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To: NYer

I refer to what appears to be a possibility as many Jews perceive Christianity. It appears to be possible, under the rules of Christianity, that Adolph Hitler, in the moment between firing a bullet into his head and becoming dead, could have asked God for to forgive him and have been saved.

What do you say. Do you say if Adolph Hitler has asked for forgiveness in his dying gasp, that it is possible for him to be in heaven? And, as for the Jews that Hitler killed, many of whom did not confess on the name of Jesus, do you think it is possible that they are in hell?


22 posted on 02/13/2014 9:31:34 AM PST by Redmen4ever
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To: Redmen4ever
I refer to what appears to be a possibility as many Jews perceive Christianity. It appears to be possible, under the rules of Christianity, that Adolph Hitler, in the moment between firing a bullet into his head and becoming dead, could have asked God for to forgive him and have been saved.

Well, let's turn the situation around. If a Jew massacred christians and repented before death, would he be saved? Consider, as well, that in the United States, about 60 million children have been murdered in their mothers’ wombs since 1973, a tower of evil darker than Mordor. The Holocaust comes from the same bitter root as the abortion movement. They both came that we might have death, and have it abundantly. In the Holocaust 6 million Jews were killed. Jews often object when anyone compares the number killed in the Holocaust with any other number of persons killed because Hitler was trying to kill Europe’s entire Jewish population, but state approval of a systematic killing of large numbers of Jews is comparable no matter who is doing the killing. If Jews are 2 percent of the population, we may assume that Jews participated in 2 percent of the 60 million U.S. abortions since 1973. Liberal Jewish women therefore have killed more than 1 million Jewish children, a significant part of the Jewish population.

During the Holocaust Jewish men and women cried out from their hearts, “Almighty God, hear the cry of the poor!” God heard their cry and gave them back the land of Israel. Israel’s war-cry was, “Never again.” But even in Israel many Jewish mothers also kill the children in their own wombs. God told us, “He who closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself cry out and not be heard” Proverbs 21:13. Rabbi Yeshua confirmed it. “For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get” Mt 7:2. For those who cheerfully obey the Torah or Church law, our fidelity is eternity in heaven. For those who follow man’s law Roe v. Wade it can be eternity in hell.

What do you say. Do you say if Adolph Hitler has asked for forgiveness in his dying gasp, that it is possible for him to be in heaven?

What happens at death? Christians believe that we are judged .. actually, we believe that we judge ourselves. We also believe that only those who are spotless may enter into heaven. Do you think Adolph Hitler fits that description?

And, as for the Jews that Hitler killed, many of whom did not confess on the name of Jesus, do you think it is possible that they are in hell?

You are citing a belief of Fundamentalist christians, not Catholics. Scripture teaches that one’s final salvation depends on the state of the soul at death. As Jesus himself tells us, "He who endures to the end will be saved" (Matt. 24:13; cf. 25:31–46). One who dies in the state of friendship with God (the state of grace) will go to heaven. The one who dies in a state of enmity and rebellion against God (the state of mortal sin) will go to hell.

The truth is that in one sense we are all redeemed by Christ’s death on the cross—Christians, Jews, Muslims, even animists in the darkest forests (1 Tim. 2:6, 4:10, 1 John 2:2)—but our individual appropriation of what Christ provided is contingent on our response.

I would recommend you pick up a copy of this book, written by a Jew, Roy Schoeman.

Roy Schoeman grew up studying Judaism under the most prominent Rabbis in American Judaism. After receiving a B.S. from M.I.T. and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, he taught at Harvard. You may find the following interview with the author, informative.

Jewish Voice Extended Interview with Roy Schoeman

33 posted on 02/13/2014 2:28:08 PM PST by NYer ("The wise man is the one who can save his soul. - St. Nimatullah Al-Hardini)
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