Hi Mercer,

 

You said that Jesus is talking ONLY to the Jews and not His Church in Matthew Chapter 24, and that he had not yet died and the rapture was yet a mystery.

 

Sure, Jesus was talking to the Jews, JEWISH BELIEVERS that is, and ALL BELIEVERS TO COME (ie. His Church) to the end of the Church Age. He knew that He was going to be rejected by the unbelieving Jews and crucified.  He also knew the mystery of the rapture as the plan for the Church at the end of the Church Age, and so He described  what would come about for His Church of believers at the end  of the Church Age. The Olivet Discourse as a prophecy for His Church of believers at the end of the Church Age.  THE OLIVET DISCOURSE IS NOT FOR THE UNBELIEVING JEWS.

 

YBIC, Bruce Warner

Hi again Mercer,

 

You say that Jesus is speaking only of the Jews in Matthew Chapter 24 and not the Church.

 

Would you not agree that in Matthew Chapter 24 Jesus is speaking to "the elect" ?

 

Matthew 24;22

"...but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened."

 

The following Scripture tells you exactly who "the elect" really are:

 

Colossians 3:10-12

"And have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, where THERE IS NEITHER GENTILE, NOR JEW, CIRCUMCISED NOR UNCIRCUMCISED, BARBARIAN, SCYTHIAN, SLAVE NOR FREE, BUT CHRIST IS ALL AND IN ALL. Therefore, as THE ELECT OF GOD, holy and beloved.........."

 

So now you know that IT IS 'THE CHURCH WHO ARE THE ELECT' SPOKEN OF IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 24.

 

YBIC, Bruce Warner

Hi for the third time Mercer,

 

In your post to me (2 March 2012) you stated,  "as it is very concerning to see scripture twisted and tortured here on 5 doves."

 

I find your statement to be offensive!

 

It is my Christian brotherly advice to you to make darn sure that BEFORE YOU ACCUSE ANOTHER that you are not THE ONE who is doing the "twisting and torturing" of the Scriptures. It is far better for you to disagree without being disagreeable!    

 

YBIC, Bruce Warner