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So just how far apart are we?
( Well, you believe this age is the last one for this earth. I believe there will be one more age after this one before God will replace with new earth. I wish that you would check your resistance for a bit and consider my evidence.
Well, that's the thing, I
do. . .and the first thing I consider is it's agreement with authoritative NT teaching in the word of God written.
I believe in authoritative scriptures so long as it's in a literal understanding rather than interpretive
Oh, wow!
I don't give myself authority
over anything in the authoritative NT teaching of the word of God written.
On what basis would I assume that I know more than the writers of the NT, particularly Paul?
You do know that Paul received his revelation in
Romans 9:24-26 from Jesus Christ
personally (
Galatians 1:11-12,
15-16,
2:2;
2 Corinthians 12:1-7), right?
And in
Romans 9:24-26, his interpretation of
Hosea 1:9,
2:23 is
not literal, but figurative, right?
So, for the sake of your personal theology, you are willing to deny the teaching Paul received from Jesus Christ
personally?
I'm just not able to do that.
which allows for scriptures to mean almost anything. We almost have common ground in that area and it is your emphasis on scripture authority that leads me to engage you whereas others I refuse to go very far.)
Well, thanks. . .I knew I liked you.
The saints are (the person of) the
Father's personal inheritance and treasure.
( John 16:15 "All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.". The Father has no treasure, it all belongs to the Son until the time Yeshua will deliver up the kingdom to the Father it all belongs to Him.)
The problem with that is that the Father says that he
does in
Exodus 19:5;
Deuteronomy 7:6,
Deuteronomy 26:18;
Malachi 3:17, and that they are his own
personal inheritance in
Ephesians 1:18 and
Psalms 33:12,
Psalms 28:9,
Psalms 74:2.
He's coming back to gather his saints and judge the world. . .and there's going to be a new heaven and a new earth. . .what do you think that will be about?
( He will gather the saints because they are going to serve in His government. And that judgement will be about who will be spared to live on in the next age and who won't. The new heaven and New earth won't come till later.)
( The discrepancy is about the next age which you do not believe in.)
And about:
1)
events which authortative NT teaching presents as happening
together, some of which you separate by 1,000 years;
2) Christ having the promises made to him
personally (
Galatians 3:16), they are his by
right at their origin and not by
inheritance, whereby all those
in Christ enjoy that same
right, rather than having them by inheritance.
However, as the
Son of God, Christ inherits
all that is the Father's, not just the promises in Genesis under discussion here. And being
in Christ, we share in and are
heirs of
all that Christ inherits, including his
glory! (
Romans 8:17-18,
9:23;
1 Corinthians 2:7;
2 Corinthians 3:18,
4:17;
Colossians 1:27,
3:4). . .I think that is where your confusion lies, and
2) the Father's
personal inheritance in the saints (
Ephesians 1:18;
Psalms 33:12,
Psalms 28:9,
Psalms 74:2).
Aw, shucks, I had hoped there was less disagreement. . .but I'll still see you in
glory!