Reformation restored the government of Christ to the period of Judges when Christ was the invisible head removing Kings in Israel the abomination of desolation.
Christ is not removing any kings, heads, nor rulers of any nations on earth.
He can judge whole nations, but He is not personally overthrowing any. He's not yet using all His power to do so over rulers on earth.
To signify is to use a figure of speech called a parable.Which without Christ spoke not .
I only argue from God's use of words.
I'm not interested in alternative definitions. Especially in order to change the truth of God's words.
It does take some work to uncover the mysteries hid from the unconverted.
And especially the converted:
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
No mount of work can help any unbeliever in God's words. Especially those that actively change them into something else.
In order to rightly divide the parable
Rightly dividing the word of truth, includes rightly dividing between Biblical events and parables.
The rich man was tormented in hell. Jesus Christ is come in the flesh and resurrected from the dead. Jesus Christ will come again to inherit all nations and rule them all with a rod of iron.
2 Corinthians 4:18 King James Version18 While we look not at the things which are seen, (the temporal) but at the things which are not seen:
This is not a metaphysical recipe for denying Bible historical and prophesied events. Nor for denying reality.
Two different kinds of interpretations. those who do mix and those who look to the literal historical alone. . no mixing.
And the third is looking into the symbol alone, and deny the literal historical. It's called making only a parable out of Biblical events.
Hebrews 4King James Version Let
us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left
us of entering into
his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.For unto
us was the
gospel preached, as well as unto
themUnbelievers') but the
word preached did not profit
them,(Unbelievers') not being
mixed with
faith in
them that heard
it
Unbelief includes not taking the literally true of God's words, as literal truth.
Seeing the analogic truth of an event is fine. Doing away with the event as only anology is making up fablers and myths out of the Bible record.
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
Jesus suffered as the Father struck him bruised his heel
That was not the Father smiting the Son on the head with a rod.
The serpent's servants smote Jesus, not God nor the Father.
You're playing too many games with parables, and making an accusing myth out of who crucifed God's dear Son.
The Father is not Zeus, and the Son is not Prometheus.
crushing the head of the serpent as two working as one
No doubt you also believe in being in the light with Christ, while walking in the darkness with the devil.
How else could you come up with God working with the god of this world, as one and the same God?
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
The father not seen moving his apostle Jesus to do the will of the Father.
I forgot you're an unbeliever.
The Word was made flesh. Jesus Christ is come in the flesh.
Therefore fulfilling both prophecies (Genesis 3:15 and Isaiah 53 the work of the dynamic dual.
Great. You treat the Bible as myth, and not team them up with Marvel Comic's dynamic duo.
Ok. Thgere's nothing serious about this anymore. I can keep playing along for funsies' sake. I still find it interesting to see alternative theories made out of the Bible, no matter how outrageous. It still takes some discipline to accurately correct such stuff.
The son of man did not literal die
Don't worry. Even if they do curtail open hereticks here, I won't report you.
Denying Jesus Christ died bodily, is denying Jesus Christ is come in the flesh.
Some Christians wonder why it's so important to include the fact of Jesus' body being buried for three days, and one of the reasons is when dealing with Docetics, that do not believe Jesus Christ was a man with the same natural flesh and blood as all men on earth.
This must explain your love of turning reality only into apparitional imagination. What else do you have from Docetism?
Satan's goal to deceive dying mankind into thinking God is dying man as King of kings
Satan's goal is to decieve unrepentant sinners, that Jesus Christ did not come in the flesh, died on a cross, and rose again on the third day, for our repentance unto salvation and justification with Him.