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Israel will never be completely destroyed but you would never chide or condemn the action of those countries who take up arms aginst them because you believe they have justifiable cause.
stop pretending you know me.
stop assigning your thoughts to me.
You know darn well that there will never be lasting peace in that region no matter what treaty is signed.
that appears to be the pattern.
there's no peace treaty in Daniel 9 or anywhere else.
you can not make the critical distinction between Israel and Israel.
the military political scene is your religion.
you don't know who is who.
i can't help you with that.
it's brainwashing. if the Holy Spirit isn't leading you out of deception and into Truth, i don't know what to say.
This is why Israel, as small as they are, must arm themselves to the teeth to protect themselves from these dictators who are very crafty and deceitful in their strategies against Israel.
i know it's a sin for you to consider anything other than your belief system.
can't help ya.
I have no empathy for these dictators or religious zealots who want to destroy any memory of the nation of Israel.
i believe i talked about the common people.
where is your balanced view?
this is why i take the unpopular view, while you take the dispensationalist zealot view.
Netanyahu is a crazed dictator who gets counsel from, and works for, religious zealots.
i know studying history would be a sin for you.
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just out of curiosity Red, aside from all the above, what is your response to this (simplified for you):
The Israel of God
(Galatians 6:16)
by Michael Marlowe, Dec. 2004.
14 ἐμοὶ δὲ μὴ γένοιτο καυχᾶσθαι εἰ μὴ ἐν τῷ σταυρῷ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, δι᾽ οὗ ἐμοὶ κόσμος ἐσταύρωται κἀγὼ κόσμῳ. 15 οὔτε γὰρ περιτομή τί ἐστιν οὔτε ἀκροβυστία, ἀλλὰ καινὴ κτίσις. 16 καὶ ὅσοι τῷ κανόνι τούτῳ στοιχήσουσιν, εἰρήνη ἐπ᾽ αὐτοὺς καὶ ἔλεος, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰσραὴλ τοῦ θεοῦ.
14 But far be it from me to boast, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world hath been crucified unto me, and I unto the world. 15 For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. 16 And as many as shall walk by this rule, peace be upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
The phrase has become controversial because the traditional interpretation conflicts with principles of interpretation associated with Dispensationalism.
Dispensationalists are interested in maintaining a sharp distinction between "Israel" and "the Church" across a whole range of theological matters pertaining to prophecy, ecclesiology, and soteriology.
They are not comfortable with the idea that here Paul is using the phrase "Israel of God" in a sense that includes Gentiles, because this undermines their contention that "the Church" is always carefully distinguished from "Israel" in Scripture.
This is a major tenet of dispensationalist hermeneutics. C.I. Scofield in his tract, Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth (New York, Loizeaux Brothers, 1888) wrote, "Comparing, then, what is said in Scripture concerning Israel and the Church, [a careful Bible student ] finds that in origin, calling, promise, worship, principles of conduct, and future destiny--all is contrast."
Likewise Charles Ryrie in his book Dispensationalism Today (Chicago, 1965) explained that the "basic premise of Dispensationalism is two purposes of God expressed in the formation of two peoples who maintain their distinction throughout eternity." (pp. 44-45).
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i'm not interested in discussing anything else with you today but this short piece.
1) is God pursuing two purposes expressed in the formation of two peoples who maintain their distinction throughout eternity (Ryrie)?
2) in origin, calling, promise, worship, principles of conduct, and future destiny-- is all is contrast between the two peoples mentioned in #1, Israel and the Church (Scofield)?
3) in Galatians 6:16, did Paul say The Israel of God were those who boast in the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ, and are a new creation?
4) how many The Israels of God are there?
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only interested in your view on the above, nothing else.
thanks.