tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1081631727760066049.post8528943700841442118..comments2023-07-13T00:09:18.439-05:00Comments on Preaching the Gospel: The First 500 Trillion Yearsauthor@ptgbook.orghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13775228362728122027noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1081631727760066049.post-11791459446218985562011-10-25T16:39:10.169-05:002011-10-25T16:39:10.169-05:00"Those in the Church today, the first fruits,..."Those in the Church today, the first fruits, those in the first resurrection,"<br /><br />Hello again Author.<br />I have been meaning to get back to you on our last discussion and this seems to be as good a place as any. I wonder if you have considered the use of the Colon in this last response from you; (i know this was before the Feast, but you said this;)I'll start by answering my own question, as you said. I am basing this on the example of Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:1-8. He starts by reminding the Corinthians of the gospel he preached to them. Then, still speaking in the same context of the gospel he preached to them, he said, "For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve". Doesn't this seem to be saying that the truth that Christ died for our sins and was resurrected was the FIRST thing he taught"--- CONSIDER YOUR OWN USE OF THE COMAS ABOVE, AND THEN THE COLON AFTER THE WORD RECIEVED:<br />Paul goes on to bring in many other things and then comes back to the purpose of that, which is the resurrection of Christ (which was also His birth into the Kingodm Family from the human realm) So the real focus is really not on the crucifixion as a part of the Gospel but on the resurrection which relates directly to the Gospel of Christ about the kingdom of God and being born into it at the resurrection.<br />Looking at the whole context and considering that Paul in Acts 28:31 puts the Kingdom first, as Philip does in Acts 8:12 with the word "and" between that and the name of Christ might give you reason to take a second look at these passages before concluding Christ and Him crucified was a part of the Gospel of Christ. There is another explanation as well but i will leave that for another time if needed.<br /><br />The EditorMTCOGSMnoreply@blogger.com