This is in response to a post found in a thread by JohnnyP, "Quran: Jesus crucified?" I didn't want to me to the thread and this seemed the most right way to respond.
Several months ago we were in a discussion and I never noticed this because it was such a small post sandwiched between other lengthy ones and I was not directly quoted. I apologize for being so late, and understand if you are no longer interested. But I hope to at least hear from you, it was a pleasurable discourse before.
Since you were asking me about my personal belief that the end times are the point of human history, and that seems to me like asking, "If you're in the US and want to be in Turkey, why take the time to travel there?" A non-sequitur.
If you recall the little primer on my particular beliefs on the ends times (or you can go back to the thread, it's there), God's plan is for Him to be God of a people and those people to (willingly and perfectly) worship Him as their God. Without human free will there is no "willing" anything, BUT sin comes by necessity with free will, and so He is purifying a people to be holy who knew sin and have since rejected it. This takes time, certainly this is not the only Christian belief I have heard, but it is not uncommon, and it is mine.
Several months ago we were in a discussion and I never noticed this because it was such a small post sandwiched between other lengthy ones and I was not directly quoted. I apologize for being so late, and understand if you are no longer interested. But I hope to at least hear from you, it was a pleasurable discourse before.
Originally posted by siam
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If you recall the little primer on my particular beliefs on the ends times (or you can go back to the thread, it's there), God's plan is for Him to be God of a people and those people to (willingly and perfectly) worship Him as their God. Without human free will there is no "willing" anything, BUT sin comes by necessity with free will, and so He is purifying a people to be holy who knew sin and have since rejected it. This takes time, certainly this is not the only Christian belief I have heard, but it is not uncommon, and it is mine.
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