Free For all - Open Discussions and DebatesIs the Bible free from errors?Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21 are a prophesy concerning the time of the Lord's second advent, which will happen after the "fig tree leaves". The fig tree is used figuratively for the nation of Israel in Scripture. So the generation that sees Israel become a sovereign nation will not pass away before the Lord returns. Now a Biblical generation can be a long as 100 years (Genesis 4:15 with Acts 13:19). Israel became a sovereign nation in 1948 when the UN partition a portion of the British mandate for the Jews after WWII. Now Matthew 16 is dealing with a different subject. When questioned by Pilate Jesus told Pilate that "My kingdom is not of this realm". The Lord's kingdom came with power on the day of Pentecost, which is the day Christianity was born and is a spiritual not a temporal kingdom. Revelation 1:3 needs to be understood keeping what Peter wrote in mind. The reason the Matthew, Mark, and Luke agree concerning the 2nd coming of the Lord is they record the Lord's words, while the differences in the resurrection accounts are based on personal experiences. |
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