RE: [TruthTalk] 613 Commands

[Slade Henson]

Thank you for asking.  I'm not very often stuck for words but these 613 Commands along with reaction on TT to the death of Arafat have left me (momentarily) speechless. (Judy)   That someone would rather that Arafat had died with the knowledge of Messiah has left you speechless? Have you no heart? Have you not the Spirit of the Holy One? If this is your attitude, thank God for your silence. (Slade)   To begin with I can't see any wisdom in resurrecting Levitical Law which was nailed to the cross when Jesus cried "It is finished!" (Judy)   I thought Yeshua cried "It is Finished" in relation to the ransom for sin. I don't/cannot believe He died for some other reason... like nullifying His Word. (Slade)   In Galatians Paul tells us that adding Jewish law to the finished work of Christ will cause one who began in the Spirit to "fall from grace" - so how did we get here?? (Judy)   Please consider changing you eyeglass prescription. (Slade)   As for the demise of Arafat .. the wisdom of God says "Because I have called, and ye refused. I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would have none of my reproof; I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; when your fear cometh as desolation and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.  Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me; for that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord; they would have none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices..For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them..." (Judy)   This also applies to those claiming acceptance into the Kingdom of Heaven, not just the "highly wicked" people we hear about on the evening news. (Slade)   True, it's not God's will that any should perish but Arafat made his own bed, and he lived by his own rules. I certainly don't envy his end but agree with Izzy that the world is better off without him. (Judy)   The point remains that Arafat is not better off. I also realize that a man's heart, if hardened, can only be softened by the Spirit. Sadly, I've seen far HARDER hearts in the supposed Redeemed Community. (Slade)   George W. may not meet the expectations of some but at least he was not deceived by that evil little man and refused to invite him to this country so long as he was involved with terrorism.  What a chaotic funeral that was .. and now the search for the billions he has siphoned and hidden.  (Judy)