0ktema wrote on Apr 5
th, 2014 at 11:50pm:
Pete Waldo wrote on Apr 5
th, 2014 at 10:52pm:
Though nobody has all the answers, nor a franchise on truth.
Without much doubt ... you would seem to have set up a fairly secure world for yourself - backed up by all your chosen scripture and literal interpretation there of.
It isn't me that set it up, but the one great God Yahweh through His 1600 year record to mankind, whose people have followed Him through two covenants over 3500 years.
http://www.falseprophetmuhammad.com/muhammad_islam_in_bible_prophecy.htm#the_con...2Ti 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Regarding your peculiar suggestion of a "literal interpretation there of", the very post you are replying to discussed Revelation chapter 13, and a 7-headed, 10-horned "beast", that I understand to be a kingdom - not a 7-headed, 10-horned beast. The post also specifically discussed my NOT taking the figurative language of prophetic dreams and visions literally.
So how did your reading and comprehension skills cause to come up with your opposite suggestion?
0ktema wrote on Apr 5
th, 2014 at 11:50pm:
Personally I started to overcome Christian exclusivity at the ripe old age of 9.
Whether you intended it or not you are saying you overcame the Gospel.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him,
I am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Regarding "exclusivity", had you been, and remained, ignorant to the gospel, you may not have been held accountable:
Rom 4:15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
But if you had understood the Gospel, and then rejected it, that is a different matter:
2Pe 2:21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
Did you even understand the nature of your claim? We all generally credit 9 year olds with possessing great wisdom don't we? How many years prior to your turning 9 did you spend in Bible study, apologetics, study of Biblical prophecy and archaeology and such?
What was it that caused you to desire to "overcome" Christianity? Was it fulfilled Bible prophecy that too clearly demonstrates the veracity of the Gospel record?
Luke 24:44 And he said unto them, These [are] the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you,
that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and [in] the prophets, and [in]
the psalms, concerning me. 45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, 46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and
thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: 47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 And ye are witnesses of these things.
So what is one prophecy that was "written in the Psalms" that Jesus was making reference to?
Psalms 22:16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me:
they pierced my hands and my feet. 17 I may tell all my bones: they look [and] stare upon me. 18
They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.http://www.islamandthetruth.com/the_lamb_slain.htmThat passage was penned before crucifixion had even been invented. The details are confirmed as fulfilled by the New Testament witnesses.
Matthew 27:35 And they
crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
Mark 15:24 And when
they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.
Luke 23:33 And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there
they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. 34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And
they parted his raiment, and cast lots.John 19:23 Then the soldiers, when
they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also [his] coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. 24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but
cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
http://www.islamandthetruth.com/the_lamb_slain.htm