Futurists Playbook

By DTG aka love me or hate me
It's always the same with Futurist it's about us today; Acts 1:11 a
popular verse used by ultra literalist attempting to refute Covenant
Eschatology's claim that scripture proves Christ came back in AD 70,

1. The problem with getting Ultra-Literal.

Let's begin with, who were the angels speaking to in Acts 1:11 when they
said "Ye men of Galilee" Question: If the angels were speaking to the
men of Galilee. Ultra-literalist accuses Covenant Eschatologist of using
bad exegesis? Covenant Eschatology believes the angels were speaking to
the men standing before them telling them (the men before them) that He
Christ will return in the clouds in a like manner, to them. The angel is
not talking to you men of the Bronx or you men of Ohio or you men of the
first Church of the risen Lord. I pled with the Ultra-literalist to
explain how 2000 years and counting will the "Men of Galilee" that saw
Christ taken up into a cloud, see Christ coming in like manner?

2. The Coming in the Clouds.

Again the pled to the ultra literalist is this, can you please find
anywhere in the Old Testament where God showed "Himself "literally and
not veiled in the clouds?

3. Next up is Revelation 1:7.

But before I get into Vs. 1:7 we need to read Revelation 1:1, The
Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his
servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and
signified [it] by his angel unto his servant John: taken literally,
"must shortly come to pass" does not mean 2000 years later people. Verse
1:8 turns right around and says "which is which was and which is "to
come" again there is no 2000 year delay sorry! Oh" let me not forget
verse 1:3 for the times are at hand, I can't find an explanation in the
futurist play book for these verses. Back to Revelation 1:7 A typical
Futurist play book tactic is to isolate verse 7 from the others. The
uninspired Futurist say, Will Jesus (God) really didn't mean what He
said in those other verses, Let's look at Rev 1:7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they [also] which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail
because of him. Even so, Amen.

Acts 1:9 and when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was
taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. Christ is
received up in a cloud, as the Clouds covered YAWH in the Old testament
the clouds cover the now glorified Christ, In Mark 8:38 Christ says
Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this
adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be
ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

How did Christ's father come in the Old Testament?

Just as YAWH came to Israel so would Christ come "in like manner" in the
Glory of his father, this parallels the Old Testament visitation of YAWH
to Israel, veiled in a cloud.

They" also which "pierced him lines up with Matthew 25:63,64,
Question, who pierced Christ?
How can they that pierced Christ 2000 years ago see Christ coming today
in the clouds?

The generation that Christ was speaking to did see Him come in AD70 on
the clouds in the glory of his father. The bible teaches Christ must
have come if he is the Christ. Futurist must prove he didn't and that
Jesus is the Christ and not just say it didn't happen because "I" didn't
see it.