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Originally posted by ufosd
Not really what you don't know is there was a former earth before Genesis the former earth was destroyed when Lucifer rebelled and was cast down in his attempt to take God's Throne, that takes some research it is call the Gap Theory, but most Christian believe in a 6000 year earth, Genesis 1:28 shows God telling Adam to replenish the earth, it was done again in the flood account when Noah was told to replenish the earth,,,, the next time the earth will be consumed by fire.
Originally posted by ufosd
reply to post by Deaf Alien
I respectfully disagree
There are two New Testament passages popularly used to support the doctrine of the Trinity. The first is Matthew 28:19: "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit" (KJV).
The Jerusalem Bible questions whether the formula given for baptism here is inspired or liturgical (added later by the church). The Hebrew version of Matthew omits the verse entirely. And although the passage is found in the three earliest known Greek New Testament manuscripts, without any original New Testament manuscripts in existence we have no evidence to substantiate that the present form of Matthew 28:19 is accurate.
The New Encyclopedia Britannica: “Neither the word Trinity nor the explicit doctrine appears in the New Testament, nor did Jesus and his followers intend to contradict the Shema in the Old Testament: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord’ (Deuteronomy 6:4). …The doctrine developed gradually over several centuries and through many controversies. …It was not until the 4th century that the distinctness of the three and their unity were brought together in a single orthodox doctrine of one essence and three persons. …By the end of the 4th century … the doctrine of the Trinity took substantially the form it has maintained ever since.” 1
Originally posted by ufosd
reply to post by Bombeni
Hi
Yes the scripture that reveals this is Genesis chapter 6 vs 4 and it reads like this also in Jude from the new testament.
4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.( the word in Hebrew translates Giants )
Jude
6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. 7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
The angels that rebelled against God did this before the flood and after also, we have their remains found all over the earth large skeletal remains my site deal a lot in this topic from several christian scholars
www.thestrongdelusion.com
Originally posted by Bombeni
reply to post by Akezzon
I believe in God The Creator, and that He sent His only begotten Son to save the world. And that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life. I believe that Jesus Christ is everything and more that He said He was. It erks me slightly that athiests/nonbelievers think we are nuts; I asssume that they think we are just mindless robotic idiots who believe in something just because someone else told us we should. I didn't grow up in church. As an adult I made an earnest search for the truth and though I am not prepared to go into detail, the gospel as told in the New Testament was revealed as truth to me, just as much as I came to understand that the sun would rise and set each day. Another way to put it for those who need physical proof: you can't see air, but you know that it is there for you to breathe. Even though I personally by God's grace did experience worldly manifestation of God's existence, I knew the truth innately beforehand; perhaps that is what permitted me to experience those manifestations, I cannot say for sure. Well there you go, add me to your list of idiots, albeit an idiot at total peace with her God.
[edit on 31-7-2008 by Bombeni]
Originally posted by ufosd
What the scripture say about this. Scripture is the only source that can deal with your opinions or mine
Job 38:1-41 (KJV)
1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
one more view
JOHN
Chapter 1
The divinity, humanity, and work of Jesus Christ
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.