When, exactly does the "until the redemption of those who are God's possession" occur? Does "until the redemption" mean instantly? Since when does redemption mean salvation?
"you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit," refers to the Sacrament of Confirmation.
The Lord Christ Jesus IS the Redeemer.
When the Lord Redeems a man, the man Becomes His People.
The Lord Redeems men, BY declaring them changed and ACCEPTABLE TO HIM, AND ARE BELONGING TO HIM ONLY....AND ARE HIS to Take unto Himself.
Men ARE redeemed WHILE they are on the Earth, ACCOUNDTED belonging to The Lord God Almighty, in His hand forever.
There shall be a DAY when the Lord Shall remove His People from the Earth, WHILE the Earth is being Restored.
Acts 8:14-17 – the people of Samaria were baptized in Christ, but did not receive the fullness of the Spirit until they were confirmed by the elders. Confirmation is a sacrament that Jesus Christ instituted within His Catholic Church to further strengthen those who have reached adulthood.
The Catholic church is not the Lords exclusive church.
The Lords Church is not a building.
The Lords Church IS not sticks, stones and mortar, built with hands of men.
The Lords Church is BEING Built, BY HIM, daily ADDING "Members" to His Church BY HIM Converting willing men.
His Earthly Kingdom is being built daily, by HIM ADDING Converted men to the citizenship roles OF HIS earthly Kingdom.
It is the Lord WHO confirms a man who is Converted, as ONCE and Forever belonging to the Lord.
Earthly built churche, elders, congregation, can only recognize and acknowledge by observing and testimony and recording the Conversion of any particular man.
Their "records" are simply an indication.
It is the Lords records of who is and who isn't that are TRUE and CORRECT, and per HIS records SHall He Come on a particular Day and Claim all that He has Redeemed.
Acts 19:5-6 – the people of Ephesus were baptized in Christ, but Paul laid hands on them to seal them with the Holy Spirit. This sealing refers to the sacrament of confirmation.
Every man THAT has TRULY become Converted IS SEALED, BY the Holy Spirit unto the Lord Forever.
Men such as Paul, can TEACH, the Sealing occurred for a TRULY Converted man.
However a man does not DO the Sealing, the Holy Spirit does.
ONLY the individual man and the Lord "KNOW" what a mans' Heart truly believes and confesses.
Men are simply trusting a mans confession is truly heartfelt true Confession.
You should have learned, MEAN are liars, and many men GIVe a false Confession of Belief.
Other men can be fooled, but the Lord IS NOT FOOLED.
Any man CALLING THEMSELVES "Christians", or "CATHOLICES" or "Protestants" IS NOT the Lords method for determining a man is Converted....
It is simply an INDICATION, that a particular man IS Following after Christ's teachings, and SO FAR, believing what he is learning.
A Christian denomination affiliation DOES not
Supersede one over the other.
For ANY church to claim to be a Christian Church, their CLAIM is all the same....
THAT:
Jesus IS thee Christ Lord who died and rose again, and thee ONE God IS THEE;
Lord God Almighty creator and maker of all things.
To pretend that EVERY SINGLE PERSON who happens to ATTEND a Christian Church, to hear and learn About God......IS Converted IS Ludicrist.
TO Teach men distribute the Lords Gift of Salvation, of Gods rebirthing a spirit is NOT Scriptural.
TO teach the Lord is IGNORANT and UNKNOWING and can be FOOLED by a false Confession, is NOT Scriptural.
TO Teach the Lord Converts a man into a New Creature, and THEN Rejects what His Has Accomplished in a man, is NOT Scriptural.
To teach a man CAN LOSE his standing WITH the Lord AFTER a Conversion, IS NOT Scriptural.
To teach because a man heard and learned Scriptural KNOWLEDGE, means the man IS Converted, IS NOT Scriptural.
Eph. 1:5 There are two types of “predestination,” to grace and to glory. In this verse, Paul is teaching about predestination to grace, which means becoming a Christian.
More precisely, it means becoming Converted.
Jews of today, can become Converted. They do not call themselves Christians.
1 Pet. 1:1-2 – Peter teaches about being destined by God for obedience to Christ. This is another example of predestination to grace. But there is also predestination to glory.
More simply put;
Because of Gods Grace;
Many ARE CALLED. Many Hear, but Many DO NOT Willingly give their Life to the Lord.
By and through Gods Glory, (which IS HIS LIGHT),
Those who are Converted, Receive their glory.
Their glory IS NOT Gods Glory given them....BUT IS rather, Gods Glory (Light) reflected ON and IN them.
Rev. 3:5 – Jesus warns that He can blot out the names that are in the book of life. This refers to those currently, not ultimately, justified (those who are predestined to grace, but not to glory). In order for Jesus to blot out the names, they have to be in the book of life in the first place. This verse refutes OSAS.
Nonsense.
If you were Naturally born, and alive, YOU have life. Your name IS in Gods book of Life,
Refuse to believe and become Converted, your name WILL BE Blotted out
The REMAINING NAMES, of men WHO HAVE BECOME Converted, shall never BE BLOTTED OUT. They ARE Already REDEEMED, SHALL BE Claimed when the Lord CALLS THEM UP TO THE CLOUDS.
. 18:23-24, 32 – God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked. Our death is our freewill, failing to respond to His grace.
No. Our Life IS OUR Blood. Our Life, ie OUR Blood IS REQUIRED By God. He shall takethe life of ALL men, believers and unbelievers.
The KEY is WHILE a man IS alive in his own life, (ie his blood), he has those years, that time to hear and learn about God and His Messiah and His Holy Spirit and willingly CHOOSE to believe, submit and become Converted.....or not.
After the blood life is taken by God, there is no life left in the man to willingly decide to make his submission to the Lord. Such a man is condemned and forever shall be separated from Life, and the Lord God.
God does not predetermine certain people to hell. God also does not predetermine certain “elect” people to heaven.
Predetermine? He PRE-KNOWS, and Prepares a place for ALL men, (angels too), for those WHITH Him and those Against Him.
We all, as God’s children, have been given the grace we need to be saved, but we can decide to reject God’s grace.
Sure. And you will miss out on the gift of being Converted.
The family of God in heaven and the family of God on earth IS ONE FAMILY. You guys have separated God's love into departments.
That is a false claim.
God loves all of his creations....PERIOD.
God does the Separationg, the Dividing.
Those WHO are Converted are WITH Him forever.
Those WHO are still ciphering IF they willing will become Converted....Many physically die (their blood being taken by God)....and condemned....thus the enormous teaching about the urgency to become converted.
Those who reject and stand Against God.
The DIVIDING has NOTHING to do WITH the Lords Love.
It has to do with STANDING.
You are either WITH HIM "WHOLE-HEARTLY" or you are AGAINST HIM....Period.
And ONCE a mans standing IS Wholeheartly WITH the LORD, and the man CONVERTED...
IT IS FOREVER the Holy Spirit KEEPS that man in Standing WITH THE Lord.