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Title: Luke 9:27
Post by: Colin Michael on April 28, 2009, 09:44:47 PM

I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God."

Title: Re: Luke 9:27
Post by: Rrulez on April 28, 2009, 09:53:22 PM

Your point is?

Title: Re: Luke 9:27
Post by: sk on April 28, 2009, 10:00:43 PM

Did you read the very next account?  Use a little of your Greek on the word for "kingdom" (hint: "royal splendor"), then read the Transfiguration passage and it'll make sense.

Title: Re: Luke 9:27
Post by: Prof Underwood on April 28, 2009, 10:05:07 PM

Jesus uses the words "kingdom of God" to refer to a time that is both now and in the future.  Although a bit confusing, there's really no problem here.

Title: Re: Luke 9:27
Post by: EmJayBee83 on April 28, 2009, 10:08:36 PM

For those who are of a literary bent, you can look at the folk lore surrounding the Wandering Jew. This legend grew up in part because of Luke 9:27.

Title: Re: Luke 9:27
Post by: Korunks on April 28, 2009, 10:10:49 PM

I am a little slow can some one explain?

Title: Re: Luke 9:27
Post by: Colin Michael on April 28, 2009, 10:17:22 PM

I was thinking of it along a more existentialist perspective.

Some spend their entire existence pursuing the pleasures of this world.
Others spend their entire existence trying to define their existence by sowing treasures in the world to come.

But some will see their eternal existence made manifest in their lifetime; some will see the glory of God made manifest in their temporal lives.

"What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self?"

Title: Re: Luke 9:27
Post by: Claude on April 28, 2009, 10:31:34 PM

I like it.