tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5509207392481380457.post1510651745050872845..comments2023-12-11T06:02:28.864-05:00Comments on The Wise Fool: The End Back Then, Part 2: Worldwide WitnessTWFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016277303703254572noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5509207392481380457.post-5302352093621480242013-01-02T21:51:11.183-05:002013-01-02T21:51:11.183-05:00Thanks Hausdorff. That is certainly the way it se...Thanks <b>Hausdorff</b>. That is certainly the way it seems to me, but text is tricky to figure out without the tone and body language to give the rest of the meaning. :-)TWFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06016277303703254572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5509207392481380457.post-10147324128248349532013-01-02T18:45:44.483-05:002013-01-02T18:45:44.483-05:00You are right, those verses really do seem to be s...You are right, those verses really do seem to be saying that those guys specifically will spread it to the ends of the earth. With that in mind, the explanation I provided does seem pretty flimsy. Good stuffHausdorffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01690401058367596952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5509207392481380457.post-7606854355207905362012-12-30T16:38:52.123-05:002012-12-30T16:38:52.123-05:00That is true, and some probably do just that, Haus...That is true, and some probably do just that, <b>Hausdorff</b>. Another argument could be made that because they spoke in the tongues of other nations, they were witnesses to those other nations (who happened to have nearby representatives traveling through to hear this tongue-speaking) without actually having to travel out to the other nations.<br /><br />Maybe I am being too literal, but I think there is a an inherent association in the words used for these eleven (plus one replacement) Disciples who received the Holy Spirit. You can see their scope laid out in the selfsame verse: Jerusalem, then all of Judea and Samaria, then to the ends of the world. They were to be the witnesses, according to the verse anyway. It would have been easy enough to say that the Gospel would spread throughout the world because of them as opposed to them being the actual witnesses.TWFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06016277303703254572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5509207392481380457.post-3695167334741285572012-12-30T11:30:12.508-05:002012-12-30T11:30:12.508-05:00I suppose Christians might argue that even though ...I suppose Christians might argue that even though the authors thought they were talking about a small area, since it was divinely inspired God had them writing stuff they didn't fully understand. The result could be that it really does mean the whole earth.Hausdorffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01690401058367596952noreply@blogger.com