3 Oblivious Objections
In negative reaction against my two latest blogs: ‘The Great End-time Fiasco” and “Oblivious Eschatology,” and my responses . . . . See what you think.
Objection #1: “True, Jesus’ disciples expected him to return in their lifetime . . . but it didn’t happen. Get over it.”
My Response: Jesus’ disciples and the early church were given the Holy Spirit to guide them into all truth and tell them the things that were to come (John 16:13) . . . and to write Scripture. If their Holy-Spirit-guided expectations proved false, by 19-centuries and counting, how can we trust them to have conveyed other aspects of the faith along to us accurately—such as the requirements for salvation? Seriously, think about that.
Yes, Jesus comes in many different ways, at different times, to different people(s), and for many different reasons, as I have demonstrated in my latest book, Unraveling the End. His coming on the clouds in age-ending judgment in a day of the Lord circa A.D. 70 is one of those comings, and a biggie, as was his birth (see Heb. 9:28). It occurred right on time and in a manner similar to how God the Father had come many times in the Old Testament in judgment against other cities, peoples, and nations.
Objection #2: “True, they expected Christ to restore the Davidic kingdom to the Jews on this earth . . . but it didn’t happen.”
My Response: Nor will it ever happen. This false expectation was the Jewish error, back then. Arguably, it is the greatest heresy in the church today. The fact is, Jesus told the Jewish leaders of his day that the kingdom would “be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. . . . When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard . . . they knew he was talking about them” (Matt. 21:43, 45). And that’s what happened exactly as and when Jesus said. What’s more, no prophecy or promise of Scripture ever states that the kingdom will be given back to the Jews—NONE. Think about that.
Objection #3: “Knowing that the Scriptures are written in time and seasons. Jesus had to have been speaking to our generation. He said, ‘this generation,’ and not ‘your generation’ as in those days. . . . Please let’s start looking at the WORDS of God from a NOW VIEWPOINT! He’s not a man to lie.”
My Response: Then why does every other use of the expression “this generation” by Jesus always refer to his contemporaries? Your interpretation would be a risky interpretation by exception. Moreover, Jesus is answering a time question, “when will this happen?” (Matt. 24:3). Hence, your explanation would make Jesus’ response a non-answer and meaningless for the people to whom He was speaking. So what generation did Jesus mean? The simplest answer is, the same one He intended in all his other identical uses of this phrase.
So what do you think?
To see my blog, “The Great End-time Fiasco,” click here:
To see my blog, “Oblivious Eschatology,” click here: