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Then will restate my case: According to genealogical experts, [and simple mathematical multiplication] every person alive today would have some of Jacobs DNA.
Humans invariably diverge in their DNA by about half a percent:
Human genetic variation is the genetic differences both within and among populations. There may be multiple variants of any given gene in the human population (genes), leading to polymorphism. Many genes are not polymorphic, meaning that only a single allele is present in the population: the gene is then said to be fixed. On average, in terms of DNA sequence all humans are 99.5% similar to any other humans.[Dr.Craig Venter, Aaron. "In the Genome Race, the Sequel Is Personal"]["The Diploid Genome Sequence of an Individual Human.". PLOS Biology. Public Library of Science.] (Human Genetic Variation, Wikipedia)
The coming of Christ includes the resurrection, aka rapture of believers:I 'package' my beliefs on what I read in the Bible.
Nowhere does the Bible say God will take Christians, or even just the true born again ones, to heaven. In fact, such an idea conflicts with Jesus' Words: No one goes to heaven, except the One who came from there. John 3:13 Plain straightforward words. Any attempt to make this mean that a rapture is still possible, is a serious error.
I am NOT willing to think; 'oh, they just made a mistake' to all who have consciously chosen to believe that God will take them away before anything nasty happens. Beliefs in wrong doctrines is a sin and those who decide to do it, will be judged for it.
Coming (G3952, parousia παρουσία) lit., "a presence," para, "with," and ousia, "being" (from eimi, "to be"), denotes both an "arrival" and a consequent "presence with."... Parousia is used to describe the presence of Christ with His disciples on the Mount of Transfiguration, 2 Peter 1:16. When used of the return of Christ, at the Rapture of the Church. (Vine’s Dictionary of the New Testament)
Like you I don't believe in dying and going to heaven, although I do hold to, 'absent from the body present with the Lord' (2 Cor. 5:8). I believe heaven is coming here. My point being, to deny the resurrection is to deny the faith.
Grace and peace,
Mark
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