The Daily Bread 0032: Biblical Fluency (seventh and last part)

A living example of going against biblical fluidity and introducing beliefs that go against what is clearly and evidently established by the word of God, as is the belief or doctrine of Calvinism. The Bible again and again states that God loves the world, John 3:16 because God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. The Bible tells us that God wants all to come to repentance. 2 Peter 3: 9 The Lord does not delay his promise, as some people are slow, but he is patient with us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. The Bible tells us that faith always precedes salvation. Romans 10: 9 That if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. Ephesians 2: 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; And this not from you, for it is God's gift, however, Calvinism contradicts and goes in complete opposition to each of these verses that are in context with the rest of the scriptures. Calvinism does this, making assumptions, and imposing something in the biblical texts that does not exist, instead of allowing the verses to speak for themselves. The bible is contextual in its totality; In regard to salvation: people who hear the gospel are convinced by the holy spirit of sin and put their faith in Christ, that is, they choose. While it was God who extended His mercy to them, in reaching them with the gospel, God has provided them with the free will to accept or reject Him. God sets the notion of choosing from the beginning. In Adam and Eve they chose to sin, in Deuteronomy 28 it puts the people to choose nevertheless Calvinism goes against that fluidity and decides that it is not the man who chooses to accept or reject, but God arbitrarily causes them to accept or reject. This is against all fluency of writing. We could demonstrate point by point as it is against the scriptures.

This (Calvinism) raises the following beliefs arbitrary choice, faith before regeneration, limited forgiveness, irresistible grace, etc. These points need each other to survive, as they are against the bible. From Genesis to Apocalypse the Bible flows in one direction; All writing agrees, it is in harmony, in context, not only in thematic term, but also in structure, symbolism, even the tildes, points and commas are in harmony so that there is no place for contradiction or conflict. How is this possible? A book (the bible) with about 40 authors, among which were kings, prophets, judges, men, women, farmers, fishermen, etc. In a period of about 1500 years, however, there is no conflict or contradiction and everything flows in one direction, how did they achieve it? The answer is that while the bible was truly written by men (40 authors) over an extended period of 1500 years, the real intellectual author is God. Since God is the true author I inspire these men to have harmony in all their writings. 2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is inspired by God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly equipped for every good work. This verse shows us that all writing is inspired by God, that is, "dictated" comes from God, without exception. If you find a supposed contradiction in the Bible, take a deep breath and begin to scrutinize and find harmony in those verses.

Let us see what the Spirit tells us through Peter, 2 Peter 1:19 We also have the most sure prophetic word, to which you do well to be attentive as to a torch that shines in a dark place, until the day clarifies and the Morning star come out into your hearts; 20 understanding this first, that no prophecy of the Scripture is of private interpretation 21 because the prophecy was never brought by human will, but the holy men of God spoke as they were inspired by the Holy Spirit. Analyzing these verses carefully we see that in verse 19 Peter assures us that we have the most certain prophetic word, because of this Peter says that we do well to be attentive to it, but the question arises: why do we have the most prophetic word safe? How does Peter know this, and therefore how can we know? Michel de Nostredame published a series of "prophecies" of which the majority were not fulfilled, and the others are very general that could be applied to anything, in the last 200 years different religious leaders have prophesied the coming of the Messiah, and not yet Has come, that is to say, such prophecies are not certain. The reason why Peter says that we have the most certain prophetic word is his answer in verse 20, where he tells us that no prophecy is human (or private) interpretation, and verse 21 states this more widely Telling us that prophecies have never come by mere human will, but by divine inspiration. That is to say, when Isaiah wrote: a child is born to us, a son is given to us and the principality over his shoulder ... Isaiah was not saying that of himself thinking it would sound cute, No, but the Holy Spirit dictates this , And he wrote, so that being God the inspirer the prophecy is firm, faithful and will be fulfilled. If the Bible is inspired by God all prophecy will be in harmony, in context and in fluidity because the author is the same: God.

Many Christians are overwhelmed with different issues where there are strong arguments from both sides: pre-tribulation rapture, on the one hand we have a fluidity through the Bible that would be before the great tribulation (2 Thessalonians 2), we also have as God says To Abraham not to punish the Righteous with the ungodly, and bring Lot out of Sodom before the judgment (type of pre-tribulation rapture). In addition to this, Paul tells the Thessalonians that God has not set us up for wrath (1 Thes 5: 9), and God's promise to protect the church from the hour of trial that comes upon the whole world (Rev. 3:10), but on the other side of the argument is Matthew 24: 29,31 where he tells us that after From the tribulation of those days he would gather his elect (Israel will be delivered even though they go through the great tribulation), obviously the word after the tribulation of those days, is when he would pick up his chosen ones makes a forceful case in favor of the abduction post Tr But if we study this supposed contradiction and note that the chosen (although many mourn for this) refers not to the church but to the Israelites then the continuous flowing uninterrupted. Not only does it clarify that the Bible again and again tells us that the church would be raptured before the Tribulation, but also in harmony with the rest of the scripture that the Israelites would pass through the great tribulation, having rejected their Messiah . From this we can find much evidence Matthew 24:22 22 And if those days were not shortened, no one would be saved; But because of the elect, those days shall be shortened. This tells us that because of the Israelites (not the church those days would be shortened if not so satan would wipe out the remnant of Israel). Jeremiah 30: 7 7 Ah, how great is that day! So much so that there is no other like him; A time of trouble for Jacob; But it will be delivered from it. Ezekiel 5:12 A third part of you shall die of pestilence, and it shall be consumed with famine in the midst of thee: And a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; And a third part I will scatter to all the winds, and after them I will draw a sword. So if we study contextually from the Old Testament to the New Testament, the elect have always been Israel (Psalm 78:31, Psalm 105: 43, Isaiah 65: 9, Isaiah 65:15, Matthew 22:14). Suddenly and to say that the church are the chosen ones would be to go against the fluidity and biblical context, not only this, when we notice that the Israelites are the chosen ones this puts in fluidity both what already establishes the bible about Israel and what it says About the church. Even a complicated book such as the book of apocalypse becomes easy to understand when we see that the figures and symbols that appear there are references to the Old Testament, and we can explain it in the light of the Old Testament.

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