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I agree......... I think it could happen any day (Amillennial position).
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I understand your point. But according to the bible, less life = less sin to answer for. And this does not affect the elect. Jesus says all whom the Father gave to him will come to him. This means none will die before their time.
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I think many turn the gospel into law, and make the characteristics of a genuinely saved believer into legalistic conditions people must meet in order to save themselves.
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I'm curious because Peter describes a "big bang" at the end of the world that corresponds to the creation of the New Heavens and Earth.
“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall …
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"Honest scholars" exist in whatever persuasion you prefer.
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It changes the way people interpret the 1000 years of Revelation 20 for starters.
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Jesus says his kingdom is not of this world. And it comes without observation. Nothing physical remains possible.
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The safest way I know is by taking clear passages that have bearing on the subject and then make the obscure passages conform to it. If you ignore Jesus all together in his description of the Kingdom, and use the OT prophecies as liter…
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Not intentionally. The Kingdom of God is eternal and spiritual in the same sense God is Spirit. Neither God or the Kingdom are figurative or symbols of a separate entity. In contrast, the Book of Revelation is largely symbolic or figur…
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Find where Jesus mentioned or even hinted at a physical kingdom. The Kingdom is spiritual and a present reality, but one must be born again to see it.
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Much has happened only physical kingdom buffs missed it.
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Literal whenever possible forces a false interpretation on Revelation every single time it is used beyond the opening passages.
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The problem is there is no physical reign.
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So Margaret MacDonald's pre-trib rapture hallucinations while burning up with a fever don't figure in?
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Revelation is like a giant Rorschach test for every religious crackpot out there - since the 1800s. We need to anchor it in Jesus' description of the spiritual kingdom and renounce all physical kingdom attempts to interpret it.
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Normally what I do is let things lay until I find out what Jesus and the NT writes say about the topic. For instance, Jesus defines the Kingdom of God as spiritual. Also saying it comes without observation. He says it is within you, and one must …
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I for one do not believe "literal whenever possible" does justice to scripture. It results in automatically forcing literal interpretations on passages not necessarily intended to be taken literally.
I think this is especially …
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James White has some info on it here.
http://www.aomin.org/aoblog/1991/01/01/granville-sharps-rule/
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I use several translations, even paraphrases as commentaries. I think the KJV is good but some of the more recent translations, ESV, NET, etc. based on Nestle Aland 27 & 28 use Granville Sharp's rule that helps amplify the deity of Christ, wh…
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I for one wish you would join us. I'm dry on politics so I don't say too much. But we need more theological input for sure.
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It might be a huge improvement over the other forums I've seen.
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I don't see why. Just a heading saying "No Combat Zone" or similar, and a line about etiquette.
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Why not? Each article would be a stand alone. Like books on the shelf. And questions for the sake of clarity would invite alternative articles.
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Thanks CM! Great post!
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Thanks WS, Interesting post. I saw a side of America that day that was quite unsettling. Gasoline prices skyrocketed. Hoarding, lines several blocks long to buy a tank of gas at hyper inflated prices. Many I know personally ran on banks. "All loo…
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Thanks for the solid advice. But even James says war is about money. So I'm far from being alone in this.
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Would they have eaten if it was invaluable to them?
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Even if true, Adam & Eve saw value in eating from the fruit.
