Glen B Smith
To:lou newton
Mon, Jun 8 at 1:24 AM
Would you care to comment about the meaning and when is the time period described as "the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled" in Luke 21:24?
Luke 21:24 New International Version (NIV)
24 They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
To:lou newton
Mon, Jun 8 at 1:24 AM
Would you care to comment about the meaning and when is the time period described as "the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled" in Luke 21:24?
Luke 21:24 New International Version (NIV)
24 They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
Thanks for the email.
The future is not for us to know.
The Lord wrote hundreds of prophecies about Christ in the Holy Scriptures. Yet almost no one in Jerusalem knew of His birth when it took place. The Lord announced it by sending angels to some shepherds in a field. But this was after His birth and not before. Very few in the "church" of that day knew of His birth.
A few astronomers in the east ( maybe what is now Iran or Iraq) knew of the birth of Christ. God had written of His conception, His birth and His death in the heavens; but very few knew of these things for very few had studied both the heavens and The Holy Scriptures. In fact very few know of these dates yet today for the same reason.
When these men came to Jerusalem they caused quite a stir by their announcement that the King of the Jews had been born. This was well after His birth and still almost no one knew of it. WHY ? Because very few really seek the truth. Men seek after many things, but very few seek the truth. Many who are convinced they are seeking the truth are really seeking vanity.
Jesus warned us not to seek the future, but to focus on doing the work that God has told us to do.
Further I have noticed over the years that men that predict future events are almost never right. Even when their predictions seem to make such perfect sense, it the end they are almost always wrong.
I am reminded of the "peak oil" prediction that the price of oil would go so high that it would ruin the world economy. But years later who would have even thought that people would have to pay to get rid of oil. It was the low price of oil that harmed our economy.
The Lord must sit on His throne and laugh at our predictions.
What are your thoughts on that verse ?
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