Thanks for your time and effort in trying to explain your case with what you consider to be Bible backing, it's a shame the said Christians don't do the same.
Now then, you need to backup to around Luke 22, listen, look, digest the lingo, death and gloom etc right up to 26 and THEN, to comfort some of them standing there as in,....... however guys, don't panic as -->
"Luke 9:22 -
But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
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As I said, like or lump it, the Kingdom of God is definitely the Comforter, Advocate area, Kingdom, House to which you are to enter and Jesus NOW being the Door to the pasture = the word of God which is to enable you to endure to the end, whether that be the death of your physical life or on his actual, literal return which is discussed several chapters away, another topic, area.
Goodness me, as I said,.... like a stuck record, Jesus repeatedly said the Kingdom is near.
The Bible says, if this or that etc, THEN the Kingdom is WITHIN you etc.
Col 1:13 (God has) Who hath delivered us from darkness and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son.
Out of darkness is coming to the truth of the word of God which was one of Jesus's key roles, hence he says the likes of, get this, grasp it and do it, you will not taste death.
Matt 12:28 -
But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
As for your ra,,ra about the ISA quote, commonsense, logic etc tells us, the more references the more chances of the hole truth.
Take a clear example of what most Christians do with regards to Jesus being the creator.
Numerous and I mean numerous OT verses show, that God as in the Almighty God and Father ALONE created and yet they simply ignore these many verses.
The Bible is very clear, God only spoke in and through Jesus in these last days, Baptism timing and yet they come up with this crazy nonsense, Jesus is the word.
Anyway, the end for me on this nonsense.
