tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post7449502247186234649..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Images of heavenRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-52682996130387981402011-01-20T10:23:52.448-05:002011-01-20T10:23:52.448-05:00Steve, nice idea for a post.
One question though;...Steve, nice idea for a post.<br /><br />One question though; early N. American puritans saw the obvious blessings of leaving the old world for the new, and its associated blessings, as ordained by God in fulfillment of prophecies of the House of Israel being lead into the 'new' wilderness. <br /><br />Witness, John Winthrop's "City on a Hill" for example. Indeed, it is understandable how passages like <b>[Isa 32:16]</b> could be seen to references to some type <i>'Zion in the wilderness'</i> as N. American; some type of promised new covenant wilderness 'Holy Land'.<br /><br /><b>16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.<br />17 And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.<br />18 My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.<br />19 And it will hail when the forest falls down, and the city will be utterly laid low.<br />20 Happy are you who sow beside<br />all waters, who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.</b><br /><br />(See also <b>[Isa 35:6-10][Isa 45:19-20][Jer 3:18-19][Jer 31:1-3][Eze 19:13][Hos 2:14-15]</b> etc. which are clearly not post-final-judgement, but are certainly post new covenant)<br /><br />My question then, is <i>if indeed it was prophesied that the House of Israel would be taken into the 'wilderness' as part of the new covenant, after they were sifted through the nations <b>[Isa 30:28,38][Amos 9:9][Jer 15:14][Jer 17:4]</b>, how do we distinguish biblically between descriptions of the final post-judgement 'heaven' and the historical location of the House of Israel's punishment?</i>ἐκκλησίαhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01011648681141436328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-86889481673728634822011-01-19T00:24:59.223-05:002011-01-19T00:24:59.223-05:00Steve my man; I admit to getting a lump in my thro...Steve my man; I admit to getting a lump in my throat as I read through this. Simply beautiful. <br /><br />It made me so long for the Lord's soon return, to make all things new.<br /><br />Not that I desire to shirk my earthly responsibilities and commission, but your words here inspired at least a faint sense within me of Paul's dilemma in <a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Philippians+1%3A21-23" rel="nofollow">Phil. 1:21-23</a>, although by no means am I attempting to draw a comparison between my life and service and his.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing this.<br /><br />Even so, come, Lord Jesus!<br /><br />In Christ,<br />CDCoram Deohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03504564435400500996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-33543207139937723822011-01-18T16:05:41.318-05:002011-01-18T16:05:41.318-05:00Thanks for providing various images of Heaven.Thanks for providing various images of Heaven.Truth Unites... and Divideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08891402278361538353noreply@blogger.com