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Originally Posted by TK Burk
I apologize for assuming all would mean what entering the "New Covenant" meant. It means their sins were redeemed by the salvific work of Jesus Christ. This came by them repenting, being baptized in Jesus' name for the remission of their sins, and then being filled with the gift of the Holy Ghost, as commanded in Acts 2:38 and elsewhere.
Once they became believers they would also heed Jesus's warning to flee Jerusalem when they saw it surrounded by armies. History records every Christian did this, which left only those Old Covenant believers remaining.
I hope that clarifies my point. |
So having one's sins forgiven and being redeemed by the work of Christ would save people from the destruction of Jerusalem by Rome? I'm not understanding how, IF the promised judgment was for THAT generation at THAT time, and the proferred salvation and deliverance was for THAT generation at THAT time, and all had respect to the coming AD 70 destruction of Jerusalem by Rome, how that has anything whatsoever to do with any of us today, or how it would have anything to do with anyone outside of Jerusalem (or perhaps Judea) back then?
I'll have to chew on this for awhile. Maybe I'm not making myself clear, so maybe you are misunderstanding what issue I'm having with this. Or maybe I'm just not understanding what you are saying.
I'll think about this and be back.
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