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Covenant Eschatology - Spirit of the Word - Introductory Note - New Stuff
The Great White Throne Judgment Has Already HappenedBy Michael Bennett
IF: Revelation 21 is talking about the New Covenant spoken of in Galatians 4, Hebrews 12 and Hebrews 8
Revelation 21
2 Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.Galatians 4
24 which things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar-- 26 but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.Hebrews 12
22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, 23 to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, 24 to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.
3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.Hebrews 8
10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people
AND: Revelation 21 is talking about the same events spoken of in Revelation 20
Revelation 21
1 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. 4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away."Revelation 20
11 Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. 14 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.THEN: Galatians 4, Hebrews 12, Hebrews 8, Revelation 20, and Revelation 21 were already fulfilled
THEREFORE:
IF: You deny Revelation 20, and Revelation 21 have been fulfilled; and they indeed are speaking of the same events spoken of in Galatians 4, Hebrews 12 and Hebrews 8
THEN: You deny that you are in the New Covenant
Logical Proof That Heaven And Earth Passing Away Is Speaking Of The Destruction Of Jerusalem And The Old Covenant
Matthew 5
17 "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. 18 For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.
Hebrews 8
13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.Luke 21
20 "But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near. 21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those who are in the midst of her depart, and let not those who are in the country enter her. 22 For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
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