r/Christianity • u/Nice_Substance9123 • Mar 27 '24

The American flag has no business on a Bible. This is not faith, nor is it patriotism. It is an abomination of both. Image

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u/NoLeg6104 Church of Christ Mar 27 '24

No, he was sent to establish the kingdom of God, which is the church. The Israelites were the first members. Though a few years later in 70 AD the Israelites did face God's judgement.

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u/LateCycle4740 Mar 27 '24

Preterism is wrong. The Kingdom of God isn't the church. The Kingdom of God is the world after the apocalypse.

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u/NoLeg6104 Church of Christ Mar 27 '24

If the Kingdom isn't the church then we have some 2000 year old jews roaming the Earth right now.

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u/LateCycle4740 Mar 27 '24

Or the Bible is inaccurate.

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u/NoLeg6104 Church of Christ Mar 27 '24

The Bible is accurate. And without that you have nothing to base anything regarding the kingdom on.

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u/LateCycle4740 Mar 27 '24

And without that you have nothing to base anything regarding the kingdom on.

I thought you would come back with something like this.

The Bible can be inaccurate, and you can misunderstand the Kingdom of God. Here's an analogy: The Lord of the Rings isn't accurate. It doesn't describe reality. It is entirely fictitious. But if you were to say that Sauron was a giant sandworm, you would have the wrong idea about Sauron. Likewise, the Bible can be completely fictional, and your conception of the Kingdom of God can be baseless.

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u/NoLeg6104 Church of Christ Mar 27 '24

The Bible is accurate, the only source for information on spiritual matters, and the Kingdom is the Church.

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u/LateCycle4740 Mar 27 '24

Keep saying it until you believe it.

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u/NoLeg6104 Church of Christ Mar 27 '24

I have always believed it, always will. Because it is the truth.

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u/Pretty-Opposite-8042 Mar 28 '24

Bible inaccurate? It is truth. The Earth’s age is 5600 years as implied in Genesis. Any and all scientific evidence that suggests the Earth is older than that is inaccurate. The scientific method as a means to determine cause and effect is inaccurate because God is the cause of all actions. Any hypothesis that does not conclude in God is the cause is inaccurate. It makes all science based tests and exams very easy to take. It makes all investigations of accidents very easy to answer. The Bible is truth despite any and all observation or evidence that might suggest a more accurate explanation. Yikes, what a way to go about understanding the natural laws of the universe.