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To: Iscool

“We are starting into the 7th Day and God will give us a rest for a thousand years (1 day) which is the Millennial Reign of Christ on Earth...”

Answer:

This is another false and forced interpretation.

Saint Paul clearly stated the opposite. Proof text - I Cor 15: 50:

“Flesh and blood CANNOT inherit the Kingdom of God.”

Moreover, Jesus actually openly rejected the earthly kingdom and marked it heretical in reply to the question regarding the woman with seven husbands. The Sadducees inquired which of the woman’s seven husbands would be her husband in the Messiah’s kingdom. In His reply, Jesus told them plainly, Proof text - Matthew 22: 23-28 and Mark 12: 18-27.

“ye do ERR, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God IN HEAVEN.” (Matthew 22:29-30)

Jesus repudiated this whole idea of an earthly carnal kingdom of God and transferred its expectations to the eternal rest of the saints in Heaven in a purified and Spiritual manner of life.

This literal ‘Millennial Kingdom of God on Earth’ is a contrived desire of man, not the fulfillment of God.

To reduce Christ’s true and pure Spiritual Kingdom down to some carnal theocracy is simply to promote a form of rank materialism.

Do you really think that God will set up a ‘Christian Police State’ in the future? That sounds like spiritual communism to me.


499 posted on 12/03/2011 10:22:23 AM PST by Iggles Phan
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To: Iggles Phan
Saint Paul clearly stated the opposite. Proof text - I Cor 15: 50:
“Flesh and blood CANNOT inherit the Kingdom of God.”

But yet, your religion claims that it is the Kingdom...The Catholic Church is the Kingdom...

Jesus repudiated this whole idea of an earthly carnal kingdom of God and transferred its expectations to the eternal rest of the saints in Heaven in a purified and Spiritual manner of life.

Do you really think that God will set up a ‘Christian Police State’ in the future? That sounds like spiritual communism to me.

So the idea of Jesus reigning as King is a police state??? And heaven is strictly a spiritual 'state of mind', eh??? You mean like this?

Rev 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

And yet you guys claim Jesus is ruling with a rod of iron right now...

HaHaHa...You are so far out they're losing you on the radar...

568 posted on 12/03/2011 9:26:01 PM PST by Iscool (You mess with me, you mess with the WHOLE trailerpark...)
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