C*******r
发帖数: 10345 | 1 Matthew 16:27-28
English Standard Version (ESV)
27 For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his
Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done. 28
Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death
until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”
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I recently came across the following quote by C.S. Lewis:
"Say what you like,” we shall be told, “the apocalyptic beliefs of the
first Christians have been proved to be false. It is clear from the New
Testament that they all expected the Second Coming in their own lifetime.
And, worse still, they had a reason, and one which you will find very
embarrassing. Their Master had told them so. He shared, and indeed created,
their delusion. He said in so many words, ‘this generation shall not pass
till all these things be done.’ And he was wrong. He clearly knew no more
about the end of the world than anyone else.”
It is certainly the most embarrassing verse in the Bible.
C.S. Lewis, The World's Last Night: And Other Essays, p.97
C.S. Lewis is embarrassed of Jesus? I was sure the quote was taken out of
context, so I looked it up... No such luck. Lewis goes on to explain how he
solves the problem: With the assertion that Jesus probably really did not
know how or when the "world would end". He continues:
"Yet how teasing, also, that within fourteen words of it should come the
statement “But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels
which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.” The one exhibition
of error and the one confession of ignorance grow side by side... The facts,
then, are these: that Jesus professed himself (in some sense) ignorant, and
within a moment showed that he really was so. To believe in the Incarnation
, to believe that he is God, makes it hard to understand how he could be
ignorant; but also makes it certain that, if he said he could be ignorant,
then ignorant he could really be. For a God who can be ignorant is less
baffling than a God who falsely professes ignorance."
Now, I'm not going to pretend that the mysteries of the Incarnation are
fully comprehensible, but it really bothers me that a theologian as
respectable as Lewis would suggest that Jesus was wrong about his own return
. What Lewis is suggesting is that Jesus really did not know when he would
return, but he still saw fit to make several predictions regarding his
return. Isn't that called a lie?
Jesus' "confession of ignorance" (if it really was one) surely didn't sink
in with his followers. Even Lewis notices that the expectation of Jesus'
imminent return was widespread in the early Church. The claim that Jesus
taught his own ignorance of the end-times seems unlikely. It seems more
likely to me that Jesus made predictions about his return because he
actually knew what he was talking about, and that the events surrounding the
destruction of Jerusalem and the temple in 70AD constituted the fulfillment
of Jesus' prophesy. | o***1
发帖数: 592 | 2 顶！！！！
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death
【在 C*******r 的大作中提到】
: Matthew 16:27-28
: English Standard Version (ESV)
: 27 For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his
: Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done. 28
: Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death
: until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”
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: I recently came across the following quote by C.S. Lewis:
: "Say what you like,” we shall be told, “the apocalyptic beliefs of the
| E*****m
发帖数: 25615 | 3 用 Jason 那種偏頗的讀法， 當然不知道這個 Embarrassing。 | m****r
发帖数: 1904 | 4 基督的使徒已经做到了，就站在那里看见了人子及其王国的预览。
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death
【在 C*******r 的大作中提到】
: Matthew 16:27-28
: English Standard Version (ESV)
: 27 For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his
: Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done. 28
: Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death
: until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”
: ——————————————————————————————————————
: ——————————————————————————————————
: I recently came across the following quote by C.S. Lewis:
: "Say what you like,” we shall be told, “the apocalyptic beliefs of the
| l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | 5 展开讲讲
【在 m****r 的大作中提到】
: 基督的使徒已经做到了，就站在那里看见了人子及其王国的预览。
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| C*******r
发帖数: 10345 | 6 其实多马福音有解释，可惜鸡药派也是“一本书教”，其余统统不认，对“一本书”中
的矛盾处，用鸵鸟主义，常常搬石头砸自己的脚。
【在 m****r 的大作中提到】
: 基督的使徒已经做到了，就站在那里看见了人子及其王国的预览。
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: death
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