From: D. F. Siemens, Jr. (dfsiemensjr@juno.com)
Date: Fri Apr 25 2003 - 16:49:41 EDT
On Fri, 25 Apr 2003 12:12:19 -0700 (GMT) igevolution@earthlink.net writes
[in part]:
> Lastly, there is an aspect of prophecy that (in my view), is
> fulfilled
> over the course of time. My pastor, Dr. David Hegg (Master's
> Seminary),
> teaches that prophecy is fulfilled in stages. For instance,
> Ezekiel's prophcy
> regarding the return of the exiles to Israel is partially fulfilled
> 70 years
> after their exile, when, under Neahmiah and Zerububel, the people
> return
> to the land. However, the temple that is fortold in those
> prophecies is not
> built by them. THey restore Solomon's temple. Also, the messianic
> king,
> the seed of David, does not rule in Israel. There is no Davidic
> king for
> the rest of Israel's history. The new temple, in fact, has yet to be
> built,
> and the coming of Messiah took many years longer to fulfill. Also,
> Messiah has not yet taken on political power, as He will at the
> second coming.
> The "now, but not yet" interpretation of phrophecy is an aspect of
> God's
> communication style that would not be possible if everything were
> spelled out
> exactly in every prophecy.
>
> Jason
>
I have a question for your pastor that my mother asked hers. In this
future temple why are there blood offerings--Ezekiel 40:38-43; 43:13-27;
44:15; 45:15, 17-25; 46:2-7, 11-15, 20? Is not the blood of Christ
sufficient for _all_ sin?
Dave
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