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So Enoch was eternally redeemed?

How does this...



Genesis 5:22-24

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22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.


Hebrews 11:5

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5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.




...negate the teaching that men were not eternally redeemed until Christ died?

You have to read "Enoch went to Heaven" into this, as all the text tells us is that he did not (see) experience death. It states God took him, but does not say where.

And if we balance that with the rest of Scripture we can say that Enoch was not sinless, and was just as much in need of redemption through Christ as any other descendant of Adam.

What is likely is that in view is simply Enoch being translated to Sheol, where he could be in the presence of God...not in Heaven.

How about Elijah?


2 Kings 2:11

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11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.



Do we, because Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven, assume that it was into Heaven he went?

Do we negate the teachings of the New Testament that make it clear Eternal Redemption was purchased when Christ came?

Do we negate that the Gospel of Christ, by which men are reconciled to God...was a mystery, secret and hidden wisdom of God...not known among men?

Elijah appears with Moses on the Mount of Transfiguration, and without question...Moses was dead, and it is his spirit only that could have appeared there. It has to be true of Elijah as well, because we know he has not lived physically these many years (though it is possible), and if he has, he stands outside of the rest of humanity (with the exception of Enoch if Enoch also has been preserved physically these many years). We know the glorification of the Saints was also a mystery and Paul makes it clear in his teaching that men follow Christ. In other words, we can't place a single glorified Saint prior to Christ's resurrection.

But all of that aside, and even allowing for an exception to the general principles taught in Scripture...

...we still cannot negate the clear teaching that men were not eternally redeemed prior to Christ's Work.

God bless.

 

Where is your Scripture?

How do you negate these...


Galatians 4

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1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;

2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.

3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:

4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.


Hebrews 9:12-15

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12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:

14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.



...?

It is a simple concept to address: men offered up sacrifice for sins until the Cross. That was demanded of God Himself.

What that means is precisely what Hebrews teaches, which is that their sins were not taken away.

Only when Christ died in man's place were those sins taken away.

For this cause John the Baptist prophesied, "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world."

Men were justified prior to the Cross, but that does not mean they had been made complete in regards to remission of sins. Eternal Redemption was not possible as long as the previous system remained:


Hebrews 9:8

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8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:


12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.


15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.


24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:


Hebrews 10:19-20

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19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,

20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;



Man stood awaiting the Redeemer, and there is a point in time when He came down from Heaven to accomplish the Work which would obtain eternal redemption on behalf of man, making Reconciliation possible, and entrance to God possible, not in figure, but in reality.

Entrance to God is through the true veil, His flesh. Not a curtain in the Tabernacle made with hands, and not with the blood of bulls and goats.


God bless.

 

Doesn't change the fact that the Gospel of Jesus Christ was a mystery.

No-one else will address the Scripture's referring to this, perhaps you will?

You can start with this...


Romans 16:24-26

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24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,

26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:



If you can show how this does not say that the Gospel was not revealed until the "Preaching of Christ," according to the revelation of mystery (link to Strong's inserted), which mystery was kept secret (see that link as well) since the world began, but is now (Paul's day) made known to all nations for obedience to that very Gospel...

Please do so.

Another theme addressed in this thread is whether men were eternally redeemed or not.

Is the "seal" here the circumcision of the heart? Or is it a physical sign carried out by Abraham and his descendants? And is that sign a requirement among those of faith? This says it is not.

And if we go on we will see that there was still a need for Christ to die:


Romans 4:23-25

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23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;

24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;

25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.



And if you consult the Chapter you will see that what Abraham received was promise. We have received the bestowal of that promise.

There is a distinction there.

Abraham's understanding of the promise concerning his seed was physical in nature. Because of this he could offer up his son Isaac, because he knew the promises would be fulfilled through his seed.

But we understand it in light of the revelation of the New Testament:


Galatians 3:16

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16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.


Abraham and Israel's understanding stood under the assumption of physicality, not in the eternal perspective of the Redemptive Plan of God.

Christ's death was not understood, though prophesied. We can read Isaiah 53, for example, and understand what it means, whereas the Prophets themselves did not.

We can understand Zechariah 14 in light of the Revelation of the New Testament, whereas they could not. Their expectation was of a man only, a descendant of Abraham and David, with no understanding Christ would come, die in the stead of man for his sin, be resurrected, return to Heaven from whence He came...and come again to fulfill Zechariah.

So we cannot interpret the passage quoted as negating these truths.


God bless.

 

I didn't read the entire post. But seeing the quote not sure what was meant but here goes. Redemption for all eternity required and eternal sacrifice that came with the blood shed of Jesus on the cross. Adam and Eve fell in sin and had to be redeemed. Christ (God) came walking in the garden and offered a sacrifice to cover their sins, but it was only a covering. The same for all the descendants of Adam and Eve. The Savior was to come as the seed of woman because she was deceived and Adam sinned willingly. The nature to sin was passed from Father to children. Thus the seed of a woman, the virgin seed, would be the only means that mankind could find eternal redemption.

However, each year mankind would offer a blood sacrifice, Able did and Cain didn't, we saw the result of that virtually Abel belived in the coming Savior and followed God's instruction for worship and offered the blood to cover not remove His sin. Cain offered up works which God rejected why because Cain rejected God. The Jews (Israel) offered an atonement sacrifice by Law for their sins. Exodus 29:33-42 That didn't save them, their faith in the coming Messiah saved them. The Priest represented them to God in carrying the blood into the Holy of Holies. Judas walked with Christ for 3+ years and yet was never saved, never redeemed.

Christ Jesus came and died upon the cross, shedding His blood as a permanent sacrifice for sin. 1 John 2:2 says He is the propitiation for our sins and not ours only but for the whole world. The redemption of believers was fulfilled at the Cross. All Old Testament Believers who looked forward to Christ coming received the benefits of the permanent sacrifice. They offered up a yearly sacrifice for atonement. Christ blood paid the price for man's atonement. He went and offered it up unto the Father. Redemption was completed at the cross of Calvary. But since God promised it and those of the Old Testament and the people of Israel who believed it would happen their faith like ours was counted unto them for Righteousness. That is salvation Christ shed His blood as the Price for the redemption of mankind all those prior to His coming as well as those who believed after His coming. All by Grace through Faith in His efficacious work on the Cross.

He just dealt with mankind in different ways throughout time. Early it was the father who would lead in worship, then the Jews had priest who offered up the sacrifice the people brought now we as believer priest can in prayer go to the Father and have a permanent advocate seated right next to Him.

 

What has that got to do with Zacharias's prophecy of his son, John the Baptist, which simply included a reference to the Abrahamic covenant to "our" people, being the nation of Israel, being specifically mentioned as such? Christ had not even come yet. In fact John the Baptist had not even been born yet. They were still in an OT economy.

 

On another matter, any way you could check my settings or contact staff that can, as I am not able to use certain functions like sizing, creating a poll, or even PMing (which I was going to do rather than break the discussion).

It's been like this for a couple days and when I check my profile it is different than it used to be.


God bless.

 

For some reason, I can't check much from this page either, but from the main page I can get in. I don't know what the problem is.

 

Okay, thanks for checking.

If you get the time could you add the poll to the new birth thread in other denominations?


God bless.

 

Can't open private messages, can't pull down the text color box seveal things not working right.

 

Yep.

Trying from my tablet now. Just a few functions though.

God bless.

 

Paul in writing to the Gentiles at Corinth uses the term our father's in 1 Cor 10....showing a continuity of the covenant promises with gentile inclusion.
The Holy Spirit is not bound by your dispensational charts or teaching....there was law and grace in the OT . there is law and grace in the NT. .....guess what....there is even conscience in every age as well.....lol

 

GOD gave him a brain which he uses!

 

I don't have any dispensational charts, and I don't deny that there is a conscience within every man. What would make you think I would? Again, you show that you don't know what I believe simply because you want to debate a book, not a person. You make assumptions instead of dealing with reality.

Luke 1:73 cannot be taken out of its context. Why are you so desperate to do so. What has the prophesy of Zacharias concerning his son, John the Baptist, have to do with the Apostle Paul writing a letter of rebuke to carnal Christians in the church of Corinth more than 60 years later? Absolutely nothing!
This has nothing to do with dispensationalism or covenants. It has to do with the context of the passage. Zacharias's prophesy has nothing to do with 1Cor.10. Period!.

 

This kind of fragmenting the scriptures that you and your system do is why you hold to much error.......Scripture is not detached fragments and random thoughts like individual BB's in a bucket.
The scriptures cannot be broken......you brought up where Luke wrote about the fathers..you claimed it was for Israel only......I show where Paul tells gentiles that these same father's were theirs also.....you claim it has nothing to do with it.....lol....it was the same Israelite father's that he links with the gentiles.....

By the way.....this I do not know what you believe excuse has already worn thin...lol
Anytime you are called on your dispensational musings you deny it....how convenient.

What are the 7 dispensation Dhk?.....are you going to de n y you have ever heard such a thing
Is that where you are going with this.....when we zero in on the target....you move it:laugh:

Go ahead tell me you have not seen a dispensationalist chart....lol

 

Gentiles were included from the Beginning after all Abraham was called out from Among a peoples who are considered Gentiles. Ur of the Chaldee's which is Modern day Iran.

The Gentile court of the Tabernacle and then the temple along with the synagogues is proof that Gentiles were to be included. That is part of the failure of Israel, they didn't try to win the gentiles. In fact they felt that the gentiles should be excluded in many cases.

The redemption of the people that Jewish people's are included in this the age of Grace, Church age. In fact the church began with nothing but Jewish people. Peter had to get over his prejudice and go to Corneilius's (sp) house to give show Christ to Him. He also had to be cured of the things he would and would not eat.

The dispensation of the Law was intended to reach both Jew and Gentile. Both had to offer sacrifices for atonement. But they had to go to a priest to administer the sacrifice.

In this the church age God deals with mankind though the convicting power of the Holy Spirit. Because of the shed blood of the sacrificial lamb Jesus upon a cross. He is our advocate with the Father seated at the Fathers right hand. However, we are fully able to approach the Father in Heaven in prayer because we have the Holy Spirit indwelling us.

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Fragmenting of Scripture. You do it all the time. But yours is more along the line of this common example that we all have seen so many times.

In trying to find the will of God the lady decided to open her Bible randomly and put her finger at whatever verse her Bible opened up to. In her first try the Bible opened up to:
1. Judas went out and hung himself.

Not encouraged by that as God's will for her life she tried a second time.
2. Go and do thou likewise.
Oh my!!

A third time she tried.
3. What thou doest do quickly.
--Now she was terrified. What was God telling her? What should she do?

Perhaps the Lord is telling people like Icon not to butcher the scripture as he does; to look at the context; not to sew a verse here, and a verse there; here a verse; there a verse; a patchwork of random verses.

What you are admitting here is that you would rather debate a book than a person. Sad!

 

But he gave us you to do everyone else's?



Simply show how Israel was eternally redeemed prior to the Cross. Show why you think animal sacrifice produced the same atonement as the Cross. There is no question that Israel received remission of sins through the shedding of animal blood, why isn't that different, and why wouldn't we make a distinction between the two?


God bless.

 

It took a while but you finally got something correct!

 

You are an honest dispensationalist I know I could ask you what is it seven dispensation and you will answer