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3661 | how can catholics be saved | Rev 6:10 | Emmaus | 36217 | ||
Johnny, My point was made earlier in stating that we are all together in Christ whether here on earth or in heaven. And those in heaven are aware of what goes on here just as God is because they are in Christ and Christ is aware and cares. They are the cloud of witness in Hebrews and the saints praying before the throne of God in Rev. We always have recourse to our brothers and sisters in Christ who pray for us with Him and in Him. We do not ask them to appear or speak to us but to God with and for us in Christ Jesus. Jesus did release the souls of the just from the prison of Hades, so they are with him and interested in everthing He is interested in which includes us. Even the rich man of the Lazarus story was interested in what was going on back on earth, and he wasn't even in heaven. As for your question about works, prayer is the work of the church here and in heaven. Check out the dictionary definition and origins of the word liturgy. And of course all good works are the work of Christ by those in Christ. Emmaus |
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3662 | how can catholics be saved | Rev 6:10 | Emmaus | 36246 | ||
Johnny, "Story of lazarus is not literal it is compose of past and after the second coming. it is the complete story of one mans life before he died and after the judgement. If we believed that story of lazarus is very literal do you mean all rich will go to hell and all beggar will go to heaven? It is also contadict other passages in the bible:" Your logic here is faulty. Also, where does it say it was in the far distant past or mention the second coming or say thousand of years later? The rich man's brothers were still alive and it must be before the second coming since the second coming is not mentioned and Jesus is not mentioned. "Ec 9:5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Ec 9:6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. " Your interpretation of the above would indicate you believe at least in the concept of "soul sleep" and your iterpretation of the lack of consciousness and rewards in the afterlife is in conclict with your own previous interpretations of this and other passages. "If you recall in that parables Lu 16:29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. When Jesus tell about that parables, it is thousand years after moses died, how is true that the brother and sisters of the richman have moses? " They have Moses and the prophets in the Hebrew scriptures. Emmaus |
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3663 | how can catholics be saved | Rev 6:10 | Emmaus | 36371 | ||
Johnny, Your exchanges with me always have an inquizitional tone. Do you usually get very far in conversations with this approach? The fact that I have never taken the positions you question in the form you state them seems of no concern to you. You may wish to review some of my previous posts on these subjects in the archives. I am finished with this interrogation. Call my lawyer and put that rubber hose back in your desk. Emmaus |
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3664 | end times and christians | Rev 6:11 | Emmaus | 28562 | ||
ddrundle, You might want to start with all those people in Revelation as early as chapter 4, 5 and 6, when it refers to their fellows who were still on earth and "yet to be killed as they had been." Rev 6:11 Emmaus |
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3665 | Who are multitude of saints in Rev 7? | Rev 7:7 | Emmaus | 65834 | ||
Chusarcik, 144,000 is a symbolic number, which can mean an infinite number, with particular significance to Israel, Old and New. So you see the 24 elders, as in 12 patriarchs of the twelve tribes of Israel and the 12 apostles, Rev 4:4. The infinite 144,000 is 12 x 12 x 1,000. We would use a an eight laid on its side, but that doesn't make for very dramatic reading, especially if you are reading out loud to a Church assembly. The multitude are the elect. Emmaus |
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3666 | Still confused about who multitude is | Rev 7:7 | Emmaus | 65991 | ||
Chusarcik, Take a look at these other references to see if it helps any. Rev. 22:14 "Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates. 15: Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and fornicators and murderers and idolaters, and every one who loves and practices falsehood." Dan. 12:1 "At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time; but at that time your people shall be delivered, every one whose name shall be found written in the book." Matt. 24:21 "For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be." Gen. 49:10-11 "The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples. Binding his foal to the vine and his ass's colt to the choice vine, he washes his garments in wine and his vesture in the blood of grapes;" The multutude is all the faithful (the elect), not just the martyrs, because the scripture says they have washed their robes , not in their own blood, but in the blood of the Lamb. Emmaus |
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3667 | Still confused about who multitude is | Rev 7:7 | Emmaus | 65995 | ||
duplicate post |
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3668 | Multitude is all tribulation believers? | Rev 7:7 | Emmaus | 65999 | ||
By George, I think you've got! :-) But I think it is even more. I think it includes all the faithful who have only lived through the tribulation of life, even before the Great tribulation. Emmaus |
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3669 | Multitude is all tribulation believers? | Rev 7:7 | Emmaus | 66056 | ||
Chusarcik, I believe in the Tribulation since it is scriptural. If pressed would probably say post trib, because I believe when Jesus comes again it will be only once more, not twice more. Emmaus |
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3670 | Pure joy in Heaven? | Rev 7:9 | Emmaus | 84706 | ||
Freethinker, The answer to your good question is that we who believe are bound to proclaim the Gospel and draw others to Christ. That does not mean that God is also not at work in ways known only to Himself and in ways that we may not be able to do nor even perceive Him doing. Below are two paragraphs which explain my understanding of the answer to your questions. For some other Christian where you see baptism below they might substitute profession of faith. "1257 The Lord himself affirms that Baptism is necessary for salvation.[John 3:5] He also commands his disciples to proclaim the Gospel to all nations and to baptize them.[Matt 28:19-20] Baptism is necessary for salvation for those to whom the Gospel has been proclaimed and who have had the possibility of asking for this sacrament.[Mark 16:16] The Church does not know of any means other than Baptism that assures entry into eternal beatitude; this is why she takes care not to neglect the mission she has received from the Lord to see that all who can be baptized are "reborn of water and the Spirit." God has bound salvation to the sacrament of Baptism, but he himself is not bound by his sacraments. 1260 "Since Christ died for all, and since all men are in fact called to one and the same destiny, which is divine, we must hold that the Holy Spirit offers to all the possibility of being made partakers, in a way known to God, of the Paschal mystery." Every man who is ignorant of the Gospel of Christ and of his Church, but seeks the truth and does the will of God in accordance with his understanding of it, can be saved. It may be supposed that such persons would have desired Baptism explicitly if they had known its necessity." The Catechism of the Catholic Church Emmaus |
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3671 | Pure joy in Heaven? | Rev 7:9 | Emmaus | 84727 | ||
Read more closely. Nothing quoted contradicts John 3:5 or 14:6, but only says that they may be fulfilled in ways unseen to us but known to God and accomplished by God in the heart of an individual in the briefest momment of grace not discernable to others. | ||||||
3672 | Pure joy in Heaven? | Rev 7:9 | Emmaus | 84731 | ||
"Jesus said that no one goes to the Father but through him. How does someone, who because of where the were born, raised, and died, and does not know Jesus get to heaven?" How do you know Jesus does not make Himself known to them at the moment of their death and let them make a decision? It is still through Jesus. |
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3673 | Pure joy in Heaven? | Rev 7:9 | Emmaus | 84734 | ||
Of course if as you stated in a previous post, you are a non believer, any explaination is a moot point. Faith is a gift. It is not something that can be aquired by study or knowledge alone or delivered to another by a convincing argumnet or explaination. Those thinks may lead a person to the brink of faith or enhance one's faith, but faith itself is by the grace of God alone. Don't ask others for the proof, ask God for the gift. The proof is in the pudding they say. "Taste and see" Psalm 34:8 "Be still and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10. You asked for 1 kings 18. How about 1 Kings 19:12? |
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3674 | Pure joy in Heaven? | Rev 7:9 | Emmaus | 84736 | ||
How do you know Ceasar or Herod or Alexander or anybody else who died before you existed existed? By faith my friend, because of what has been passed down to you. Faith and reason are not at odds with one another, neither are they the same. They are both gifts, but complementary gifts. No one can make another believe in God by argument or "proof" alone. Never happened, never will. "You can lead a horse to water, but you can not make him drink." On the other hand, if a thirsty horse finds water there is nothing you can do to keep him from drinking. |
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3675 | Pure joy in Heaven? | Rev 7:9 | Emmaus | 84738 | ||
There are non Christan sources from apostolic times that attest to Jesus' existence. Which is all the more remarkable since he lived such an obscure life. But why should you be allowed to discount Christian sources attesting to Jesus' existence? Why is their testimony, for which we have more ancient manuscripts than almost any other historical personage of the same era, discounted as proof of existence. Could it be a double standard? You can't even prove, in the sense you are talking about, that your own great great great grand mother existed, except by the fact of your own existence. And I can use the same argument for a Creator from the very fact of the existence of creation and your own existence for that matter. |
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3676 | Pure joy in Heaven? | Rev 7:9 | Emmaus | 84740 | ||
"Am I evil for wanting/seeking the truth? If there is a God, he is the one that gave me this mind!" Can there be "evil" if there is no God? Without an absolute God isn't everthing relative? Can you prove you have a "mind"? Is it something more than the electrical and chemical reactions in your brain? If you believe it is more than that, how can you prove it? What exactly is your mind? Is it purely physical or is it something more? How do we acquire knowledge? Your questions are not "evil", nor is seeking the truth. But some truth come by revelation which requires faith. Some revelations are religious and they require discernment and faith because they are not purely physical. But your expressed belief in your own mind is an expression of faith in something you can not see, but which you know is realfrom experience. Still it is not evil to test one's perceptions which can be incomplete or misleading at time, and eaxt and truthful at other times. I think we are getting far afield from the purpose of this forum, which is the study of the Bible, so I will leave off here. Thank you for the conversation. God bless you in your searching. |
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3677 | Pure joy in Heaven? | Rev 7:9 | Emmaus | 84742 | ||
See: Jesus Under Fire, Michael Wilkins and J.P. Moreland which has a chapter that shows all of the sources outside the Bible that attest to the exstence of Jesus. Or see: Josh McDowell's "Evidence that Demands a Verdict" which cites among others: Tacitus, Lucian, Flavius Josephus, Seutonius, Plinius Secundus and several of the Jewish Talmuds mention details of Christ's life and death. And please tell me why you reject Christian writers of the epistles and Gospels regarding the mere existence (not the divinity) of Jesus, but accept the writings of people who lived 1900 years later as more reliable sources about what happened in Jesus' time? The skeptics very own writing start from the point of the bible? Were they just shadow boxing? Are you applying a double standard? You seem willing to swallow a camel but are straining at a gnat. Is it really more likely that Jesus did not even exist, than it is that He did, given the course of history? Keep searching for the Truth Freethinker. The truth will set you free. Good night. |
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3678 | Pure joy in Heaven? | Rev 7:9 | Emmaus | 84744 | ||
I said "You can't even prove, in the sense you are talking about, that your own great great great grand mother existed, except by the fact of your own existence." You said: "Again you are going off track. My great great great grand mother is not said to have the power to come and go as she pleases. We know and understand how procreation works and since I was born before test tube babys, it is easy to deduce that she existed." You either completely missed my pointed or did not comprehend it. And when you quoyed me you left out the very sentence which made my point. Logical decuction is not the phsyical proof you are demanding here. In fact I made the same logical deduction about the existence of God, which was the portion of my post that you chose not to quote. |
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3679 | Who has been silenced? | Rev 8:1 | Emmaus | 149307 | ||
mommapbs, Silence in heaven: as in Zephaniah 1:7, a prelude to the eschatological woes that are to follow. See also the following verses in their context for some help:Habbakuk 2:20 and Zechariah 2:13. Emmaus |
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3680 | were these locust real or symbolic | Rev 9:3 | Emmaus | 120565 | ||
Take a look at this introduction to Joel too. http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/joel/intro.htm |
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