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To: metmom
I don't understand this "outside of time" argument.

When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou AT THIS TIME restore again the kingdom to Israel? And he said unto them. It is not for you to know THE TIMES or THE SEASONS, which the Father has PUT IN HIS OWN POWER." Acts 1:6,7.

It sounds like some philosophical mumbo jumbo intended to change the plain meaning of God's Word into something it simply does NOT say. Once again...

1,000 posted on 01/13/2012 5:20:46 PM PST by smvoice (Better Buck up, Buttercup. The wailing and gnashing is for an eternity..)
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To: smvoice

That refers to the doings of men which of course is restricted in time.

Do you think God is restricted by chronological time? That to Him there is a morning to rise in and evening to sup in and a night to sleep in? Do you think the days are to God as the days are to us? Marked off on a calender and gone once 24 hours has past?

God is eternal. All time is the same to God. To Him there is no past, no present, no future. He exists totally within all times. It is all one to Him.


1,026 posted on 01/13/2012 5:57:46 PM PST by lastchance ("Nisi credideritis, non intelligetis" St. Augustine)
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To: smvoice; Jvette; metmom
I don't understand this "outside of time" argument. When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou AT THIS TIME restore again the kingdom to Israel? And he said unto them. It is not for you to know THE TIMES or THE SEASONS, which the Father has PUT IN HIS OWN POWER." Acts 1:6,7. It sounds like some philosophical mumbo jumbo intended to change the plain meaning of God's Word into something it simply does NOT say. Once again...

First off you axctually have to sit down and THINK about it, not jsut fly off the handle with an inane response. Second, you do need at least a little understanding of philosophy and be willing to look at what is meant by "sacred Time"

http://roadmapsforworship.com/?page_id=57 Gives a good basic introduction

1,078 posted on 01/13/2012 7:33:24 PM PST by verga (We get what we tolerate and increase that which we reward)
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