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*Posted in St. Justin Martyr debate forum*
I was reading 2 Maccabees 9:13-18:
Then the abominable fellow made a vow to the Lord, who would no longer have mercy on him, stating that the holy city, which he was hurrying to level to the ground and to make a cemetery, he was now declaring to be free; and the Jews, whom he had not considered worth burying but had planned to throw out with their children for the wild animals and for the birds to eat, he would make, all of them, equal to citizens of Athens; and the holy sanctuary, which he had formerly plundered, he would adorn with the finest offerings; and all the holy vessels he would give back, many times over; and the expenses incurred for the sacrifices he would provide from his own revenues; and in addition to all this he also would become a Jew and would visit every inhabited place to proclaim the power of God. But when his sufferings did not in any way abate, for the judgement of God had justly come upon him, he gave up all hope for himself...
So it clearly says there that that God would have no mercy on King Antiochus Epiphanes even when he promised to convert.
We also know the verse "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy" and how God did not forgive King David's son even when he prayed and fasted a lot.
I was reading 2 Maccabees 9:13-18:
Then the abominable fellow made a vow to the Lord, who would no longer have mercy on him, stating that the holy city, which he was hurrying to level to the ground and to make a cemetery, he was now declaring to be free; and the Jews, whom he had not considered worth burying but had planned to throw out with their children for the wild animals and for the birds to eat, he would make, all of them, equal to citizens of Athens; and the holy sanctuary, which he had formerly plundered, he would adorn with the finest offerings; and all the holy vessels he would give back, many times over; and the expenses incurred for the sacrifices he would provide from his own revenues; and in addition to all this he also would become a Jew and would visit every inhabited place to proclaim the power of God. But when his sufferings did not in any way abate, for the judgement of God had justly come upon him, he gave up all hope for himself...
So it clearly says there that that God would have no mercy on King Antiochus Epiphanes even when he promised to convert.
We also know the verse "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy" and how God did not forgive King David's son even when he prayed and fasted a lot.
