/lit/ - Literature

>>20097624
Not enough religious SF.

>>19564022
>the message of a Jewish prophet that spoke exclusively to other Jews
Retard alert. It’s so easy to tell when people have never opened a Bible. He has many interactions with non-Jews, and His interactions with Gentiles are all positive. Jesus commended the ‘great faith’ of a Roman centurion in Matthew 8, and uses this opportunity to say that “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” In John 4 Jesus speaks with a Samaritan woman and due to her faith in Christ, whole villages of Samaritans came to Christ (John 4:39-42). In Matthew 15 Jesus expels a demon from a Canaanite woman’s daughter, saying “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted“. And let’s not forget the Great Commission at the end of every Gospel, where Jesus tells his disciples to baptize ALL NATIONS in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. And finally, Jesus says in Matthew 21:33-46 a parable that predicts that the ‘tenants’ of the vineyard who have killed the prophets and who would kill the Son would be kicked out and that the vineyard would be given to a ‘new people’. The Pharisees sperg out, realizing that Jesus is condemning them.

As God said to Abraham, all nations of this earth would be blessed through him, and by ‘through him’ is meant the coming of Christ.

We must also remember that Jesus had non-Israelites in his geneology. Rahab, a Canaanite, for one, and Ruth, a Moabite, on the other. Moses himself had a Midianite or a Cushite wife (it’s a matter of debate whether this refers to the same woman), i.e. a non-Israelite wife.

Even Acts testifies to the existence of large numbers of Gentiles who followed the God of Israel in the 1st century, but who had not become full Jews due to things such as circumcision requirements. The New Covenant, predicted in the OT, needless to say, abolished these onerous requirements.

Paul was a faithful apostle of our Lord Jesus Christ.

>>19538585
> I believe there's something beyond physics. Something that lies behind existence and is the well known "ultimate cause.
And that something is God

The Bible. Jesus loves us, He died for us, He’s coming back, and He’s offering you eternal life.

>>19515129
No. Christ already won. He rose from the dead and gave us the possibility of eternal life. Christianity is the most Whitepilled of religions.

>Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.

>>19486942
Free will is the answer to the image you posted. God didn’t create automatons, He created beings in His image and likeness, beings who could freely choose either to reject Him or to enter into loving fellowship with Him.

Regarding the brain cancer, this is just a product of the fallen world we live in. This world is not the ultimate goal of things. Horrible things happen. The sin of Adam had effects that rippled out onto the entire universe, bringing disease, death and many other things into the world, condemning it to futility. As Paul writes, the whole creation is groaning as if in the pains of childbirth. A much more glorious future awaits us, a great promise and hope. Christ rose from the dead, conquered death, and offers us eternal life. Blessed are those who mourn for they will be comforted. God can re-purpose even the most horrible things in order to bring about a greater and more perfect good.

Who should I read on atonement?