St. SteVen said:
So, only those in parables take their inheritance and enter
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the kingdom prepared for......... you................ since the creation of the world." ???
What we are looking for is the "YOU">....in the verse.
So, who is this one?
A.) "having Passed from death to life"........as "Translated from Darkness to LIGHT".
= "TO Light"........that means to have become a part of the "Light"., or its the one who IS The "Light".
So, to enter the KOG......happens on earth.......when you are born again....... and that is why the NT says of these that they are "seated in Heavenly Places".......as this is the KOG where "God exists IN LIGHT".
Being born again... is to become "in Christ"........and Christ is "the LIGHT of the World", and all the born again are "Children of the Light".
See that Reader?
Notice that all of this it SPIRITUAL, yet, Real....Literal.......which is different then a Parable.......as a parable is leading you to understand the Spiritual Application.....which i just showed you.
Also, ...OT Parables are not NT Doctrine for the Church., they are treaching devices that hide revelation.
Reader,
ALL things with God are Spiritual.
All Things with Christianity are Spiritual.
We are born again "Spiritually".
We are to "walk in the SPIRIT".
The words in the BIBLE are "spiritually discerned".....ONLY.
What about this one? Where's Jesus?
Romans 2:14-16 NIV
(Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law,
do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves,
even though they do not have the law.
15 They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts,
their consciences also bearing witness,
and their thoughts sometimes accusing them
and at other times even defending them.)
16 This will take place on the day when God judges people’s secrets
through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.
The answer is the Same as last time i explained these verses to you.
A.) Every person has a conscience, and that is the law of God written in your heart, and that is why an unbeliever, understands..." i sinned".. "i did something wrong", even if they have never read the 10 Commandments or Moses 613 Laws.
And there will be a time that you will be judge for "every idle word".......and notice that faith in Christ is to be "confessed"... as that is words that define your faith, that God has accepted, regarding anyone who is born again.