Jesus has been reigning on the throne since 70 A.D. After he died, ascended, and sent the comforter, he went to make atonement, the veil was torn, we are back in the Father's presence through him, and the temple that dwells within us. Scripture is very clear that his kingdom is not of this world, does not come with observation. He did not come to deliver us from the world, but from evil. The last enemy to defeat is death. Death was defeated on the cross. Satan has no real dominion over us, any longer. Sin and death according to Isaiah 65:20 and in Chapter 66 will always be in the world. We already have the peace available to us that Paul showed on his way to the cross. Look at Matthew 5:17 Do not think I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until ALL is accomplished. The Jews did not accept Christ as the Messiah, because they said he did not fulfill all of the prophecies. They wanted him to rule from Jerusalem physically here. He told Peter the temple would not have one stone left upon another, if they say lo...he is in the desert, or lo, he is over here...do not believe them. Jesus is the second Adam. He did what Adam failed to do. The law was used to show us our sins, so we would see our need for the Father and choose him. Adam was told the day he ate from the tree of knowledge of good in bad, in that very day he would die. He hid him self when he heard God walking in the garden...he was then thrown out of the garden and died a spiritual death in that very day. Check out Exodus where Moses begs God not to take his presence from them. The Scripture that talks about the apostles seeing Jesus ascend into heaven in the clouds...the angels said, the way you saw him go, is the way he will come again. In the Exodus, God was in a cloud in the day, and a pillar of fire at night. God is an all consuming fire. What are we waiting for? What was not fulfilled. He said get out of the flesh, walk in spirit and in truth. He finished it all, we are in the kingdom, Satan has been defeated for we don't fear the first death, only the greater death...spiritual death...the abscense of the Father. Heaven and Earth were not used in physical terms. Heaven and Earth are both still here, yet all of us agree, we are no longer under the Law, so how else can you explain this Scripture. We are just like the Jews. We are claiming is not all fulfilled, there is something yet to be done. Read Jocephus Antiquities of the Jews, the War of the Jews...compare to Matthew 24. It will blow your socks off. This is how the JW's got so off course, and pay close attention to how the Christians fled to the mountains and the Jews went to temple and they were destroyed. Titus took down the last wall, and during his victory celebration, they went to put the wreath of victory on his head and he said, "the victory does not belong to me, but to the God of these people, who poured out his wrath upon them. Jocephus was a Jewish historian, Tacticus and Roman Historian....enemies, wrote seeing the same things. Hearing the voice of a thousand yet one, trumpets blasting, the sky parting like a scroll, seeing chariots in heaven and fire raining down. All we have left to do on this earth is to continue to build the kingdom, run the race with endurance, die and our "ruach" or breath returns to the Father who blew ruach into Adam's nostrils on the day he formed him. Gap theory in Gen 1, 2.....1.created, 2. formed. Different words. What if this is correct, and those waiting for Jesus to come back, or to rapture them (1 Thess talking about ressurection, not rapture). C.S. Lewis wrote.. the most embarrassing passage in Scripture (there is no such thing, and how dispicable to say) is Matthew 5:17-22, because it appears even Jesus himself the second coming wrong. The bible never says second coming. It says the Great day of the Lord, the coming of the Son of Man, Coming on the Clouds (which always meant judgment) Google C.S. Lewis and most embarrassing Scripture. Finally, the lion and the lamb laying together, peace...Read Paul's words who sang on his way to his death...sin death sorrow, pain, all were wrapped up in the cross. Please go to a site called Devoted to Truth by ecclesia. The writer is a Richard Anthony. It is called preterism. It is considered heretical, and unorthodox. At first reading through it, I was angry. When I went back with seven translations and a Strong's concordance and actually looked at the Scripture without my JW eyeballs on, or my baptist eyeballs on, I actually read the words, and they were very different from what any of us have ever been taught. Even at best, if you don't believe any of it...explain how we are not under the law if all these things have not been fulfilled...those were Jesus's exact words in Matthew 5:17.
...OUTLAW