God`s Purpose for the Rapture.

[Marilyn C]

7 hours ago, AdHoc said:

Well said. Jerusalem it is. Our Lord Jesus has a body. It will be in Jerusalem. Our Lord Jesus is also the Spirit (Jn.14:17-20, Rom.8:10), but He is in the spirits of the Believer ONLY. And it is not Christ that reigns in our hearts, but His "peace" (Col.3:15)

 

I doubt it.

5 For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. 6 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him? 7 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands

I wish you'd give a verse or two for this. Psalm 47 does not say this. "King OVER" means the extent of His realm. Elizabeth is Queen OVER the British Empire - but she is on earth.

Just suppose you admit that our Lord Jesus resides on earth in the Temple of Ezekiel, and is truly Emanuel - God with us. What of His glory would suffer? God is honored when a Man rules the earth for despite all efforts of His multiple enemies, His councils of Genesis 1:26-28 is realized. If He must reside in heaven, He is not in His realm - the realm of men made of the earth and nourished by the earth - for the earth.

Hi Ad Hoc,

1.Yes I agree that God has still a purpose for man on the earth. (Rev. 21: 24). However God also has other purposes for those to inherit the city, and those who will rule and reign with Christ on His own throne in the highest. (Rev. 3: 21)

2.Next - the Lord has His glorified Body and He is King, and then there is the man called David whom the Lord made King. So two kings in Israel on earth in the millennium I do not think so.

3.God`s word says that when the Lord is King over the earth that he has `gone UP with a shout.` (Ps. 47: 5) 

4.Then we have our glorified `heavenly` body. (1 Cor. 15: 49) It will be able to go through dimensions as the Lord does. It is not made for this earth. I certainly would not look to come back to this sinful world in the millennium and see people sick and dying. That is certainly NOT my inheritance or blessed hope.

Our inheritance, our hope, our place, our citizenship, all of which are IN HEAVEN.

 `...to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you.` (1 Peter 1: 4 )

` ...because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of truth..`(Col. 1: 5)

` ...and raised us up together and made to sit in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.`(Eph. 2: 6)

` For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly await for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.` (Phil. 3: 20)

[AdHoc]

8 hours ago, Marilyn C said:

Hi Ad Hoc,

1.Yes I agree that God has still a purpose for man on the earth. (Rev. 21: 24). However God also has other purposes for those to inherit the city, and those who will rule and reign with Christ on His own throne in the highest. (Rev. 3: 21)

2.Next - the Lord has His glorified Body and He is King, and then there is the man called David whom the Lord made King. So two kings in Israel on earth in the millennium I do not think so.

3.God`s word says that when the Lord is King over the earth that he has `gone UP with a shout.` (Ps. 47: 5) 

4.Then we have our glorified `heavenly` body. (1 Cor. 15: 49) It will be able to go through dimensions as the Lord does. It is not made for this earth. I certainly would not look to come back to this sinful world in the millennium and see people sick and dying. That is certainly NOT my inheritance or blessed hope.

Our inheritance, our hope, our place, our citizenship, all of which are IN HEAVEN.

 `...to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you.` (1 Peter 1: 4 )

` ...because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of truth..`(Col. 1: 5)

` ...and raised us up together and made to sit in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.`(Eph. 2: 6)

` For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly await for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.` (Phil. 3: 20)

Hey Sister, I wrote quite extensively on these verses in posting 6th on page 1 of this thread. You did not show any objection then. It looks like we've come a full circle then, and all that can be said has been said. It's been a good exchange. See you next time.

God bless

[Marilyn C]

7 hours ago, AdHoc said:

Hey Sister, I wrote quite extensively on these verses in posting 6th on page 1 of this thread. You did not show any objection then. It looks like we've come a full circle then, and all that can be said has been said. It's been a good exchange. See you next time.

God bless

Thank you Ad Hoc for taking the time to discuss with me on this topic. Although we disagree here I`m sure we agree on many other things.

Hope to discuss with you on other topics, 

Marilyn.