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Post by bmsvscsc on Jul 15, 2009 5:14:56 GMT 3
Greetings to all, in the name of Jesus Christ.
This is Bro. Mario Paman from Texas. After the ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ, the apostles began to preach the good news of salvation after they received the Holy Spirit in the day of Pentecost. We understand that there are seven church ages. My question is this: Is there a set number of people saved in each church age? Did God purpose a specific number of His children to be born in each church age, and to be called out by His church age messenger back to the Word? We know that God is the architect of everything. For example, Biblically speaking, we are in the Laodecian church age. As an example, did God intentionally have, let's say, 100 of His children born during this church age, from 1906 to present, and only those 100 will be called out by the seventh church age messenger and respond to God's message and be saved and raptured? I guess, my question is this: If there is a specific amount, then, is there a verse in the Bible that supports this? We know that God is not a God of random. He has numbers that signify and has meaning. May the LORD richly bless us with all knowledge and understanding. Bro. Mario
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Post by HCG on Jul 16, 2009 17:03:15 GMT 3
Nice question, brother.
Yaan nyo po itatanong ko to mamaya sa aming Thursday sharing. Update ka namin kung ano ang napag-share-an.
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Post by HCG on Jul 17, 2009 8:12:37 GMT 3
Praise God,
Last night, we had a sharing on this topic. Bro Phillip will be posting here the link for the recorded full sharing.
But as a summary, here are the points discussed.
1. In His infinite mind, God knows everything. HE knows who will accept His message or His Word in every age. After all, He is omniscient.
2. He knows who will accept and who will reject HIM. And therefore, he knows the "number". Refer to Romans 11:25. We are awaiting for the "fullness of the Gentiles".
3. However, he didn't confined the number to a certain figure. Salvation was and is being offered to everybody who is willing to accept HIM. See John 3:16 and 1John 2:2. The gospel is indeed open to everyone.
God bless.
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Post by eagle23 on Jul 18, 2009 13:12:42 GMT 3
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