This may offend. It not meant to.
Yes. But it depends on what you mean. If you mean am I in the kingdom if Jesus were to come tonight and have the Armageddon then yes I would say I would be in that kingdom. But if you're asking in the sense of 'am I in the kingdom and if Jesus were to come in the distant future', then the answer is I'm not sure. As far as I know next week I could become a murderer, thief, fornicator become apathetic to God, these type of things would void my entrance into the the kingdom.
Scripture make it irrefutably clear that salvation and entrance into Gods kingdom is NOT guaranteed until either the end of ones faithful life to God or the coming of Jesus.
(Matthew 24:13) "...But the one who has endured to the end will be saved..."
That right there shows you believe in works for salvation and or its continued maintenance.
But it goes with the territory. You have been taught that you have replaced Israel as "Jehovah's Witnesses." That passages like Isaiah 43:10, 12 are referring to you.
Thus, what you posted above my words here, as well as what follows. You are actually promoting works for salvation and or its maintenance.
(Hebrews 6:4-6) "...For as regards those who were once enlightened and who have tasted the heavenly free gift and who have become partakers of holy spirit 5 and who have tasted the fine word of God and powers of the coming system of things, 6 but have fallen away, it is impossible to revive them again to repentance, because they nail the Son of God to the stake again for themselves and expose him to public shame..."
That passage is actually talking about those of Israel in Early Acts
, who resisted the Spirit's witness unto them through the Twelve of that
foretaste of Israel's "world to come," Matt. 12:30-32, that Peter refers to in Acts 2:16 as "that which was spoken of by the prophet Joel" that Acts 2's Pentecost - had been a foretaste of, see the 2nd half of Acts 3.
When Jesus ascended to heaven, he did not immediately take up the scepter of rulership over the peoples of the world. Psalm 110:1 says "Jehovah declared to my Lord: 'Sit at my right hand Until I place your enemies as a stool for your feet'..." As it can be seen God said the Jesus to sit at his right hand until the point he delivers the world to Jesus. However, he did receive a “kingdom” with subjects that obeyed him. The apostle Paul identified that kingdom when he wrote: “[God] delivered us [spirit-anointed Christians] from the authority of the darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love.” (Colossians 1:13) This deliverance began at Pentecost*33*C.E. However that kingdom was not to be firmly establish until later.
True, He is not yet reigning. Aside from that, you have still greatly confused what the Lord had preached to Israel, that the Spirit continued through the Twelve, with what He later revealed thru an Apostle of the Gentiles, in
planned line
with Israel's
temporary fall, Romans 11:11; 15:13-21; Eph. 3.
Romans 11:23-29 is the answer to Acts 1: 6's question.
Prior to the interruption of where things were headed, the Twelve and their followers were part of "he that endures until the end shall be saved," Matt. 10: 1-5, 22, 23; Matt. 23:1-3; Matt. 24: 1, 13, and even that has a very specific meaning which few study out properly.
For, according to many passages like Matt. 10: 19-20; John 1: 11-13, etc., the Twelve and their followers would have been endued with power from on high to enable them to endure unto the end.
Here is another example of this very fact - Rev. 7:
2. And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3. Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees,
till we have sealed
the servants of our God in their foreheads.
4. And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand
of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Whereas Paul relates the Believer in this Mystery Grace Age has already been translated to the kingdom of God's Dear Son, Col. 1:13. This is founded on Rom. 5:1; Rom. 5:10-11; and Col. 2:13, 14.
This can again be seen in the account after Jesus resurrection when he had been glorified when the apostle spoke to him. Read the below scripture.
(Acts 1:6) So when they had assembled, they asked him: “Lord, are you restoring the kingdom to Israel at this time?”
To who? Israel.
The apostles thought that Jesus was about to restore the kingdom straight after his resurrection! However as the account carries on and its clear to see they were wrong in their thinking. Jesus replied "It does not belong to you to know the times or seasons that the Father has placed in his own jurisdiction", Jesus basically said -to paraphrase- "its not for you to know when the kingdom is being established". If the kingdom was already established back then, then the apostles were right and Jesus was wrong since he mislead the apostles to think that it wasn't established.
Again, you have confused Peter and Paul.
Do you not think some people may be more clued up more than others? I assure you my brother was partly wrong if he truly did tell you we work out our salvation. All you have to do is go to the JW website onto the online library and search kingdom or salvation to find out what I'm saying is accurate.
And for what reason would you not believe me? What reason would I have to lie?
He was mistaken, search the JW site if you don't believe me. If you don't then it simply proves your ignorance.
You may or may not be lying - God knoweth.
Just as important is the fact that you are confused.
Works is exactly what you are promoting and don't even see that you are.
Again, no offense intended.
