Let the reader know Ear is saying this about scripture I quoted. That will tell you a lot about what they believe in and teach.
Let the reader know also, That the "schooled" pharisaical Jews had a problem identical to "ewq1938".
They were "Literalists".
They didn't know how to interpret or understand the words
"the kingdom of God is within you", nor did they understand HOW and by Whom, "
the kingdom of God is with you, and SHALL BE in you".
EDIT 1:
If you all would take the time to digest John 3:18, you would understand
why Jesus called Judas "THE son of perdition" (sop) , (destruction)", and why there is another more "
THE son of perdition" (sop) written of in 2 Thes. 2:3
I repost from my post #270, with
clarity:
John 17
[
12] While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but
THE son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
In the above verse, what man was Jesus talking about?
Ans. Judas Iscariot.
So then, if Judas be
one who is "
THE son of perdition",
and another more come, that is also called "
THE son of perdition" (2 Thes. 2:3), then both Jesus and scripture is meaning it in the
PLURAL.
EDIT 2:
Though my example in showing math here, might be poorly done, in order to reveal such a situation of an
unknown plurality, a mathematical equation can be viewed as that of below.
What is an exponent?
Exponentiation is a mathematical operation, written as
an, involving the
base a and an
exponent n. In the case where
n is a positive integer, exponentiation corresponds to
repeated multiplication of the base,
n (a known or an unknown amount of times).
bn = a + a = b(n times)
Though in the formula above I cannot position the letter
"n" in it's correct mathematical position, as an
unknown exponent, due to typing limitations by this format, one must understand that
"n" is an
unknown exponent to the
base number "b", in the formula that I shall demonstrate:
So then, for our application, that formula can be shown as such:
1 sop +1 sop = 2n, being multiple plurals of "sop(s)", aka son(s) of perdition, exponentially.
John 3
[
18] He that believeth on him is not condemned:
but he that believeth not is condemned ALREADY, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Which equals MANY son(s) of perdition, "fitted for destruction", aka "condemnation", which is "perdition".