How God’s Kingdom Will Come—Not What You Think!

[cataway]

I'm going by what people report happens when they are close to death:

"People who have near-death experiences often recall seeing a white light. ... Written accounts of NDEs go back to ancient times. Usually, they involve euphoria, tunnels, bright lights, ethereal beings or some combination of those phenomena."

Do you believe everything the Bible tells you is absolute truth? If the Bible were not written by men how can you reconcile these verses:

In this verse, Samuel, one of the early leaders of Israel, orders genocide against a neighboring people:

“This is what the Lord Almighty says... ‘Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’” (1 Samuel 15:3)

The killing of infants is often omitted from readings in church:

“Happy is he who repays you for what you have done to us – he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.” (Psalm 137:9)

Another blood-curdling tale from the Book of Judges, where an Israelite man is trapped in a house by a hostile crowd, and sends out his concubine to placate them:

“So the man took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go. At daybreak the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, fell down at the door and lay there until daylight. When her master got up in the morning and opened the door of the house and stepped out to continue on his way, there lay his concubine, fallen in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold. He said to her, ‘Get up; let’s go.’ But there was no answer. Then the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.” (Judges 19:25-28)

As if my wife would ever allow me to have a concubine. Also, don't you find it a little strange if the Bible were the absolute truth and word of God that having a concubine would be morally okay?

In this story from the Book of Judges, an Israelite leader, Jephthah, makes a rash vow to God, which has to be carried out:

“And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, and said, ‘If you will give the Ammonites into my hand, then whoever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return victorious from the Ammonites, shall be the Lord’s, to be offered up by me as a burnt-offering.’ Then Jephthah came to his home at Mizpah; and there was his daughter coming out to meet him with timbrels and with dancing. She was his only child; he had no son or daughter except her. When he saw her, he tore his clothes, and said, ‘Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low; you have become the cause of great trouble to me. For I have opened my mouth to the Lord, and I cannot take back my vow.’” (Judges 11:30-1, 34-5)

“Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the cruel.” (1 Peter 2:18)

I'm sorry, how can you think the Bible be absolute truth and the word of God if it got the morality of slavery wrong!

You are delusional if you think the Bible is the word of God. It is the word of men. The essential message of the Bible is morality is important. But reading the Bible should not be taken out of the historical context in which it was written.

. 1 CORINTHIANS

17 "Further, if Christ has not been raised up, your faith is useless; you remain in your sins. 18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in death in union with Christ have perished. 19 If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are to be pitied more than anyone.
20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep in death. 21 For since death came through a man, resurrection of the dead also comes through a man. 22 For just as in Adam all are dying, so also in the Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each one in his own proper order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who belong to the Christ during his presence. "
oh that did not include you. well you had your warning
JOSHUA 24
15 Now if it seems bad to you to serve Jehovah, choose for yourselves... ....... But as for me and my household, we will serve Jehovah.”

 

[2ndpillar]

next you will be telling us that Jesus has a long two edge sword sticking out of his mouth

The "sword", coming from His mouth is the "Word" of God (Re 19:13-15), which will be the undoing of those who have declared it "obsolete".

 

[cataway]

The "sword", coming from His mouth is the "Word" of God (Re 19:13-15), which will be the undoing of those who have declared it "obsolete".

“And out of his mouth there protrudes a sharp long sword, that he may strike the nations with it, and he will shepherd them with a rod of iron.” That “sharp long sword” represents Jesus’ God-given authority to issue orders for the execution of all who refuse to support God’s Kingdom. Revelation 1:16

 

[2ndpillar]

In Scripture, the 'shepherds' are without salary, without pay for what they do. - 1st Timothy chapter 3
Even the apostle Paul worked as a tentmaker to support his ministry - Acts of the Apostles 18:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:9.
Many choose ' shepherds ' in order to hear what they want to hear, to have their ' ears tickled '- 2 Timothy 4:3
False shepherds teach the resurrection has already taken place as per 2 Timothy 2:18.
Even at funerals they place the dead person as already resurrected, already alive.
Whereas, Acts of the Apostles 24:15 uses the ' future tense ' that there ' is going to be ' a resurrection......

Yeshua originally sent the shepherds out without purse, script, or even an extra pair of sandals. It was supposed to be the Holy Spirit which told them what to say, and the towns were supposed to provide for them or they were to wash the dust from their feet in witness against that town. As for Paul collecting money for the widows of Jerusalem, well, like the charities of today, you have to look into the details. Paul apparently leaned on support from widows, apparently he had a persuasive tongue. Paul told his followers that "we shall be changed" and be turned from corruptible to incorruptible, that is like saying you "surely shall not die", the same persuasive speech given by the serpent. Adam and Eve died, and do did Paul and his followers. Paul's message, as that of the serpent, was persuasive to the naïve, but a lie none the less. "Every one shall die for their own iniquities" (Jer 31:30). That can't be said for Paul, the "foremost sinner", and his followers.

The "sheep" are "lost" and "scattered". The "shepherds" "have been feeding themselves" (Ez 34:2-5) on the flesh of the sheep, and will be "judged". "I" (Lord God) will judge between the "fat" sheep and the "lean sheep" (Ez 34:-20-24), and I will set over them "one shepherd, My servant David. The followers of Paul believe that the Shepherd the Lord sets over "My flock" is God, which is part of their false doctrine of the Trinity, which was established under the "beast with two horns like a lamb", Constantine and which is the "mark" of the beast. The cross as the symbol of the Trinity, and the false gospel of the false prophet, is the image of the beast, as the beast conquered the world under the cross shaped banner of Constantine, and his two horns like a lamb, Peter and Paul, with the authority of the "dragon" (Rev 13).

 

[dfnj]

. 1 CORINTHIANS

17 "Further, if Christ has not been raised up, your faith is useless; you remain in your sins. 18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in death in union with Christ have perished. 19 If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are to be pitied more than anyone.
20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep in death. 21 For since death came through a man, resurrection of the dead also comes through a man. 22 For just as in Adam all are dying, so also in the Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each one in his own proper order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who belong to the Christ during his presence. "
oh that did not include you. well you had your warning
JOSHUA 24
15 Now if it seems bad to you to serve Jehovah, choose for yourselves... ....... But as for me and my household, we will serve Jehovah.”

People who quote the Bible do not know what they are talking about. How are you interpreting this text?

 

[cataway]

Yeshua originally sent the shepherds out without purse, script, or even an extra pair of sandals. It was supposed to be the Holy Spirit which told them what to say, and the towns were supposed to provide for them or they were to wash the dust from their feet in witness against that town. As for Paul collecting money for the widows of Jerusalem, well, like the charities of today, you have to look into the details. Paul apparently leaned on support from widows, apparently he had a persuasive tongue. Paul told his followers that "we shall be changed" and be turned from corruptible to incorruptible, that is like saying you "surely shall not die", the same persuasive speech given by the serpent. Adam and Eve died, and do did Paul and his followers. Paul's message, as that of the serpent, was persuasive to the naïve, but a lie none the less. "Every one shall die for their own iniquities" (Jer 31:30). That can't be said for Paul, the "foremost sinner", and his followers.

The "sheep" are "lost" and "scattered". The "shepherds" "have been feeding themselves" (Ez 34:2-5) on the flesh of the sheep, and will be "judged". "I" (Lord God) will judge between the "fat" sheep and the "lean sheep" (Ez 34:-20-24), and I will set over them "one shepherd, My servant David. The followers of Paul believe that the Shepherd the Lord sets over "My flock" is God, which is part of their false doctrine of the Trinity, which was established under the "beast with two horns like a lamb", Constantine and which is the "mark" of the beast. The cross as the symbol of the Trinity, and the false gospel of the false prophet, is the image of the beast, as the beast conquered the world under the cross shaped banner of Constantine, and his two horns like a lamb, Peter and Paul, with the authority of the "dragon" (Rev 13).

you dont yet seem to understand that the mark of the beast is the devotion to king&country other wise known as patriotism . many feel that both God and country can be equally be honored . however
DEUTERONOMY 4

24 For Jehovah your God is a consuming fire, a God who requires exclusive devotion.

 

[cataway]

People who quote the Bible do not know what they are talking about. How are you interpreting this text?

perhaps you......could narrow down your question/statement

 

[2ndpillar]

you dont yet seem to understand that the mark of the beast is the devotion to king&country other wise known as patriotism . many feel that both God and country can be equally be honored . however
DEUTERONOMY 4

24 For Jehovah your God is a consuming fire, a God who requires exclusive devotion.

Apparently you are Jehovah witness, with your own version of the bible. Dt 4 is about keeping God's statutes, and not adding or deleting if one did not wish to be destroyed. Here is a better interpretation of Dt 4:24. The statute in question is "thou shat have no other gods before me".

Dt 4:24 For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God

This country was founded "under God", yet your church apparently was founded under the leadership of the false prophet Paul, who has made God's "statutes" "obsolete".

 

[cataway]

Apparently you are Jehovah witness, with your own version of the bible. Dt 4 is about keeping God's statutes, and not adding or deleting if one did not wish to be destroyed. Here is a better interpretation of Dt 4:24. The statute in question is "thou shat have no other gods before me".

Dt 4:24 For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God

This country was founded "under God", yet your church apparently was founded under the leadership of the false prophet Paul, who has made God's "statutes" "obsolete".

The God who requires exclusive devotion does denote a jealous God . thats a given. this country, which ever you have ,wants your devotion even more so than you may realize. God's kingdom is the only hope for mankind
DANIEL 2:44 “In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed. And this kingdom will not be passed on to any other people. It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it alone will stand forever.

 

[URAVIP2ME]

The "sword", coming from His mouth is the "Word" of God (Re 19:13-15), which will be the undoing of those who have declared it "obsolete".

The ' sword ' of Revelation 19:15 is in connection to what Isaiah wrote at Isaiah 11:4 and 2 Thessalonians 2:8.
The ' executional words' from Jesus' mouth will rid the earth of the wicked - Psalms 92:7

 

[URAVIP2ME]

I'm going by what people report happens when they are close to death:
"People who have near-death experiences often recall seeing a white light. ... Written accounts of NDEs go back to ancient times. Usually, they involve euphoria, tunnels, bright lights, ethereal beings or some combination of those phenomena."
The killing of infants is often omitted from readings in church:
“Happy is he who repays you for what you have done to us – he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.” (Psalm 137:9)




Another blood-curdling tale from the Book of Judges, where an Israelite man is trapped in a house by a hostile crowd, and sends out his concubine to placate them:
“So the man took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go. At daybreak the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, fell down at the door and lay there until daylight. When her master got up in the morning and opened the door of the house and stepped out to continue on his way, there lay his concubine, fallen in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold. He said to her, ‘Get up; let’s go.’ But there was no answer. Then the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.” (Judges 19:25-28)

As if my wife would ever allow me to have a concubine. Also, don't you find it a little strange if the Bible were the absolute truth and word of God that having a concubine would be morally okay?

In this story from the Book of Judges, an Israelite leader, Jephthah, makes a rash vow to God, which has to be carried out:

“And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, and said, ‘If you will give the Ammonites into my hand, then whoever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return victorious from the Ammonites, shall be the Lord’s, to be offered up by me as a burnt-offering.’ Then Jephthah came to his home at Mizpah; and there was his daughter coming out to meet him with timbrels and with dancing. She was his only child; he had no son or daughter except her. When he saw her, he tore his clothes, and said, ‘Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low; you have become the cause of great trouble to me. For I have opened my mouth to the Lord, and I cannot take back my vow.’” (Judges 11:30-1, 34-5)

“Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the cruel.” (1 Peter 2:18)

I'm sorry, how can you think the Bible be absolute truth and the word of God if it got the morality of slavery wrong!

You are delusional if you think the Bible is the word of God. It is the word of men. The essential message of the Bible is morality is important. But reading the Bible should not be taken out of the historical context in which it was written.

I think we can agree that near death or close to death is Not completely dead.
The man Jesus resurrected was dead for 4 days.
If there was knowledge after death that would have been the perfect opportunity to relate it - John 11:11-14

How did you conclude that Psalms 137:7-9 is omitted ________________
' little ones against the stones ' is Not a literal stoning but showing the end of that family line.
Meaning the family line was wiped out. - Isaiah 13:14-16 - Hosea 10:14; Hosea 13:16; Nahum 3:10.
The magnitude of Isaiah's prophecy came true on October 5th 539 BCE

I notice you omitted the verse at Judges 11:40.
If Jephthah's daughter was dead the daughters of Israel would Not visit her each year.

In the Greek Interlinear, 1 Peter 2:18 mentions yielding to good ones and crooked ones.
In other words, it was not the responsibility of the ' house servants ' (<-Greek) to be boss of their master.
Christians obey God as ruler, so unless the master (aka boss today) wants a person to do something unscriptural the 'servant ' complies.

 

[2ndpillar]

The ' sword ' of Revelation 19:15 is in connection to what Isaiah wrote at Isaiah 11:4 and 2 Thessalonians 2:8.
The ' executional words' from Jesus' mouth will rid the earth of the wicked - Psalms 92:7

I am not following your line of thought. There is no agreement on who wrote 2 Thessalonians, but certainly not Isaiah. 2 Thessalonians is mostly about the "lawless one" who deceived those without love of Truth being "revealed". Well, the guy often given credit for writing 2 Thessalonians, Paul, the false prophet, is a "lawless one", who came up with a false gospel of grace/cross, and who is often attributed with the writing of Hebrews, who calls the law "obsolete", making it "ready to disappear". This, according to 2 Thess, is so that those who did not believe the Truth, could be judged. According to 2 Thessalonians, the "lawless one", who is actually Paul, is the one who is to be slayed "with the breath of his mouth". Of course we are now at the "end of the age", when the angels will be sent out to remove the stumbling blocks, such as Peter (Matthew 16:23), and those who commit lawlessness, such as Paul (Mt 13:41). As for Psalms 92:7, the "wicked", would refer to the "lawless", those who commit iniquity, which would be those who embrace lawlessness/wickedness, which is exemplified in their thoughts and actions, and subsequent plagues.

 

[URAVIP2ME]

I find at 2 Thessalonians 2:2 the setting is Not the 1st century but ' the day of Christ '......
The day at hand meaning when dealing with the coming time of Matthew 25:31-33.
That day shall Not come (verse 3) before the falling away.... Acts of the Apostles 20:28-30.
The apostles acted as a restraint in the first century. It is speaking about well after the 1st century.
So, that ' man of sin ' that ' son of perdition ' is revealed at a later time frame, our time frame.
Verse 4 lets us know that 'man of sin', that 'son of perdition', seats himself in the 'temple' (houses of worship) as if he is God when in reality he is anti-God.
So, that man, that son, is a composite person or the false clergy class as that sinful man.

 

[URAVIP2ME]

Apparently you are Jehovah witness, with your own version of the bible. Dt 4 is about keeping God's statutes, and not adding or deleting if one did not wish to be destroyed. Here is a better interpretation of Dt 4:24. The statute in question is "thou shat have no other gods before me".
Dt 4:24 For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God
This country was founded "under God", yet your church apparently was founded under the leadership of the false prophet Paul, who has made God's "statutes" "obsolete".

I find the ^ above ^ information to be different from Jehovah's Witnesses official website found at www.jw.org

 

[2ndpillar]

I find at 2 Thessalonians 2:2 the setting is Not the 1st century but ' the day of Christ '......
The day at hand meaning when dealing with the coming time of Matthew 25:31-33.
That day shall Not come (verse 3) before the falling away.... Acts of the Apostles 20:28-30.
The apostles acted as a restraint in the first century. It is speaking about well after the 1st century.
So, that ' man of sin ' that ' son of perdition ' is revealed at a later time frame, our time frame.
Verse 4 lets us know that 'man of sin', that 'son of perdition', seats himself in the 'temple' (houses of worship) as if he is God when in reality he is anti-God.
So, that man, that son, is a composite person or the false clergy class as that sinful man.

The "falling away" according to Zechariah 13:7 & Mt 26:31 happened at the denial voiced by Peter, when the Shepherd was struck down, which was about 2000 years ago. The "son of perdition" would be Paul who is professed to speak for God, and of course his following goats will be affected also. But the unclean spirit of the false prophet persists, but will be taken out. (Revelation 19:19-20). Peter would be the "worthless shepherd" of Zechariah 11:16-17, now epitomized by the pope, who Yeshua portrayed as "Satan" and a "stumbling block to me" (Mt 16). As this is the "end of the age", both the lawless Paul, and stumbling block Peter will be removed (Mt 13:40-41).

 

[URAVIP2ME]

People who quote the Bible do not know what they are talking about. .....

Huh? I find Jesus often prefaced his statements with the words, " It is written......" written where but in the old Hebrew Scriptures.
Jesus based his teachings by using logical reasoning on the old Hebrew Scriptures.
Jesus even taught that Scripture is ' religious truth ' according John 17:17.
I find Jesus 'did quote' and 'did know' what he was talking about.
Since the Bible is Not written ABC order as a dictionary is we can with the use of a comprehensive concordance find Scripture subjects or topics in alphabetical order, thus helping us to see the internal harmony among the many Bible writers over the many centuries of time.

 

[MNoBody]

If that kingdom was any different in spirit than the church that flourished around this figure during his said time on earth and immediately after then it is likely the false version that those people wrote about which would inevitably form up around the original

 

[dfnj]

Huh? I find Jesus often prefaced his statements with the words, " It is written......" written where but in the old Hebrew Scriptures.
Jesus based his teachings by using logical reasoning on the old Hebrew Scriptures.
Jesus even taught that Scripture is ' religious truth ' according John 17:17.
I find Jesus 'did quote' and 'did know' what he was talking about.
Since the Bible is Not written ABC order as a dictionary is we can with the use of a comprehensive concordance find Scripture subjects or topics in alphabetical order, thus helping us to see the internal harmony among the many Bible writers over the many centuries of time.

The Bible was clearly written by men and not by God. How else do you explain these gems:

In this verse, Samuel, one of the early leaders of Israel, orders genocide against a neighboring people:

“This is what the Lord Almighty says... ‘Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’” (1 Samuel 15:3)

The killing of infants is often omitted from readings in church:

“Happy is he who repays you for what you have done to us – he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.” (Psalm 137:9)

Another blood-curdling tale from the Book of Judges, where an Israelite man is trapped in a house by a hostile crowd, and sends out his concubine to placate them:

“So the man took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go. At daybreak the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, fell down at the door and lay there until daylight. When her master got up in the morning and opened the door of the house and stepped out to continue on his way, there lay his concubine, fallen in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold. He said to her, ‘Get up; let’s go.’ But there was no answer. Then the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.” (Judges 19:25-28)

As if my wife would ever allow me to have a concubine. Also, don't you find it a little strange if the Bible were the absolute truth and word of God that having a concubine would be morally okay?

In this story from the Book of Judges, an Israelite leader, Jephthah, makes a rash vow to God, which has to be carried out:

“And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, and said, ‘If you will give the Ammonites into my hand, then whoever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return victorious from the Ammonites, shall be the Lord’s, to be offered up by me as a burnt-offering.’ Then Jephthah came to his home at Mizpah; and there was his daughter coming out to meet him with timbrels and with dancing. She was his only child; he had no son or daughter except her. When he saw her, he tore his clothes, and said, ‘Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low; you have become the cause of great trouble to me. For I have opened my mouth to the Lord, and I cannot take back my vow.’” (Judges 11:30-1, 34-5)

“Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the cruel.” (1 Peter 2:18)

I'm sorry, how can you think the Bible be absolute truth and the word of God if it got the morality of slavery wrong!

You are delusional if you think the Bible is the word of God. It is the word of men. The essential message of the Bible is morality is important. But reading the Bible should not be taken out of the historical context in which it was written.

Jesus was a great Jewish Rabbi. The Beatitudes are brilliant. The idea of how you live your life in the present matters is very important. I just don't understand why Christians hardly ever quote what Jesus was teaching. I think most Christians just idol worship Jesus like the way people root for an NFL football team. Christianity is more about being fan of Jesus than anything else.

 

[URAVIP2ME]

The Bible was clearly written by men and not by God. How else do you explain these gems:

In this verse, Samuel, one of the early leaders of Israel, orders genocide against a neighboring people:

“This is what the Lord Almighty says... ‘Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’” (1 Samuel 15:3)

The killing of infants is often omitted from readings in church:

“Happy is he who repays you for what you have done to us – he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.” (Psalm 137:9)

Another blood-curdling tale from the Book of Judges, where an Israelite man is trapped in a house by a hostile crowd, and sends out his concubine to placate them:

“So the man took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go. At daybreak the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, fell down at the door and lay there until daylight. When her master got up in the morning and opened the door of the house and stepped out to continue on his way, there lay his concubine, fallen in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold. He said to her, ‘Get up; let’s go.’ But there was no answer. Then the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.” (Judges 19:25-28)

As if my wife would ever allow me to have a concubine. Also, don't you find it a little strange if the Bible were the absolute truth and word of God that having a concubine would be morally okay?

In this story from the Book of Judges, an Israelite leader, Jephthah, makes a rash vow to God, which has to be carried out:

“And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, and said, ‘If you will give the Ammonites into my hand, then whoever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return victorious from the Ammonites, shall be the Lord’s, to be offered up by me as a burnt-offering.’ Then Jephthah came to his home at Mizpah; and there was his daughter coming out to meet him with timbrels and with dancing. She was his only child; he had no son or daughter except her. When he saw her, he tore his clothes, and said, ‘Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low; you have become the cause of great trouble to me. For I have opened my mouth to the Lord, and I cannot take back my vow.’” (Judges 11:30-1, 34-5)

“Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the cruel.” (1 Peter 2:18)

I'm sorry, how can you think the Bible be absolute truth and the word of God if it got the morality of slavery wrong!

You are delusional if you think the Bible is the word of God. It is the word of men. The essential message of the Bible is morality is important. But reading the Bible should not be taken out of the historical context in which it was written.

Jesus was a great Jewish Rabbi. The Beatitudes are brilliant. The idea of how you live your life in the present matters is very important. I just don't understand why Christians hardly ever quote what Jesus was teaching. I think most Christians just idol worship Jesus like the way people root for an NFL football team. Christianity is more about being fan of Jesus than anything else.

'Christendom' ( so-called Christian) is more like about being a fan .
Jesus forewarned us MANY would come in his name but prove false - Matthew 7:21-23
The fake 'weed/tares' outnumber the genuine ' wheat ' Christians.

Of course the Bible was written by men, people are the only ones on this planet that write.
The men were God's secretary writing down God's inspired words - 2nd Timothy 3:16-17.

There was only divine execution when righteous ones were in danger.
Psalms 137:9 is speaking about the end of a family line. Family name being wiped out. - Isaiah 13:14-19
The magnitude of the prophecy came true on October 5th, 539 BC ( before our common era )
See also Nahum 3:10 and Hosea 10:14; Hosea 13:16.

Jephthah's daughter was alive according to Judges 11:40.
Friends went to visit her each year . The Hebrew word ' tanah ' means praise and Not lament.

As God came to rescue righteous Noah and company in Noah's day, God will come to ' rescue / deliver / save ' a ' great crowd 'of people of Revelation 7:14,9 out of the great tribulation. Only the wicked will be destroyed - Psalms 92:7

 

[URAVIP2ME]

If that kingdom was any different in spirit than the church that flourished around this figure during his said time on earth and immediately after then it is likely the false version that those people wrote about which would inevitably form up around the original

God's kingdom ( Daniel 2:44 ) is the kingdom of ' thy kingdom come ...'
Jesus is King of God's kingdom government for a thousand years - 1 Corinthians 15:24-26
We are all invited to pray the invitation of Revelation 22:20 for Jesus to come !
Come and bring ' healing ' to earth's nations - Revelation 22:2; Isaiah 33:24; Isaiah 35th chapter.
Jesus will fulfill God's promise to father Abraham:
ALL families of Earth will be blessed.
ALL nations of Earth will be blessed.
Blessed with the benefit of 'healing' for earth's nations - Genesis 12:3; Genesis 22:18.