[Lilllabettt]

You are reading the word "until" in your cultural way. To us, the word until implies a future event.

But the writers of the Testaments, Old and New, were Jews. They used the word "until" in their cultural way; in many cases to convey a sense of the eternal. So, within the Bible, you may find curious phrases like:

"Michal the daughter of Saul had no children untill the day of her death"(2 Sam. 6:23). She did not have any children AFTER hear death either, though that is what OUR understanding of the word 'until' implies. When the Jews read the word "until", they knew the authors meant "ever".

[JohnnyM]

"Matthew 2:13 - And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him"

So does this until mean ever. Mary and Jesus did not stay in Egypt forever did they?

Your definition of until is sorely lacking.

JM