[malakhi]

Really? Show me.

Except that a man is born from above, he cannot even see the kingdom of God. Sorry, but I can't help your blindness.

Very well, you can't show me. I didn't expect you to, given the manner in which you have spiritualized prophecy.

Yes, the Jews in Jerusalem 2000 years ago were looking for the same thing as well.

Yep. They read the scriptures and saw what they literally said.

The problem is that you are ignoring the prophecies about the Messiah's need to suffer for His people.

Isaiah 53 is not a messianic prophecy.

[CCWoody]

Yep. They read the scriptures and saw what they literally said.

And even though before their very eyes, they saw the blind receive their sight and the lame walk and the lepers cleansed and the deaf hear and the dead raised up and the poor receiving the gospel, they still hung their Messiah from a tree.

Very well, you can't show me. I didn't expect you to, given the manner in which you have spiritualized prophecy.

Gosh, just because I happen to believe the Lord when He says that His kingdom is not of this world, doesn't mean that I have spiritualized prophecy. My point is that you cannot see the kingdom of God because you are spiritually dead.