I read Matthew 8:29 the recently and it made me think. Now, I'm just conjecturing here, but I still thought I would share as food for thought. The text is as follows:
'And, behold, they cried out saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?' Matthew 8:29
What it prompted me to think of was the end of the world. The devil and his angels are going through a lot of trouble to get people to be lost and miss out on eternal life that Jesus has promised. One of the ways he does this is to have people believe that there is no God, or that Jesus does not exist. To me, this text points to the hell that awaits the devil and his angels at the end of the world. Now I would suggest that you read Matthew for the back story, but basically Jesus meets a man on his travels who has been possessed by demons, and it's the demons speaking to Jesus through this possessed man that made this statement.
Anyway, back to my original thought - the demons ask Jesus if he is there to torment them before the time. I think they are talking about hell fire. Because Jesus never tormented demons while on earth, so they can't possibly be talking about any acts during his time. To me this text is evidence that there will be an end, and that there is a hell to come. What else could they mean about Jesus tormenting them before the time? I always believed in the end as the Bible teaches - that hell is real and heaven is real, but I just found it interesting when I found this text and thought I would share.
Jesus IS is real, and he IS coming and there WILL be a judgement for all those who commit evil. I leave you with this other text:
'Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.' James 2:19
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