On May 8, 4:38 pm, "Mistylein" <yardhol...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On May 6, 5:54 am, " Sword of the Spirit" <swordofspi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> "Pastor Dave" <ananias917_@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> No-way Mr. heretic was the gospel preached to ALL nations by AD70...
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> > [I'll probably be corrected here, but] I've always understood "all
> > nations" (e.g. Luk 24:47) to mean the known world of the time.
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> All nations means all nations of the World ...
To be technical: ethne usually mean any other than the Jews. Gentiles
- ethnics if you like. I wouldn't think it were nations in our modern
sense. The NT was the period of city-states and empires.
> ... so all will have no excuse
> that they did not hear the message.
> However many nations have suppressors that will not allow any
> Truths to get to the people.
All the more we should sup****t missionaries and the like.
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> M,
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> > So, if Acts was written c.63
(http://www.blueletterbible.org/study/pnt/pnt02.html
> > ) , the Roman world was just about covered.
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> > Of the Great Commission -
> > Matthew reached Ethiopia
> > Mark died in Egypt
> > John was in prison in Greece but died in Turkey
> > Peter stayed in Jerusalem
> > James the Just was died in Jerusalem
> > James (son of Zebedee) died in Jerusalem
> > Bartholomew (or Nathanael) went to Turkey but died in Armenia
> > Thomas went to India
> > Barnabas got stoned in Greece :-)
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> >> ... , and
> >> everyone can see the nations are still bathing in their filthy sins
and war
> >> turmoil. Such will not be the case when Christ does return to rule
the
> >> nations with a rod of iron. Belief your crazy theories as long as you
wish,
> >> but you will not turn Christ's brethren from their patient waiting.
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