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Originally Posted by Nell
This “logic” begs the question: did all “bad things” in the Old Testament happen in the Shemitah years? Of course not. Did all “bad things” in the Old Testament happen only every seven years? Ridiculous! Clearly, not “all bad things” happen during the Shemitah years…not then and not now.
Nell
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That raises a few questions. If bad things happen during Shemitah and non-Shemitah years, what's the difference? Do worse things happen during Shemitah years? Do the bad things that happen effect everybody or just some people? Are the people who are effected by the bad things only the people who have sinned or everybody in general? If people repent will bad things not happen to them or will everybody in the country have to repent in order to avoid God's judgment? Or, is there some quantum of people in the country who have to repent to avoid God's judgment? Do good things happen during Shemitah years?
When I was in the Local Church we were told that bad things would happen if we left. But, bad things happened to some of the people who stayed in. And bad things happened to people who never joined. Couldn't the case be that sooner or later bad things happen to everybody regardless of Shemitah or the Local Church or whether they repent or not?