You.
Ask of Me, and I will surely
give the
nations as Your
inheritance, and the very
ends of the
earth as Your
possession…” (Psalm 2:7–8)The
Lord says to my
Lord: “
Sit at My
right hand until I
make Your
enemies a
footstool for Your
feet. The
Lord will
stretch forth Your
strong scepter from
Zion, saying, ‘
Rule in the
midst of Your
enemies.’” (Psalm 110:1–2)Daniel: “I
kept looking in the
night visions, and
behold, with the
clouds of
heaven One like a
Son of
Man was
coming, and He
came up to the
Ancient of
Days and was
presented before Him. And to Him was
given dominion,
glory and a
kingdom, that
all the
peoples,
nations and men of every
language might serve Him. His
dominion is an
everlasting dominion which will not
pass away; and His
kingdom is one
which will not be
destroyed.” (Daniel 7:13–14)Christians believe that Jesus Christ, having arisen, now sits at His Father’s right hand and enjoys His inheritance, but from the “now-but-not-yet” perspective, not all of His enemies are yet incorporated in His “footstool” nor have any of the heirs of his kingdom yet arisen. This hermeneutical tool affords great insight to 2 Corinthians 5:8: “prefer to be absent from the body (the “now-but”) and to be home with the Lord (the “not-yet”.)”
3 I have not read any articles, commentaries, books or other publications dealing with any biblical concept of hell and thus am not qualified to critique any of them. This writing is solely based on my own reading, researching, and study of the Old and New Testaments.
4 רוּחַ אֱלֹהִים / πνεῦμα θεοῦ / ἅγιος πνεῦμαJesus Christ, the “begotten” Son of God (Psalm 2:7) and is referred to as the “Son of Man” (Daniel 7:13; Matthew 8:20) as well as “the second man.” (1 Corinthians 15:47) The words “begotten” and “Son” have been divinely appointed to facilitate man’s ability to comprehend the mysterious, eternal relationship and function between the First
