I'm moving to Wordpress

FYI, there are just too many blogger problems so I have moved to Wordpress.

The new site is called Boldly Proclaiming Christ.

I'm new to WP so I have to learn about the widges and RSS feeds etc.

So be sure to change the url in your blogroll to reflect the new address. Hope to see you there!

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"Not Taste Death Until They See the Son of Man"-Matt 16:28 Commentary

Matt. 16:28 “Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”

A question was raised as to the meaning of this verse so I thought I'd address it here in a post.

First, there are some mixed views on the meaning of Matthew 16:28.  Some people believe this happened at Jesus' transfiguration, some believe it happened at Pentecost, and some believe it is speaking of a future event; which leads to confusion as to the part that says “those who are standing here”, because He is speaking of that particular time period and not a future event. I'm going to try to clarify this as I understand it but I urge you to study this for yourselves and if you see something I don't, if you see that I'm in error, then I welcome your correction.

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"This Generation Will Not Pass Away..." - Comment

“Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until these things take place. Heaven and earth will pass away but My word will not pass away.” (Matt 24:34,35) The context is Christ's coming and the signs that precede it.

This verse has always perplexed me. It seems to say that Christ will return during that generation's time and some believe He has like the preterists. I remember looking up the word “generation” in the concordance a long time ago but it didn't mean anything else other than what it means. So frustrated, I moved on.

Yesterday I was studying something else and that troublesome verse reared it's head again and I decided to take a closer look. Keep in mind I'm no scholar and I don't even have a good grasp on the English language meaning I don't know what 'middle voice' means etc. Anyway I looked up the word “pass away” and this is what it said.

Parerchomai – Strong's 3928 Greek (par-er'-khom-ahee)
Meaning: To perish

So “generation” doesn't point to a time period but “pass away” does. It's always coupled with “heaven and earth passing away” (Luke 16:17, Mark 13:30, Luke 21:32,33) and we know this happens at Christ's return at the very end. Whew! What a load off of my shoulders! Maybe you already knew this but this was news to me. I put this up primarily so that I won't forget.
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