“There will be some who will not taste death before they see the son of man coming in his kingdom” — I always thought that was a reference to the appearing of Jesus in the period up to Ascension and the immediately-following revelation of the holy spirit to the faithful at Pentecost.
And that speaks to the veracity of the spiritual nature of the thousand year kingdom. As to its actual duration and when it started, I agree in general with Kalamata that it is just a long interval of spiritual rule by Jesus, and nuances of translation have left an impression it is exactly 1,000 years long. It could be longer or shorter, and where I don’t necessarily agree with Kalamata is on a starting time as early as 70 A.D., but whatever, it seems to be in its final stage now and the world is very similar to what we were told to expect when the battle jumped from heaven (where we were not witness to it) to earth (where we are witnesses and full participants).
Since the various well-known timetables probably refer to the already-finished first end time, there is no reason to suppose that Jesus is still “years away” and that 3.5 or seven or any other number of years “must” now occur. In the little season, Satan is finished off by the return in power and great glory of Jesus. And it can’t be too soon, we’ve had it with that guy.
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There will be some who will not taste death before they see the son of man coming in his kingdom” — I always thought that was a reference to the appearing of Jesus in the period up to Ascension and the immediately-following revelation of the holy spirit to the faithful at Pentecost.
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What follows His stating this is an event called the Mount of Transfiguration where He and a remnant went up the mount and saw Him Transfigured, and in the presence of Elijah and Moses, as in the Kingdom.
3 of His disciples didn’t taste death before they saw that.
All the rest had to taste death to see Him in His Kingdom..
And a note to that specific message in Mathew,Mark and Luke.
Only Mathew and Mark state that about 6 days after He said that, the Mount of Transfiguration occurred.
In Luke, it was a two-day delay . About 8 days later..
They didn’t wait two more days and literally go back up the Mount in Luke.
That two day delay in Luke is prophecy unfulfilled..