory of God shining from him and to protect the people from his brilliance as they were afraid they would die!
Also, the bible talks of end times “as it was in the days of Noah” and, “Knowledge shall increase” and “man will do evil continually”, “there shall be eating and drinking”, “there will be wars and rumours of wars”…the earliest that anyone could claim Christs second coming would be at the end of the dark ages…and that still leaves the dilemma of every eye will see him and those who are not saved being killed by the brightness of His coming!
None of the description of Christs second coming has occured. It is impossible to adequitely support theologically the notion that Christ has already come…that is complete nonsense and 100% wrong
Full preterism is not complete nonsense. Have you ever considered how disbelieving the Bible is not unreasonable? I mean people act like I’m totally wicked for saying such a thing. And yet, critics of the Bible who fill our graduate programs in religion are not unreasonable people.
Proof-text hunting the Bible doesn’t change external reality. The world is not being run by Jesus which is how I understand ruling to be. Sin is running rampant. Jesus would be a pretty lousy ruler.
Great! Nothing like a 1,900 year old Bible verse promising Jesus will “come in a very little while and will not delay” to evoke and encourage anticipation.
I think 1 corinthians 15 is actually talking about the final destruction of sin after the millenium. Note it verse 26&27 Paul says the final act is to destroy death itself…
26The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 27For “God has put everything under His feet
I dont think your texts above support an existing kingdom of christ.
Also, if Christ came in either AD 70 or AD 130…when did the fulfillment of Christs statement "and the gospel will be taken to all the world and then the end will come?
Does not this forum believe that the americas for example had a large number of inhabitants at this time? And what about the pacific islands and or Australian aboriginals…how did any of these peoples get the gospel when none of the apostles had travelled that far to spread the gospel yet?
There are quite a number of flaws with the belief that Christ has already setup his kingdom in late first or early second century AD.
There was definite grief, and stress that burst the capillary vessels in his skin. But you don’t see that with Pilate. Jesus made peace with the Father’s will and endured the cross for the joy set before him.
I was thinking about your previous comment about how ruinous the world is, and couldn’t help but draw a parallel to Daniel. That is the overarching message of the book, that when it gets bad, God is still in control. And he will have the final word. The victory is his. History is an ironic and troubling thing… and yet… miracles still happen.
His own Son was tortured and crucified. At least a few of His closest disciples—the ones who seem to have uprooted their life to follow him—who helped promote the Gospel, also suffered grisly fates. Many Christians today starve to death, die of natural disasters, get cancer are raped and murdered.
And let’s not even look at the history and suffering of his chosen people, the Jews. That track record is absolutely disturbing.
What exactly does “taking care of his children” look like to you? Because to me it looks like God takes care of some of his children at best during this earthly existence. If he takes care of all of them then the primary mode is spiritual nourishment. You are way too detached from reality. You proof-text hunt Bible passages and interpret them in way they just don’t fit our universe.
Next will you proof-text hunt Jesus and say these people weren’t true Christian’s or didn’t have true faith, otherwise their prayers would have been answered? At least then it will be good to know you are a YEC in sheep’s clothing.
Wow. Talk about presumption. Maybe you are confusing me with someone else. And maybe there is a second person personal pronoun or two in the passage about the sparrows that somehow got missed or redacted. Jesus was not talking about himself. And we are pretty much promised trials in this life. Maybe that has been redacted as well in certain epistles in someone’s Bible.
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 2 Corinthians 12:9
Don’t forget the Cross. Jesus quotes the beginning of the Psalm, not the end… My God my God, why have you forsaken me.
Joy is also a strange word to use in this case. He was tortured and crucified.That is not a typical life trial a la James 1:2-4.
I agree except Daniel (and other parts of the OT) have so high a view of God’s control that it’s hard not to see Him as the cause of the bad things. See Amos 3:6.
I believe ultimately God is in control and will win in the end but I think evil and things contrary to God’s will happen all the time. And if God were in control and Jesus were truly ruling this planet would look more like heaven.
Ignore the essential issues and just quote another scripture. YEC all the way.
The bit about the sparrows: God takes care of his children, and you have a problem with that.