timdabap
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Those who adhere to the Doctrines of Grace say that the word "world" means not the entire world of humanity, or manKIND, but means the world of God's elect.
Those who oppose the Doctrines of Grace, say that this "world" is the kosmos, which is an all-encompassing term that includes all mankind, and that there can not be multiple meanings for the word, just one, all of humankind.
But even in life we know that there is a world within a world within worlds.
There is the world, the entire globe, the Earth, if you will, that God created.
And then there is the human race, contained in the world, that God created.
And within the human race, we find the world of, say, accountants, which non-accountants do not understand.
We do not exactly know even if we grasp a bit, of, the technical meanings of some terms they use, how to use their ledgers and books, software.
But even within the world of accountants, there are specializations, like forensic accountants which bookkeepers (another branch of accounting), and 'regular' accountants might not be used to.
Then there is the world of medicine with their different sub-sets of higher training. Not every medical doctor would be likely to know and speak much of the language of medical research, or pathology, or oncology, or the other specialization whose specialists move around and are immersed in almost every waking hour of their lives.
Then there is the world of martial artists.
The accountant, the doctor, et al., would likely not know how to execute a rear choke, or a shoulder throw, or they will probably be familiar with such things, but when martial arts practitioners converse with each other and talk fast using their world's language, interspersed in English or whatever language they grew up speaking, we're lost.
The point ?
We have our own worlds in our worlds, why can't the Creator have a world populated by those of His choice, who speak His language and understands His culture ?
Those who oppose the Doctrines of Grace, say that this "world" is the kosmos, which is an all-encompassing term that includes all mankind, and that there can not be multiple meanings for the word, just one, all of humankind.
But even in life we know that there is a world within a world within worlds.
There is the world, the entire globe, the Earth, if you will, that God created.
And then there is the human race, contained in the world, that God created.
And within the human race, we find the world of, say, accountants, which non-accountants do not understand.
We do not exactly know even if we grasp a bit, of, the technical meanings of some terms they use, how to use their ledgers and books, software.
But even within the world of accountants, there are specializations, like forensic accountants which bookkeepers (another branch of accounting), and 'regular' accountants might not be used to.
Then there is the world of medicine with their different sub-sets of higher training. Not every medical doctor would be likely to know and speak much of the language of medical research, or pathology, or oncology, or the other specialization whose specialists move around and are immersed in almost every waking hour of their lives.
Then there is the world of martial artists.
The accountant, the doctor, et al., would likely not know how to execute a rear choke, or a shoulder throw, or they will probably be familiar with such things, but when martial arts practitioners converse with each other and talk fast using their world's language, interspersed in English or whatever language they grew up speaking, we're lost.
The point ?
We have our own worlds in our worlds, why can't the Creator have a world populated by those of His choice, who speak His language and understands His culture ?
