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Old 08-13-2020, 09:07 AM   #114
Boxjobox
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Default Re: The Trinity Thread (To be a merged thread)

It seems to me that Paul really emphasized the concept of God and Christ to the Corinthians. It was a church that was starting to get secty ( a word I think I just made up) and was in a crossroads city where Greek/Roman gods abounded.
He wrote 15. 20But now hath Christ been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of them that are asleep. 21For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. 23But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; then they that are Christ's, at his coming. 24Then cometh the end, when he shall deliver up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have abolished all rule and all authority and power. 25For he must reign, till he hath put all his enemies under his feet. 26The last enemy that shall be abolished is death. 27For, He put all things in subjection under his feet. But when he saith, All things are put in subjection, it is evident that he is excepted who did subject all things unto him. 28And when all things have been subjected unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subjected to him that did subject all things unto him, that God may be all in all.

He emphasized that God- the Father, was above all and that Christ, who he speaks of as a man, was given the temporary position whereby we address Jesus as Lord. God will in finality rule over all including that man to whom he gave that lofty position. A far cry from the Athanasian creed. That creed ended up putting clergy reigning over kings and nobles, because they had control over men’s eternal destiny through pronouncements. Condemning a king to roast in hell would quickly bring them to submit to the pope. Unbelievable contortion of scripture!
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