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NASB | Revelation 13:8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 13:8 All the inhabitants of the earth will fall down and worship him, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the Book of Life of the Lamb who has been slain [as a willing sacrifice]. |
Subject: Our name erased or added to Book of Life |
Bible Note: "Yes they were call proselytes and Rahah was a whore from Jericho. Do I dare mention Ruth? Just to name two that also ended up in the lineage of Jesus." You may mention Ruth, if you dare. :) Both of those you mentioned, along with other notable OT Gentiles mentioned in the Bible, were rescued providentially by God. However, I wouldn't suggest that Jericho was evangelized prior to its destruction or that Israelites sent missionaries to Moab. God commanded his people not to incorporate them into the nation of Israel, but to utterly destroy them. Where is the "accept or reject" here? (Answer: we all have already rejected God before we have even heard the name of Jesus Christ) "The temple had a court yard of the gentiles for those that had not fully converted (not yet circumcised)" Did people come from China and India and Australia and Mesoamerica to the court of the Gentiles? I never claimed that God completely excluded Gentiles from his covenant people prior to Jesus (despite the fact that they did de-Gentile themselves to do so). Rather, my problem is with the biblically unsubstantiated assertion that EVERYONE has been given (or will be given) a chance to accept or reject salvation. Biblical evidence is to the contrary. "So once again we see to believe in your theology we also have to learn creative reading." Creative reading? You proved my very point in your post. I said that the word "whosoever" is not in the Greek and your interlinear supports that assertion completely. "Everyone believing in him" ("hina pas ho pisteuwn") does not imply that everyone has the moral capacity to choose God. Actually, the word "whoever" doesn't convey that either, but has developed in some circles an implied connotation of moral freedom. "The translators of the KJV, NKJV, NIV and NASB were all in a conspiracy to make Calvin look bad." No, you just are reading more into those translations than what is there. "Whoever believes" does not mean that anyone can join the club. If I say, "Whoever has twin offspring, respond to this post," that doesn't mean that you can decide whether or not you have twins at this moment. It means that I am distinguishing one category of human being from another. Nothing more. "Your making this laughable and I will not be drawn into this." Well, I try to be entertaining as I educate! :) --Joe! |