tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399009317202162227.post451915354174097604..comments2023-04-26T09:41:11.714-05:00Comments on Another Reader's Review: Cross posting: The End of a Thing Determines its BeginningJoshua Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05762961484152028177noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399009317202162227.post-29350839579283120112010-03-22T20:01:32.582-05:002010-03-22T20:01:32.582-05:00Jacob,
Thanks for commenting. I don't think ...Jacob,<br /><br />Thanks for commenting. I don't think that double-predestination is all that difficult to grasp, but it is terribly difficult for a lot of folks to believe, because it seems so harsh. But it is the language of Romans 9, as well as many OT passages concerning God's judgment upon His enemies. Many Reformers had problems with Calvin's treatment of predestination because they felt like it made God the author of sin. People today tend to have more problems with the idea of God hating anyone. It is an odd contrast, to say the least.Joshua Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05762961484152028177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399009317202162227.post-70867004341871580242010-03-19T16:13:45.818-05:002010-03-19T16:13:45.818-05:00I finally got around to reading your post Joshua. ...I finally got around to reading your post Joshua. Good example thinking outside the linear temporal box. I am just about finished on a similar paper which focuses on the implications of including time within the created order. It seems like for once I agree with most everything you said. <br /><br />My only disagreement:<br /> I agree that God will indeed be glorified equally from those whom he calls as sons and daughters and those who reject him. I am just hesitant to explicitly state double predestination - specifically the use of language “God predestined them for His wrath”. While this might follow logically from the idea of predestination it is never phrased this way in Scripture and is too weighty of a statement to make without knowing for certain that this is indeed how God’s Will will be carried to pass. I would instead use the language that “God’s justice for the transgression of Sin will be fully manifested and this will bring Him glory”. Note, that I am not claiming to know the exact way in which His justice will be manifest just that it will. <br /><br />Anyway, minor quibble in the larger scope of your topic. Good topic and as soon as I finish the paper I am working on I’ll send a copy your way, to read at you leisure.Jacob Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02695191264051332564noreply@blogger.com