ArchivedCONTRADICTIONS IN THE QURANLet me put it in a way so that you can understand: Isaiah 17 does not say that Damascus will never be established again. It is talking about temporary desolation when reading in the context of Isaiah 17:1-14. The prophecy is talking about Isreal for the most part, and Isaiah often prophesied that at a certain time, Isreal will no longer be in desolation. Isaiah never makes claims about a city being destroyed forever when making prophecies. The Bible made prophecies about Isreal being destroyed and scattered if they disobeyed God, and when they repent God will free them from bondage. Isaiah made prophecies about Isreal being free from desolation in the future. What more with Demascus? So the bottom line is, the prophecy is speaking on Damascus being destroyed, but only for a certain time. Prophecies are only unfulfilled in your mind if you think they are meant for this time. There are prophecies which God made for a certain time in the world, and there are prophecies which God made for the end times. If you are looking for present or end time prophecies, maybe you should read Daniel and Revelation. Forgive me if I miss some of your questions. I am a student like you, and am busy. Anyway: When Jesus said "this generation", He was referring to the one He was talking about, which is the one that will see His glory or His return. He is not talking about the present generation at the time He was on earth. From Coffman commentaries: Mark's account of this statement is, "Verily I say unto you, there are some here of them that stand by, who shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God come with power" (Mark 9:1). Both the Herald and Christ preached the kingdom as "at hand"(mark 1:15). The passage here supplemented that information by making it certain to appear during the lives of "some" of the apostles. Why not merely "during their lives?" that is, the lives of all of them? That was because both Judas and Christ would die before the kingdom came. Thus, the words are circumstantially accurate and precise. The kingdom did appear on the day of Pentecost, during the lives of "some" of them, just as Jesus had said. The reference to the kingdom in the passage here makes its establishment in the future; but after the day of Pentecost, all references to God's kingdom are in the present tense, speaking of it as a reality, or in the past tense, making it already in existence. See Colossians 1:13; Hebrews 12:28; Revelation 1:9 for examples of this. Remember that the church and the kingdom are one. New John Gill Exposition- And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee That is, both his family and his government should be perpetuated, or he should always have one of his family to sit upon his throne; the accomplishment of which, in the beginning of it, he saw with his eyes in his son Solomon, and with an eye of faith in his greater Son the Messiah, in whom only these words will have their complete fulfilment; and so Abarbinel says this vision or prophecy is explained by some of the days of the Messiah; and this house and kingdom, in (1 Chronicles 17:14) ; are called by the Lord "my" house, and "my" kingdom. |
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