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Originally Posted by zeek
You seem to be trying to obfuscate the plain words of Jesus in Matthew 10:23 with many words. But you haven't given any reason why he could not have meant what he said-- that the son of man would return before his 12 disciples exhausted the cities of Israel.
The teaching that you espouse-- that the entire nation of Israel was held responsible for the sins of a few Jews in Jerusalem who colluded in the arrest and judgment against Jesus that led to his execution-- has been used to justify anti-Semitism and genocide against the Jews for centuries. That is indeed an element of the dark side of Christianity
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You are trying to interpret the words of Jesus with a blunt instrument. He didn't say the Son of Man would
return, He said "the coming of the Son of Man".
There are numerous prophesies concerning the coming of the Son of Man, the coming of the Lord, the Coming of Jehovah, the coming of the breath of Jehovah.
It is very obvious that they are not all referring to the same coming. If they were why would He say "coming with the clouds" if not to distinguish this coming from the coming that is not with the clouds?