The famous passage in I Peter 1 goes,
[3] Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a
lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
[4] To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled,
and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
[5] Who are kept by the power of God through faith
unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
“That issue about being ‘reserved in
heaven’ is the issue in Revelation 22. It’s reserved in heaven, but he’s not
saying that the inheritance is in heaven. It’s reserved there and going to be
revealed to the nation Israel and brought to them at the Second Advent of Christ. It will be
brought down to them on earth and revealed to them in ‘the last days,’ ” explains
Richard Jordan.
“The verses DON’T indicate that the inheritance is going to be
where they’re going to die here and go there to get the inheritance. It’s an inheritance
Christ has for them in heaven and is going to bring back to them and they’re
going to enjoy on the earth.
“On the Second Advent, Daniel 7: [13] I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one
like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of
days, and they brought him near before him.
[14] And there was given him dominion, and glory, and
a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his
dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom
that which shall not be destroyed.
“Notice that Jesus Christ the Son of man is in heaven. He goes
to God the Father, the Ancient of days, and receives from God a kingdom.
“He’s going to bring it back down to earth. Watch it happen.
Luke 19: 11] And as they heard these things, he added and spake a
parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the
kingdom of God should immediately appear.
[12] He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into
a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
[13] And he called his ten servants, and delivered
them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
[14] But his citizens hated him, and sent a message
after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
[15] And it came to pass, that when he was returned,
having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto
him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had
gained by trading.
“Notice they thought that the kingdom of God was going to
immediately appear, so He’s going to give them a parable to talk about the order
of events and the timing of the coming of the kingdom.
“This passage tells you something. If Christendom would believe
these verses right here, you would completely and totally destroy the amillennial
system of Bible study and the post-millennial study of Bible study, which means
you would close up every major denominational seminary and preacher training
school in the world.
“In fact, you would close up almost every seminary in the
world that is associated with denominations, because almost all of them are
amillennialists and post-millennialists.
“The verse says that they thought the kingdom was going to immediately appear so He’s going to give them a parable to tell them it ISN’T going to immediately appear.
"Now what does everybody tell you came on the day
of Pentecost? The amillennialist tells you the kingdom came. That when the Holy
Spirit came, that was the kingdom of God coming in the person of the Holy
Spirit.
“They’ll tell you that when Jesus says, ‘There’s some of you standing
here that won’t taste death until you see the kingdom of God come,’ that’s
Pentecost. The Holy Spirit coming, the kingdom comes.
“That’s the standard idea. You listen to people in evangelical Christendom today talking about the ongoing of thy kingdom.
"I was raised in a
church where every time they took up a collection the standard thing they said
while praying was, ‘Lord, use this offering for the ongoing of the
kingdom.’
“They all believed we’re in the kingdom and they believed the kingdom was the spiritual rule of God in the hearts of men that began at Pentecost.
"If you believe this passage you know that isn’t what happened at
Pentecost. So that would save you some time and some problems.”
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