You. Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance, and the very ends of the earth as Your possession…” (Psalm 2:7–8)The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet. The Lord will stretch forth Your strong scepter from Zion, saying, ‘Rule in the midst of Your enemies.’” (Psalm 110:1–2)Daniel: “I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a Son of Man was coming, and He came up to the Ancient of Days and was presented before Him. And to Him was given dominion, glory and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations and men of every language might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which will not pass away; and His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed.” (Daniel 7:13–14)Christians believe that Jesus Christ, having arisen, now sits at His Father’s right hand and enjoys His inheritance, but from the “now-but-not-yet” perspective, not all of His enemies are yet incorporated in His “footstool” nor have any of the heirs of his kingdom yet arisen. This hermeneutical tool affords great insight to 2 Corinthians 5:8: “prefer to be absent from the body (the “now-but”) and to be home with the Lord (the “not-yet”.)”
3 I have not read any articles, commentaries, books or other publications dealing with any biblical concept of hell and thus am not qualified to critique any of them. This writing is solely based on my own reading, researching, and study of the Old and New Testaments.
4 רוּחַ אֱלֹהִים / πνεῦμα θεοῦ / ἅγιος πνεῦμαJesus Christ, the “begotten” Son of God (Psalm 2:7) and is referred to as the “Son of Man” (Daniel 7:13; Matthew 8:20) as well as “the second man.” (1 Corinthians 15:47) The words “begotten” and “Son” have been divinely appointed to facilitate man’s ability to comprehend the mysterious, eternal relationship and function between the First