Apokatastasis in the early church

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You just violated your own rule: "this saith the Lord"

You know what that is called by the LORD???
Psalms 110:1-7 KJV
1) A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
2) The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
3) Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
4) The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
5) The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
6) He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
7) He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.

The Bible identifies prophets.

Acts 2:29-30 KJV
29) Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
30) Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

No need to guess.

Much love!
 

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You should just honestly deal with the truth of the matter. Admit your error and we all just move on.

And you claim that the Holy Spirit is leading you to change your approach? Again, I'm not seeing it. Like always you post your put-downs of those with whom you disagree. God did not teach you to do that. That does not come from God.
the TRUTH of the matter are the Scriptures that Declare TRUTH
seeking to undermine Truth is not from God

you believe in "dispensationalism" = this did not come from God = it is falsehood a sit speaks against Christ and the apostles

false humility is a terrible thing to have
 

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Psalms 110:1-7 KJV
1) A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
2) The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
3) Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
4) The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
5) The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
6) He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
7) He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.

The Bible identifies prophets.

Acts 2:29-30 KJV
29) Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
30) Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

No need to guess.

Much love!
FINALLY marks sees = at least in part
 

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the TRUTH of the matter are the Scriptures that Declare TRUTH
seeking to undermine Truth is not from God
You continue to deflect and avoid the Truth of Scripture, in this case concerning Job. While you continue to post your negative personal comments about me. That is not from the Holy Spirit. It's just not.
 

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You continue to deflect and avoid the Truth of Scripture, in this case concerning Job. While you continue to post your negative personal comments about me. That is not from the Holy Spirit. It's just not.
marks, each time you accuse you are pointing the finger at yourself

your negative personal comments like = "If your behavior changes"

wow
 

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FINALLY marks sees = at least in part
Sees what? What are you referring to? That the LORD spoke through David? That's my point! God speaks through His prophets, and the Bible tells us who those prophets are. One primary way is that they claim to speak for God. You cannot rightfully just make you own declarations of who is and is not God's prophet. God determines that, and we are to listen to Him. Not try to force-fit Scripture into whatever shape we want.
 

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marks, each time you accuse you are pointing the finger at yourself

your negative personal comments like = "If your behavior changes"

wow
I'm not insulting you. I'm not saying you are an hypocrit. I'm not calling you blind. I'm not saying the things you are. Maybe you aren't really aware of what you say, some are like that, just typing stuff that they hope will remove the impetus to correct an error.
 

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If you know this, then don't do it. False superiority isn't so pretty either, I can assure you! AKA arrogance and pride.

Karl Marx Said, 'Accuse Your Enemy of What You Are Doing'?​

 

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marks, each time you accuse you are pointing the finger at yourself

your negative personal comments like = "If your behavior changes"

wow
All this over whether or not Job said, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" This is so simple. There is no need to turn it into this drawn out avoidance.
 

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I'm not insulting you. I'm not saying you are an hypocrit. I'm not calling you blind. I'm not saying the things you are. Maybe you aren't really aware of what you say, some are like that, just typing stuff that they hope will remove the impetus to correct an error.
you are blaming others for what you do yourself = James ch5

you reject the Truth as clearly displayed from Scripture = Jesus calls that unbelief and blindness

Each time the scripture is posted for you, you seek to argue against "It is written" when it does not fit your own theology

Catholics, jehovah witnesses, pre-trib, cessationist, amillenialists do this all the time becaus ethey know if they agree with scripture it means they must make a change of thinking
 

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What we have above is pages of people trying to be "more" right than others.
 
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you are blaming others for what you do yourself = James ch5

you reject the Truth as clearly displayed from Scripture = Jesus calls that unbelief and blindness

Each time the scripture is posted for you, you seek to argue against "It is written" when it does not fit your own theology

Catholics, jehovah witnesses, pre-trib, cessationist, amillenialists do this all the time becaus ethey know if they agree with scripture it means they must make a change of thinking
False characterizations.

I hope you will one day see this.

Much love!
 

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Oh YES Job did!!!

Though I speak, my grief is not relieved;
And if I remain silent, how am I eased?
7But now He has worn me out;
You have made desolate all my company.
8You have shriveled me up,
And it is a witness against me;
My leanness rises up against me
And bears witness to my face.
9He tears me in His wrath, and hates me;
He gnashes at me with His teeth;
My adversary sharpens His gaze on me.
10They gape at me with their mouth, = But they cried out all the more, saying, “Let Him be crucified!
They strike me reproachfully on the cheek
, = “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they slapped him in the face.
They gather together against me.
11God has delivered me to the ungodly,
And turned me over to the hands of the wicked
. = The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners
12I was at ease, but He has shattered me;
He also has taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces;
He has set me up for His target,
13His archers surround me.
He pierces my heart and does not pity;
He pours out my gall on the ground.
14He breaks me with wound upon wound; = "by His wounds we are healed"
He runs at me like a warrior.
15“I have sewn sackcloth over my skin,
And laid my head in the dust.
16My face is flushed from weeping,
And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
Although no violence is in my hands= He was assigned a grave with the wicked....though he had done no violence"
And my prayer is pure. = "
nor was any deceit in His mouth."
Your claim was that Job originally said, "my God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

Those words are not here.

Your attempt to move the goalposts has been noted.
 

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What we have above is pages of people trying to be "more" right than others.
Really just one person made a fairly obvious misattribution, and rather than just saying, "oops!" they've expended multiple pages trying to justify themself
 
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And do you still maintain this is from the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit is the spirit of Truth = God included Abel Enoch Noah Job and others with the prophets
Why do you choose to speak against the Holy Spirit.........

Both JESUS and the writer of Hebrews declared Abel as a prophet

Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers’ guilt. 33Serpents, brood[n] of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell? 34Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city, 35that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth,
from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36Assuredly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation
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Hebrews
to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.
Your claim was that Job originally said, "my God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

Those words are not here.

Your attempt to move the goalposts has been noted.
The Holy Spirit widens the Goal Posts of TRUTH so that we can SEE more clearly = but only thru faith in "It is written"

In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. = Goal posts moved
the apostle John is quoting from Genesis

God preached the gospel to Abraham = Goal posts moved
the apostle Paul quoting from Genesis

JESUS moves the Goal Posts = Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. 30In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven. 31But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you: 32‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

Jude moves the goal posts = Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, 15to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”

the scripture from Job Speaks LOUD and CLEAR of CHRIST with nearly identical prophetic utterance = only if you open your heart to TRUTH
 
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Your claim was that Job originally said, "my God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

Those words are not here.

Your attempt to move the goalposts has been noted.
Open your heart and avoid "straining at a gnat"

Though I speak, my grief is not relieved;
And if I remain silent, how am I eased?
7But now He has worn me out;
You have made desolate all my company.
8You have shriveled me up,
And it is a witness against me;
My leanness rises up against me
And bears witness to my face.
9He tears me in His wrath, and hates me;
He gnashes at me with His teeth;
My adversary sharpens His gaze on me.
10They gape at me with their mouth, = But they cried out all the more, saying, “Let Him be crucified!”
They strike me reproachfully on the cheek
, = “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they slapped him in the face.
They gather together against me.
11God has delivered me to the ungodly,
And turned me over to the hands of the wicked
. = The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners
12I was at ease, but He has shattered me;
He also has taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces;
He has set me up for His target,
13His archers surround me.
He pierces my heart and does not pity;
He pours out my gall on the ground.
14He breaks me with wound upon wound; = "by His wounds we are healed"
He runs at me like a warrior.
15“I have sewn sackcloth over my skin,
And laid my head in the dust.
16My face is flushed from weeping,
And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
Although no violence is in my hands= He was assigned a grave with the wicked....though he had done no violence"
And my prayer is pure. = "nor was any deceit in His mouth."

Really just one person made a fairly obvious misattribution, and rather than just saying, "oops!" they've expended multiple pages trying to justify themself
You are repeating the replies of Job's three 'friends'

Listen to God's conclusion of the matter

And so it was, after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has. 8Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall pray for you. For I will accept him, lest I deal with you according to your folly; because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.