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Originally Posted by Evangelical
2 Peter 3:9 shows that the Lord is waiting for the church to repent before He comes back. It shows that His timing depends somewhat upon us. In this way we can bring the Lord back by being prepared and ready. 2 Peter 3:9 indicates that the more Christians repent the quicker Christ will return.
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The keywords here are "The Lord does not delay" and your argument was God's return can be delayed. Simple as that.
I am just so tired of the LC usual way of twisting the scripture to support its own argument instead of accepting the plain truth as stated. It was quite like the serpent saying "Did God really say,..." to Eve.
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Originally Posted by Evangelical
We would want to replicate the condition of the good/faithful early churches, not the condition of the bad ones. I meant "not replicating the early church" meaning the outward forms, but not changing the condition.
The early church expected Christ to return in their lifetime.
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So now there are good early churches and bad early churches? Why then "early" should matter at all? Shouldn't we just be a good church?