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Of course, Christ gave powers of forgiving sins and binding/loosening to the Apostles directly. If Christ expects His Church to exist for all time, can you give me a logical reason why He would not continue to provide this ministry to the Church for all time?

The Jews looked for a sign, and God provided that. (They were told all through the OT what to look for in the case of the Messiah.)

Mark 16:20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

Now, the signs were not given to anyone else.

1 Corinthians 1:22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom....

THEN, when the Gospel was no longer being preached to the Jews, the signs stopped.

Go to www.justbible.com and see the pattern by searching using the word signs.

I wrote : Of course, Christ gave powers of forgiving sins and binding/loosening to the Apostles directly. If Christ expects His Church to exist for all time, can you give me a logical reason why He would not continue to provide this ministry to the Church for all time?

You responded: The Jews looked for a sign, and God provided that. (They were told all through the OT what to look for in the case of the Messiah.)

How does this answer my question above? forgive me, I don't understand your answer.

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