Knight's Pick 12-29-2008

[Nathon Detroit]

The Graphite tries one more time to show Tetelestai that his Calvinist glasses are blinding him.

Tetelestai, it doesn't say ANYONE's name was written in that book before the foundation of the world. For goodness' sake, pay attention.

It says that those people's names were NOT, EVER written in the Book of Life.

The author is making the point that these unsaved people weren't previously saved and then lost their salvation, they didn't fall away from God, but rather, their names have NEVER been written in the Book of Life.

As for Christ being slain before the foundation, it simply doesn't say that. In the Greek grammer, nouns and verbs are tied to each other via grammatical forms. The translators phrased it in such a way as to be extremely ambiguous. In the Greek it is explicitly clear:

It says their names weren't written in the Book of Life of the Lamb Slain... since the foundation of the world.

It absolutely does not say that the Lamb was slain before the foundation of the world.

And it absolutely does not say that someone's name WAS written in the Book of Life since the foundation of the world. It says they were not. Please read the verse you're talking about, before coming up with such ridiculous claims that are, in fact, totally opposite of the scripture you're citing.

:doh:

:first: :up:

 

[The Graphite]

Again, definitely undeserved... All I did was point out the blatantly obvious. It was a major :duh: moment on his part.

To misunderstand a passage of scripture is one thing. To say it means the exact opposite of what it explicitly states... is another thing, altogether. :doh:

 

[Lighthouse]

It was a major :duh: moment on his part.

Can you point me to a post of his that isn't?