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To: CynicalBear

It is the assembly that occupies the synagogue.

Deception never works!

Twisting the truth (like a wick) is the source of the word wicked.


1,401 posted on 11/13/2013 11:46:58 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor
>> Deception never works!<<

Who do you think you are kidding? You’re not the only one following that deception of the New Testament having been written in Hebrew before Greek. And look at the numbers in other deceived religions. It’s clear that deception works.

1,410 posted on 11/13/2013 12:51:01 PM PST by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ)
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It is the assembly that occupies the synagogue. Deception never works! Twisting the truth (like a wick) is the source of the word wicked.

If the "synagogues" were the same thing as the meeting places of Christians, then explain why Jesus warned His disciples that they would face persecution and expulsion from the synagogues? Here are a few:

    Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. (Matthew 10:16-18)

    Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. (Matthew 23:33-35)

    For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows. But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them. And the gospel must first be published among all nations. (Mark 13:8-10)

    And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven. And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say. (Luke 12:10-12)

    And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake. And it shall turn to you for a testimony. (Luke 21:11-13)

I don't know about y'all, but it sure doesn't sound like synagogues were the place Christians should be setting up shop.
1,435 posted on 11/13/2013 3:55:41 PM PST by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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