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I doubt anyone can answer that but Him. Sometimes the best answer is “I don’t know”.
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I doubt anyone can answer that but Him. Sometimes the best answer is “I don’t know”.
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Possibly but theology is religious philosophy. Is there anything to philosophize about Jesus saying the Father was coming back to wrest governance away from man and take over, or is it straight forward? People seem to have built a religion out of it so it must be their own doctrines at play..
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Doctrine and theology are two different types of study within the scriptures. Theology is the foremost as it is not possible to have a proper understanding of doctrine if your theology is skewed.
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A simple word study on the word theology will show you the definition is the study of God. There is no room for opinion or philosophy. Scripture is absolutely enough. What you are describing is the methods of sinful man. When sinful man takes something from Scripture and perverts it, we don't change the definition to accommodate sin. What did Jesus say when he walked the earth? He said, "I am about my Father's work." Not only was that His work, but it is our work as well. How can we be about our Father God's work if we don't know the father? How can we know the Father if we don't study the scriptures God gave us to form a correct theology? If we don't believe Scripture is enough then we are in a very scary place because we then serve a God who needs the help of sinful man. That is absolutely unbiblical.
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Theology is religious philosophy and that philosophy in order to build their own religion, has neglected what Jesus said His Father's work was, to spread the Gospel of the Kingdom/governance of God over the governance of man. Yet man formed their own religious kingdom on the same foundation as the governments of man and even teaches a different gospel that is self oriented rather than focusing on the governance/Kingdom of God..
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You seem hung up on man centered theology, which isn't actually theology at all. What you continue to describe is a man centered theology based on some head knowledge of Scripture. I have defined what theology actually is. What man does with it does not redefine it. Man centered theology and doctrines are very abundant and are one of the biggest causes of the great chasms between believers. When someone from a man centered theology or doctrine tries to discuss these things with someone from a God centered theology or doctrine there will always be a wall at some point. The two have no middle ground in common.
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I doubt it. Why create a living world with no conscious minds there to enjoy it?
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Think of it as a woman deciding to have a baby. She knows there will be a lot of pain and discomfort during the process but the end result is a bundle of joy that greatly outweighs the price of her suffering.
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From the beginning in Genesis to the end and Revelation it's about obedience to God or obedience to Lucifer.
It's about judgment and and whether we are obedient to God, putting him first or obedient to Lucifer putting him first.
It's about the final punishment of the judgment upon us _ whether it's damnation with Lucifer or eternal life with God.
John 16:10-11 world is under judgment because the prince of this world has been judged what indicates that Satan is the only one of God's children that has been judged.
2nd Thessalonians 2:3 speaks of the man of sin being revealed the son of perdition - they taught the centuries Judas was the son of perdition but Judas was already revealed and that scripture is speaking of the end time events - Lucifer is the son of perdition, Lucifer is the only one that has been judged and Damned.
Questions that has plagued me:
Where are the 1/3 of the heavenly host of angels, who according to scripture in Hebrews are innumerable / that were "cast down to earth with Lucifer." we know the difference between them and those mentioned in the book of Jude.
How is it that some scriptures indicate God knew us before we were born? Makes one wonder did we exist, whether spiritually or physically, before we were born on earth?
How is it that our names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life and according to what we do on Earth will or will not be blotted out.
Why is it that these bodies are temporary?
Why in Genesis does God say replenish the Earth?
*Makes me wonder* if Earth became a prison for the fallen _ where living trials are held according to their choices - to determine their faith. (Something to think about)
Scripture says God created us for his glory / his pleasure _ could his pleasure be Mercy & redemption?
Regardless of why God put us here - it's one thing that is clear as an absolute truth _ every human that is born upon the Earth is under God's judgement and will be judge - some tip permanent death others to eternal life.
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