Message from @saturnsrings
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Amadeus, the JPS version is what you need to read for an accurate OT. Makes a lot more sense when you read the good stuff, not tainted by idolatry.
If we are not pure, then we must be purified because nothing impure enters the presence of God, and so we must be purged of evil and impurity
If we are too impure, we just go to Hell
I do not know what the "JPS" version is, so you have to spell it out
I believe in Abraham's Bosom and Hades, as in, a perguatory. A practice Hell and a Practice Heaven.
we see this in the Rich Man and Lazarus.
Purgatory is a vague thing and is the "place" or "state" of people who must be purified to enter Heaven. To denounce this doctrine is to say Revelation 21:27 is bullshit (which is what Martin Luther said)
Remus, the reason you try is because you bother even asking "why try?", which means you value it. The fact it's of value is so deeply engrained in your soul that you don't know why anymore, but you do know that it is, no matter what.
A lot of the Dead Sea Scrolls is crap, and a lot of it is actually just the Bible or pieces of it
Christ makes us pure.
If we die in Christ we are pure, and so we go to Abraham's Resting.
the Essenes were chased out for a reason, but it is still significant and important to look at
There isn't one "christ". Those that die in "christ" are themselves the "christ".
Someone who converts on their deathbed is not totally clean
The "christ" are those that have followed G-d's instructions for them.
I believe they are if they believe in their heart and ask the Lord for the forgiveness of their sins, and truly mean it.
are baptized.
etc
etc
There is no forgiveness, there is just consequence. Yet another proof that Christianity is why Libtards are so strong.
Of course
So what happens when you say God's name in vain once, Saturn?
Consequence is the greatest blessing G-d has bestowed upon the Earth.
Are you exempt from forgivenss?
Forever?
Exactly.
I risk developing a habit for disrespecting G-d, and abandoning his instructions for me.
Billy Graham isn't gonna go to Hell for waking up late
Forgiveness is what people have for each other, consequence is what G-d has created the world to have for us.
How is ole Billy viewed by Catholics?
A hero
Saturn if what you say is true then, then God came in the form of a human and forgave us.
Simple.
He was invited to China and North Korea multiple times, in the 80s
No, because you have to personally ask a person for their forgiveness, for instance, when you steal from them.
You have to first transgress upon the person.
His wife was actually born there during the republic era, her parents were missionaries
Yeah, and we ask God for forgiveness in EVERY prayer we make.
We never stop asking.
We never stop being thankful.