[gracebeliever]

You must think that Jesus was such a liar for saying this:

Mark 1:14-15 Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel."

These verses state the "gospel of the kingdom," which is the gospel addressed to Israel. This isn't the gospel we are saved by today. Christ said the kingdom is "at hand." He didn't say it was here, or that it would even arrive the next day or week. The Greek word interpreted as "at hand" is defined as "to make near," "approach," "be at hand," and other similar terms to describe something that is going to happen or about to appear. "At hand" is now approximately 2000 years. And it's going to be at least 7 more years to get here.

Paul said "for now is our salvation nearer than when we first believed" in Ro. 13:11, which is a similar concept to "at hand." The "now" in Romans is the same time statement as the "time is fulfilled" in Mark 1:14. It means everything's in place, or completed and ready for the next event or step. As previously stated, the people Christ was addressing knew the prophetic calendar of events, they just didn't believe Christ was the Messiah and thus the fulfiller of prophecy.

Good luck hunting those varmits. ;-)

[Jerry_M]

Hey Woody, I thought that "gracebeliever" told you that he believed in only one gospel. Yet, it appears from his last to you that he believes in at least two, one for Christians, and the other for Jews.

I wish he would make up his mind! (Notice that this is characteristic of dispensationalists. They don't seem to think that God could get the gospel right the first time.)

[RnMomof7]

These verses state the "gospel of the kingdom," which is the gospel addressed to Israel

That command was to individuals of the nation of Israel..not the nation as a whole..

[jude24]

These verses state the "gospel of the kingdom," which is the gospel addressed to Israel.

C.I. Scofield Strikes Back!!!!

[CCWoody]

These verses state the "gospel of the kingdom," which is the gospel addressed to Israel. This isn't the gospel we are saved by today. Christ said the kingdom is "at hand." He didn't say it was here, or that it would even arrive the next day or week. The Greek word interpreted as "at hand" is defined as "to make near," "approach," "be at hand," and other similar terms to describe something that is going to happen or about to appear. "At hand" is now approximately 2000 years. And it's going to be at least 7 more years to get here. ~ gracebeliever

Well, at least you guys are consistent. 1000 years absolutely must mean exactly 1000 years, but "at hand" has been 2000 + 7 + who knows how many years in the making. And an hour is really 8,760,000 hours for the separation of resurrections of the just and the unjust. One really wonders just exactly what rules you guys use to determine how to tell time.

Of course, you are wrong and the Lord warned me about people like you who preach a false gospel in Luke 17:21. Tell, me, is it required that you are born again in this multi-salvation gospel you are preaching or is that requirement only for the Jews.

Hey, RnMom, please notice who has turned their eschatology into their gospel. I may have driven you nuts with it, but I'm not the one who maintains that the "kingdom of God" is the Jews gospel and that it is also the millennial kingdom which Jesus preached the Jews needed to wait a few thousands years for. Some glad tiding!

Woody.

The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it.

Well, everyone, but the dispensationalists. They have their own gospel.

"Therefore let it be known to you that THE salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear it!" (I wonder why Paul didn't say a salvation of God since he must have meant a different one that what the Jews rejected.) Then Paul dwelt two whole years in his own rented house, and received ALL who came to him, preaching the kingdom of God and teaching the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence, no one forbidding him. (Shouldn't Paul have preached some other gospel to the Gentiles.)