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drifter
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| | Re: | | The word for "all" in Matthew 24:14 is "pas" which means "all" or "every".
The word for "world" in Matthew 24:14 is "oikoumene" which means habitable earth or land.
The word for "nation" in Matthew 24:14 is "ethnos" which means "ethnic group".
So this verse means "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in every part of the habitable earth for a witness unto every ethnic group; and then shall the end come."
This clearly has not happened yet, let alone in the time of Paul and the apostles.
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| | Re: | | And as much as I respect Wesley, Henry and Gill, I don't agree with them on this.
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| | Re: | | There is no inconsistency; the whole world back then meant the Roman world. They did not know about Japan and the South American peoples or the eskimos etc.. When Jesus said “world” the known world was what was understood.
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| | Re: | | Remember who wrote the Bible? The Holy Spirit. He knew about Japan and the South American people.
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| | Re: | | First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.
Romans 1:8
And one of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world (this took place in the days of Claudius).
Acts 11:28
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| | Re: | | So do you believe the Great Commission is accomplished?
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| 2019/3/12 21:06 | Profile |
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| | Re: | | No, but the OD is about the destruction of Jerusalem and the whole Roman world was reached prior to 70 AD by Paul and the other apostles.
I don’t think the great commission will ever be 100% completed. Nations are not baptized and discipled; individual people are.
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| | Re: | | And after almost 2000 years and a fairly recent organized effort to wipe out the Jewish race a Jewish presence is back in the land and in control of Jerusalem which was once destroyed. And this is just a non relevant accidental happenstance of history?
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| | Re: | | No, the nation of Israel becoming a nation in 1 day is not an accident; it was prophesied to happen. A person needs ears to hear what the scriptures say. Just trying to understand it with the mind alone leads to all kinds of error.
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| 2019/3/13 13:38 | Profile |
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| | Re: | | //And after almost 2000 years and a fairly recent organized effort to wipe out the Jewish race a Jewish presence is back in the land and in control of Jerusalem which was once destroyed. And this is just a non relevant accidental happenstance of history?//
I am not sure what your point is David, or who your post is directed to. If to me, I haven’t said anything about Israel in my posts.
Regardless, the OD is about 70 AD.
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