He has it all figured out! Thank God for Google!

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by votivesoul

"Dear Sean,

I am enclosing in this letter an autographed autograph of my Gospel, which I took the liberty of translating into 17th century English, so you could understand it. Hope you like it.

Sincerely,

John"

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by Sean

I am a new man now.

No you are not.

You just had your leash tugged.

Originally Posted by Sean

I wont call you those names anymore.

No, because Prax told you not to call those names anymore.

Originally Posted by Praxeas

Dont call anyone reprobate. Same goes for everyone else

It wasn't conviction of any sort of deity, spirit, holy or unholy. You were told to watch calling people reprobates. You would be doing that and worse if given full liberty.

Originally Posted by Sean

I will leave the name calling to the evangelist now.

Sean, in person you would be shaking like a skinny puppy passing peach pits.

If Brothers Blume, Easias, Burk, and myself where sitting down with you. Not to smack you across the head (which you most certainly deserve Proverbs 18:6 ) But, to take your childishness to task. To require you to answer questions with a noble attempt of exegesis. Again, the guy who was the moderator in your debate with the Hebrew roots group? Does he still talk to you? Also do you have the tapes of that debate?

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa

Saturday, September 23 is coming!!!

[mfblume]

Originally Posted by Sean

Not really, it likely means that the last 3.5 years will be shortened to keep the planet from complete annihilation.

Now show me when this happened in 70ad.

Thanks.

Nothing to do with the planet. It had to do with Jerusalem... the Jewish people would have been wiped out if God did not step in and stop the number of days to which the destruction would have otherwise gone on. He spoke of FLESH, not the planet.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by votivesoul

Sean, who was Theophilus and why did Luke address his Gospel to him? And in what century did Theophilus live and die?

Of course some of the books had an intended audience.

That is in every epistle also.

John and Mark(especially John) had a targeted audience of ALL readers....


31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

That is the discussion here.



Now, why are you including yourself in Theophilus'/all epistles' mail as applicable to your life?

Right, because your ancient brethren in the faith consider their mail, your mail.

The N.T. was never intended,( as preterists have segregated it), to be a commentary of the "former church's" documentary of events, but a continuation of experience, doctrinal and prophetical events.

[TK Burk]

Originally Posted by votivesoul

How to know that the texts of the New Testament, Mark and John and Revelation, and etc. were written to and for a 1st century audience? Real simple:

1.) They were written in the 1st century
2.) They were written in the lingua franca of the 1st century
3.) They reference events that took place in the 1st century
4.) They contain geographical, demographical, and historical elements that trace to the 1st century
5.) The cast of characters that they contain are all 1st century people
6.) They were disseminated in the 1st century
7.) They were copied and preserved in the 1st century
8.) They were used as evangelistical tools in the 1st century
9.) They were recognized and quoted as authoritative in the 1st century
10.) The intended audience who first read them lived in the 1st century

[Sean]

All Christian religions that do not replicate or look forward for the doctrine, prophecies AND experience of the 1st century churches are "documentarians".(document, then segregate themselves from it's words as needed).

[Sean]

Especially, preterists.

[Sean]

Take for instance the 7 churches. Preterists segregate themselve completely from the 7 churches. They refuse to be accoutable to any broad application because "it was not written directly to them".

They expect Jesus to send them a personal letter with a self addressed envelope for it to be applicable, I suppose....LOL

[houston]

Originally Posted by Sean

Take for instance the 7 churches. Preterists segregate themselve completely from the 7 churches.

What does that even mean?