Maxim,
why didn't you post the passages about God blinding Israel and the gentiles being brought into fellowship? That God would not forget all that has come upon you because of what he has caused on behalf of the gentile and that your end would be far better than all nations as a result? hmmMMMMmm????
You left out that little detail, didn't ya?
You also left out all the scriptures that predict his birth, and death precisely. Where are those passages?
The passages you posted are the future earthy reign of Christ. The pharisees and the disciples made the same mistake in thinking the time was then, but Jesus clearly said, NOW is my kingdom not of this world!!!
Hey, how about where John the baptist and Jesus offer the kingdom of heaven (earthly reign to the Jews) and when John was imprisoned Jesus said the kingdom of heaven (earthly reign to the Jews) suffered violence and the violent have taken it by force. The time is fulfilled, and from that time Jesus preached the kingdom of God (spirit realm)?
The last book of the OT says
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5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: 6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
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The first book of the NT says
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10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. 13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. 14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. 15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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Luke says
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16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. 17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
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So he did come and offer the kingdom restoration, knowing the Father would blind them of course. If you are waiting for it to magically appear before you believe you won't. Israel will believe, then the kingdom will come. Read the scriptures. Repeatedly it says He turns to them, they turn to Him, then He establishes the kingdom.
The kingdom of heaven and kingdom of God are not the same.....