
04-25-2008, 11:16 PM
Qinael,
I get it difficult to accept an assertion that salvation became part of the apostles during the Pentecost and not any earlier. My understanding has it that the Pentecost day was a special divine empowerment that would enable the disciples preach the gospel already in them as was taught by Christ and the Prophets. The day was a fulfilment of the early and latter rain prophecy which would both attest to the begining and end of gospel message respectively.
Currently, I hope, you believe that individuals get saved through believing in the name and sacrifice in Jesus, exercise faith in His promises, and being enabled to do His commandments. There is also the coming of special showering of the Holy Spirit as a fulfilment of the latter rain. Your statement that the apostles received salvation at the down of the former rain therefore is interpretable to mean those living at end time can only be saved during the empowerment by this latter rain.
There is a question I would like to ask but before then, would you explain the human nature as demonstrated by Old Testament Patriarchs? Also the acknowledgement that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God by Peter?
PS. I'll get humble time and go through your website to compare notes.
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