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To: topcat54
Wrong. Read the NT. It says that He is reigning (cf, Eph. 1:10 and Heb. 8:1).

Oddly, these are the verses you referenced...

This may hurt your eyes so I suggest putting some dark glasses on...The light here is going to get pretty bright...

Eph 1:10 That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:

The fullness of times is not here yet...AND, it's called a Dispensation...That's in contrast to the Dispensation we currently live in...

Heb 8:1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such a high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
Heb 8:2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.

Do you see the word King anywhere??? How about reign??? Jesus is sitting in Heaven as the High Priest...The Minister...

He is not YET reigning as King...

He will not reign as King until He sits on the earthly Throne of David after the Dispensation of the fullness of times...

And that Dispensation includes the NEW, yet to come covenant with Israel...

Heb 8:8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
Heb 8:9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
Heb 8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
Heb 8:11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

And that's when the MILLENIUM starts and Jesus reigns as King of Kings...

945 posted on 11/13/2007 5:02:12 PM PST by Iscool
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To: Iscool
The fullness of times is not here yet...AND, it's called a Dispensation...That's in contrast to the Dispensation we currently live in...

I'm afraid you are not reading all the Bible, just selective portions. Paul's meaning becomes clear when you compare it with other passages:

"But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law," (Gal. 4:4).

Note the phrase "had come". It was obvious to Paul that the [dispensation of the] fullness of time was the present age in which we now live. My definition of "dispensation" is consistent with this truth.

Do you see the word King anywhere??? How about reign??? Jesus is sitting in Heaven as the High Priest...The Minister... He is not YET reigning as King...

You obviously do not understand that Jesus is a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek (Heb. 7:17). Who was Melchizedek? The king-priest of Salem (Gen. 14:18). If He is after the order of Melchizedek then He must also be reigning as King. This is the radical distinction between the old covenant priesthood and the new. And Christ’s disciples are also king-priests since we are reigning with Him (Rev. 5:10).

Peter confirmed in Acts 2 that Christ was raised up from the dead and seated on David’s throne in heaven, the proof of which was the pouring out of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost.

If Christ is not now reigning, then the gentiles have no hope (Rom. 15:12).

You must read all the Bible to get the correct picture. I’ll let you go back and factor in that additional info.

947 posted on 11/13/2007 5:56:38 PM PST by topcat54 ("Dispensationalism is a disease ... as contagious as polio.")
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To: Iscool
Oddly, these are the verses you referenced...

My mistake. The one verse I meant to reference was Eph. 1:20, not 1:10. But I'm glad I had the opportunity to explain the correct interpretation of 1:10 as well.

955 posted on 11/13/2007 7:45:47 PM PST by topcat54 ("Dispensationalism is a disease ... as contagious as polio.")
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