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The Galatian church. "He is the atoning sacrifice for [the Galatians'] sins" Several options seem viable: 1 All the people in the world 2 All the nations/Goyim 3 All the churches The first option gives us universal salvation. The second option results in most people being saved, with the...

I have questions about the translation of the word 'world' there - κόσμος. 15 minutes of looking up usage throughout the Bible made it less clear rather than better. o_O

That's kind of the point. The covenant here in Genesis 15 is predicated on faith. It's the same covenant under which the Gentiles receive adoption. That's what Abraham asked God for in the chapter - a son and heir. God gave him not only Isaac, but also the believing Gentiles as adopted...

You should have read the rest of chapter 15: Gen 15:18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

Abraham's covenant started before that. 9 [Cometh] this blessedness then upon the circumcision [only], or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. 10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in...

Certainly, we are. God's covenant with Abraham is of primary importance. That's where the adoption happened, whereby the way was made for Gentiles to be reconciled to God. Romans 4: 1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? 2 For if Abraham...

I find that God is tribal, meaning that He deals with people within His group differently than those outside His group. "Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated." Romans 9:13

You err, not knowing Scripture. Moses does NOT mediate the first or original covenant. There are covenants with Adam, Noah, and Abraham that precede Moses. Moses 'covenant is one of punishment on Israel for their unfaithfulness... it gives them corrupt priests and kings to oppress them...

Jesus portrays Himself as the only way - the embodiment of the Mind of God. John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

No. There's significant overlap in the teachings of Christ and the Buddha (e.g. the Golden Rule), but... Jesus taught there's only One Way... and ultimately that's not compatible with ANY other religion.

The early church work Celestial Hierarchy enumerates 9 different types of angels, in 3 groups: Seraphim, Cherubim, and Thrones in the highest Dominions, Virtues, and Powers in the middle Principalities, Archangels, and Angels They don't all look the same or have similar characteristics. For...

If correct, the prophets received a PERSON who delivered the message to them. In other words, Jesus visited the Old Testament prophets a lot to deliver the messages

The "Word of the Lord" appears in the bible more than you'd guess, and not in the place you'd guess. It's mostly in the Old Testament, and looks like this... Isa 38:4 Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying... With modern eyes, I first read this to say Isaiah received a message...

Sounds a lot like modern intellectualism - the indoctrination one might get at university in the Western world. They put science in adversary to religion and overthrow every institute of authority in favor of chaos. The head of that snake I think might be Paris - a city whose districts are...

Interesting question. To answer correctly, I would need to be a prophet or have some sort of special revelation. I have neither. Nonetheless... In the first and second centuries, the beast and false prophet were individuals, the former an upstart head-of-state and the latter an established...

Why not both? I see it as more than that. Jesus stated purpose in Matthew 5 is "to fulfill the Law and the Prophets." We think of fulfilling the Law as carrying out its statutes. We think of fulfilling the Prophets as doing what was predicted. But looking at this fulfillment and others...

I have heard that verse 30 refers to the famous "line in the sand" ultimatum delivered by the Romans: 30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have...

It isn't. But the context of the verses demands that "Israel" be the same people as "My son" be the same as "them" and the same as "Ephraim." If you think otherwise, your grammar is poor beyond measure.

So you didn't read the verses after that one then... 1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. 2 As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. 3 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their...