Jan's Question

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Dear Glen,

> Dear Brother OEystein,
> 
>         The reason we cannot hold to the 2nd coming of Jesus being in the
> Biblical era as you and Jan seem to hold is because not everything Jesus had
> predicted was fulfilled at that time.  The biggest thing that had not yet
> been fulfilled is Mat 24:14, in which Jesus said, "And this gospel of the
> kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations;
> and then shall the end come."  

But it has been fullfilled! Look:

At Pentecost there were Jews from "EVERY nation under heaven" Acts 2:5-11

And Paul says that the gospel "was proclaimed in ALL creation under
heaven" Col 1:23

So you see, using the terminology of the Jews of that time (I assume you
agree that this is the correct terminology to use when we interpret the
Bible - and not our modern day one?), this has been fulfilled. 


You say that there are other things Jesus predicted that has not been 
fulfilled, I would be very interested to know which verses you are 
thinking of. 


>         You can see from the above, the word "houtos" can also be translated
> as "that" or "which".  So, Jesus was saying that the generation which sees
> everything being fulfilled is the one that will not pass away until the end.
> Paul's generation never saw the whole world evangelized, therefore Jesus did
> not return in that previous generation.

I'm no Greek scolar, but translating it this/that must also rely on the
rest of the sentence - and as far as I know 100% of all English Bibles
translate it "this", I feel very sure that "this" is the correct 
translation.
 

OEystein


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