what Isaiah had prophesied (Acts 13:47). Following this, Luke makes this astonishing comment: “When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the message of the Lord, and all who had been appointed to eternal life believed. So the message of the Lord spread through the whole region” (Acts 13:48–49 HCSB). One indisputable aspect of Luke’s statement, “All who had been appointed to eternal life believed,” is that God’s appointment of those who would receive eternal life preceded the belief
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