By the WORD of the LORD

Submitted by M. Tovey (United States), Jul 25, 2011 at 18:25

In continuing to take excerpts out of context, the logic that is applied from an unscriptural perspective precludes gaining the wisdom to discern that which the Holy Spirit will teach. What is seen in trying to separate Paul from the Gospel he died trying to spread is the same rhetoric that Muslims all over this forum try to employ as well. From that perspective, one cannot call an adherent to Islam brethren to a disciple of Jesus Christ. It is spiritually antithetical.

As to the explanation of whose resurrection is coming first, those of the dead versus 'those who are alive' at the 'harpazo,' as soon as we have someone from the eternal realm demonstrate just exactly how that will happen, we must presume that the reference to the event of the Church's removal is one of those prophecies that needs no further explanation than the instruction to be ready WHEN it happens and not try to read the mind of the Almighty Eternal as to HOW it is going to happen. Is that not the point of being secure in our salvation?

So, the argument of choosing between the WORD of the LORD and the words of a man, I'll follow this: [But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel].

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