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What is the sin of divination?

You turn God into a sinner, divining the future by gazing into a divine crystal ball. No scripture supports this fiction. When do you think time travel because a theological device to support unbiblical doctrine. The bible says God does the future because He predestines it, not the other way around. He brings about what He says would happen. Thus Jesus was killed according to God's foreknowledge and predetermined plan.

Folks, those arguing for the crystal ball are short on scripture and long of assertion.

 

Fiction

God does exist outside of physical time, but no scripture claims some sort of spiritual time is not attribute of God. He planned before creation, therefore He considered what He would bring about, such as the redemption of His people.

What verse says all things have already happened to him? None, zip, nada.

Calvinism simply makes assertions without any support from scripture, thus pushing the doctrine of scripture excluded rather than scripture alone.

The lamb of God was foreknown before the foundation of the world. Therefore God formulated a plan before creation which He brought forth at the time of His choosing. Christ was crucified according to God's foreknowledge and predetermined plan. God brings about what He has predestined. The biblical view excludes the crystal ball divination advocated by Calvinism.

 

Nonsense

Here we have assertions with no scriptural support. Yeshua1 could claim God wears blue jeans and have as much backing, i.e. zip.

Time travel is not found in the bible, so all this Jesus was executed before He died on the cross 2000 years ago is fiction.

The Biblical view is God formulated a plan before creation (thus before the fall) for Christ to be the lamb (sacrifice) of God. But it is one thing to make a plan and another to bring that plan to fruition.

Scripture says Jesus was delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God. God had formulated a plan and in Acts 2:23, Peter tells us God carried out that plan according to that plan known before creation. There is no support whatsoever for time travel, crystal ball theology, or for advocating the ungodly act of divination.

 

The Biblical view is God formulated a plan before creation (thus before the fall) for Christ to be the lamb (sacrifice) of God. But it is one thing to make a plan and another to bring that plan to fruition. Acts 2:23 tells us that God executed His plan!

 

When do we enter the kingdom of God? The answer depends on whether we mean, when do we enter the kingdom of God spiritually, or physically.

When God, in the Person of the Holy Spirit, baptizes us into Christ, we are transferred from the realm of darkness into the kingdom of His Son. In order to enter into the kingdom we must be born anew, thus after we are baptized into Christ's death, where we undergo the circumcision of Christ, we arise in Christ a new creation, born anew, and saved. We are sealed in Christ with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit forever.

So what is all this stuff about "inheriting" something or being heirs of something. Lets consider this idea.

Matthew 19:29 says if we leave what we loved for Christ's sake, we will receive better stuff including inheriting eternal life. One way to look at this is if we are saved we will receive better stuff, i.e. the blessings of salvation, which includes inheriting eternal life.

Matthew 25:35 refers to those on the right inheriting the kingdom prepared for them from the foundation of the world. So this "kingdom" has been prepared for the heirs, i.e. the children of God.

Mark 17:10 and Luke 18:18 refer to inheriting eternal life, recounting the story of the Rich Young Ruler.

Luke 10:25 has the lawyer asking about inheriting eternal life, with the answer being to love God and our neighbors with all our heart. So salvation does not come from believing the right doctrines, but from loving God with all our heart. And to do this, we must leave what we loved other than God, putting God alone on the throne of our heart.


Bottom line, it not just turning to God and trusting in Christ, it is also about leaving worldly treasures for the love of God.