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originally posted by: pthena
a reply to: DeathSlayer
Your attempt to rethread this OP will not work.
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This discussion concerns Gen 3:15 and no other.
I was responding to your own conclusion: "They have made a decision to reject him and be disobedient for whatever reason. Your thoughts?"
Decision (choice).
I was giving my reason.
If you bring wheat and tares in: The tares are burned and the wheat gets eaten. Perhaps it is better to be a wild plant away from the farmer's fields.
Do you understand what I am saying?
Don't you think now that after a couple thousand years have past that eventually SOME will understand and see it?
you know now that he has been with you from the beginning, he means MORE to you than your loved ones, you have always felt alien to this world and humans.
originally posted by: DeathSlayer
originally posted by: Ghost147
Why is there only two options? "Believe in god" or you're "following Satan"
Can't I just reject your god and not have to follow anything?
You can follow whoever you want to,
originally posted by: DeathSlayer
GENESIS 3:15 - And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel."
The Enmity
The term “enmity” denotes a disposition of hostility, whether between individuals (Num. 35:21-22), or between bodies of people (Ezek. 25:15; 35:5).
Between what parties is there enmity, as suggested in this text?
While some see it as an abiding antipathy between humans and snakes (Owen, 13), clearly the scope moves far beyond such a trite explanation.
The language denotes the initial spirit of antagonism between Eve and her adversary (her destroyer), together with the suggestion that there would be a spiritual hostility developing between the woman’s seed, Christ (along with his people), and Satan and his followers.
This theme is well illustrated in the parable of the tares (see Mt. 13:24-30; 36-43; cf. 1 Jn. 3:10).
So Satan and his followers are not of the woman's seed (Christ and his disciples) so not everyone on earth is a child of God. They have made a decision to reject him and be disobedient for whatever reason.
Your thoughts?