How Do You Ride a Horse, a Cloud, and a Throne?

[TK Burk]

Originally Posted by Esaias

So then if a Jew rejected Peter's message, but decided to move out of Jerusalem, and happened to not be in Jerusalem in AD 70... they got saved by accident? Outside of Acts 2:38?

See, that's where I am having the difficulty here. The prophesied judgment was for THAT GENERATION. Therefore the proferred salvation was also for THAT GENERATION. Since the judgment was for THAT GENERATION, it is NOT for OUR generation, or any other generation. And therefore, the proferred salvation would not be for our generation, or any other generation.

Peter even said "the promise is unto you, your children, and even those far away"... meaning the people living in that time, even if they were far away from Jerusalem. Which again causes me to wonder: if the judgment was regarding Jerusalem's destruction by Rome in AD 70, then how could anyone who was far away be threatened with said judgment? Somebody living in say Susa, Persia would not be in any danger whatsoever of Rome destroying Jerusalem....

I apologize for assuming all would mean what entering the "New Covenant" meant. It means their sins were redeemed by the salvific work of Jesus Christ. This came by them repenting, being baptized in Jesus' name for the remission of their sins, and then being filled with the gift of the Holy Ghost, as commanded in Acts 2:38 and elsewhere.

Once they became believers they would also heed Jesus's warning to flee Jerusalem when they saw it surrounded by armies. History records every Christian did this, which left only those Old Covenant believers remaining.

I hope that clarifies my point.