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@PerLotusEfisheL @GoodShepherd316 It’s a rough estimate

@mrdavidduff @GoodShepherd316 Where? Theres no ages to calculate from Abraham to Jesus

From Adam to Abraham = 2,000 years From Abraham to JESUS = 2,000 years From JESUS to today = 2,000 years 2,000 + 2,000 + 2,000 = 6,000 years. This leaves the Daniel’s 7th Week (Jacob’s Trouble) Jeremiah 30:7 the Great Tribulation and the 1,000 year Millenial Reign of JESUS CHRIST here on Earth. completing the 7,000 years and fits the 7 day model of GOD’s creation. 1,000 years is as 1 day for GOD. 2 Peter 3:8 What does this all mean ? It means you don’t have much time if you are not saved. The ARK door is closing and the Age of Grace (Church Age) is coming to an end. Believe the Gospel (Good News). JESUS CHRIST paid in full the penalty of our sins. His shed Blood makes Atonement for us and when we believe by faith His Righteousness is imputed onto us. His Resurrection justifies us promising Eternal Life. You are saved by Grace thru faith in CHRIST alone; not of works; lest any man boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 IT IS FINISHED; Receive the GIFT of GOD BY FAITH.

@PerLotusEfisheL @GoodShepherd316 The genealogies in the Bible

@GoodShepherd316 Can you give any evidence to support 2000 from Abrqham to Jesus? Would be interested to see that breakdown

@ShaneSchaetzel You should know that "referencing" a book--even by name--doesn't make it inspired--even if true. Otherwise, why isnt the Book of Enoch included in the deuterocanon

1 Maccabees • John 10:22 → 1 Maccabees 4:59: The “Feast of the Dedication” (Hanukkah) is explicitly referenced as the setting for Jesus’ teaching. • Matthew 24:15 → 1 Maccabees 1:54 (and 2 Maccabees 8:17): The “abomination of desolation” alludes to the desecration under Antiochus. • Matthew 24:16 → 1 Maccabees 2:28: Fleeing to the mountains during persecution parallels the Maccabean flight. 2 Maccabees • Hebrews 11:35 → 2 Maccabees 6:18–7:42 (esp. 7:1–29): “Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, that they might rise again to a better life” is a clear reference to the martyrdom of the mother and her seven sons (and Eleazar), who endure torture with hope of resurrection. This is one of the strongest and most widely acknowledged parallels. • Luke 24:4; Acts 1:10 → 2 Maccabees 3:26 (and 3:34): Two men in dazzling apparel (at the tomb/ascension) echo angelic appearances in 2 Maccabees.

Early Protestants (16th century) rejected the Bible embraced by the Apostles and early Church, adopting instead the shorter Old Testament used by Jews who rejected Jesus Christ.👇🏻

@waitbutwhy 58% of votes are on Blue. We all survive.

Everyone in the world has to take a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives. If less than 50% of people press the blue button, only people who pressed the red button survive. Which button would you press?

@Celsius233Books @waitbutwhy You need 100% red pushers for everyone to survive. You only need 50.00000001% of blue pushers for everyone to survive.

@waitbutwhy Game theory says that without coordination, communication, or trust, the worse collective outcome (Red, in this case) is the stable one. If everyone presses Red, everyone survives.

@exanxc I don't believe even Rome claims that the "Church Tradition" of the apostle's martyrdom is infallible.

Nowhere in the Bible are the deaths of Jesus' apostles recorded except for James the Great (excluding Judas Iscariot). So, where did you get the idea that the other 11 apostles (including Matthias) were also martyred? Church Tradition?

@nayibbukele Some/many of these gang members will come to Christ because of their incarceration

The “alleged gang members” in question:

@DefiantLs Who brushes their teeth in a scrubbing motion when using an electronic toothbrush?

Anne Hathaway: “I want to have a long healthy life, Inshallah. I hope so.”

@PeopleFall911 @BeSaintly I read that passage this morning and had the same question. But doing the math there could be 100 million people by this time if everyone had 10 children across 8 generations

@BeSaintly I do agree humanity started with 2 real people but I also wonder who the people were that god was protecting Cain from when he put the symbol on his forehead.

You can’t deny that humanity originated from two real people or you create problems with the doctrine of original sin That said, I’m pretty sure theistic evolutionists believe in a real Adam and a real Eve

@TacomanTxo66741 @JamesDitto12 @metathomist @WordProvesTrue No. Jesus says you will RECOGNIZE them by their works (fruit). This comic is from Matthew 7:15-23 where people try to justify their entrance into heaven by their works and Jesus says he never knew them.

@JamesDitto12 @metathomist @WordProvesTrue Jesus says the person in the comic is justified by their works, and that person's work will put them in a better category see Matthew 25:34-43 again

Meanwhile Jesus: Matthew 16:27 — “For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.” Matthew 7:21 — “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 12:36-37 — “I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.” Matthew 25:31-33 — “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.” Matthew 25:34-36 — “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’” Matthew 25:41-43 — “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’” Matthew 25:46 — “And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” Luke 6:46-49 — “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you? Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like: he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.” John 5:28-29 — “Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.” Revelation 22:12 — “Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done.”

@LiteralMurderer @poryormoxi53091 @paul_furber @alchemy_sc35895 Mine has webbed toes. Just waiting for my grandkids...

@poryormoxi53091 @paul_furber @alchemy_sc35895 Yeah my kid has a dorsal fin science be praised

Darwinian evolution received a fatal blow recently: amazon.com/Probability-Ze… Because we have now mapped the entire genomes of both chimps and humans, we know the exact number of mutations that must have taken place since the last common ancestor, just over 20 million. The problem for the theory of evolution by natural selection is that there hasn't been enough time for 20 million mutations to be fixed in our genomes. Not even nearly. Number required: 20 million Number possible: a couple of hundred The mathematics doesn't work.

@nonameh6263 @Protestia "Holy water recalls baptism." Is that what you are directing me to? You could have said so rather than being flippant

@mrdavidduff @Protestia "I've been attending catholic mass for the last 15 years" But never bothered to read the cathechism Here you go educate yourself vatican.va/content/catech…

Roman Catholic priest blessing the Easter Water during the Easter vigil. The water is later taken by parishoners and used to sprinkle on the home and on family members to bless them.

@mickherenow @astorcaeli @Protestia It feels like a charade

@mrdavidduff @astorcaeli @Protestia The moment you called it a charade you gave away your intention.

@kriegswanderer @astorcaeli @Protestia Ok! Thanks for the response!

@mrdavidduff @astorcaeli @Protestia It can do many things through God's will: liberating someone, curing, expelling the presence of the devil, helping clear the mind from bad thoughts, etc. Anointed hands have the powers to bless water and objects through God's will just like in 2 Kings 2:21 and Acts 19:11-12

@theblessedsalt Had to dig through dozens of comments to determine this IS NOT satire

This post is an excellent litmus test for understanding of just war theory. Despite the fact that I can see how effective this would be, I must oppose it because the damage it would do to my enemy (who bashes in my mailbox) would far outweigh the good of saving my mailbox. Its disproportionality is opposed by our duty in charity (and even justice) to watch out even for the good of our enemies. (Yes, by the way, I have had my mailbox bashed in by random vandals.)

@poperespecter1 5 of the 7 churches in Revelation were rebuked.

The oldest church we have ever found had icons on the walls.

@kriegswanderer @astorcaeli @Protestia Okay so the priest is not blessing the water, he is invoking the Holy Spirit to bless the water. Got it. But that brings me back to my original question: what does "blessed" water do?

@mrdavidduff @astorcaeli @Protestia Bless it.

@bethecreed Tell that to Job

There is no salvation outside of the Catholic Church.

@Bears4Pears @Protestia Is that what it's for, to remind me of God? I am asking in good faith, because I've heard multiple different answers

@mrdavidduff @Protestia Does the same as any other sacramental (blessed object): reminds you (someone who knows it’s blessed) to think about God when you use it. Why doesn’t it work, Marco?

@L30N1D45_ @Protestia To honor my catholic spouse

@mrdavidduff @Protestia charade?? sorry but why attend Catholic Mass if you’re picking and choosing what to believe