Ps 110:1 yes
vs 2 - He is doing that now
Ps 2:8 'Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance, And the very ends of the earth as Your possession.'
He already asked an is in the process of seeing it completed. One can be a King and still be in process of taking the promised land. The land of Israel was theirs before they even put on step over the Jordan.
To many problems. First, the calendars have been changed and the Roman calendar was in error as far as the year of the birth of Jesus.
Second, In as much as the time of the Gentiles has not ended, it would be hard to make it 1914.
Last, there isn't any support to say that he wasn't King and Lord the moment he sat at the right hand. Paul understood that we "reign by one Christ Jesus" as well as Peter
1 Peter 3:
21 ... -through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
22 who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him.
The subjection to his Lordship happened when he sat at the right hand
Much of the confusion I reckon is due to how the KJV and some other Bible present the Greek word
parousia in English. Out of the 24 times it appears in the Christian Greek Scriptures 22 times it is translated as "coming" instead of "presence". So many have got the idea that when Jesus returns, everything happens all at once.
parousia is actually is a compound of
pa-ra' (alongside) and
ou-si'a (being). So when Jesus was asked about the conclusion of the system of things, or age, he was asked for a sign of when he would be alongside us again. (Mt 24:3) Then Jesus responds with a composite sign to watch for. It was in relating this sign, as recorded in Lu 21:24 that "the appointed times of the nations"/the "times of the Gentiles" are fulfilled. Would all the kings of the earth immediately be replaced? No. Referring back to the second psalm, the kings are told to show insight and accept correction and to honor the son before it is too late. (Ps 2:10-12) The Gentile times will end sometimes prior to the destruction of these kings. What matters is that God's Kingdom is no longer being trampled over. There is finally a King again sitting on Jehovah's throne. (1 Ch 29:23)
@KenS , you mentioned about the calender being different now then it was, and there being issues with our current calender and the birth of Jesus. This is true. However the prophecy in Daniel 4 does not deal with the birth of the Christ. So that objection can be set aside. As far as our calender is concerned, there are two fixed dates in Bible chronology. We know what dates they are according to the calender in use today. One is 539 B.C.E. when Cyrus II conquered Babylon. (The other is 29 C.E.- Lu 3:1-3)
A PIVOTAL DATE IN HISTORY
The date 539 B.C.E. when Cyrus II conquered Babylon is calculated using the testimony of:
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Ancient historical sources and cuneiform tablets: Diodorus of Sicily (c. 80-20 B.C.E.) wrote that Cyrus became king of Persia in “the opening year of the Fifty-fifth Olympiad.” (
Historical Library, Book IX, 21) That year was 560 B.C.E. The Greek historian Herodotus (c. 485-425 B.C.E.) stated that Cyrus was killed “after he had reigned twenty-nine years,” which would put his death during his 30th year, in 530 B.C.E. (
Histories, Book I, Clio, 214) Cuneiform tablets show that Cyrus ruled Babylon for nine years before his death. Thus, nine years prior to his death in 530 B.C.E. takes us back to 539 B.C.E. as the year Cyrus conquered Babylon.
Confirmation by a cuneiform tablet: A Babylonian astronomical clay tablet (BM 33066) confirms the date of Cyrus’ death in 530 B.C.E. Though this tablet contains some errors regarding the astronomical positions, it contains the descriptions of two lunar eclipses that the tablet says occurred in the seventh year of Cambyses II, the son and successor of Cyrus. These are identified with lunar eclipses visible at Babylon on July 16, 523 B.C.E., and on January 10, 522 B.C.E., thus pointing to the spring of 523 B.C.E. as the beginning of Cambyses’ seventh year. That would make his first regnal year 529 B.C.E. So Cyrus’ last year would have been 530 B.C.E., making 539 B.C.E. his first year of ruling Babylon.
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When Was Ancient Jerusalem Destroyed?—Part One — Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY
Based off this date, 607 B.C.E can be determined as the year (according to our current calender) that Jerusalem was destroyed and the Kings of Judah stopped sitting on Jehovah's throne.
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When Was Ancient Jerusalem Destroyed?—Part Two — Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY
(I will look up the 1 Peter 3:21,22 reference and come back to it later.)
