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To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (9111)	10/25/1997 9:15:00 PM
From: Jack Zahran	Respond to of 39621

Emile: 1 Cor 4:8 was written to the congregation of Corinth. They were believers! Paul showed that when they started to reign he would to, but they hadn't yet. Rev 12:10,12 Shows that the kingdom will come during the last days! 2Pe 3 Shows again that God is patient and the Kingdom will come in the face of those who feel that everything will continue as it was. Notice Peter gives a parallel example as the Flood in Noah's day when the people mocked Noah that there world was not going to end. But in the height of their wickedness, God destroyed that world and preserved his righteous servants into a cleansed earth. So when people tell you that things will remain the same, don't believe it. Things are getting worst, and God's Kingdom will come and again cleanse the Earth as if by fire, preserving those righteous, patient ones alive. It proves that the Kingdom will come in the last days. The kingdom currently reigns in the heavens, physically invisible to the human eye. But we are waiting for the Lord's prayer to be fulfilled. Let your will be done on Earth.

To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (9111)	10/26/1997 10:23:00 AM
From: Jack Zahran	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

Emile: I came across an interesting reference that sheds more light on Luke 17 from the original Hebrew words used: The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible observes: "Although frequently cited as an example of Jesus' 'mysticism' or 'inwardness,' this interpretation rests chiefly upon the old translation, 'within you,' [KJ, Dy] understood in the unfortunate modern sense of 'you' as singular; the 'you' ([hyúmon']) is plural (Jesus is addressing the Pharisees-Lu 17 vs. 20) . . . The theory that the kingdom of God is an inner state of mind, or of personal salvation, runs counter to the context of this verse, and also to the whole NT presentation of the idea." (Edited by G. A. Buttrick, 1962, Vol. 2, p. 883)