tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24168315.post3442157810647316123..comments2023-05-03T07:10:20.498-04:00Comments on Cold & Calculating: Why Favor (or Even Have) Israel?BrianJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11141688398007490973noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24168315.post-63344429383231044482006-11-22T10:13:00.000-05:002006-11-22T10:13:00.000-05:00Robert C: I always appreciate your comments.
Eric...Robert C: I always appreciate your comments.<br /><br />Eric: I don't know about any kind of continuum. Certainly our pre-Earth decisions have some kind of influence on our lives here, but I personally doubt that any of could elucidate any kind of pattern. For example, Abraham was "noble and great" before coming to this earth, but so were a lot of people. What did they all have in common? Well, BrianJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11141688398007490973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24168315.post-85014344378115578372006-11-21T16:02:00.000-05:002006-11-21T16:02:00.000-05:00Brian, thanks for the Scripture on Israel. I have...Brian, thanks for the Scripture on Israel. I have been in Ezekiel lately, and have been thinking much of the Jews and what awaits them yet in the future. God's plan is rooted in an unchanging, steadfast love. I am a premillennialist. I await the future fulfilment of the powerful passage you typed in Zechariah.<br /><br />Robert C, we meet again. Isn't there land promises to Israel that are Todd Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09277848268389604590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24168315.post-43455667042793508312006-11-20T12:20:00.000-05:002006-11-20T12:20:00.000-05:00Ok, I'm going to say something that might get me t...Ok, I'm going to say something that might get me thrown under the bus....<br /><br />Is there not a type of continuum between the pre-existence and mortal life. Is God not in control of where his spirit children end up, and what circumstances they may be in. Are those who have the gospel available to them insome way the 'elect' because they merit it?<br /><br />I'b be interested to hear your Eric Nielsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00530011180028252442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24168315.post-14613103192627446472006-11-19T23:27:00.000-05:002006-11-19T23:27:00.000-05:00This is a question I come back to frequently. I'm...This is a question I come back to frequently. I'm convinced there's something deeply important about your question (why God seems to favor Israel) which helps explain the importance of a lot of scriptures dealing with the scattering and gathering of Israel, and the parable of the vineyard (Jacob 5 esp.), etc. I don't feel I understand very well, but I do think there's something about the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com