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1 | What is required for Salvation? | John 17:3 | punk monkey | 140153 | ||
what the modern evangelical church holds as "repenting" is not what the 1st church had in mind - we have based our understanding of it on anglo-saxon legal system and not the jewish legal system. to "repent" simply means to seek God's face and to desire the expression of that face. this may sound silly, but i was under the impression that this was a "answer question" place and not a place open to form debate - if you like you can email me directly and we can chat - jxpxus@yahoo.com - my name is john :) pax |
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2 | What is required for Salvation? | John 17:3 | MJH | 140170 | ||
You are mistaken about the Jewish view of Repentance. The Hebrew "shooba" or "ta-shooba" means to "turn back." It was seen by the first century Jewish people of returning back to the Torah. Certainly "seeking the face of God" was a part of this, because that was a part of the Torah. Another way to explain their Eastern way of seeing repentance was to return to God and to "take up the yoke of the Kingdom of God." This was done twice a day in Jesus time by reciting the "Shema." which is, "Hear 'O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord Alone. . ." This is a short note about, but I found long posts often don't get read. :-( You are right; however, that looking at the scriptures through the eyes of the original authors would help a lot. MJH |
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3 | What is required for Salvation? | John 17:3 | kalos | 140176 | ||
MJH: I believe you have hit the nail on the head when you wrote: "long posts often don't get read. :-(" Pray for me, that I may learn the art of brevity in my writing. Grace and shalom, Kalos |
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