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There's always a number of people out and about who truly believe that
Christ wasn't obligated to comply with the covenant that Yhvh's people
agreed upon with God as per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.
Take capital punishment for example. I encounter people all the time who
sincerely believe that Christ opposed it. But were Christ to oppose capital
punishment, he would incur a curse upon himself.
†. Deut 27:26 . . Cursed be he who will not uphold the terms of this law and
observe them.
The grammatical tense of that curse is present rather than future, indicating
that the curse is instant-- no delay and no waiting period.
And then there are people who sincerely believe that Christ was a reformer;
viz: his brand of religious philosophy was kinder, gentler, and more loving
and understanding than the thunder and lightening of the Old Testament's
God. But Christ claimed that he and God were unified.
†. John 6:38 . . I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but
the will of Him who sent me
†. John 8:29 . . He that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me
alone; for I do always those things that please Him.
†. John 10:30 . . I and my Father are one.
The ultimate capital punishment pending is the lake of brimstone featured at
Rev 20:10-15 wherein people will undergo termination akin to a foundry
worker falling into a vat of molten iron. The administrator won't be the Old
Testament's thunder and lightening God, no, the administrator of that
horrifying scene will be the kinder, gentler, and more loving and
understanding Jesus.
†. John 5:22 . . The Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to
the Son
†. Acts 17:31 . . He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in
righteousness through a man whom He has appointed, having furnished
proof to all men by raising him from the dead.
The Great White Throne event won't be a peaceful scene. People will be
literally pale with terror, lips trembling, mouths too dry to speak; screaming,
shrieking, bellowing, sobbing and yelping-- eyes darting about looking for
something, anything, to clutch and cling to as a force they cannot resist
drags them off to capital punishment in a flaming substance where their
incinerated remains will be perpetual nourishment for a curious species of
fire-proof worm.
†. Isa 66:23-24 . . All humanity will come to worship Me from week to week
and from month to month. And as they go out, they will see the dead bodies
of those who have rebelled against me. For the worms that devour them will
never die, and the fire that burns them will never go out. All who pass by
will view them with utter loathing.
A worm that thrives in brimstone is pretty amazing, but not totally
unreasonable. The 4-inch Pompeii worm lives in sea water temperatures of
176° F --hot enough to destroy salmonella and sanitize an egg. So I guess if
God could create a worm like the Pompeii, it shouldn't be too difficult for Him
to create worms that like it even warmer; and Christ fully approves because
he and the Old Testament's God are unified.
†. John 4:34 . . My food is to do the will of Him who sent me
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There's always a number of people out and about who truly believe that
Christ wasn't obligated to comply with the covenant that Yhvh's people
agreed upon with God as per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.
Take capital punishment for example. I encounter people all the time who
sincerely believe that Christ opposed it. But were Christ to oppose capital
punishment, he would incur a curse upon himself.
†. Deut 27:26 . . Cursed be he who will not uphold the terms of this law and
observe them.
The grammatical tense of that curse is present rather than future, indicating
that the curse is instant-- no delay and no waiting period.
And then there are people who sincerely believe that Christ was a reformer;
viz: his brand of religious philosophy was kinder, gentler, and more loving
and understanding than the thunder and lightening of the Old Testament's
God. But Christ claimed that he and God were unified.
†. John 6:38 . . I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but
the will of Him who sent me
†. John 8:29 . . He that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me
alone; for I do always those things that please Him.
†. John 10:30 . . I and my Father are one.
The ultimate capital punishment pending is the lake of brimstone featured at
Rev 20:10-15 wherein people will undergo termination akin to a foundry
worker falling into a vat of molten iron. The administrator won't be the Old
Testament's thunder and lightening God, no, the administrator of that
horrifying scene will be the kinder, gentler, and more loving and
understanding Jesus.
†. John 5:22 . . The Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to
the Son
†. Acts 17:31 . . He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in
righteousness through a man whom He has appointed, having furnished
proof to all men by raising him from the dead.
The Great White Throne event won't be a peaceful scene. People will be
literally pale with terror, lips trembling, mouths too dry to speak; screaming,
shrieking, bellowing, sobbing and yelping-- eyes darting about looking for
something, anything, to clutch and cling to as a force they cannot resist
drags them off to capital punishment in a flaming substance where their
incinerated remains will be perpetual nourishment for a curious species of
fire-proof worm.
†. Isa 66:23-24 . . All humanity will come to worship Me from week to week
and from month to month. And as they go out, they will see the dead bodies
of those who have rebelled against me. For the worms that devour them will
never die, and the fire that burns them will never go out. All who pass by
will view them with utter loathing.
A worm that thrives in brimstone is pretty amazing, but not totally
unreasonable. The 4-inch Pompeii worm lives in sea water temperatures of
176° F --hot enough to destroy salmonella and sanitize an egg. So I guess if
God could create a worm like the Pompeii, it shouldn't be too difficult for Him
to create worms that like it even warmer; and Christ fully approves because
he and the Old Testament's God are unified.
†. John 4:34 . . My food is to do the will of Him who sent me
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