On May 16, 5:45 pm, "Fred A Stover" <fredstov...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "rogue" <rogue...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Matt 24:34 Verily I say unto you, THIS GENERATION SHALL NOT PASS,
> > TILL ALL THESE THINGS BE FULFILLED.
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> This Generation
>
> The Author uses three different words translated "generation," using the
> primary sense of the word generation: "what is generated by a
generator;"
> for He is calling attention to the generator too. He uses "genea," a
word
> used for a natural son to designate the people of Israel generated by
Jacob,
> as in "This generation shall not pass, till all these things be
fulfilled"
> (Matt 24:34). The Author uses "genos," a word used for adopted son, to
> designate the church, generated by adoption: "ye are a chosen
generation, a
> royal priesthood" (1 Pet 2:9), and He uses "genemma" to designate all
> mankind generated by Adam: "Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how
can ye
> escape the damnation of hell?" (Matt 23:33).
JERRY
Cite? Where is your sup****t for your claim? The use of the word
generation as is, to designate the men standing before him is also in
keeping with Matthew 16:27-28 when he speaks of the return.
16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with
his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
16:28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall
not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his
kingdom.
He was speaking to simple men and he spoke in simple language for
them, as they had already shown that they had problems with all but
the simplest parables.
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> This is apparent when looking at scripture in which two different words
for
> generation are used together, as in Matt 23:33-36:
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> You serpents, you generation [gennema: generated by Adam] of vipers, how
can
> you escape the damnation of hell? Wherefore, behold, I send to you
prophets,
> and wise men, and scribes: and some of them you shall kill and crucify;
and
> some of them shall you scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them
from
> city to city: That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon
the
> earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zacharias son of
> Barachias, whom you slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say
to
> you, All these things shall come upon this generation [genea: generated
by
> Jacob].
>
> That's the atonement. How does mankind, generated by Adam, escape the
> damnation of hell? Mankind escapes the damnation of hell by all the sins
of
> the world coming upon the one generated by Jacob, who bore those sins on
the
> cross.
JERRY
If God loves his creation, why send them to hell?
>
> Satan has been shown this many times, but his interest is in promoting
his
> own gospel, not the gospel of our Lord.
Rationalization is a wonderful thing, aint it?
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