Bob and Dove,
In conclusion to this study it is obvious that the very
entrenched interests of these Jew and proselyte
traditionalists and their gentile agents inflamed and
incited resistance and violence against the Apostles in the
name of power, money and control.
I believe these verses are also pronouncements against
their lot.
I Jn.4
31 Wherefore
ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the
children of them which killed the prophets.
32 Fill
ye up then the measure of your fathers.
33 Ye serpents, ye generation
of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
34 Wherefore,
behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and
scribes: and some of them ye shall
kill and crucify; and some of them
shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from
city to city:
35 That
upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the
earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood
of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the
temple and the altar.
36 Verily
I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this
generation.
is this not
the generation still present when John wrote Revelation
1-3? This is not preterist doctrine, but perfectly in line
with what the Lord would have been perpetuating for his
people to do and obey. This coincides and confirms and
carries onward all that Jesus taught and preached during
His earthly ministry concerning the Kingdom of Heaven even
after the new Covenant. Paul's dispensation of the grace
of God has no bearing on revelation 1-3, and John may well
have been imprisoned on patmos well before Israel was
blinded fully and set aside till the fullness of gentiles
come in.
More on this
type of generation.
Lu.11
45 Then
answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master,
thus saying thou reproachest us also.
46 And
he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers!
for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and
ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your
fingers.
47 Woe
unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets,
and your fathers killed them.
48 Truly
ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers:
for they indeed killed them, and ye build their
sepulchres.
49 Therefore
also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets
and apostles, and some of them they
shall slay and persecute:
50 That
the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the
foundation of the world, may be required of this
generation;
51 From
the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which
perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say
unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
52 Woe
unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of
knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that
were entering in ye hindered.
53 And
as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the
Pharisees began to urge him vehemently,
and to provoke him to speak of many things:
54 Laying
wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his
mouth, that they might accuse him.
Paul was
initially warned by the Holy ghost about Asia.he may have
done well to avoid it altogether.
2 Ti. 1:1515 This
thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned
away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
2 Cor. 18 For we
would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble
which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of
measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even
of life:
9 But
we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we
should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth
the dead:
1 Pe.1:1 Peter,
an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered
throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and
Bithynia,
1 Pe. 3:11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him
seek peace, and ensue it.
12 For
the eyes of the Lord are over the
righteous, and his ears are open unto
their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against
them that do evil.
13 And
who is he that will harm you, if ye
be followers of that which is good?
Mat.21:42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read
in the scriptures, The stone which the builders
rejected, the same is become the head of the corner:
this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our
eyes?
43 Therefore
say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from
you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits
thereof.
If you missed
the links with verse references to the identity of this
stronghold region, here are some:
Eze 38:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
2 Son
of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the
chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against
him,
3 And
say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against
thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
4 And
I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and
I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and
horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of
armour, even a great company with bucklers
and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,
Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield
and helmet:
6 Gomer,
and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north
quarters, and all his bands: and many
people with thee.
7 Be
thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all
thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a
guard unto them.
Eze 391 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy
against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold,
I am against thee, O Gog, the chief
prince of Meshech and Tubal:
2 And
I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of
thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north
parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And
I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will
cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou
shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all
thy bands, and the people that is with
thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every
sort, and to the beasts of the field
to be devoured.
5 Thou
shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it,
saith the Lord GOD.
6 And
I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell
carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that
I am the LORD.
7 So
will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people
Israel; and I will not let them pollute
my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that
I am the LORD, the Holy One in
Israel.
8 Behold,
it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD;
this is the day whereof I have
spoken.
Gen 101 Now
these are the generations of the sons
of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons
born after the flood.
2 The
sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan,
and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
James 1 James,
a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the
twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
James 5
1 Go
to now, ye rich men, weep and howl
for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your
riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your
gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall
be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it
were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last
days.
4 Behold,
the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your
fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and
the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the
ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
5 Ye
have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye
have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
6 Ye
have condemned and killed the
just; and he doth not resist you.
Alan T