Originally posted by Proper Knobnow you are just knit picking Noobster clearly the term is used to describe the world.
There's no mention of the word 'Earth' in the text is there? In fact the Greek word used in the text is 'oikoumene' which crops up 15 times in the NT. Here's one -
Luke 2:1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
That's a very different use of the word 'world' than you are using.
-Removed-The Abrahamic religious set will ALWAYS see today as the harbinger of the end days no matter WHAT today's date is. It was like that 2000 years ago, 1000 years ago, 100 years ago, now, 100 years from now it will be the same and if (shudder) the abrahamics are still around 1000 years from now, there will be whole generations of doomsday sayers that as a group, will ALSO be wrong, just as they are ALL wrong today yesterday and tomorrow.
Originally posted by robbie carrobieHow can you seriously say the term 'clearly' means the world? I've just provided another piece of scripture where the same word quite clearly means the Roman Empire which back when the text was written was the known world.
now you are just knit picking Noobster clearly the term is used to describe the world.
For you, of all people Robbie 'Mr Greek' Carrobie, to claim that examining the original Greek text, cross referencing the usage of the Greek word across other pieces of scripture as 'nit picking' is nonsense.