Re: Jesus Revised His Own Eschatology!

Ted · Seventh-day Adventist Joined: 02 Jul 2002 Posts: 5

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With all due respect, I believe that you are reading into the text something that is not present. That is, that "The Kingdom of Heaven" means a kingdom on earth.

There is no difficulty proposing that the kingdom would originally be in heaven (cf. John 14:1-3, Rev 20), then descend back to earth at the end of the millennium (Rev 21). Both heavenly and earthly loci fit nicely in all preceding scriptures.

This is a classic case of progressive revelation. New light adds to the original understanding, but in no way contradicts the old. Just as quantum mechanics adds new scientific light to physics, it does not contradict Newtonian principles.

Jesus did not revise his eschatology. He expanded our understanding of it.
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Eugene Shubert · Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2002 6:33 pm Post subject:

1. Since Jesus described “The Kingdom of Heaven” as a kingdom on the earth, perhaps you are reading ‘heaven’ into the texts I cited when the word isn’t there.

2. There is no difficulty in reading a book backwards (from the last chapter to the first) but you’ll most likely not notice how the story unfolds. I don’t see the saints inheriting a celestial kingdom in Daniel 2 and 7.

3. The reference to Gog and Magog in Revelation 20 is not progressive revelation, i.e., the addition of detail to the prophecy of the Gog Magog war of Ezekiel 38 and 39. Your presupposition is not correct.

4. Quantum mechanics is a radical revision of Newtonian principles. Conditionality implies revised eschatology.