Subject: Mark 16:16 what does it say? |
Bible Note: AGAIN, DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME, I HAVE NOT SAID AND WILL NEVER SAY THAT BAPTISM ALONE SAVES ANYONE! I HAVE TAUGHT AND HAVE BEEN TAUGHT THAT ALL OF WHAT WE DO IN CHRIST IS (THROUGH "FAITH") AND THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES!! YOU AND THOSE WHO BELIEVE LIKE YOU REFER TO THE THIEF! FOR A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING, SHOW US WHAT THE APOSTLES TOLD THE PEOPLE AFTER THE RESURRECTION, THE LAW OF CHRIST WAS NOT IN AFFECT UNTIL AFTER THE RESURRECTION! HEB9:16-17 FOR WHERE A TESTAMENT IS, THERE MUST ALSO OF "NECESSITY" BE THE DEATH OF THE TESTATOR. 17 FOR A TESTAMENT IS OF FORCE "AFTER" MEN ARE (DEAD): OTHERWISE (IT IS OF NO STRENGTH AT "ALL" WHILE THE TESTATOR LIVETH). Now what is the writer saying HERE? That the thief recieved his blessing before the LAW OF CHRIST WAS IN FORCE! So when you are remembering the thief, remember also the TESTATOR JESUS CHRIST HAD NOT DIED FOR OUR SINS WHEN HE BLESSED THE THIEF; AND HE HAD NOT YET BEEN RAISED FROM THE DEAD: HIS LAW TO THOSE WHO WOULD LIVE AFTER HIS RESURRECTION WAS NOT IN AFFECT UNTIL HE WENT BACK TO HEAVEN!!!! |