That would be wrong sojourner because with the seve plagues the wrath of god is completed. And as i posted before they DID not repent.
Revelations 15:1
151I saw in heaven another great and marvelous sign: seven angels with the seven last plagues--last, because with them God's wrath is...
The bible talks about two things.
Being IN christ
And christ IN us
To be IN christ you had to be put in him on the cross, so that his life could permiate you.
Its like putting a biscuit into syrup. We like biscuits were placed in christ, and then as time goes on we are saturated by christ...
The word MERCY does not appear in the book of revelations even ONCE. Does that not make you wonder?
And as far as god having mercy on folk, if they will turn. The bible in revelations shows that they will not.
Rev 16:9
They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God, who...
I will attempt to explain my undertanding of predestination (only roughly) and what it means to be born again.
I think that to understand predestination, we have to understand election.
Whoever god choses he gives birth to.
God chose a nation for himself, and then birthed that nation. He...
1 John 5:4
4for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.
Jude 1:3
3Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt I had to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once...
The thing about election is that god elected those who would put their faith in him to save them.
I think the problem is that people think that universal forgiveness means universal salvation.
Even if jesus did forgive the whole world for their previous sins, it does not follow that they...
2 Tess 1:8
8He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power 10on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be...
I dont quite agree of course that we cant destroy this planet, i think we are quite capable of doing it. Slowly. But i think if enough nations get 'trigger' earth could be a dead duck in no time.
If we are superior because we have the biggest brains then brains say dont life on a vault...
I think i was trying to say that the reason why someone adopts a symbol needs to have some rational explanation.
Its not if the empire represented all that muslims believed in. Did they?
thanks for you answers!
can i ask a few more?
Who was the first muslim?
Do muslims believe that...
So you think god screwed up by creating a earth that sustains herself and at the same time puts us at risk.
Yeh ok.
By the same token god did not have to create humans to screw up the planet and hurt her. But he did.
Why do we get to be 'superior'.
Heneni
Richard. For the time being...just press the quote button. Dont alter anything in the post and at the bottem of the post, where you see
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At the moment it looks like what you are saying is what i am saying...
All these natural phenomena is not some god conspiring to kill you HEHEHE.... its part of the earths processes.
Some would argue....if god knew what he was doing, he would not have created a bunch of wining, fault finding, rebellious, obstinate, and stiff-necked people. But he did. I dont...
Kryke, the problem with analogies is it never works. I am not god and therefore comparing what i do to a puppy and what god does to us is two completely different things.
What DOES god DO to us. Is he actively in here trying to mess things up for us. I mean is god breaking the glass and...
No I dont think they were reincarnated souls. I dont know how they got there on the mount but they were not born from around there. Moses did not enter the promised land in his human form, so therefore not in his 'reincarnated' body either. I think the general idea was that moses would not enter...