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NASB | Revelation 21:17 And he measured its wall, seventy-two yards, according to human measurements, which are also angelic measurements. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 21:17 He measured its wall also--a hundred forty-four cubits (about 200 feet), according to man's measurements, which are [also] angelic [measurements]. |
Subject: Will sin enter heaven? |
Bible Note: Hi Brad, Sorry I only reply now, but I did not have access to the forum . 1. Yes, You are quite right with Gal 5:14. Also on Romans. But beware: how did you come to righteousness? By believing. What are you believing? You should believe that Jesus Christ was sent to earth by the Father to relieve men of the burden of sin to which all men were condemned by the sin of the first man (Genesis 2 etc). God could not find anyone worthy to fulfill this roll and requested His Son to be the ultimate sacrifice. The law as given to Israel was an attempt to bring them closer to God by sacrifice of animals (bloodshed). Eventually, with all the additional meaningless laws added on by priests, it was impossible to keep the law. If you follow Israels' history throughout the Bible, you will also come to realise that it was dificult, sometimes impossible, for them to keep the law. So, the ultimate sacrifice (bloodshed). It was essentially meant for Israel. See the passage on the Sunamite woman and Jesus. But, salvation was made possible for everybody by Jesus' sacrifice. (Mat 28:19; John 3:16; Acts 2 and many more). See also the passage where Peter was praying on the roof and commanded to eat that which was unclean: this was an instruction to also administer the saving grace to others - not only Israel. Then Paul, a learned man (maybe a proffesor in theology and the law?) was called to witness and bring the opportunity of salvation to everybody. But you still have to understand that the law was not abolished by Jesus' sacrifice. He himself says He came to fulfill the law. And to truly live in Him (John 15:7) you have to keep His commandments - the biggest being "Love thy neighbor". It does not tell you to ignore any of the other commandments that make up the law. Or do you see it that you are now permitted to comit muder (Prohibited by law) because you are a "christian"; or covet your nieghbour's possesions? You see, Christ came to fulfill the law, not abolish it. you are still under the law. But you need not bring sacrifices of animals. That sacrifice was made for you. Howeever, you need to live in Christ like His word lives in you (John 15). To attain this, you have to eat the bread of Life - Christ's words. And you have to believe like a child does. If you tell your child something that makes sense to him in his environment, he believes you uncondittionally. That it what is required from us as well. Once you understand this, the Holy Spirit will open scripture for you to draw you even closer to the Vine. Beware, do not try and interpret scripture yourself without the Holy Spirit. This may lead to madness. 2. You quoted Eph 1:3. Now, if you read verses 3 to 9, you will see that, through salvation we became heirs with Israel to all the good that God has in store for His children. So Deut 28 applies to us as well. So does Jer 33:29 where God says that He enjoys to do good unto us. All you have to do is accept God's grace and start living a life that declares you are a child of God. Please note: you do not have to declare it yourself verbally, YOUR LIFE HAS TO!!! Blessed by Grace Nic Zwarts |