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I’ve been having difficulty with these passages for a while.
John 12:40, KJV:
He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
Mark 4:12, KJV: "That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them."
I know it’s a cross reference to Isaiah.. It seems like God is actively hardening hearts on a people that would’ve repented (?).
If God doesn’t delight in the death of the wicked (Ezekiel 18:23), why is He preventing repentance in these passages?
Are these passages spoken in a sarcastic way? What’s everyone’s take on these difficult verses?
John 12:40, KJV:
He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
Mark 4:12, KJV: "That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them."
I know it’s a cross reference to Isaiah.. It seems like God is actively hardening hearts on a people that would’ve repented (?).
If God doesn’t delight in the death of the wicked (Ezekiel 18:23), why is He preventing repentance in these passages?
Are these passages spoken in a sarcastic way? What’s everyone’s take on these difficult verses?