I am going to quote from the book: The Other Side of Calvinism by Laurence M. Vance. At the beginning of chapter 5, Vance says: "It is certainly fitting that chapter five brings us to the Five Points of Calvinism, for as five is the number of death, so the Five Points of Calvinism will kill anything within twenty thousand miles. Just as it takes so (sic: he means no) keen intellect to see that five is the biblical number of death, so no insight is necessary, other than an ability to read the Bible, to see the flagrant perversion that the five Points of Calvinism make of Holy Scripture. D-E-A-T-H: five letters. Devil and Satan both have five letters, and rightly so, for he is the fifth cherub (Ezek 28:14) and has the power of death (Heb 2:14). The first man dies in Genesis 5:5. In Acts 5:5, Ananias dies after being asked five questions about his sin. The tabernacle altar was five by five (Ex 27:1). Paul was whipped five times (2 Cor 11:24). Jesus Christ had five wounds and was the fifth man to be smote under the fifth rib. In Revelation chapter five, we see the Lamb that was slain. During the Tribulation, locusts will torment men for five months (Rev 9:5) until they seek death (Rev 9:6). When the fifth seal was opened, John saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain (Rev 6:9). There were five men stoned in the Bible that died. The 'sin unto death' is in First John chapter five. William McKinley was assassinated after becoming the twenty-fifth president (5 x 5). The likeness of one of the most famous men to die in history is emblazoned on a five-dollar bill. The greatest chapter in the Bible on death, describing two men whose deaths affected billions of people, is Romans chapter five."
I find that incredible. In 466 pages, Vance does not one time say any thing positive about what the Bible does teach. He only attempts to tear down the sovereignty of God through assassinating the character of Calvin and those who support his commentary. Not good apologetics.
By the way, the name Vance has five letters.
I find that incredible. In 466 pages, Vance does not one time say any thing positive about what the Bible does teach. He only attempts to tear down the sovereignty of God through assassinating the character of Calvin and those who support his commentary. Not good apologetics.
By the way, the name Vance has five letters.
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