Interplanner
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I don't think our D'ist friends have quite grasped what's going on with the nations and the NHNE. This came up recently in the threads, where the hot question was whether there would be nations in the NHNE.
As you can see from 2 Peter 3, at the end of this age the world is melted down to create the NHNE. This is the final day of judgement. Today's rulers should be giving honor to the enthroned Son, Acts 24:25, out of regard for the judgement to come. For it will be swift and will result in the believers of the Gospel being moved or held for the NHNE, while the rest to judgement. Even if there were 'nations' the NHNE will be in the glorified life of God's righteousness and there is no distinction from this world that matters any more: male, female, married, single, class, race, ethne. Even physical reality is different: God is the temple and Christ is the light, Rev 21, meaning there is no sun.
In this sense, the new Israel (all believers) will be 'over' the nations (that exist in this life)--because unbelievers will be punished.
As you can see from 2 Peter 3, at the end of this age the world is melted down to create the NHNE. This is the final day of judgement. Today's rulers should be giving honor to the enthroned Son, Acts 24:25, out of regard for the judgement to come. For it will be swift and will result in the believers of the Gospel being moved or held for the NHNE, while the rest to judgement. Even if there were 'nations' the NHNE will be in the glorified life of God's righteousness and there is no distinction from this world that matters any more: male, female, married, single, class, race, ethne. Even physical reality is different: God is the temple and Christ is the light, Rev 21, meaning there is no sun.
In this sense, the new Israel (all believers) will be 'over' the nations (that exist in this life)--because unbelievers will be punished.