DoUwant2go2Heaven?;974664 said:
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." John 3:16-18
The "world" is not just Israel. And "whosoever" means "whosoever".
I study and connect dots. You skim and cherry-pick.
"Only begotten son.."
Ex. 4:22 - And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD,
Israel [is] my son, [even] my firstborn:
jer 31:9- 10 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble:
for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim [is] my firstborn. (See 1 Chron. 5:1-2)
Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare [it] in the isles afar off, and say,
He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd [doth] his flock.
Hosea 11:1
When Israel [was] a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
Jer. 50:4-6 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.
They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, [saying], Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant [that] shall not be forgotten.
My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away [on] the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.
Matt. 10:5-6 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying
, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into [any] city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Matt 15:22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying,
Have mercy on me, O Lord, [thou] Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
But he answered and said,
I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
But he answered and said,
It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast [it] to dogs.
Luke 1:68- Blessed [be] the Lord God
of Israel;
for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
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You were saying something about sons and sheep? Huh?
Either the author of John was lying, somebody altered it or the Creator is lying....Which one is it? Being that Yeshua had no other reference to teach from but the Tanach I'm inclined to believe a Greek manuscript written in a time of Hellenist occupation would not reflect the best interests of those peoples whose land was being occupied. Especially if their resistance to this occupying force depended heavily on a Messianic expectation.
Why does it escape you that the Hellenists manipulate the texts of the so-called new Testament?You either dont really read the book you claim to live by, or you suffer from a chronic case of dedicated ignorance. I think its a bit of both. You couldn't pick up and fully understand the story in an issue of X-Men, a Steven King novel or even a Dr.Suess book if you start from the middle and ignore the entire first half of the book. You cats think you can do that with the Bible? Especially after all the dirty, devilish hands its been passed through for centuries? SMH @ you and everybody like you. Yeshua (allegedly) spoke about people like you....
Mar. 7:6-7 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with [their] lips, but their heart is far from me.
Howbeit in vain do they worship me,
teaching [for] doctrines the commandments of men