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    WHO DOES BAPTISM SAVE?

    You do realize that you are refuting a claim that the OP has not even made? If you will reread the OP, his argument is that WATER BAPTISM is for biological Israel and not for gentile Christians ... which has absolutely NOTHING to do with Infant baptism or the topic of “Sacrament” or...
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    WHO DOES BAPTISM SAVE?

    Baptism saves no one, in and of itself. Immersing or sprinkling every person in the world at gunpoint will not result in universal salvation. This is salvation: And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the...
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    What is the time of Jacob’s trouble?

    Just for a little perspective, the Spanish Influenza epidemic (in today’s population terms) would kill about 90 million Americans compared to a COVID-19 “doomsday” scenario of killing up to 300 thousand Americans. The world has survived epidemics 300 times worse than COVID-19. I think this...
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    What is the time of Jacob’s trouble?

    Why all the panic over Covid-19? Here are some real world numbers from the United States that are probably reasonably accurate as a percentage for other developed nations. (I just happen to have data on the US where I live). The typical flue season kills about 30,000 people in the US each...
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    Did Abraham conjure up his own faith...

    Respectfully, you are also not addressing the scriptural PROMISES that Particular has presented. Instead, you merely respond by telling him that he is wrong to believe the promise, but you are correct to believe the promises are ... let us say “CONDITIONAL” rather than “false” (even though the...
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    Did Abraham conjure up his own faith...

    That would have been more effective (speaking from an evaluation of ‘rhetoric’ ) if you had included one or two illustrative examples of such verses to support your argument. Powerful emotional appeals (pathos) without any supporting “logic“ (Logos) comes across as a diatribe.
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    Christian truth found in Maccabees

    So what important CHRISTIAN truth is contained in the books of 1 Maccabees or 2 Maccabees that are found in none of the other 66 books of the Protestant Bible? I was taught, as a new Christian, that the purpose of every book in the New Testament was to teach us who Christ is and how Christ...
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    The book of Esther is never quoted in the New Testament, nor alluded to, therefore Esther is an apocryphal work of fiction?

    He doesn’t want you to throw away either Numbers or Esther. He really wants you to accept Maccabees as Holy Scripture. So the real question is ... “What is found in the Apocrypha that is not found elsewhere in Scripture that makes it so important that we accept these historically Christian...
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    Were the prophecies mentioned in Revelation fulfilled in the 1rst Century?

    The Gospel made it to India with absolute certainty, since we have ancient manuscripts of the Gospels translated into languages other than Greek. It is a matter of debate, but there is some evidence that the Gospel may have reached China in the First Century as well. In any event, we have...
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    The False Doctrine of a 7-year Tribulation

    This makes no sense given the other scriptures, like: [Matthew 24:3-31 NASB] 3 As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things happen, and what [will be] the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?" 4 And Jesus...
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    What is the time of Jacob’s trouble?

    This is yellow journalism at its worst. For example, there is exactly 1 case in West-Central Florida ... a man who was exposed and became sick while visiting Egypt and returned home to be hospitalized in Florida. In comparison we just had THREE reported cases that turned out to NOT be COVID-19...
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    IS ALL SIN FORGIVEN ?

    Then I guess they must not be true. :rolleyes: (What does Jesus know compared to Paul?)
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    IS ALL SIN FORGIVEN ?

    [Matthew 12:31-32] [NASB] "Therefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven. "Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be...
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    Did the Catholics make up the book of 1 Maccabees out of their imagination?

    "For this reason also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles, and [some] of them they will kill and [some] they will persecute, so that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation, from the blood of...
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    Did the Catholics make up the book of 1 Maccabees out of their imagination?

    The context of Hebrews 11:35 implies that the events of The Jewish War, Book 7, Chapter 9 is a part of Biblical history ... but we do not make the mistake of quoting the work of Josephus as Holy Scripture even though it was available in both Hebrew and Greek in the First Century (Because...
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    Did the Catholics make up the book of 1 Maccabees out of their imagination?

    I agree that the errors of Clement were likely due to his willingness to “swallow camels” in the Septuagint no matter how badly they contradicted the inspired writings of Moses and the Prophets of God and the Gospels and the Apostolic Letters ... just because they were included in the most...
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    Did the Catholics make up the book of 1 Maccabees out of their imagination?

    You should go back and review your question. I believe you wanted to know how this hypothetical person would know which books were included in the “Writings” (as distinct from the “Law” and the “Prophets”). Is it really inconceivable that Clement memorized the names of the books of the Law, the...
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    Did the Catholics make up the book of 1 Maccabees out of their imagination?

    Because no matter how many times I read it or what translation I use, Luke still says that Jesus said it. I am sorry if that bother’s you, but you will really need to discuss that with the author. I actually have been claiming that Zechariah was the last prophet in the OLD TESTAMENT. As I have...
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    Did the Catholics make up the book of 1 Maccabees out of their imagination?

    Are you a first century christian who only understands Greek? If not, then this is not really a problem that you need to be concerned with or I need to waste effort attempting to solve, is it. However, I do not want you to be overly concerned about it, so I will tell you that the information...
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    Did the Catholics make up the book of 1 Maccabees out of their imagination?

    So do I. Not as far as I know. If he was, then Jesus excluded the third part ... the Writings (which come after the Law and the Prophets) including books like Kings and Chronicles and Psalms. These also seem to have nothing to do with Maccabee.
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