be perfect, as I am perfect, Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God, Don't you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God, etc, neverminding that "the faithful" have been turned into "believers" there at that v. Which is not in Scripture iow, except in English
It is true that those who do not depart from iniquity, including former believers, will not inherit the kingdom of God as vessels unto honor in His House.
If you read 2 Timothy 2:18-21 where former believers are also called to repent by that word "nevertheless" in verse 19, then you can see that in verse 20, there are 2 kinds of vessels in His House; the one that departs from iniquity becomes that vessel unto honor; so them what happens to the ones that do not? They become vessels unto dishonor for not departing from iniquity. What makes a saint a vessel unto dishonor in His House? By becoming a castaway.
seek your own salvation, return to Me and I will return to you,
You have jumbled certain sections of verses out of context in throwing them altogether in making your point, but they all represent a different point.
Seek out your salvation is actually worded as "work out your salvation" from Philippians 2:5-13 of verse 12 where it ends "with fear and trembling", but if you look to verse 13, it is referring to what that reverential fear being directed towards about; and that is He is the One working in us as previously stated in Philippians 1:6-11. So it is a matter of living by faith in placing your confidence in the Lord in how we are to work out our salvation in fear and much trembling; hardly any denotation towards doing the best you can in following Him by the religious flesh, but by faith in Him, He will help us to follow Him.
Return to Me and I will return to you is from the O.T., correct? Feel free to provide one for the N.T. as worded as such. I can point to 2 Timothy 2:18-21 as previously referenced as being the same meaning of returning to living that reconciled relationship with God through Jesus Christ, but not by the efforts done by keeping the laws as it was done in the O.T. I consider that meaning as running that race as a saved believer can run it by faith in Him to help us lay aside every weight & sin.
You reap what you sow is a different application from Galatians 5th and 6th chapter and that is true in returning to the Lord by departing from iniquity, but not to save yourself by doing so, because we are saved by Him. It is saving yourself from what is coming on the earth as Peter talks about that in 2 Peter 3 rd chapter.
this one, yikes, i mean where does this even come from, pls Quote the v and we'll see. All i can find for them is "Cut off and tossed"
Luke 12:40-49 has the Lord warning His disciples to be ready or else, and yet after cutting them off to have their portions with the unbelievers, they will face a fire coming on the earth, but symbolically, they are receiving stripes for not being ready because they are still His servants.
Luke 12:46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. 47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. 48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. 49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
These are the saints that will be coming out of the great tribulation as resurrected by the Lord when He is already on earth as the King of kings as this particular resurrection will happen after Satan & the world's armies has been defeated and Satan has been placed in the pit for a thousand years. See Revelation 20:1-6
again, neverminding that those who are seeking to leave seem to be the same ones who are arguing against their own return to begin with, yes? Iow the ones "taken" are the ones taken to be tossed
See previous post #118 on Luke 17th chapter.
Understand I AM, there is nothing new under the sun, the kingdom of heaven is within you
Once again, you kinds jumbled certain sections of verses together in trying to convey something I am not sure how in relation to the progress of our discussion.
I believe that the kingdom of heaven is within us is citing our union with God thru the Bridegroom, but there is an actual Heaven and an actual City of God in Heaven that will come down after the great tribulation as Jew Jerusalem with the joyful inhabitants of the city of those raptured saints living in that city where the left behind saints & new believers coming out of the great tribulation as well as the coming generations in the millennium reign can visit the City of God on earth.
There are 2 inheritances by way of a resurrection; the celestial ones are the vessels unto honor that will be living in the city of God. The ones coming out of the great tribulation will be resurrected in a glorified terrestrial bodies where the power of the second death will not hold sway over them. They will be serving the King of kings as priests and kings all over the world in raising up the coming generations during the millennium reign of Christ.
