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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 8788578 United States 07/10/2013 11:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Unofficially, it varies. Scripture says Jonah was inside the whale "for ever", but that only lasted 3 days. The catch here is that if forever means a literally endless span of non-time, as the Pharisees contend, then Mercy lasts every bit as long as the popular Endless Torment that so many of them are enamored with. How the Prince of Peace can find a way to cook billions of lost souls (damned from before birth, per Psalm 58) and still claim that His Mercy endures endlessly is no small tangle of contradictory xmas lights. |
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Prostetnik User ID: 43191663 Canada 07/11/2013 05:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Unofficially, it varies. Scripture says Jonah was inside the whale "for ever", but that only lasted 3 days. The catch here is that if forever means a literally endless span of non-time, as the Pharisees contend, then Mercy lasts every bit as long as the popular Endless Torment that so many of them are enamored with. How the Prince of Peace can find a way to cook billions of lost souls (damned from before birth, per Psalm 58) and still claim that His Mercy endures endlessly is no small tangle of contradictory xmas lights. Three days may seem like "forever" to someone imprisoned in the belly of a whale, but in an objective sense is actually a very short time. But as the biblical stories are represented as having external cosmological reality then the question becomes is "forever" the duration of the earth, the sun, or the universe, or is it a span that includes the end of the universe and beyond. If so, then what units of time are "forever" measured in? |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 8788578 United States 07/11/2013 04:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Unofficially, it varies. Scripture says Jonah was inside the whale "for ever", but that only lasted 3 days. The catch here is that if forever means a literally endless span of non-time, as the Pharisees contend, then Mercy lasts every bit as long as the popular Endless Torment that so many of them are enamored with. How the Prince of Peace can find a way to cook billions of lost souls (damned from before birth, per Psalm 58) and still claim that His Mercy endures endlessly is no small tangle of contradictory xmas lights. Three days may seem like "forever" to someone imprisoned in the belly of a whale, but in an objective sense is actually a very short time. But as the biblical stories are represented as having external cosmological reality then the question becomes is "forever" the duration of the earth, the sun, or the universe, or is it a span that includes the end of the universe and beyond. If so, then what units of time are "forever" measured in? Fine questions these. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 43258649 United Kingdom 07/13/2013 06:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Light as photon endures forever. 1 John 1:5 King James Version (KJV) 5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. John 8:12 King James Version (KJV) 12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. Matthew 5:14 King James Version (KJV) 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 8788578 United States 07/14/2013 06:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Good stuff: [link to www.servias.org] << Our Heavenly Father is in the business of restoration, not destruction. We too should be in the business of restoration. Are your actions restoring or destroying? We are to be a light unto the world and light brings revelation to the darkness. >> |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 8788578 United States 07/15/2013 11:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.servias.org] << This unconditional Love will penetrate even the hardest heart. Paul knows, he was one of the vessels of dishonor who had much to be reconciled before Christ. Who better to minister the understanding of reconciliation than the man who needed it the most! >> |
Trubind1 User ID: 11463319 United States 07/15/2013 11:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If you search the KJV for the phrase "endureth for ever", it pulls up 50 relevant verses. Here's the breakdown of the things scripture says endure forever: Quoting: Anonymous Coward 8788578 God's mercy: 42 occurrences His righteousness: 3 His praise: 1 His truth: 1 His righteous judgments: 1 His name: 1 His word: 1 Q: That's got to be the mother of all typos, yes? Vengeful volcano deities are not exactly famous for Mercy. God |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 8788578 United States 07/22/2013 03:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to gods-kingdom-ministries.net] << Most people have no understanding of how God could do this. They believe that the only chance for salvation is for a man to have faith in God during his life time. Since most men live and die without having faith in Christ, they think that this is the end of the matter and that all such people will be lost forever. >> |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 43859388 United States 07/22/2013 03:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Light as photon endures forever. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 43258649 1 John 1:5 King James Version (KJV) 5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. John 8:12 King James Version (KJV) 12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. Matthew 5:14 King James Version (KJV) 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Have to love mythra and them libertines. Good show fellas. |