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Originally posted by KeeperOfGenisis
Since there has been only one god to believe in there has been killing in his name, now why oh why would the great creator create evil???
Thats right people have free will so evil will always exsist!
Now that we have that cleared up if we have free will then we have the ability to change our future....correct???
But prophecy says otherwise and our fate predetermined so how in the hell do we have free will???
Is it just me or is this just one big contradiction
Originally posted by Zamini
Any critical ATS members would really become suspicious of this guy named Oldcorp by now.
Look at the wagon he's towing. Ah the things I could share...
Originally posted by teapot
Originally posted by KeeperOfGenisis
Since there has been only one god to believe in there has been killing in his name, now why oh why would the great creator create evil???
Thats right people have free will so evil will always exsist!
Now that we have that cleared up if we have free will then we have the ability to change our future....correct???
But prophecy says otherwise and our fate predetermined so how in the hell do we have free will???
Is it just me or is this just one big contradiction
'We' do not have free will. You have free will, I have free will, every individual has free will but the collective does not have free will. Your 'fate' is determined by the choices you make as is mine etc. I know I am not communicating my views well but I think the confusion only arises because people forget free will or any personal value, decision or attitude is a matter for the individual and not the collective.edit on 7/7/2011 by teapot because: grammer
Originally posted by Grievere
reply to post by KeeperOfGenisis
Ephraim and Manessah:
The United States is not mentioned by name, just as most of the other modern nations of today are not mentioned by name. But they are spelled out quite clearly in the Bible and in the prophecies if one has understanding. In fact, the first mention of the United States is found at the very beginning of the Bible in the book of Genesis. When Jacob blessed his sons just before his death, he gave clues to the future of the descendants of each of them.
Two of those sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, were actually the sons of Joseph, who was Jacob’s favored son. Jacob adopted Joseph’s sons as his own and together, for the purposes of the blessings, they represent Joseph. Of all the blessings, that of Joseph and of Judah are the longest and the most involved, offering the most details. (Read the blessings in Gen. 48:13 through Gen. 49:28.)
Ephraim and Manasseh are blessed first and Jacob (also called Israel) set the younger over the older (the firstborn) in the blessing stating that the younger would become greater. Genesis 49:1 clearly states that these blessings were really predictions of “what shall befall you in the last days.” It is clearly referring to the descendants of these men, not the men themselves.
Ephraim is stated to become the greatest. What is the greatest nation on the earth today? The United States. Manasseh is stated to become a multitude of nations. What modern nation has had colonies all the way around the globe? Great Britain.
What son received the blessing of becoming the most fruitful and who would receive the most blessings from God Almighty? Joseph.
Since these predictions are all referring to the last days we have to look at the world as it is today in order to find the descendants of these men. Since we stated earlier that Ephraim and Manasseh are the same as Joseph, the predictions for Joseph really refers to them also. It is undeniable that Great Britain and the United States have received the greatest blessings on the entire globe. North America became the bread basket of the whole world. For a time, Great Britain controlled most of the rest of the world and the seaways and still has ties to Canada and Australia today. There was a time when it was said that the sun never sets on the British Empire.
So where do we find these two countries in the rest of the prophecies but through the prophecies about Ephraim and Manasseh. From beginning to end, the Bible speak of these two, first as two of the twelve tribes of Israel that settled the Promised Land and later as nations. The prophecies about Ephraim that refer to the last days or the Day of the Lord are speaking about the United States of America. Remember, Jacob said that Ephraim would become greater than Manasseh. History shows that even though Great Britain became a great nation, the United States became even greater.
Originally posted by teapot
reply to post by KeeperOfGenisis
'We' implies the collective. The collective does not have free will, only the individual. There is no contradiction; you are a person with inate individual rights, including 'free will' not a blob within some homogenous whole!
And who would that be, the "we", you and who else?
. . .and so say we.