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Eden doesn't represent the world but God's house. Very similar to the day of atonement where there are two goats...or the people choosing Barabbas or Jesus. God's house is not the world. But His people are called out from the world. The world has its own judgment. The GWT judgment. Obviously...

I had forgotten that I did that blog a number of years ago...the omega course! :)

The bible clearly shows us 4 destinies. And there is no heaven and hell duality in the bible. The way people are indoctrinated one would think the bible says.. In the beginning God created the heavens and hell. There is a holy city...the New Jerusalem, for the saints (holy). The righteous...

Understanding the four eternal destinies of humankind will change the way you read and understand the bible. This is an important teaching that puts things in their proper perspective, restoring an understanding of the ancient paths, and shedding light on the gospel and its purpose.The four...

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 2 Cor. 5;17

Exactly. If you put some thought into your posts instead of saying the same empty things over and over again, you would find that your content would lessen...much to the relief of those who love the truth here.

LOL. Beware of the truth. Sure. And I don't think there is much chance that people who have adopted a gospel based on self-interest are going to all of a sudden be motivated to surrender to Christ.

Not being a German speaker myself, I don't see how he benefited anyone beyond providing a translation, that, for all I know, is as flawed as our own English versions. Be that as it may, Luther's idea of the gospel and grace is legalistic....as in...you can name and claim intimacy with God level...

Just based on this glaring deviation from the biblical narrative, Luther should have been rejected outright. He was no apostle or prophet sent from God. He was an opinionated racist. And his opinionating spread. The temporal powers took Luther on and protected him to gain wealth by claiming...

Sheep are dumb animals. They don't have any way of perceiving the danger they are in for being weak and not too smart. A shepherd leads them and protects them. Spiritually speaking, we are also weak and as dumb as sheep. We have no idea of the spiritual dangers we are exposed to in a world run...

And you are welcome to the reformation ideas....as God Himself allows this...to test those who have no love for the truth...but only care for what is beneficial to them. God weeds all self-seekers out of His kingdom. If you could only see the gospel apart from yourself... What I seek to...

I see the Reformation doing the confusing...even as it sought to clarify a bad practice in the RC system. I say practice, not doctrines. Anybody who needs to throw out part of the bible to make his ideas work...is out to lunch. (like Luther wanted to throw out the book of James, since he was...

And/or...we can spell things out that are in the bible that we have understood in many other ways in order to avoid an indoctrination through learning bible-ese...or bible speak...that gives an impression that we have even a clue as to what is being related in the bible. To me, if a person can...

Is there a holy tradition passed down from the apostles that instructs us to kiss icons, wear vestments, light candles, burn incense...etc?? The OT was based on a representation of a higher order based on a temporal temple. But in the NT we are to experience the actual presence of God where He...

I have to ask...beyond the fact that they read bible verses...what makes the service "divine"???

You are missing the point. Man-made things comes with labels that claim great things, but lead people astray. If a building says" church" on it, does that make it a church? If you believe that then you can also believe in divine liturgies or apostles' creeds. Using slogans or labels to attract...

The divine liturgy of St. Basil? Whose liturgy? The divine St. Basil?

Stop with the religious pride already. Get off the personal one-upmanship and stick to the subject. Liturgies are man -made. You are very off as you can't show any meeting from the bible that shows an order of service APART from having more than one prophet speak by the SPIRIT. No system...

I would say that for maintaining an apostolic DOCTRINE the Orthodox are the closest, followed by the Catholics. Far behind these two sects comes the Protestant sects...having thrown out the baby with the bathwater, as stated. As for PRACTICE..it depends on the individual. You find righteous...

People parrot scriptures all the time to give a kind of religious legitimacy to the proceedings called "services" or "masses". But the understanding of what is being read is lacking so often. The problem is that by parroting verses and agreeing in principle with them, that somehow that makes us...