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What happened to the apostles? How many of them suffered horribly, to the death? How about the tens of thousands of Christians executed by the Romans? The Communists? The “God’s wrath is different” argument holds no water; it is patently unproveable since God has never poured His wrath upon the world since Jesus’ resurrection. We do know that when He was going to pour it out on Sodom and Gomorrah, He was perfectly okay with destroying all the godly people there along with the wicked; He was only persuaded by the multiple petitions on behalf of the godly by Abraham to refrain from destroying the godly, allowing Lot and his family to escape.


28 posted on 03/13/2015 8:20:57 AM PDT by LambSlave
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To: LambSlave; cuban leaf
How many of them suffered horribly, to the death?

None of them--at the hands of God. The Great Tribulation will be by the Hand of God--not by sinners.

That being said, I don't believe that the church is mentioned after chapter 3 in Revelation. Israel, yes, but not the church.

40 posted on 03/13/2015 8:35:19 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: LambSlave; The Final Harvest
>>We do know that when He was going to pour it out on Sodom and Gomorrah, He was perfectly okay with destroying all the godly people there along with the wicked<<

Who do you think you are kidding? He told Lot to get out. Abraham knew that God would not destroy the good with the bad and pleaded to save the whole city because of them. When Lot hesitated the angel actually took Lot by the hand to lead him out of there. God wasn't going to destroy the faithful. Abraham was simply pleading for the entire city.

44 posted on 03/13/2015 8:40:23 AM PDT by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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To: LambSlave

You are mixing Old Testament events with New Testament “end times” prophesy. But, you leave out Deut 30-31 where God told them, “... I’ve set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; NOW YOU CHOOSE.”

If you want to find out what Jesus actually did by his death and resurrection; it’s best to stick with the New Testament.


49 posted on 03/13/2015 8:46:08 AM PDT by CyberAnt ("The hour has arrived to gather the Harvest")
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