Why I Am A Futurist

[Sean]

Originally Posted by shag

So according to what you're saying, you do believe & acknowledge the belief that Matt 16:28' SEEING the son of man is NOT literally seeing him with their physical eyes, because nobody did. Is that correct? QUOTE SHAG




Check this out bro...

16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17 even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. 18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. 19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. 20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. 21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.( at Pentecost)


Here is where Jesus fills them with His spirit as the above passage shows us and makes himself visible to them as a "cloven tongue as of fire" during his appearance...

Acts 2
2 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

The cloven fiery tongues were visible to them and were a MANIFESTATION of the Holy Ghost, which is Jesus Himself being manifested to them in this visible way as His kingdom began. They SAW this manifestation of Jesus(Holy Ghost) at Pentecost.


They SAW JESUS(AKA Holy Ghost) at Pentecost

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clear or obvious to the eye or mind.
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adjective man·i·fest \ˈma-nə-ˌfest\
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: easy to understand or recognize




I think the Judas theory is rediculous. Nvr even heard of it. Some means plural. Judas is not plural. So it doesn't work no matter how you dress it up as some a so called generalization statement. QUOTE SHAG

Some is plural, "some" is the other 11 Apostles bro.

Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

Some shall not taste of death....likewise, one will taste of death.(Judas)