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Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple
Ok I guess another beautiful and unique thing in the real New Testament Church was just for that time. You know like baptism in Jesus name. Like the gift of the Holy Ghost. Like healing and miracles. Like the head covering.
According to Apostolic Preterists even the coming of Christ has passed away.
So what is the modern day Apostolic Church have to offer pray tell?
Nice to have all the doctrinal questions figured out anyway.
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Bro...I think you're jumping to extremes. A lot of people do. They think it's either a mandate or it's irrelevant and strictly for the days of the Apostles. Regarding this subject, when I showed how Paul was focused on things, "now at this time", I wasn't meaning to say that I believed that this was something strictly for their time. What Paul was talking about when he wrote, "now at this time", was the famine. In times of great growth, trouble, famine, hardship, crisis, churches and individual congregations need to come together and have all things common. We still do. Last year we had some major power outages and wind damage here in Ohio. Well, when that happened many of us converged on the church to repair it. Then we shared tools, equipment, generators, food, vehicles, watever was needed to see to it that we all got through that period of time ok. I didn't own a chainsaw...but I had one within a half hour that day (lent to me by a brother) because I needed one.
No one means that it was strictly for their time...it's just circumstantial. When faced with similar circumstances today...we pretty much do the same thing.