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NASB | Luke 18:8 "I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 18:8 "I tell you that He will defend and avenge them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find [this kind of persistent] faith on the earth?" |
Subject: Does the Bible predict Christianity? |
Bible Note: Hi, Aspilos... No contradictions in Scripture. Nor was it my intention to offer a contradiction to Brother Mark. Mark is correct in his discussion of the resistance to the Gospel that has been, is, and will continue to be rampant -- and so much more as we "see the day approaching." However, it is equally true that God is working His eternal purpose to present His church to Himself "not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish" (Ephesians 5:27). As I pointed out from Galatians 3, this is God working out His plan of redemption through history. He is doing so just as He promised our first parents in Genesis 3:15 and our father in the faith, Abraham, in Genesis 22:17. We even have Christ's prayer for believers in John 17, and His promised glorification concluding in Revelation 22. Sometimes a simple question may have multiple answers. Interpretation of Scripture is not always a simple matter. From what I have been able to deduce, there appear to be five broad reasons that interpretations may differ: 1. Literary Limitations: Absolute precision is impossible due to the fact that there are gaps (linguistic, historic, and cultural) between the writer and the reader. 2. Spiritual Perceptibility: Sometimes interpretation is an intellectual matter, but it is often a matter of spiritual maturity. In there former there are limitations of education. In the latter there are limitations of growth in application of the Word. 3. Profundity of Truth: Truth is not simple, shallow, or trite; it is deep, rich, and often complex. 4. Natural Resistance: Men are not born desiring truth; the flesh resists the truth. 5. Problem of Pop Culture: The world tries to make the Bible more palatable, or squeeze what it says into their own presuppositions of what they think truth ought to be. In Him, Doc PS Since it was brought up: I do not believe in Dominion Theology. Historic Baptists are very open in identifying themselves and quick to publicly confess their beliefs. We are Pre-Millennial in our eschatology, but we generally don't throw in with the popular prophecy-in-the-news views. :-) |