Post by Once4all on Oct 3, 2009 12:52:35 GMT -5
While doing a word search, I ran into this verse:
(Matthew 19:28 NASB) And Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on His glorious throne, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Is that saying that Jesus does not "take his throne" (i.e., his kingdom) until the time of "the regeneration"? The "regeneration" there is, I'm fairly certain, referring to the "restoration of all things."
Acts 3:19-22 NASB
(19) "Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;
(20) and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you,
(21) whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.
(22) "Moses said, 'THE LORD GOD WILL RAISE UP FOR YOU A PROPHET LIKE ME FROM YOUR BRETHREN; TO HIM YOU SHALL GIVE HEED to everything He says to you.
1 Corinthians 15:23-25 NASB
(23) But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, after that those who are Christ's at His coming,
(24) then comes the end, when He hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when He has abolished all rule and all authority and power.
(25) For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
This is all off the top of my head. I ran into that first verse, then these other verses just came rolling into view (in my head). In trying to reconcile them all quickly, I'd say that Christ "takes (or sits on) his throne" (Mat 19:28) when the battle is over.
His "reign" (1 Cor 15:25) was from the crucifixion to A.D. 70. as he and his followers were in battle against the enemy. The final battle was when Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed.
When Christ "hands over the kingdom" to God (1 Cor 15:24), that is effectively saying, "the battle is over, Dad, and I was victorious." Then Christ can rest upon his throne in the kingdom of his God and Father.
That's all I've got. Company coming in an hour and I still have to shower. But how do those things fit in with everyone's preterists beliefs?
Bev
(Matthew 19:28 NASB) And Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on His glorious throne, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Is that saying that Jesus does not "take his throne" (i.e., his kingdom) until the time of "the regeneration"? The "regeneration" there is, I'm fairly certain, referring to the "restoration of all things."
Acts 3:19-22 NASB
(19) "Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;
(20) and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you,
(21) whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.
(22) "Moses said, 'THE LORD GOD WILL RAISE UP FOR YOU A PROPHET LIKE ME FROM YOUR BRETHREN; TO HIM YOU SHALL GIVE HEED to everything He says to you.
1 Corinthians 15:23-25 NASB
(23) But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, after that those who are Christ's at His coming,
(24) then comes the end, when He hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when He has abolished all rule and all authority and power.
(25) For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
This is all off the top of my head. I ran into that first verse, then these other verses just came rolling into view (in my head). In trying to reconcile them all quickly, I'd say that Christ "takes (or sits on) his throne" (Mat 19:28) when the battle is over.
His "reign" (1 Cor 15:25) was from the crucifixion to A.D. 70. as he and his followers were in battle against the enemy. The final battle was when Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed.
When Christ "hands over the kingdom" to God (1 Cor 15:24), that is effectively saying, "the battle is over, Dad, and I was victorious." Then Christ can rest upon his throne in the kingdom of his God and Father.
That's all I've got. Company coming in an hour and I still have to shower. But how do those things fit in with everyone's preterists beliefs?
Bev
