Originally posted by Leonhard
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The only point you made that I did not engage had to do with "synagogue of Satan", which used the biblical reference but ignored the way it is used by some today. I do not know if you are familiar with the usage.
Each other points have been addressed, some by more than one poster.
I am not moving further afield. It is within the scope of the thread, and OP.
Unless I am misreading Sparko, he is arguing that the old testament sacrifices were efficacious. And if one attained heaven under the Old Law, then reconciliation happened prior to Jesus' sacrifice in the New Testament. Some made it to heaven, the old Testament Saints.
Justification has an internal component; changes to the soul whether Jew or Christian. The Jew in name only is perhaps another category; however, the term is used, and it is the pragmatic political topics which prompt its use. And it is related to the Christian in name only charge.
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