Oh, come now - Chad. You are quoting passages out of context. And you want me to present paragraphs - putting EACH into context? Holy Jumping catfish. Great balls of fire. And all those corny Cliches , from the Adam West Batman TV series.
Well, different theologians - historical and contemporary…And different churches - historical and contemporary…have different contexts, for each of these passages.
For example. Look at this article, from the Patheos evangelical newsletter:
Jesus Recommends Gun Ownership?
Wherein this passage - where Jesus speaks:
Could be used, to endorse US gun ownership.
Unless we read the article…and see the context, in which this verse was used.
If you, Davo, and others here - and elsewhere…whether people, zombies or space aliens…or groups I haven’t mentioned - like vampires and werewolves…wish to side with full preterism…So be it! I respect that.
Usually, I walk into an Eastern Orthodox bar…point the bartender, to the theologians…and say,
Or I walk into a Buddhist bar…point to some Buddhists meditating and playing cards…and say,
But I also reserve the right…to apply some Holy Fool humor - to various theological and political “representations”. Usually, the Holy Fools bar…has a stand up comedian day.
And don’t get me started, on the zombie bars…They are “kind of dead” - in my opinion.
Just a footnote here. I get all GIF images, from a Google keyword search. And I insure the images, are geared to a GP audience. Same as I do, when I post things - on social media. If any of my images, are consider R-rated… Please point out the image to me. I don’t think zombies having lunch, are suitable images - for a GP audience. But folks dressed as zombies - via Hollywood make-up artistry - are considered suitable. Sometimes, it’s hard to balance - between images and text. And so folks won’t get locked into GIF images, I’ll “stir it up” (see song youtu.be/S3UqvWk8-uw). Meaning sometimes I’ll use a GIF…sometimes a cartoon…and sometimes a still image. All honoring the high standards…of the Russian Orthodox, Holy Fools tradition.