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The Golden Chain - Robert J. Wieland

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has resulted in a vast amount of misery. In the final<br />

judgment it will be revealed that "the blood ... of<br />

all who were slain on the earth" is to be "found" in<br />

Babylon's doctrine of a false christ (Revelation<br />

18:24).<br />

9. Does the Greek of Hebrews 4:15 imply that<br />

Christ was not really tempted "in all points like<br />

as we are"?<br />

It says that He was tempted "identically" with<br />

us (kata panta kath'homoioteta). No matter how<br />

you try to translate it, you end up with the same<br />

thought: He was tempted "identically" "in all<br />

things" as we are, or "in all points like as we are."<br />

<strong>The</strong> Greek of Hebrews 2:18 farther clarifies this<br />

text: "In that [which] He Himself has suffered,<br />

being tempted, He is able to aid those who are<br />

tempted." In other words, "only in respect of the<br />

temptations He Himself has suffered, being<br />

tempted" is He "able to aid those who are<br />

tempted." <strong>The</strong> context of Hebrews 2:9-17 is so<br />

clear that we cannot deny the equivalence and the<br />

necessity of Christ's temptations as related to ours.<br />

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