Subject: Christians before Jesus came |
Bible Note: I guess you can call me stubborn but I'm still not convinced. The people in OT times, were obsessed with the physical world. They even wanted their beloved Messiah to come and rescue them from the Roman Empire. How can you say those folks, even the faithful Jews, the ones who really did love God had a mistaken concept of what the Messiah was all about. How could they put faith in such a person? In contrast, I would say that those people did put their faith in God and just left the details to Him. But the biggest area where I disagree in this area is that of the whole world of people who have never heard the name of Christ nor have they even heard of a Bible. They've never heard the name Jehovah, God Almighty, Allah or any of the other names of the one true God as described in our Bible. True enough, this planet and its wonderful beauty does teach a person that there is a Greater Being who deserves our worship. Our inner conscience whispers to us that we know right from wrong at an early age and thus we suspect we should behave in accordance with that conscience or pay the consequences. How can you and EdB think that God is going to condemn to Hell all those who don't know Christ in spite of Paul's simple, straight forward words in Rom 2? I'm afraid it's going to take a little more convincing. But I will check with my Greek resources and friends about this "no one comes" phrase. This seeming conflict is a challenge so I'll get back to you guys. Blessings to you all. Country Girl |