(July 10, 2012 at 7:33 pm)Godschild Wrote: Malachi 4:5 is about the day that Christ returns and this will mark the end.
FtR Wrote:Correct. It also explicitly says that on this day Elijah will be sent. You can't get past the fact that it's another reference to Elijah. It's there in black and white.
Yes go to Revelations there is were this verse is confirmed, Elijah and Moses will be sent at the end of time as messengers of the Gospel. John the Baptist was not Elijah.
Gc Wrote:You are trying to pick verses that do not apply to the ministry of Christ.
FtR Wrote:This is the irony of the entire Christian faith. Can't you see I'm not doing the picking? The 'picking' has already been done by Mark from the OT. Later people that read this (Matthew, Luke) got confused and thought it must have been literal history and therefore the misunderstanding that Christ was a person was born.
No Mark writes about the life of Jesus and tells it as he experienced it as a disciple. Mark picked out nothing form the OT, Christ's life revealed the OT prophecies written about Him. Many were not even recognized until after Christ's resurrection, they could not and would not have be recognized as prophecies if Jesus had not fulfilled them. Yes you are picking by believing and announcing this stuff. Stuff you've gotten from others.
FtR Wrote:The biggest religion in the world was sparked by an allegory.
All the allegorical religions and their gods are long dead, explain why Christianity isn't.
Quote:Mark 1:6 and 2Kings 1:8 shows that these two men serving God wore the same type of clothing, clothing commonly worn by many men.
FtR Wrote:Within the first 6 verses of Mark there are 3 references to the OT. Two of these are directly linked to Elijah. Coincidence? I don't think so.
So, Mark is sighting prophecies fulfilled, many people ate honey an locus in those days and still do today, it is a healthy diet. No coincidence, fulfilled prophecies. The references you want to make into something they are not do have a purpose, to show that John the Baptist was equal to Elijah in his serves to God. Where does it say in the OT that Elijah had his head cut off, why wasn't such a great servant as John the Baptist taken up into heaven without dying.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
