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Sodom's Restoration.

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Hi there,

Can anyone shine light on the promise to restore Sodom.

They were totally destroyed as a people.

They were exceedingly wicked.

So when will the restoration occur ?

How do you see this happening ?

Comments greatly appreciated.

EZ 16
49 Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had arrogance, plenty of food, and carefree ease, but she did not help the poor and needy.
50 So they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them when I saw it.
51 Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half of your sins, for you have multiplied your abominations more than they. So you have made your sisters appear innocent by all your abominations which you have committed.
52 Also, bear your disgrace in that you have made judgment favorable for your sisters. Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. Yes, be also ashamed and bear your disgrace, in that you made your sisters appear innocent.

53 “Nevertheless, I will restore their fortunes, the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters, the fortunes of Samaria and her daughters, and along with them your own fortunes,
54 so that you will bear your disgrace and feel ashamed for all that you have done when you become a consolation to them.
55 Your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to their former state, and you with your daughters will also return to your former state.
 

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probably lost to history,
google doesn't return the search result anymore but you've been around long enough to have found it already.
there is a long list of failed biblical prophecies on a certain website, it is well researched, and there really is no way to make it all work.

much of what prophets pickup on and write down is conditional and they don't have perfect knowledge of that when they write down what they hear or see.

so some perspectives are such that much of Ezekiel was conditional on Jesus being accepted in his time. thus, never crucified.

and i think it could have worked out that way.

to bring back Sodum would require some kind of almost magical dna restoration of a people group that lived about 3500 years ago.
 
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probably lost to history,
google doesn't return the search result anymore but you've been around long enough to have found it already.
there is a long list of failed biblical prophecies on a certain website, it is well researched, and there really is no way to make it all work.

much of what prophets pickup on and write down is conditional and they don't have perfect knowledge of that when they write down what they hear or see.

so some perspectives are such that much of Ezekiel was conditional on Jesus being accepted in his time. thus, never crucified.

and i think it could have worked out that way.

to bring back Sodum would require some kind of almost magical dna restoration of a people group that lived about 3500 years ago.

The interesting thing is that those who believe in Universalism have an easy answer !!!
 
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Hi there,

Can anyone shine light on the promise to restore Sodom.

They were totally destroyed as a people.

They were exceedingly wicked.

So when will the restoration occur ?

How do you see this happening ?

Comments greatly appreciated.

EZ 16
49 Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had arrogance, plenty of food, and carefree ease, but she did not help the poor and needy.
50 So they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them when I saw it.
51 Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half of your sins, for you have multiplied your abominations more than they. So you have made your sisters appear innocent by all your abominations which you have committed.
52 Also, bear your disgrace in that you have made judgment favorable for your sisters. Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. Yes, be also ashamed and bear your disgrace, in that you made your sisters appear innocent.

53 “Nevertheless, I will restore their fortunes, the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters, the fortunes of Samaria and her daughters, and along with them your own fortunes,
54 so that you will bear your disgrace and feel ashamed for all that you have done when you become a consolation to them.
55 Your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to their former state, and you with your daughters will also return to your former state.
Waiting on the dead sea to become a city again. . .
 
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