Hi Brenden,TheEditor wrote:For me to believe what all 1st century believers believed, puts me on safe and firm ground. If I sin, they sinned, and Jesus himself is a deceiver. Since this is an impossibility, I'll stay this course without any reservations
Robby, perhaps you can flesh this thought out a bit for me, specifically the highlighted portions.
Regards, Brenden.
Yes, my point is that no NT author, to include Jesus, believed the eminent prophecies foretold and/or applied to their generation had anything to do with future events outside their generation. So I believe what they believed, for they were authoritative and inspired being 100% correct in their timing of the events. Therefore, how could I be wrong in my judgement to actually believe what they said? For if they were wrong, they were not inspired and Christianity FAILS!
I'm more interested in the nature of the events that were foretold and indeed transpired almost 2000 years ago. To argue the time statements is unproductive, putting inspired scripture in error - as the atheists are so eager to point out. Hopefully this explains my comment. God bless!