Acts 24:14-15 Law Prophets Resurrection and Mello

Now let's go take a look at the text in Acts now he quoted these passages So let's take a look at them very quickly. Let's go to the book of acts. I need to pull this over some so I can see it Acts chapter 24 All right. He cited this text And again, he's citing these passages So here's what paul says and by the way Not only did he quote this one But he quoted daniel chapter 12 And verse 2 as well and he didn't cite the full context of that as well In other words, he separated it from verse 1 as though verse 1 did not exist But at any rate, let's take a look in acts 24 and verses 13 through 15 You have the jews who were accusing paul of teaching a doctrine that was contrary to the law and the prophets And paul said they couldn't prove the things of which they accused him And so he says but this I confess to you that according to the way which they call a sect So I worship the god of my fathers believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets I have hope in god Which they themselves also accept oh by the way before I get too far from here Michael holloway likes to separate the law from the prophecy. He likes to say that the law has already been fulfilled Okay, and that it was fulfilled on the cross when jesus said Um, it is finished But he says the prophets Are still in force as a matter of fact, if you go back and listen to his video There was some guy. I don't know what his name was Could have been uh, well i'm not even gonna try but there was some guy who asked the question of him or made the statement That the law and the prophets continued and he says Or that the law and the prophets had to be fulfilled. He says well No, I don't believe that the prophets have been fulfilled. They're still being fulfilled, but the law has been fulfilled So he separates that but now watch what paul says paul says This I confess to you that according to the way which they call a sect So I worship the god of my fathers believing all things which are written where In the law and in the prophets. So michael holloway's got a problem. See he's trying to get rid of the law And uh, he can't do it according to scripture now He can run to the church fathers all day long, but according to the scriptures, he can't do it because the scripture says paul's gospel his eschatology Was according to all things written in the law and in the prophets So he should have just said in the prophets and not the law according to the doctrine of holloway But there you go And now watch verse 15 I have hope in god which they themselves also accept that there will be A resurrection of the dead both of the just and of the unjust now the only place you find in the old testament scripture That mentions the resurrection of both the just and the unjust is in daniel chapter 12 This is a quote from daniel chapter 12 But now watch this in the same chapter now Remember we saw in second timothy where he said there is about to be The that that the lord was about to judge the living and the dead Well watch right here in acts 24 because see second timothy chapter 4 and verse 1 Is also a quote from daniel 12 and verse 2, but so is acts 24 and 14. Now, let's go back to the greek And take a look I'll just go ahead and do it with the king james version so you can see both the english and the greek and uh what verse Let's see 24 15 And here we are There's the word shell again. There's your g 31 95. It's the word mellow There is about to be A resurrection of the dead both of the just and of the unjust see futurist can't use these terms when they talk about what they're, uh, you know about their futurism because You know, how are they going to say there's about to be and and he does it he tries it as a matter of fact He will it he will acknowledge that these things were at hand Let me give you another quote from daniel chapter 12 since we're on daniel chapter 12 uh before I even go to daniel chapter 12, let's go to Um romans 13, for example now kenneth gentry tried this as well He tried to argue for acts 24 15 uh As a future judgment separate and apart from the use of the term at hand, but let's look at romans chapter 13 in romans 13 starting in verse 11 And let me get to something just clear because we don't need to see all of the um, All the greek there verse 11 again another quote from daniel 12 and do this knowing the time now the word here as well, I better do it just to make sure because you know, I'd Forget these things from time to time. So you do have to go back and look at them Uh, let's see what we got It's word time, all right, it is kairos that is the exact word that's used in daniel 12 and verse 1 It's used four times in the first verse of daniel 4 All right So I mean daniel 12 in verse 1 every time you see the word time in daniel 12 1 it is the word kairos and it means the appointed time All right, so let's work with that a little bit So he says knowing The appointed time now watch this word that now You know, it amazes me how many times people read over the word, you know W in these eschatological passages and want to push them way out into our future Paul said knowing the appointed time that now it is now watch this the horror the hour to awake out of sleep Well, there's daniel 12 Those who were sleeping In the dust of the earth now, he tried to argue for dust being, uh, the literal dirt and um That there were bodies in the literal dirt. We'll talk about that I might forget it before I get done because I mean I got so much stuff I could say here. It's just It's just wild but anyway He says it is the hour that now It is the hour to awake out of sleep For now, that's the second time that word is used for now Is our salvation nearer than when we first believed? You see if you take what paul said and you stay connected to the temple You can see how these events were very near and very soon to occur But let's go on the night is far spent And darkness is a euphemism for resurrect for um death So to bring them out of darkness is to bring them out of the dust The night is far spent The day is at hand has drawn near You know what michael holloway will say about this He will say well, yes, it was at hand then but it's also at hand now But he doesn't give you a scripture That says it's at hand now. We have one to say it was at hand then Just like we have the word now in the text. We have the word hour in the text We have the word appointed time in the text And so he says let us That's the first century now if this at hand didn't apply until sometime today and beyond Then why the exhortation to them? To cast off the works of darkness and let us put on the armor of light Now, why are they putting on the armor of light? Because that's exactly what daniel said Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake some to everlasting life and some to everlasting shame and contempt And he says and many of those or those who are wise Will turn many to righteousness and will shine In the brightness of the firmament. There's the light that he's talking about in the text And that's precisely what he's saying here now Let's go with michael's definition of at hand his use of at hand because he tries that on every single text If you go back and look at our original debate, that's exactly what he was doing in that debate Saying well, yes, is that hand as a matter of fact? I have a quote from him in those correspondences that we were having When he says oh, yes, it was at hand then as a matter of fact, let me see if I can find that. Um, He said yes, it was at hand then but it's also at hand now, well, let's check that math for a second And then i'll come back to some more of this in second timothy chapter four And the verse is six Paul said I am now there's our word now ready to be offered And the time of my departure is at hand So if at hand means at hand then and at hand now then Paul died then and he's about to die now That's the logic Of the futurist for you But let's go back to the book of acts Because he quoted all these scriptures, let's look at acts 26 verses 6 through 8 All right. Here we are Why should it be? Uh, let's see x26. Yeah, why should be thought? No, I want to go back before that verse 6. I'm reading verse 8. All right And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made by god to our fathers To this promise our 12 tribes earnestly serving god night and day hope to attain For this hope's sake king of rippa. I am accused by the jews Why should it be thought incredible by you that god raises the dead now watch this? Now I doubt if i'll get to it, but i'd love to get to it and I just might this is we're on But he says to this promise our 12 tribes. Now, you know what michael affirmed that the 12 tribes of israel Are still in existence today. This is after the temple has been destroyed. This is after All the genealogical tables have been destroyed. I guess he has a 12 tribe chart, too Where he can point out? all the tribes of israel um Rather interesting I say Earnestly serving god night and day but see that's a part of his doctrine that he doesn't really let on to And um, and that's because he's got this future of israel doctrine in his paradigm That extends beyond 70 a.d. So he still has a future of israel. I wonder if he thinks that the people over in palestine uh represent the um Israel of the bible. I don't know. He hasn't said that but he got him somewhere. I don't know where they are They're not in the land. They're somewhere Uh, apparently he doesn't think they're in the land because that's still his future All right But anyway, he says earnestly serving god night and day hope to attain for this hope's sake king agrippa I am accused by the jews. All right. Now, let's look down in verses. Um, 17 and 18 In this very um chapter. All right He says I will deliver you from the jewish people as well as from the gentiles to whom I now send you to open their eyes in order To turn them notice this from darkness to light See that's resurrection terminology and from the power of satan to god That they may receive what? forgiveness of sins And inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me So we're talking about resurrection We're talking about delivering them from sin death and i'll have more to say on that. Um, you know, don't know how long i'll go tonight Since it's already late But you know, i'll do some more reviews of this. Um In the future and let me say this, you know, michael threw out a lot of passages and um You know, that's that's what debaters do they throw out a ton of text And then they say okay answer all this stuff. Well, if you want to do a Fairly decent job of responding and I realize you have to respond on a time frame, but see i'm not on any time frame here um But just to throw out things and make assertions about them is no proof of anything all right So the next thing i'd like to do is go to first peter chapter four, uh, very quick Well, even before then let's go back to um, acts 24 and watch Because you have this term used again acts 24 And 24 it says and after some days when felix came with his wife drusilla who was a jewish Oh who was jewish he sent for paul and heard him concerning the faith in christ now as he reasoned about righteousness Self-control and the judgment to come Now remember what paul said all these were constituents constituent elements I charge you therefore before god and the lord jesus christ who was about to judge the living and the dead At his appearing in his kingdom. So watch the language here. Let's go back to the greek. Take a look No, this is not the one so i'm Um, it's not found in this particular one, but it was the judgment to uh to come And so this is still the same judgment that he talked about in the other text now Let me pull a scripture that he did uh choose in this context and um That's acts chapter 17. So let's take a look because it's resurrection And it is about the judgments acts chapter 17 verses 30 and 31 All right. He says in the times of this ignorance god winked at but now Command all commanded all men to everywhere to repent because he has appointed a day All right Um, he has appointed a day. So it's a set time In which he will there's your word mellow once again, he is about to judge the world In righteousness by that man whom he has ordained where if he has given assurance unto all men that he had raised him from the dead Now while we're on this text act 17 and verse 31 Is a parallel to matthew 24 and the verse is uh, 15 14 I'm getting some water Okay. Sorry about that. I'm thirsty now watch the particular constituent elements of this text all right, so He's appointed well, first of all in verse 30 It says and the times of this ignorance god winked at but now commands all men everywhere to repent Okay, what are they repenting through? They're repenting through the gospel So that's the gospel being preached. They're not teaching a different gospel in athens than what they taught throughout the rest of the world They were told to go into all the world all the inhabited earth and preach the gospel to all the nations And he says and when this gospel has been published in all the world to all the nations then the end will come So here we are In athens where he says he's appointed a day Uh in which he will judge the world In righteousness. Well, if you're going to judge it in righteousness, you're judging it By The gospel. All right, the gospel is the righteousness of god romans 1 16 and 17 And therefore he was about to judge the living and the dead. So you see this consistency in time all the way through And therefore if you're going to address The preterist view time is a significant factor. The temple is a significant factor that has to be taken in Consideration if you're forming an argument or doctrine that is not considering these and doing it honestly and fairly Then you know, you're just basically making noise because you know, you're like a sounding brass and clanging cymbal um In first peter Since we're on this resurrection chapter four And the verse is five Peter said they will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead And then he says but the end of all things is at hand So there it is again. Well, I guess that means it was at hand then Well now wait a minute if it was at hand then Does that mean it was supposed to occur soon or not? And if it's at hand today, does that mean it's supposed to occur soon or not? And so he tells them to be serious and watchful in your prayers Here's another text in verse 17 just pulling these out for the time has come for Judgment. All right. I want to look at that in the greek real quick I keep forgetting to um Highlight them for the time has come Uh that judgment must begin uh actually if you look in Um a greek text. I don't know why it's not here. But if you look let me see if there's a there's another um Example of this. Let's go here and look at the text. There it is Ta crema the judgment The time has come for the judgment to begin at the house of god And so in the first century, this is what they wrote but see now Here is peter Writing that he was ready to judge the living and the dead That is not what hymen is and felitas were teaching they were teaching that had already passed Which means that they were teaching basically the same thing that the people in uh, thessalonica were teaching Since we're on that. Let's just go there I'm, not following any pattern at this particular point. I'm just responding to some of this Uh stuff i'll get on some things here in a minute, but let's go to second thessalonians Now there are some people i've heard that Refuse or choose not to um acknowledge second thessalonians to be a Coming again text a passage related to the coming of the lord But the bible says now brethren concerning the coming of our lord. Jesus christ. That's the parisia And our gathering together to him So here they were gathering to him This is the gathering in the last days It's there alvin. It's definitely there We ask you not to be soon shaken in mind or trouble Either by spirit or by word or by letter as if from us As though the day of christ had come So here they are in thessalonica Teaching and believing that the day of the lord had come Guess what? It must not have been connected to 12 tribes being back in the land of israel Because that had not occurred It must not have been connected to bodies coming out of the ground because that had not occurred And it certainly wasn't The sun moon and stars of the physical universe falling apart Which tells you that was not their understanding But notice something here something is missing according to What paul taught and what the lord taught relative to the coming of the lord At the time this was written. It was around ad 50 or 51 Which means the temple was still standing The destruction of the city had not occurred Daniel 70 weeks had not been fulfilled And here they are believing that the day had come now when paul corrects them He does not Tell them well Look in the ground. Have you seen any bodies coming up out of the ground? I don't even remember all of the stuff that michael holloway says About why he thinks the coming of the lord is future But just go listen to him and look at all of those reasons that he gives And see if they fit what paul told Those in thessalonica paul gave them two signs to watch for He didn't tell him to go look over in the graveyard and see how many bodies were missing You know if he could find a leg or finger or something he said Let no one deceive you by any means For that day will not come unless the falling away comes first This was a visible sign that they can see look you don't need a sign to point to something that you can see so if they were looking for the lord's coming that was going to be a Physical visible coming of the lord. They didn't need a sign for that. They could just see it when it happened But he tells them and he gives them a sign That this falling away is going to occur and He says the man of sin is revealed the son of perdition So that's the next sign. So two signs Now, let's see where this second sign would be found Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called god? Or that is worshiped so that he sits as god in the temple of god Showing himself that he is god now was there a temple existing at the time thessalonians was written Of course it was You see paul's paul connected his eschatology To the destruction of the temple now if the man of sin is sitting in the temple And i'm not going to even try to identify who he is But if his activity is in the temple of god He says do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things and now you know, what is restraining Only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way And then the lawless one will be revealed whom the lord will consume with the bright A breath of his mouth and destroy with the brightness of his coming The coming of the lawless one is according to working of satan with all power signs and lying wonders So he's saying that the coming of the lord is connected to this Judgment on the man of sin who was already at work in the first century In connection with the temple and the only temple that they Were familiar with Was that temple in jerusalem? Which is where the lord said the abomination of desolation would occur