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Ephesians 2:8-10 is talking about 'recreation.' Recreation and 'born-again' have a definite over-lapping expression of need: To be...

Interesting. "Pharaoh" is supposedly a Hebrew word for "palace". So maybe more like "Caesar". But since "Benhadad" denotes separated...

Got Questions helped quite a bit "Ben-hadad" means 'son of the storm' and is applied as a title rather than specific name (like...

Agreed. Elijah was the one sent to anoint Hazael, but also to anoint Jehu. We aren't told he anointed either. Elisha had an unnamed...

Especially Elijah being told to anoint Hazael as king 0.o Elisha's tears aren't over Hazael killing Ben-hadad, but the other...

But not only "divine will and purpose". This from American Heritage Dictionary 2. A prediction of the future, made under divine...

(1 Kings 19:15, 17 NKJV) Then the LORD said to him (Elijah prior to Elisha): “Go, return on your way to the Wilderness of Damascus; and...

Note with me the progression: Hazael is sent by Ben-hadad to inquire. Hazael, hopeful Ben-hadad will die, is bothered and some of...

Ah, I see where you were going further on point: That too isn't prophecy, but I do believe, with Clete that it is foreknowledge...

Meaning of the disease, yes? Not by disease but because Hazael was going to kill him if he didn't die of sickness. I don't believe...

@Lon I reread my post and have to qualify, based on conversations I've had with Calvinists. It's not "without regard to what they...

The Lord revealed what Hazael will do in the future? We don't think of the future that way. Is the Lord merely searching his heart?

Awe, come'on Clete. You knew. I've been very clear I have been closely Amyraldian most of my life (not Catholic). What about you...

Can we turn the question around? What things do you think make one a Calvinist? To me, the answer is in TULIP. If you agree with all 5...

That is a good question too, but one may say "I disagree with Calvin on any number of points yet am a Calvinist." If as I'm reading...