Is The Apostle John Still Alive?

Don't you just love those whacky questions? Where do I discover 'em you might justifiably ask? Well I discover 'em on my travels across the net in which I find out many unusual human beings with even extra unusual ideas which, amazingly, they obtain instantly out of The King James Bible. Is this hard to believe? You could suppose so however, no, those humans get preserve of an idea and they run and run with it till they're blue inside the face. Steam then starts to seem from their ears when one challenges them or maybe has the temerity to question how they came to their bizarre conclusion i.E. That the Messenger (apostle) John is still alive and with us today in the yr 2013 after the passing of almost 2,000 years. How wrinkly would he be I surprise? WOW!

Now this subject matter does raise an thrilling factor and that factor is that this: ought to Yashua Anointed have stored John alive for 2,000 years? Yes I accept as true with He ought to had He desired to, however as with all these things we must ask the query WHY? Why could He have wanted to? And is there whatever within the way of evidence and evidence inside The Holy Scriptures that might definitely and realistically help such an concept? Is there a verse that even recommendations at this stunning belief? Well on first reading there's a Holy Scripture that could, with a high-quality stretch of the creativeness, be interpreted this manner so allow's reproduction it here:

Matt sixteen:28 (KJV) Verily I say unto you, There be a few standing right here, which shall now not flavor of death, until they see The Son of Man coming in His Kingdom.

Now here on this final verse of Matthew 16 we've Yashua Anointed speakme to His newbies (disciples) rapidly after Peter had boldly declared to all gift that Yashua Anointed turned into the Messiah (God inside the flesh) sent by way of The Father to redeem (shop) all sinful mankind. So this become a very poignant moment in their lives, but what become Yashua Anointed truly pronouncing here? I ask this, because this verse is the only which those 'John continues to be alive' people base their ideas.

OK, they do receive efficaciously that all the alternative Messengers (apostles) laid down their lives and died for Yashua Anointed and that John was the simplest Messenger that failed to lay down his life inside the equal way in that he lived out his full existence, so all of us agree on that. The component is, these people take it a large step further by using decoding Matthew 16:28 to mean that John would actually now not see death at all until he saw Yashua Anointed return to this earth to set up His Kingdom. In other words they trust that John is still with us nowadays awaiting Yashua Anointed's go back. Where he is I haven't any concept, but they may be positive that he IS right here and is still alive. Amazing eh?

For me although it all sounds past a long way fetched, even though the above Holy Scripture become efficiently translated, which it is not, so we could test the Greek MSS transliteral to peer if that can throw any mild on the matter:

Matthew sixteen:28 Amen I-am-announcing to-you're any of-the-ones right here having-stood who-any no longer no need to-be-tasting of-demise until ever they-can also-be-perceiving the son of-the man coming inside the Kingdom of-Him?

No doubt I don't should provide an explanation for this out for you, for as we will plainly see the Greek MSS transliteral has this verse as a question that Yashua Anointed is asking his Learners and now not an faulty declaration of fact as the translators of the KJV would really like us to accept as true with. Yashua Anointed is looking them if they assume there are any amongst them who will not flavor loss of life before His coming in glory and had been there any? Of course not, they're all useless of their graves anticipating the resurrection as are all the saints who've died in Yashua Anointed (died nonetheless believing) down via the centuries.

So what have been the translators as much as? Easy, 'immortality of the soul' stuff and nonsense along with knowing that a few silly people might even interpret this verse as meaning that John might stay a physical lifestyles until Yashua Anointed's return - confusion? Unbelievable? You betcha, however there's nowt so queer as folks, and they'll trust whatever, so be warned and be organized to provide an answer when they begin spouting their 'John remains alive' nonsense.