Now I've just read an article by Douglas Hamp on why election and God choosing in the bible is always talking about God choosing Israel, and yes that incluedes Ephesians, Romans 9 and all the other passages in scripture that talks about election. He claims election is never about salvation as the reformed believe.
Here's the article:
Why God Did Not Elect Calvinists: The Biblical Concept of Election Never Means Predestined to Salvation and Commonly is a Reference to Israel | DouglasHamp.com
Now one verse I was hoping he would adress was acts 13:48:
Acts 13:48King James Version (KJV)
48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
I know there are people on this forum who believe like Douglas Hamp, how do you explain that passage then? I feel like this is a slap in the face of those who believe election is never about salvation and only about the jews since it talks both about gentiles and God ordaining to eternal life.
One user I'm hoping will respond to this topic is John146 since I think he's made clear he agrees with Douglas Hamp, and I supposed there are more like him on the forum.
And by the way I was looking at Douglas Hamp because of his stuff on the millenium and I think he's done a great study there, but he clearly is wrong here.
Here's the article:
Why God Did Not Elect Calvinists: The Biblical Concept of Election Never Means Predestined to Salvation and Commonly is a Reference to Israel | DouglasHamp.com
Now one verse I was hoping he would adress was acts 13:48:
Acts 13:48King James Version (KJV)
48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
I know there are people on this forum who believe like Douglas Hamp, how do you explain that passage then? I feel like this is a slap in the face of those who believe election is never about salvation and only about the jews since it talks both about gentiles and God ordaining to eternal life.
One user I'm hoping will respond to this topic is John146 since I think he's made clear he agrees with Douglas Hamp, and I supposed there are more like him on the forum.
And by the way I was looking at Douglas Hamp because of his stuff on the millenium and I think he's done a great study there, but he clearly is wrong here.
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