I rarely weigh in publicly on political matters. These are personal matters that I prefer to keep to myself and within my family.
AMR
Greetings AMR,
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be glory for ever and ever.
I thanked you for this comment because it is a double edged sword. You have managed to hold your cards to your chest, while you reveal them at the same time.
They are held to your chest in an enigmatic fashion by not answering the question directly.
I promised to not be sarcastic, but I can be up front. Within moments of addressing me, you cited $1,000,000 theological words that tend to confound people. Had I not been raised in a semi-Calvinist atmosphere, by a semi-Calvinist theologian, I would be confounded. : )
I almost fell into the pit of theological duel and self promotion, but I "just woke up".
You have politicized Literal Israel in your words. This would be like calling the Bible a "Political" tool. This is why I can state that you have answered my question.
I promised to site my "99 theses" against Calvinism if you are teaching "Children of God" to rise against her.
If I begin to build theological explaination for the Land election of literal Israel and the election of the Jews,
I would become guilty of creating complex commentary on the matter. Brother [MENTION=12870]steko[/MENTION] said it best when he commented on the "Confessions of a Christian Zionist" thread.
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You don't have to answer to
any of us who support Israel and the Jews for your challenge of Literal Israel being important to God.
I read every word of your referenced posts towards me, as well as the provided links, and I recognized that you were setting me up to contend with the very verbiage of Calvinism (reformed theology).
Your one saving grace in the matter is that you have a spiritual theology that supersedes (reformed theology). In your words, I see that your carnal skeleton of theological understanding is reformed theology, but you also use verbiage that contradicts "reformed theology".
My father knew the theology of his denominational church well, but
his spiritual actions and words ran contrary to the implications of the theology.
I'll record him in this by using his actions as a wonderful example of what I mean.
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He once performed a funeral for a family who's son had blown his own head off. Instead of being condemning, he preached about Samsons final act of suicide. He then turned to the "Heros of Faith" chapter in Hebrews and pointed out Samson's name.
Even the most hard hearted people kept their mouths shut towards him and the boys family, because of his sermon. He had brought peace to a situation that was utterly horrible.
My point?... There is the carnal theology that we learn and build on through a lifetime. In stark contrast,
there are the Spiritual lessons and extensions of Love that we gain and perform more spectacularly every passing day, because of the influence of God.
I have met many people here that understand God's plight for Israel and the Jews. I've even met a few Jews here. [MENTION=5868]chair[/MENTION], [MENTION=13123]Elia[/MENTION], [MENTION=10340]Ben Masada[/MENTION] for example. I am not the sole spokesperson on this matter. We all are. We are unified by God and His words in scripture.
By Christian theology, Israel of the covenant that was recorded in the desert on a mountain, was widowed the day Christ died.
I can't help but be driven to a passage in James that defines "Pure Religion, undefiled." And what of the Jews that deny Christ and are staunch enemies of the gospel? Jesus Loved his enemies.
He commanded us to Love our enemies. If the "Enemies of the Gospel" are beloved for their ancestors by God, what right do we have to be any other way?
I will not be coaxed into arguing within the frame of the Westminster Confessions of Faith nor Calvin's institutes.
I'm going to quote your very signature AMR.
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I now point out that [MENTION=7292]Nang[/MENTION], [MENTION=6223]beloved57[/MENTION], [MENTION=15399]Nanja[/MENTION] are some of your most prolific disciples. I would like you to count how many times they condemn other users to Hell for not agreeing with Calvin's institutes.
Now...... [MENTION=18375]Evil.Eye.<(I)>[/MENTION] walks up to the house of Calvinism with a piece of paper, hammer and nail. He looks at its well trafficked door and places the piece of paper as high as he can reach. He takes the single nail and pins the top of the piece of paper to the door. The Hammer swings back and... "Bang, Bang, Bang".
The 6 Theses hang on the door as simple, irrefutable scriptural truths.
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Is God a promoter of Sin? Absolutely Not
2:
Let no man teach you
3:
Let your yes be yes and your no be no, anything else is from the evil one
4:
God shows no favoritism
5:
God is Love
6:
Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. It is, in fact, the one thing that still stands when all else has fallen.
....... Simple, Straight from scripture and Fully Defensible by every word of scripture.
I rally all of my fellow Israel and Jew supporters now and say:
"We may stand in corners alone and fight heroically on this spiritual battlefield, but we are truely the strongest when we all join hands as brothers and sisters in Christ and rise against the Anti-Semitic tide that has been present since the days of Jacob."
Before you contradict my claim of theological anti-semitism by claiming to not be "anti-Semitic" and infact loving towards the Jews as people; I am on record as citing a historical nod towards the deep violence that has occurred over the last 2000 years against Jews that was incited by Christian theology that teaches the insignificance of the Jews by birth heritage that hold to old traditions.
