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To: topcat54
He spent 40 days teaching the apostles that He would restore the kingdom to Israel.

Sorry, the text does not support your eisegesis.

You mean "exegesis". You misspelled that word. Here are the words from Acts once again:

"Until the day in which he was taken up ... being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God ... When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power."

Are you going to tell us that for 40 days Jesus misled the apostles with what He was saying? or that these disciples of His weren't listening to Him those 40 days?They clearly equated the kingdom of God with the restoration of the kingdom to Israel.

Show us where Jesus said "No" to their question???

633 posted on 10/31/2007 4:01:21 AM PDT by Uncle Chip (TRUTH : Ignore it. Deride it. Allegorize it. Interpret it. But you can't ESCAPE it.)
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To: Uncle Chip; Lee N. Field; JohnnyM; Dr. Eckleburg; 1000 silverlings
He spent 40 days teaching the apostles that He would restore the kingdom to Israel.

The text does not say anything about Him teaching that that the kingdom would ever be restored to national Israel. That is your eisegesis.

It’s apparent that the disciples did not always "get it" on the first attempt. They asked questions that made sense to them in their limited understanding. Jesus gives them the answer of how the kingdom will be expanded in Acts 1. I twill start in Jerusalem and Judea and works its way out from there,. It will go into all the nations, and no longer be confined to one nation as the disciples were expecting. They were wrong. Jesus sets them straight by His teaching.

As I said, they finally "got it" insofar as they never again mentioned the notion of the kingdom being restored to national Israel in the rest of the NT. Not once!

That’s a fact.

Show us where Jesus said "No" to their question???

I did, but you are not paying attention.

640 posted on 10/31/2007 6:49:09 AM PDT by topcat54 ("Friends don't let friends listen to dispensationalists.")
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To: Uncle Chip; topcat54

***You mean “exegesis”. You misspelled that word.***

No, eisegesis is a word and he use the appropriate one. Perhaps you should go look it up instead of looking silly for telling him he misspelled the word.


699 posted on 10/31/2007 12:57:58 PM PDT by Lord_Calvinus
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