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Israel's future and Pat: Your view

On Israel(in alphabetical order):

  • I don't know.

  • Israel should have it's land back.

  • Peace in the Middle East.

  • Something else.


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Melethiel

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Heehee...and many of them found themselves considered second-class citizens there, so they took the welfare given to them by the state of Israel and moved back to Russia to start businesses, where they are now quite wealthy.
 
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Is this what the lady Minister is teaching or this is what you personally understand the text to mean?

I do not think I ever heard her speak.
Yet I know of her name.
She is one of the "Faith Movement" teachers that believe that it was not finished at the cross, but that he also went to hell to suffer for us.

There are other things also concerning salvation itself.

It appears that these are the women that appeal to your spiritual needs.

So, No.
I will not accept the prayer that you offered - "FATHER YOU BLESSED ME THROUGH THIS WOMEN." ...
since you probably mean a certain type of women.

God told her that she is "a eunich of God unto the Body"? And people believe her? Apparently so.
Back to Meyers, since you appear to be edified by a certain "type" of preaching.
According to CRI ... " Moreover, in her 1991 booklet, Meyer asserts that salvation is impossible without believing Jesus suffered in hell as the believer’s substitute. Meyer writes, “There is no hope of anyone going to heaven unless they believe this truth I am presenting. You cannot go to heaven unless you believe with all your heart that Jesus took your place in hell".

Then she removed word "hell" in the 1996 edition obviously after people began complaining.

It appears that Joyce Meyers appears to say whatever she want and she attributes her "wants" and promptings to God.


jsisrl said:
When I pray for you - receive it. But if you don't, then don't.
Please do not pray for me publically, Connie.
It might turn out for the worst for either of us.

Connie, I told you before that people did not hurt me and your evaluation is incorrect.
Yet you refuse the believe me.
You believe your own perception.
Since I know what is going on in my life I stated that your perception is not your gift from God.
In your imagination (that's all I can call it now) you develop that I willingly refuse to acknowledge that your perception concerning me is correct.

Connie, you should not deceive yourself in such a fashion.

Connie what I'm doing now is what I said I would not know how to answer in the previous post.
Then you openly were praying for me invoking the Father's name. I felt quite uncomfortable about this, stated this to you, yet did not know what to do.

Throughout this post you also stated and underlined that "The Lord will just have to communicate this to you."

Connie, He did.

Please, do not pray for me in such a fashion.

Thanks,
Ed
 
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and Luther's background is not quite snow white is it? people are forgiven though for past mistakes.. stones keep being thrown when no one is without sin to throw them..
 
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GraceInHim said:
and Luther's background is not quite snow white is it? people are forgiven though for past mistakes.. stones keep being thrown when no one is without sin to throw them..
What does this have to do with my post? I was just pointing out that there is no point in posting figures of "mass immigrations" or the like. So what if there were? What bearing does that have on anything?
 
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Melethiel said:
What does this have to do with my post? I was just pointing out that there is no point in posting figures of "mass immigrations" or the like. So what if there were? What bearing does that have on anything?

why is there no point, becuz you say so? sorry, this came from the statistics and not just a rumor mill.. and if someone cheated the system and received welfare.. that is not the whole people.. are you denying there were mass immigrations? do not get it, focus on the worse then the good
 
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I'm asking, SO WHAT IF THERE WERE mass immigrations? What point are you trying to make? Also, I'm not denying there were mass immigrations. I'm pointing out that they were often short lived, and many people left later.
 
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Melethiel said:
I'm asking, SO WHAT IF THERE WERE mass immigrations? What point are you trying to make? Also, I'm not denying there were mass immigrations. I'm pointing out that they were often short lived, and many people left later.

so what? this thread is about Israel .. short lived, yes by devils themself..
 
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If that view were accurate it means literally 144,000 Jewish male virigins in heaven, according to Revelation. So people like St. Peter (not a virgin) the Mother of God Mary (not a man) and many other chief figures in Christianity (not Jews) will not be heaven. Maybe it's time to stop reading an account of a vision in the form of a dream literally. It's a good idea.
 
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The argument that Mary and Peter are bypassed due to his presentation are not applicable in this case.
He presents it as a futuristic event.

I presume you do not believe that the tribulation is in the future. That is your opinion.
In any case, his view does not contradict Mary's and Peter's salvation.

Thanks,
Ed
 
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I'm sorry Connie. I probably hurt you.
I really do not want to hurt people personally.
Please do not take the post above personally. I edited my tone slightly, yet I am not taking the post back.

Can we just talk?

Thanks,
Ed
 
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I said nothing about only 144,000 in heaven. To be elect means your are special, or chosen. I already addressed the "Jews" and I am confused where you are getting male virgins from. I believe you can't take anything that literally from Revelations. If you do you will be really confused about the end times.

I read it as there will be 144,000 elect of Israel (Christians) chosen to teach the rest of Israel the true path.

Revelations is encrypted. It is why peoples heads spin when trying to understand it.

I also think people will be really suprised to find out some things. Such as the fact that Jesus isn't a long haired hippy teaching two-fingered peace among all the people on the earth.
 
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Now we can discuss again who I think the Israelites are. I know many of you won't agree with me. Notice nowhere did I ever use the term Jews. For even Revelations warns of those that claim to be Judahites and are not.

I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Judahites, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. Revelations 2:9

Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Judahites, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. Revelations 3:9

Signs to Identify Israel:
 
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Except for very few lines U.S. appears to fit the definition. Odd.

Thanks,
Ed
 
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ethereous said:
I said nothing about only 144,000 in heaven. To be elect means your are special, or chosen. I already addressed the "Jews"

It rather seems all you have done is promote British Israelism, a half baked heresy from the 19th century. No one has ever taken it seriously.
 
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