What is the Real Meaning of
Easter?

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15: Eternity

forever

Micah 4:5

As for us, we will walk
In the Name of the LORD our God
forever and ever.

Micah 4:7

and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion
from henceforth, even for ever.

When the Vine & Fig Tree world is "established" (verse 1), it is said to last "forever and ever."
Isaiah 9:6-7
Of the increase of His government and peace
There will be no end,
Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
To order it and establish it with judgment and justice
From that time forward, even forever.
The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
 
Luke 1
32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
 
Daniel 7:14
Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom,
That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion,
Which shall not pass away,
And His kingdom the one
Which shall not be destroyed.
 
Daniel 7:27
Then the kingdom and dominion,
And the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven,
Shall be given to the people, the saints of the Most High.
His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
And all dominions shall serve and obey Him.’
 
Revelation 11:15
Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!”
 
Revelation 14:6
Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people—
(See also Ecclesiastes 1:4; Psalm 78:69; 104:5; 148:3-6)
 
Many critics of preterism raise the specter of good and evil living side-by-side throughout eternity. "Dualism."
Why is there still curse?
Why pain in childbirth?
Why no long life-spans?
Why didn't Jesus the Last Adam completely and instantaneously reverse every evil brought about by the First Adam?
Two answers:
   Preterism: Gradual triumph -- Process | The Messianic Kingdom Grows Gradually Over Time
   Futurism: completely discontinuous event in our future to complete this work
Preterism Futurism
B.B. Warfield: Complete evangelization: every human will be converted/Justified
Why will not complete sanctification: every justified human discipled and sanctified.		 No Future.
No evangelization, no discipleship, no swords into plowshares
This would roll back the curse

We have not rolled back the curse because we refuse to beat swords into plowshares.

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 Jesus failed at first coming and second coming in AD 70. "Third time's a charm."

Except He still fails. Satan ends the millennium.
The Kingdom triumphs.

But what about ME? I won't be alive in a million years after swords have been hammered into plowshares. What about ME?

You can believe every individual who has not beaten swords into plowshares will be resurrected and get to participate in a peaceful world. You can believe anything you want. "It's a free country."

But there is no Bible verse that supports a 3rd coming in our future..

 Why no long-term optimism about what Christ can accomplish through the Church?

What does the Bible actually say, on its pages: process or discontinuity?

We've made a lot of progress Christianizing the earth, but there's still a lot of work to do.
But most Christians today want the reign of Christ to end.
Too many Christians are just standing around watching the clock, waiting for their shift to end.
But there isn't a single verse in the Bible which says that the Vine & Fig Tree world (which was "established" when the Old Covenant world came to an end [AD 70]) -- will come to an end.

The New Testament Scriptures are filled with this post-Easter message: Jesus is the Christ, and the first big act of His reign will be to return ("Second Coming") and take vengeance against those who murdered Him at His First Coming. The end of the Old Covenant overlapped the beginning of the New Covenant. The end of the Mosaic Age overlapped the beginning of the "New Heavens and New Earth."

It comes as a surprise to those who engage in a "Berean" study of the Bible:

There is not a single verse in the New Testament
which was intended by its author
and understood by its original audience
to be prophesying an event thousands of years in the future.

Most Christians view eternity as somewhere other than earth, on the other side of "the pearly gates." But who is admitted into those pearly gates? Do you even want to spend eternity with a God and with people who believe in:

0. Bibliolatry

  1. Calvinism/Predestination
  2. Preterism
  3. Creationism
  4. Open Borders
  5. Theonomy
  6. Theocracy
  7. Pacifism
  8. Anarchism
  1. Patriarchy
  2. Agrarianism
  3. Communism
  4. Home Schooling
  5. Bill Gothard's Bible Cult
  6. Socialism
  7. Eternity Now

Some people are honest enough to admit they would rather spend eternity in hell than with people who believe these things. Everybody gets what they want. Nobody is forced to go to hell.

If you don't like the "oppressive," "patriarchal," "pre-scientific" Bible, God will not force you to spend eternity in heaven with those who love it.