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		<title>By: Chuck Andrews</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chuck Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description>Since Jehovah refused to create 2 robots with Adam and Eve he projected a PURPOSE to have humans WANT to serve him. Why would he abandon that purpose and GIVE salvation to everyone? This would put the whole situation back to square one, but with billions of humans, not just 2 humans as in Adam and Eve. We know what humans in general do. Cain started it out by killing Abel, WAR. I strongly feel that Jehovah will judge every human that has lived and is living and pick the ones that will do what they are told out of love and devotion, not compulsion. How else can we have a crime free world to turn into a paradise? So it is not what a person does NOW or did, but what they will do if give a shot at life on the other side of Armageddon. True, this will be the bringing back of people who are known by mankind to be very evil, but we know they will no loger be evil if picked. Not even for a test. I doubt Jehovah wants victims because folks had to be tested again and crime ended their life in the new system.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since Jehovah refused to create 2 robots with Adam and Eve he projected a PURPOSE to have humans WANT to serve him. Why would he abandon that purpose and GIVE salvation to everyone? This would put the whole situation back to square one, but with billions of humans, not just 2 humans as in Adam and Eve. We know what humans in general do. Cain started it out by killing Abel, WAR. I strongly feel that Jehovah will judge every human that has lived and is living and pick the ones that will do what they are told out of love and devotion, not compulsion. How else can we have a crime free world to turn into a paradise? So it is not what a person does NOW or did, but what they will do if give a shot at life on the other side of Armageddon. True, this will be the bringing back of people who are known by mankind to be very evil, but we know they will no loger be evil if picked. Not even for a test. I doubt Jehovah wants victims because folks had to be tested again and crime ended their life in the new system.</p>
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		<title>By: Victor</title>
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		<dc:creator>Victor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hello ChoimiSteme. Read your submission with complete neutrality.... that is until I got to the sentence &quot;Pastor John Mcmartin is a false prophet and is destined for the lake of fire for his manipulation of Gods word&quot; WOW! Don&#039;t know who Pastor John is, but I don&#039;t believe that his point of view should condemn him ANYWHERE! It&#039;s been   people like you with such vicious bitterness and hostility towards others, that has destroyed millions of lives in the name of religion. Grow up man!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello ChoimiSteme. Read your submission with complete neutrality&#8230;. that is until I got to the sentence &#8220;Pastor John Mcmartin is a false prophet and is destined for the lake of fire for his manipulation of Gods word&#8221; WOW! Don&#8217;t know who Pastor John is, but I don&#8217;t believe that his point of view should condemn him ANYWHERE! It&#8217;s been   people like you with such vicious bitterness and hostility towards others, that has destroyed millions of lives in the name of religion. Grow up man!</p>
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		<title>By: ChoimiSteme</title>
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		<dc:creator>ChoimiSteme</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The church purpose  - We believe in the everlasting punishment of the wicked. NO SCRIPTURE FOR THIS 
 
We believe that the devil and his angels and whosoever is not found written in the book of life shall be consigned to everlasting punishment in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death – Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:10-15. 
 
NOW! Lets see the deception. You will see who John&#039;s true Father is 
 
NO where does it say people are assigned to the Lake of Fire for all time. Read for yourself 
 
Revelation 20:10-15 
And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever. 
 
1. Devil, 2. Beast. 3. False prophet. That&#039;s it. 
 
14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire. 
 
The word &quot;forever&quot; or &quot;everlasting&quot; is &quot;aionios&quot;. Look this word up and you will see it means &quot;an age&quot; not forever. 
The word for &quot;torment&quot; in Revelation 14:10 is the Greek &quot;basanizo&quot; which has a primary meaning of testing with a touchstone. the analogy is in testing metal with a touchstone to make sure it is pure 
 
NOW THE TRUTH!!!! 
 
1 Cor 15:26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death. The Lake of Fire is the second death and will be destroyed. So while the 2nd 
death exist, death is still continuing until it is abolished. So the lake of fire (death) cannot be eternal because it will be destroyed 
 
In Revelation 20:&quot;Then Death and Hades (HELL) were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.&quot; 
 
Revelation 21:4 and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the .. 
 
God&#039;s Grand plan accomplished 
 
Who will be saved? Everyone 
 
1 Corinthians 3:13 
Every man&#039;s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man&#039;s work of what sort it is If any man&#039;s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man&#039;s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be SAVED; yet so as by fire. 
 
there you have! Everyone! 
 
Read carefully. Everymans works shall be revealed by fire. This means every single person ever created. They shall receive a reward or their works will be burned. They may suffer a loss but everyman will be SAVED by fire.  Can you see it? Read every word again if you cannot 
 
Hebrews 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire 
God is this consuming fire 
 
John 2:2   And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world 
 
John 1:29  The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world 
 
2 Corinthians 5:19  that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men&#039;s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 
 
1 John 4:14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the savior of the world 
 
Isa 26:9 for when they judgements are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness 
Future prediction 
 
2 Co 5:19 to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; 
and hath committed unto us the word reconciliation. 
 
Webster dictionary: to restore to friendship or harmony . b : settle, resolve &lt;reconcile differences 
 
 
1 Tim 1:12 Christ Jesus Came Into the World to Save Sinners. 
If you are a sinner Jesus come to save you 
 
Luke 19:10 For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which is lost. 
If they are lost he will find them and save them. 
 
 
John 3: 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life 
John 3:17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him 
 
No one can be condemn 
 
Are you still blind or can you see it? 
 
1 co 15:28 And when all things shall be subdued until him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be All in All 
God is ALL and this is what he will be in ALL of humanity 
 
JESUS IS EITHER THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD OR HE IS NOT 
 
Botton line 
 
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 
 
Isaiah 46:11 From the east I summon a bird of prey; from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose. What I have said, that will I bring about; what I have planned, that will I do. 
 
If God cannot accomplish his Will then how can he be God and Jesus failed to save the world. 
 
Pastor John Mcmartin is a false prophet and is destined for the lake of fire for his manipulation of Gods word</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The church purpose  &#8211; We believe in the everlasting punishment of the wicked. NO SCRIPTURE FOR THIS </p>
<p>We believe that the devil and his angels and whosoever is not found written in the book of life shall be consigned to everlasting punishment in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death – Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:10-15. </p>
<p>NOW! Lets see the deception. You will see who John&#8217;s true Father is </p>
<p>NO where does it say people are assigned to the Lake of Fire for all time. Read for yourself </p>
<p>Revelation 20:10-15<br />
And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever. </p>
<p>1. Devil, 2. Beast. 3. False prophet. That&#8217;s it. </p>
<p>14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire. </p>
<p>The word &#8220;forever&#8221; or &#8220;everlasting&#8221; is &#8220;aionios&#8221;. Look this word up and you will see it means &#8220;an age&#8221; not forever.<br />
The word for &#8220;torment&#8221; in Revelation 14:10 is the Greek &#8220;basanizo&#8221; which has a primary meaning of testing with a touchstone. the analogy is in testing metal with a touchstone to make sure it is pure </p>
<p>NOW THE TRUTH!!!! </p>
<p>1 Cor 15:26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death. The Lake of Fire is the second death and will be destroyed. So while the 2nd<br />
death exist, death is still continuing until it is abolished. So the lake of fire (death) cannot be eternal because it will be destroyed </p>
<p>In Revelation 20:&#8221;Then Death and Hades (HELL) were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.&#8221; </p>
<p>Revelation 21:4 and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the .. </p>
<p>God&#8217;s Grand plan accomplished </p>
<p>Who will be saved? Everyone </p>
<p>1 Corinthians 3:13<br />
Every man&#8217;s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man&#8217;s work of what sort it is If any man&#8217;s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man&#8217;s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be SAVED; yet so as by fire. </p>
<p>there you have! Everyone! </p>
<p>Read carefully. Everymans works shall be revealed by fire. This means every single person ever created. They shall receive a reward or their works will be burned. They may suffer a loss but everyman will be SAVED by fire.  Can you see it? Read every word again if you cannot </p>
<p>Hebrews 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire<br />
God is this consuming fire </p>
<p>John 2:2   And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world </p>
<p>John 1:29  The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world </p>
<p>2 Corinthians 5:19  that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men&#8217;s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. </p>
<p>1 John 4:14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the savior of the world </p>
<p>Isa 26:9 for when they judgements are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness<br />
Future prediction </p>
<p>2 Co 5:19 to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them;<br />
and hath committed unto us the word reconciliation. </p>
<p>Webster dictionary: to restore to friendship or harmony . b : settle, resolve &lt;reconcile differences </p>
<p>1 Tim 1:12 Christ Jesus Came Into the World to Save Sinners.<br />
If you are a sinner Jesus come to save you </p>
<p>Luke 19:10 For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which is lost.<br />
If they are lost he will find them and save them. </p>
<p>John 3: 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life<br />
John 3:17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him </p>
<p>No one can be condemn </p>
<p>Are you still blind or can you see it? </p>
<p>1 co 15:28 And when all things shall be subdued until him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be All in All<br />
God is ALL and this is what he will be in ALL of humanity </p>
<p>JESUS IS EITHER THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD OR HE IS NOT </p>
<p>Botton line </p>
<p>2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. </p>
<p>Isaiah 46:11 From the east I summon a bird of prey; from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose. What I have said, that will I bring about; what I have planned, that will I do. </p>
<p>If God cannot accomplish his Will then how can he be God and Jesus failed to save the world. </p>
<p>Pastor John Mcmartin is a false prophet and is destined for the lake of fire for his manipulation of Gods word</p>
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		<title>By: Ben Denckla</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ben Denckla</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>See footnote 17 of the NET Bible&#039;s Isaiah 11:6 for a little more on the &quot;will feed&quot; vs. fatling issue.

&lt;a href=&quot;https://net.bible.org/#!bible/Isaiah+11&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Here&#039;s a link to the NET Bible&#039;s Isaiah 11&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>See footnote 17 of the NET Bible&#8217;s Isaiah 11:6 for a little more on the &#8220;will feed&#8221; vs. fatling issue.</p>
<p><a href="https://net.bible.org/#!bible/Isaiah+11" rel="nofollow">Here&#8217;s a link to the NET Bible&#8217;s Isaiah 11</a></p>
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		<title>By: Ben Denckla</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ben Denckla</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 04:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The word ימרו is the answer to milton&#039;s question. I.e. 1QIsa-a has ימרו (will feed) where MT has וּמְרִיא֙ (and the fatling).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The word ימרו is the answer to milton&#8217;s question. I.e. 1QIsa-a has ימרו (will feed) where MT has וּמְרִיא֙ (and the fatling).</p>
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		<title>By: Ben Denckla</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ben Denckla</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This article was a great help to me in getting a start on understanding how English versions of Isaiah have been influenced by the Isaiah scrolls found at Qumran.

Specifically, it helped me get started on my own work on that topic, which narrowly focuses on two major Jewish-affiliated translations. Since that work might be of interest to readers of this excellent overview, thus providing me with a not-too-spammy opportunity for shameless self-promotion, I&#039;ll conclude with a couple of relevant URLs from my blog.

&lt;a href=&quot;http://dencklatronic.blogspot.com/2012/09/qumran-isaiah-and-njps.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Qumran, Isaiah, and the NJPS&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;a href=&quot;http://dencklatronic.blogspot.com/2012/10/qumran-isaiah-and-stern.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Qumran, Isaiah, and Stern&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This article was a great help to me in getting a start on understanding how English versions of Isaiah have been influenced by the Isaiah scrolls found at Qumran.</p>
<p>Specifically, it helped me get started on my own work on that topic, which narrowly focuses on two major Jewish-affiliated translations. Since that work might be of interest to readers of this excellent overview, thus providing me with a not-too-spammy opportunity for shameless self-promotion, I&#8217;ll conclude with a couple of relevant URLs from my blog.</p>
<p><a href="http://dencklatronic.blogspot.com/2012/09/qumran-isaiah-and-njps.html" rel="nofollow">Qumran, Isaiah, and the NJPS</a></p>
<p><a href="http://dencklatronic.blogspot.com/2012/10/qumran-isaiah-and-stern.html" rel="nofollow">Qumran, Isaiah, and Stern</a></p>
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		<title>By: Milton</title>
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		<dc:creator>Milton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>what is the new hebrew reading? insteadof  מְרִיא֙ what ios the reading in the scroll?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>what is the new hebrew reading? insteadof  מְרִיא֙ what ios the reading in the scroll?</p>
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		<dc:creator>&#187; Searching for the Better Text</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 10:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] is the title of a somewhat technical article by Harvey Minkoff over at Bible History Daily in which he discusses the nature of the Hebrew [...]</description>
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		<title>By: The complete Torah - written and Oral - Jewish religion, Hebrew - Page 8 - City-Data Forum</title>
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		<dc:creator>The complete Torah - written and Oral - Jewish religion, Hebrew - Page 8 - City-Data Forum</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Back on topic: today&#039;s BAR offering has a reasonably decent article on Searching for the Better Text. [...]</description>
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