Re[2]: oikoumene

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>Yes, and if the Lord does not return until after space travel and
>colonies are established on other planets, then "world" would have to
>include those other planets "where men dwell", not just the planet
>Earth.

The Lord told Abraham that all the families of the world would be
blessed through Abraham.  Not only nations, not only cities, but all
families.  As God does live outside of time He knew before He spoke
whether or not He could keep His promise.  I think that as long as
there are families God's intention is to bless each one.  Whether they
are in the Roman Empire or space. (I use the previous post's extreme
example for my own extreme example.)

I believe this thread started as a discussion on the Second Coming of
Christ.  It then turned into a discussion on Natural Israel vs.
Spiritual Israel.  It has now become a discussion about the word
"world".  I have a simple question pertaing to the first discussion.
I know this question was asked before but it was never answered in a
straight forward manner.  If Jesus Christ returned in 70 AD what hope
do we now have.


Ben Kimbrell