praise_yeshua
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You seem to have completely miss what Jesus said Himself. He said that Jerusalem would not see Him again (in other words Jerusalem WILL see Him again), until they say "Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord", which is to say, they would not see Him again until they proclaim Him King. I'm not sure how you miss things like this. Jesus will come to Israel (Zechariah, other prophets, and Revelation attest to this), and God WILL fulfill His covenants, despite your belief that He will not. (Abrahamic, Davidic, new, etc.) Not the Mosaic covenant, that was temporary and Israel broke it. If God will not fulfill the covenants/promises He made with the fathers, and others, what faith/trust can we have that God will fulfill the new covenant?
The Kingdom is not eternal. The Kingdom presented in the Old Testament is not presented as eternal, but age-during. The English words do not portray it properly. The Kingdom presented is not the eternal state, but prior. Revelation presents it as the Millennial Kingdom. The Old Testament presents it as the Messianic Kingdom. Daniel presents it as that Kingdom which supplants the time of the Gentiles. It completely removes it from existence. If there is anything to be learned from God's prophecy to Pharaoh, interpreted by Daniel, there are no words wasted. No imagery out of place. Every piece of imagery had a meaning. In the same way, in Daniel, each part of the prophecy to Nebuchadnezzar had meaning. When that rock destroys the statue, God is clear. The times of the Gentiles will end, and the Messianic Kingdom begin.
"44 “In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever. 45 This is the meaning of the vision of the rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands—a rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to pieces."
I'm glad you said the kingdom you're preaching is not Eternal. I appreciate that.
Why are you preaching a temporal kingdom? There are plenty of them.
Forever is indefinite such as Daniel speaking to Nebuchadnezzar (same word used), Oh king, live forever. It is also translated as the past, antiquity, etc. such as "the kings in past days," Paul speaks of this kingdom in saying that once Jesus has defeated the final enemy (death), He will return the Kingdom to the Father. When is death finally defeated? Revelation 20 "14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death." Conveniently for me, this is right after the Millennial Kingdom ends.
As for th passage itself:
" 24 Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. 25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 27 For he “has put everything under his feet.”[c] Now when it says that “everything” has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ. 28 When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all."
You're referencing death being destroyed. Not some idea of a temporal kingdom vanquishing all of humanity.
You're conflating far too many things here to even make sense of what you're saying.
As far your reference to "you shall not see me again".... The reference is very different in Luke than Matthew. You're losing context of when Jesus spoke those words in Matthew. Luke is very clear. Jesus said those words earlier in his ministry.
Those words were fulfilled during the advent of Jesus Christ. Read it for yourself.
Joh 12:13 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.