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Originally Posted by crakjak
... those who believe in the greater hope, the reconciliation of all men. Do you?
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I am pondering many teachings that seem to have origins in the Roman teachings. I.e. I have heard that the teachings about hell (place where the unsaved person will go (not referencing the place the devil, Antichrist, false-prophet will go) being an "eternal" punishment are teachings derived from a mistranslation: a mistranslation based on doctrinal prejudice.
Where I am pondering and what I need to study in this doctrine is that it teaches the original language(s) use a word showing punishment for only an "age" or "season" with defined boundaries/limits. The word(s) in question, used in other passages, clearly show a use limited to an age and not an eternity. (This is what I have heard, and not something I have had time to study out. Therefore, at this time it is not a doctrine I currently embrace.)
There are other word studies I am pondering: For instance, I understand the passage that talks about the effeminate not making the grade is a translation/use of a word that is only derived from doctrinal prejudice. The word being used two other places clearly show it is in reference to those in king's courts with soft clothing - I.e. the rich. Most lexicons define the word in this one place as effeminate only because of doctrinal bent and not because of the use of the word elsewhere.
Another pondering is the implications of verses like
2 Cor 5:19 "that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself", and many other verses showing a clear distinction between God and the man, Jesus, the Messiah. Thus indicating that the man Jesus was not God - rather a man with God, the Father, within.
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