Raúl Sáenz

Esposo, padre, pastor y misionero en la sierra de Chihuahua a los Tarahumaras

[Raúl Sáenz @isacraulsaenz]

@ElPastorJoelito Ir a terapia de que?

[Jonathan Murcia @JonathanMurciaD]

Que un hombre dentro de su confesión de fe cristiana, tenga llamado, vocación, deseo de servir al Señor como sacerdote y no le permitan el hermoso ministerio de matrimonio, el regalo de tener hijos, disfrutar una vejez con una familia me parece la injusticia religiosa más cruel del rito romano.

Ni en el Antiguo Testamento ni en el Nuevo Testamento se ve esto como una imposición. Lastimosamente esto distorsiona la fe y desvía el camino de muchos, aquí un ejemplo:

[Raúl Sáenz @isacraulsaenz]

@JonathanMurciaD Será un privilegio morir por Cristo para siempre 🙏🏻

[Raúl Sáenz @isacraulsaenz]

@FaustoLiriano Bienvenido a México hermano 🇲🇽. Hermano una pregunta: Que opinas del Calvinismo? Saludos.

[Raúl Sáenz @isacraulsaenz]

@DrPJWilliams Testigos sin Jehová

[Raúl Sáenz @isacraulsaenz]

Good

[Tibbs プレトリブ @JayTibbs23]

It's a common tactic in reformed theology and all forms of preterism to use Joshua 21:43-45 as a prooftext to say that the Land Covenant has already been fulfilled

Aside from the fact that there are other key factors that go into the Land Covenant that these views overlook

And the fact that there are few things in the Bible that should be taken more seriously than when God Himself Swears on Oath about something

Joshua 21 does not contain the slam dunk that they claim it does, and I think they end up walking straight into a bear trap of their own making that causes them more harm than good when you realize what comes before and after Joshua 21

Allow me to explain

If you back up 10 chapters you'll notice this 👇

Joshua 11:23
"SO JOSHUA TOOK THE ENTIRE LAND, JUST AS THE LORD HAD DIRECTED MOSES, and he gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal divisions. Then the land had rest from war"

Sounds great on paper, til you keep reading

Joshua 13:1
"When Joshua had grown old, the Lord said to him, “You are now very old, AND THERE ARE STILL VERY LARGE AREAS OF LAND TO BE TAKEN OVER"

Then you run into this a couple chapters later

Joshua 15:63
"Judah could not dislodge the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem; TO THIS DAY THE JEBUSITES LIVE THERE WITH THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH"

The phrase "to this day" is very important because it's saying that this is how it was at the time the Book of Joshua was written

Which includes Joshua 21

Joshua 16:10
"They did not dislodge the Canaanites living in Gezer; TO THIS DAY the Canaanites live among the people of Ephraim but are required to do forced labor"

Another reference like the previous chapter

Can you spot the pattern?

Joshua did not take possession of the entire Land, despite Joshua 11 saying that he took possession of the entire Land

If you never read Joshua before let alone much of the Old Testament, and someone preached Joshua 21:43-45 to you in pure isolation, suggesting that the Promised Land is irrelevant and that Covenant was fulfilled thousands of years ago and expanded to the rest of the world, you'd have a better chance than not of falling for it hook, line, and sinker, and that tactic has been used for years to lead people away from the truth and into the deception of reformed eschatology and preterism

What's crazy is that we haven't even gotten to the stuff that comes after Joshua 21

Joshua 23 starts like this

"AFTER A LONG TIME HAD PASSED and the Lord had given Israel rest from all their enemies around them, Joshua, by then a very old man"

Which reads like a sequel to Joshua 21:43-45 and if you read them in parallel you can tell that Joshua 23 comes many years after Joshua 21

Joshua 23:2-5
"and [Joshua] said to them:
“I am very old. You yourselves have seen everything the Lord your God has done to all these nations for your sake; it was the Lord your God who fought for you. Remember how I have allotted as an inheritance for your tribes all the land of the nations that remain—the nations I conquered—between the Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea in the west. THE LORD YOUR GOD HIMSELF WILL PUSH THEM OUT FOR YOUR SAKE. HE WILL DRIVE THEM OUT BEFORE YOU, AND YOU WILL TAKE POSSESSION OF THEIR LAND, AS THE LORD YOUR GOD PROMISED YOU"

To suggest that Joshua 21:43-45 somehow fulfills the entirety of the Land Covenant not only contradicts the rest of Joshua, but it makes no sense when you get to the Book of Judges and the Tribes of Israel are failing to possess their alotted territories

When something appears crystal clear, but everything around it seems to suggest otherwise, it might not be the slam dunk it appears to be

Especially when it's coming from someone who represents preterism or covenant theology

I've said this before, and I'll say it a thousand times if I have to

Eschatology is one of the Achilles Heels of reformed theology

And until they practice what they preach and "semper reformanda" becomes more than a buzzword, that will never change

Long story short...

God has big plans for the Promised Land 👇

[Raúl Sáenz @isacraulsaenz]

@JonathanMurciaD Hermano, tu que crees? Si nacemos con una naturaleza pecaminosa o nacemos sin mancha y con el tiempo cada uno peca sin necesidad de la naturaleza caída. Así como Adán. Bendiciones

[Raúl Sáenz @isacraulsaenz]

@plexaleOK Una Pregunta Doron: Qué significa cuando Dios le dijo a Moisés: YO SOY EL QUE SOY? Gracias

[Raúl Sáenz @isacraulsaenz]

@FaustoLiriano @El_Circulo Gloria a Dios hermano. Quiero hacer una pregunta: Qué opinas del calvinismo? Gracias y bendiciones 🙏🏻

[Raúl Sáenz @isacraulsaenz]

@HubmaierB Abominable

[Raúl Sáenz @isacraulsaenz]

@plexaleOK Mi papá falleció en mayo 😭 duele mucho 😢

[Raúl Sáenz @isacraulsaenz]

@FaustoLiriano Hermano, yo soy misionero a los Tarahumaras, un grupo étnico en las montañas de Chihuahua México. Hay algunas tradiciones pero muy malas. Que se puede hacer para tener una Biblia más confiable? Bendiciones

[Raúl Sáenz @isacraulsaenz]

@HubmaierB Pásalo en español hermano 😂

[Balthasar Hubmaier @HubmaierB]

El pecado le hizo tanto mal a la humanidad, que no reconoció a Dios encarnado y resolvió que lo mejor era crucificarlo. La creación se tornó en contra del Creador.

La buena noticia es que Jesucristo resucitó, y quiere perdonar y salvar a todo aquel que cree en Él. Ha vencido.

[Raúl Sáenz @isacraulsaenz]

@plexaleOK Que Salmo es?

[Raúl Sáenz @isacraulsaenz]

@JonathanMurciaD Lastima que ahí está un salón de los testigos sin Jehová 😂😂😂

[Raúl Sáenz @isacraulsaenz]

Jeremías 31:25 - Porque satisfaré al alma cansada, y saciaré a toda alma entristecida.

[Raúl Sáenz @isacraulsaenz]

@plexaleOK No estaba el arca del pacto ahí?

[Raúl Sáenz @isacraulsaenz]

“Tú, Señor, escuchas el deseo de los indefensos, les infundes aliento y atiendes a su clamor.” Salmo 10:17

[Raúl Sáenz @isacraulsaenz]

Job 38:4 - ¿Dónde estabas tú cuando yo fundaba la tierra? Házmelo saber, si tienes inteligencia.