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To: RnMomof7
My name is in that book Mark, because I have been born again.. I am a citizen of heaven

I seriously doubt that. What preacher twisted scripture badly enough to convince anyone that they are a citizen of heaven?

Furthermore, the Levites and Cohens of the present day share DNA that identifies them, for the coming time of the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem. The lineage of the Jewish priesthood still exists.

11,130 posted on 10/13/2010 7:05:12 PM PDT by Judith Anne (Holy Mary, Mother of God, please pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.)
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To: Judith Anne
I seriously doubt that. What preacher twisted scripture badly enough to convince anyone that they are a citizen of heaven?

Paul

Philippians 3:20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;

11,600 posted on 10/15/2010 4:00:14 AM PDT by RnMomof7
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To: Judith Anne
What preacher twisted scripture badly enough to convince anyone that they are a citizen of heaven?

Do you even have to ask? Paul. Who else!? The problem is as much Paul (who will say anything to anyone as long as they buy his ham sandwich), who uses the term politeyma, but so are the translations. The KJV (the Bible most Reformed swear by) says 'conversations' rather than 'citizenship.'

The meaning of politeyma is administration of civil affairs, the constitution of a commonwealth, the form of government and the laws of the same, or a commonwealth of citizens.

I am not sure where the KJV gets its 'conversations.' At any rate, Paul was saying that their (Christian) place is in heaven, that Christians belong in heaven (which of course is ridiculous because Christians are all supposed to live on a new earth and in a new Jerusalem, all 144,000 male virgins (lol), etc.)

But Paul goes a step further. He says that Christ will make their bodies (the bodies of Christians) glorified (that is—divine!) like his own (Phil 3:21). So, in other words all Christians will be gods? [see also Col 3:4].

This is really heavy duty Gnostic stuff which the LDS must gobble up like candy, especially since Paul is not the only one peddling it. Look at "We know that when He appears, we will be like Him" [1 John 3:2].

Of course, Jesus (based on Gospels) never taught any of this nonsense.

11,607 posted on 10/15/2010 5:14:25 AM PDT by kosta50 (God is tired of repenting -- Jeremiah 15:6, KJV)
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