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NASB | 1 Peter 1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace be yours in the fullest measure. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Peter 1:2 ¶ according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by the sanctifying work of the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace [that special sense of spiritual well-being] be yours in increasing abundance [as you walk closely with God]. [John 14:27] |
Subject: Election |
Bible Note: Hi Doc, (Quoting for referrence) Romans 11:7 What then? What Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened; Doesn't this verse divide Isreal between the elect and the hardened? Why would this not include all descendants of Jacob? Since the verbs obtained and hardened are both aorist, this has happened in the past. Would this not then, according to the plainest reading of the text, mean all descendants of Jabob as of the time of writing? The alternative would be if Paul was writing in a "prophetical past tense", speaking as if future events were already past. This is not unknown in the Bible, but is there an indication of that here? Paul goes on in the chapter to write of things yet future regarding the state of Isreal in a decidedly non-prophetic way, (vs. 23) "If they abide not in unbelief". But then we must return to the words "the elect obtained it". "Obtained" is aorist active indicative. The elect is definate. (Tim would know more about this than I do, I trust he is following and will correct me if I am wrong! - Tim, are you out there?) This seems to me to be saying "all the elect have already obtained". The would be necessity not include those not yet born, and so the redeemed of Israel not yet born would be not yet elect. But then we know our names have been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world. Does this not again demonstrate that both Divine Election, and the true and unfettered free will of man are taught in the scripture? Love in Christ, Mark |