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To: kosta50; Forest Keeper; annalex; Cronos; jo kus

"Sin, Gehenna, and death do not exist at all with God, for they are effects, not substances. Sin is the fruit of free will. There was a time when sin did not exist, and there will be a time when it will not exist. Gehenna is the fruit of sin. At some point in time it had a beginning, but its end is not known. Death, however, is a dispensation of the wisdom of the Creator. It will rule only a short time over nature; then it will be totally abolished." +Isaac the Syrian

Tomorrow, interestingly enough, is the feast of +Isaac the Syrian.


2,066 posted on 01/27/2006 8:09:13 PM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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To: Kolokotronis; kosta50
"Sin, Gehenna, and death do not exist at all with God, for they are effects, not substances. Sin is the fruit of free will. There was a time when sin did not exist, and there will be a time when it will not exist. Gehenna is the fruit of sin. ...

I think I can hang with you here with one distinction. I would say that free will just isn't possible until after salvation, since we were born with a sin nature. Aside from that, this looks pretty reasonable to me.

2,149 posted on 01/30/2006 12:54:43 PM PST by Forest Keeper
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