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To: MSB who wrote (11987)	3/20/1998 10:45:00 PM
From: Jane Hafker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

Excellent matters to ponder, my dear friend. You will see answers roll in like waves of the sea, I'm sure, but not from me as yet as I have to go eat or perish. :) Shalom has a most exquisite study of the unpardonable sin, which is separate from blasphemy. Blasphemy, however......IS.....NOT....A....WISE......IDEA. I'll be back.

To: MSB who wrote (11987)	3/20/1998 11:03:00 PM
From: Chris land	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 39621

MSB, Now there's a subject that's not widely discussed during this laodecean church age. I'm sure there will be some tempers flaring. How about it Graystone? Hell was initally prepared for the devil and his angels because they rebelled against God. Mankind is also doomed to that place where the worm dieth not and the flames are never quenched. The only way of escape is what's offered by Jesus Christ. Anyone who is not found in the book of life will eventually end up there. How long? Longer than time can be conceived. The brain of even Einstein couldn't even possibly fathom the length of eternity. It will be pain so unbearable with no end, it will not be expressed in time because there is no time in eternity. It will be a place of constant torture, a place of bitter memories, a place of eternal regret. Torture unbearable, are you hearing me Greystone? This is everyone's lot who will not bow down to the Lordship of Jesus Christ while on this earth. People think that they have pain now? Cancer, diseases, twisted bones? The souls' pain will be magnified beyond comprehension. In the story of the rich man and lazarus the rich man begged for all he was worth for just one little drop of water for the tippity tip of his tongue. His request was denied, denied by who? The God who created heaven and earth. God said you forget Him and he will rend you in pieces and show you no mercy whatsoever. If anyone wants mercy from God then this is the acceptable time, right now is the acceptable day. Don't put it off for one more hour. God extends his right hand of fellowship to anyone who will truly respond. Please don't put Him off any longer. He really does desire for all to come to repentance and be turned out of the way of death and destruction to a new a living way. -Chris

To: MSB who wrote (11987)	3/20/1998 11:05:00 PM
From: Gregory D. John	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 39621

Hi, everyone... God! I miss one day and I'm reduced to the equivalent of a clip show. Since I'm "responding" to MSB, I should address the question of blasphemy; or, rather, I should let my New Shorter Oxford (I'm too lazy to go downstairs and get the OED). Blasphemy: Profane talk of something supposed to be sacred; impious irreverence. I don't think my using "God!" is blasphemy. By the KJV it could be interpreted as breaking the 3rd commandment (Ex 20:7). I prefer, however, the idea that the 3rd commandment is really saying not to use the name of God for a false purpose (see "The Five Books of Moses" by Everett Fox). Der is male, das is female, I forget what's neuter. I find it interesting that boat is female both in German - das boot - and conceptually in English - ar! she's a fine ship. Greystone, you can call me Greg. Or I can call you Betty and you can call me Martin. Or I can call you Malcolm and you can call me Al. :-) Ah! The Lord of the Rings makes an appearance. Cool! A bit of interesting trivia... Tolkien is also known for having written an extraordinarily "right-wing" or "upper-class" commentary on (or was it a translation of) the Bible. Look at TLOTR and consider how it is that only the well-to-do hobbits and the of-high-birth others are the heroes. By-the-by, Greystone, when you fight the Balrog, will you become Whitestone? And, finally, what's all this controversy about the name of Jesus being Yeshua? I've clearly missed the beginning. I looked up "Jesus" in Strong's Concordance and this is what I found. Jesus, almost always, is translated from Iesous; from Hebrew origin: Yehowshuwa or Yehowshua, Jehovah-saved, Jehoshua (i.e., Joshua), the Jewish leader, Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. Which brings me to my second and last piece of trivia of this post. In "I, Claudius", Jesus is referred to as Joshua bar Joseph. Oh, shoot! I just remembered die is female and das is neuter. Which blows my pirate quote out of the water. :-) Greg