"From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence, and violent people have been raiding it."
It's not what most think it is.
You reject Paul because of your own lack of understanding. Not a single letter of the law is removed because those who think they are saved by that law do not truly live by that law. The law accuses EVERYONE.
We are saved by Jesus Christ, who took our sins on himself and died for us. Every broken law was put on his shoulders and He willingly gave His life because of His love for us and the Father.
No one is justified by their works.
Convenient you leave out the rest of it.
"What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)
God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God."
Jesus came for the LOST sheep of Israel.
They were lost for a reason.
You know quite well the bible doesn't condone sleeping with your daughters, yet you claim so anyway.
Completely false. None of what you just said is biblical.
The mark is forced on ALL, both great and small.
It's after Babylon falls that…
“If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on their forehead or on their hand, they, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury"
Anon you do not understand.
I'm not promoting sin, I'm telling you that NONE of us live by that law, and if you believe you are saved by that law you are very mistaken. You are accused by that law.
We are saved by Jesus, who took all sin on Himself.
Anon we're not talking about old babylon.
Yes it has.
>Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are DONE IN PARABLES:
That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them." - Mark 4:11-12
I suggest you humble yourself enough to accept that you can be deceived or you're going to have a very bad awakening.
No that's your false understanding.
Jesus Christ is the Way, the TRUTH, and the Life. Seek Truth.
He is the Living Word of God. Look past the words of scripture and see the Living Word.
You do not keep the law, so you testify against yourself.
Remember we're not just talking 10 commandments.
Anon you are lost.
ALL THESE THINGS ARE DONE IN PARABLE.
It IS Parable. Why do you think it calls for wisdom? The mark is the number of a man, and that number is 666. Do you know what man both Wisdom and 666 are associated with in the bible?
Do you believe the earth is flat and we have a big dome over us?
Do you expect an actual 7 headed dragon?
Jesus Christ is the Way, the TRUTH, and the Life. The Living Word of God. Look past the words on the page and see the Word. You have to seek Him. Seek TRUTH.
Why don't you answer my questions before you start demanding I explain things because of your lack of understanding?
Do you understand what 666 symbolizes?
"This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666."
"God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore. Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East, and greater than all the wisdom of Egypt. He was wiser than anyone else, including Ethan the Ezrahite—wiser than Heman, Kalkol and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread to all the surrounding nations. He spoke three thousand proverbs and his songs numbered a thousand and five. He spoke about plant life, from the cedar of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of walls. He also spoke about animals and birds, reptiles and fish. From all nations people came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the world, who had heard of his wisdom."
"The weight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents".
You claim it's false because of your lack of understanding.
You project yourself onto me but notice I'm willing to have a conversation while you insist I'm wrong because you say so.
Anon I suggest you pray for Truth, even if everything you THINK you know is wrong, then humble yourself enough to accept it could be and put your faith in Him.
Jesus Christ is the Way, the TRUTH, and the Life. Seek Truth!
lol, The 666 has nothing to do with Gematria. Notice two points in a single verse point to Solomon?
"This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666."
Solomon is the guy many thought Jesus was the re-incarnation of.
Seek TRUTH anon.
Uh huh, sure sure.
"And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:"
Again, you are lost anon. Seek TRUTH, not what you want to think is true.
>>Gold
Good job anon, now keep thinking.
>>And had nothing to do with the mark of the beast, or the number of the man, which is six hundred and sixty and six.
Spelled out.
Like, for instance, when Paul was alive, Nero was their antichrist for that age. Nero sums to 666.
You're wrong anon.
He was also famous for his wisdom. The verse points to him with two points.
He's the one who came up with the idea of cutting the baby in half remember?
Do you remember what else Solomon did? He had a throne set at his right hand for his mother, you know like Catholics have done with Mary, even though Jesus told them that position was not His to grant?
Anon you need to humble yourself and seek Him.
May God open your eyes and ears to Truth if it's His will. God Bless.