First appears in the Epistle of Barnabas. speed of light has been slowing down. Setterfield hypothesis: • This, along with the entropy laws, may have begun as a result of the curse (Gen 3; Rom 8:22). 9] The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. willing that any should perish...”: of “...not Another refutation Calvinism. The great tragedy is, that after the entire panorama of redemption, God get what He wants out of the deal! doesn’t Not all will repent. Time is our most inelastic (and thus, precious) resource. Teach us to number our nanoseconds (Ps 90:12). 10] But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. A term from to the a thief in the “...as night”: Paul’s Epistle Thessalonians (cf. 1 Thess 5:2-5). of the Lord”: 1 Thess with “...day [Cf. 4:13f (“bring Him” v.14)] a thief in the only to those who are in darkness: 1 Thess “As night” (1 Thess 4:18 introduces). I create a new heavens and new (Isa 65:17). “Behold earth.” the which”: The Day of the Lord closes at the end of the “...in Millennium when the destruction of the heavens and the earth (Rev 20:11; 21:1). great noise”: “...a rhoizēdon. It is the word used for the swish of an arrow, the rush of wings, the splash of water, the hiss of a serpent. stoicheia—basic building blocks. “...elements”:
First appears in the Epistle of Barnabas. • Setterfield hypothesis: speed of light has been slowing down. This, along with the entropy laws, may have begun as a result of the curse (Gen 3; Rom 8:22). 9] The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. “...not willing that any should perish...”: Another refutation of Calvinism. The great tragedy is, that after the entire panorama of redemption, God doesn’t get what He wants out of the deal! Not all will repent. Time is our most inelastic (and thus, precious) resource. Teach us to number our nanoseconds (Ps 90:12). 10] But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. “...as a thief in the night”: A term from Paul’s Epistle to the Thessalonians (cf. 1 Thess 5:2-5). “...day of the Lord”: [Cf. 1 Thess 4:13f (“bring with Him” v.14)] “As a thief in the night” only to those who are in darkness: 1 Thess (1 Thess 4:18 introduces). “Behold I create a new heavens and new earth.” (Isa 65:17). “...in the which”: The Day of the Lord closes at the end of the Millennium when the destruction of the heavens and the earth (Rev 20:11; 21:1). “...a great noise”: rhoizēdon. It is the word used for the swish of an arrow, the rush of wings, the splash of water, the hiss of a serpent. “...elements”: stoicheia—basic building blocks.
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