[Uncle Chip]

Do you pray the Lord's Prayer? How does it go --- "Thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven." The kingdom hasn't come yet or you would not be praying that prayer.

Read Acts 1 about Jesus spending 40 days before his ascension speaking of things pertaining to the the kingdom of God. And when they all assembled together, they all asked the same question: "Wilt thou at this time restore the KINGDOM TO ISRAEL?" And Jesus's answer was that the time when that will happen is in the Father's hands not His. He did not rebuke them for asking a dumb question. He said it is not for now but for some time later and he gave the apostles a job to do in the meantime.

Read again that third verse you quoted. That is what is happening now or will shortly happen. He is sitting at his right hand until the Father makes his enemies his footstool.

Acts 15:14-17 is perfectly clear. After God visits the nations to take out of them a people for his name [the church], He will return and build the tabernacle of David which is fallen down so that the residue of men might seek after the Lord . . . ".

Replacement Theology is wood, hay and stubble. Why don't you read the prophets. They will tell you, particularly Zechariah.

[HarleyD]

Do you pray the Lord's Prayer? How does it go --- "Thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven." The kingdom hasn't come yet or you would not be praying that prayer.

I would suggest a search on what is the kingdom of God. This is a prayer for the salvation of souls, not for God to bring about the end times. "Thy kingdom come (here on earth) AS IT IS in heaven." It is a prayer to bring more souls into the kingdom.
Mat 3:2 and saying, Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

1Th 2:12 that you should walk worthy of God, who has called you to His kingdom and glory.

And when they all assembled together, they all asked the same question: "Wilt thou at this time restore the KINGDOM TO ISRAEL?"

Sure, they were still seeking an earthly kingdom. The Holy Spirit had not fallen on them to bring them to understand that the kingdom is not of this world. It wasn't a dumb question because they didn't understand.

He is sitting at his right hand until the Father makes his enemies his footstool. Acts 15:14-17 is perfectly clear. After God visits the nations to take out of them a people for his name [the church],

Take off the dispensationalist glasses for a moment. It says in Hebrews this has already been fulfilled. He is sitting down at the right hand and the Father has made his enemies his footstool. (Heb 1:13, Heb 10:13).

Replacement Theology is wood, hay and stubble. Why don't you read the prophets. They will tell you, particularly Zechariah.

The theology goes all the way back to Romans 11 where the Gentiles are grafted into the Jewish believers. To deny it is simply to deny the book of Romans. I don't need to manufacture something out of the obsure prophesy of Old Testament prophets to understand what Paul is telling me. Instead I would suggest reconciling the prophets writings with the clear teachings of Paul.