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    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    Your reference to the potter and the clay is a blatant disegard of the context in Romans 9,10,11. I asked AI whether in the context the honorable clay and common clay is Israel and the Gentiles? Yes, absolutely. In fact, looking at the strict context of Romans 9–11, identifying the clay...
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    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    Galatians 4:9: But now that you have come to know God, or rather now that you have come to be known by God, how is it that you are turning back again to the weak and beggarly elementary things. Paul seems to be saying that when you believe in Jesus you become known by God. That is different...
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    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    That accountability is what the apostle Paul states in the verses below. Romans 11:17-22 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree, do not be arrogant toward the...
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    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    Your theology/philosophy is confused. Christ sacrificed Himself according to the law strictly for the nation of Israel (Romans 9:1-5). The Gentiles were grafted into the root (Christ) at a later date (Acts 10). There are two groups identified in the letter to the Romans, that is, Israel and...
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    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    We make choices every day. The concept of freewill and determinism is not really understood by mankind.
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    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    Tulip is a philosophical distortion of the scripture. The gospel is stated by the apostle Paul below. 1 Corinthians 15:1-6 Now I make known to you, brothers and sisters, the gospel which I preached to you, which you also received, in which you also stand, by which you also are saved, if you...
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    Why aren't the words " believe, believer, and believing " in italics in the English translation of scripture?

    AI answers your question below. Yes — there is an important distinction here between what the Greek says, how English normally expresses it, and the convention governing italics in English Bible translations. 1. You are correct about the Greek verb The Greek verb is πιστεύω (pisteuō). It...
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    Harvesting of the Earth

    Is the USA really a nation that worships Jesus Christ?
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    Harvesting of the Earth

    According to the New Testament, specifically the Book of Hebrews, the Mosaic covenant (often called the "Old Covenant") was made obsolete and was replaced by the New Covenant inaugurated by Jesus Christ. While the law given at Sinai is considered "holy, righteous, and good," the New Testament...
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    Harvesting of the Earth

    Daniel 9:26-27 The Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined. And he will confirm a covenant with the many for...
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    Harvesting of the Earth

    The word "desolations" is plural not singular. The time frame and the subject is seventy years and Jerusalem. Daniel is referring to the old covenant (Exodus 24). Time frame is now in weeks and we have sixty nine weeks until the messiah prince. After sixty two weeks the messiah is cut off...
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    Harvesting of the Earth

    What temple? Israel is a democratic secular nation.
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    Harvesting of the Earth

    Are you proposing that "the law" was not fulfilled by Jesus? If Jesus fulfilled the requirements of the law to the letter then all has been accomplished. According to Christian theology, Jesus fulfilled the requirements of the law by living a morally perfect life without sin, obeying all of...
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    Harvesting of the Earth

    So what covenant is confirmed "with many" for one week?
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    Harvesting of the Earth

    Read it again. because they did not abide by My Covenant, and I disregarded them.
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    Harvesting of the Earth

    Or the USA is helping them.
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    Harvesting of the Earth

    The former covenant that YHWH had with Israel has been terminated. Hebrews 8:8-9 Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by...
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    Harvesting of the Earth

    What is the covenant that only lasts for one week?
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    Harvesting of the Earth

    Yes. In Daniel 9:24, the text explicitly states that the 70 weeks (or 70 sevens of years, totaling 490 years) are decreed specifically for Daniel’s people (the Jewish nation/Israel) and his holy city (Jerusalem). [1, 2, 3] Direct Focus on Israel and Jerusalem The Target Audience: The angel...
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    Where does the scripture say seven years or is that inferred from the missing week in Daniel?