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Salvation Not Dependent on Being Born Again (rs p. 77 ?8?p. 79 ?1)
Rev. 7:9, 10, 17: ?After these things [after the apostle John heard the number of those who would be ?born again,? those who would make up spiritual Israel and would be with Christ in heaven; compare Romans 2:28, 29 and Galatians 3:26-29] I saw, and, look! a great crowd, which no man was able to number, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes; and there were palm branches in their hands. And they keep on crying with a loud voice, saying: ?Salvation we owe to our God, who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb.? . . . ?The Lamb [Jesus Christ], who is in the midst of the throne, will shepherd them, and will guide them to fountains of waters of life.??
After listing many pre-Christian persons of faith, Hebrews 11:39, 40 says: ?All these, although they had witness borne to them through their faith, did not get the fulfillment of the promise, as God foresaw something better for us, in order that they might not be made perfect apart from us.? (Who are here meant by ?us?? Hebrews 3:1 shows that they are ?partakers of the heavenly calling.? The pre-Christian persons who had faith, then, must have a hope for perfect life somewhere other than in heaven.)
Ps. 37:29: ?The righteous themselves will possess the earth, and they will reside forever upon it.?
Rev. 21:3, 4: ?Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his peoples. And God himself will be with them. And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.?
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dude. Just answer the question