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Originally Posted by aron
Please allow me to repeat an earlier observation: in discussing the tree of life in Rev 22, the RecV footnote said that the gentiles/nations do not have eternal life yet they live forever. Doesn't this statement look absurd?
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Not at all. Eternal life is the quality of life, not merely the length of life. Is that so hard?
Perhaps your Bible is “simplified” down to a few verses like John 3.16. I’m fine with that. Everyone at a football game should be so reminded. Sadly many ardent fans would be lost if that message also included Luke 10.27.
But we should take the Bible as it’s Author gave it, with its unending nuance and complications. Sure, keep the gospel message simple for the world, but those who demand such “simplicity” from others may fall into the same trap.
In the efforts to reject all things Lee, or Née, or Darby, or whoever, how much scripture must we cut out?