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I'm not discounting literacy. But I think it is possible many if not more presently in heaven arrived there being illiterate than literate.
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You are ruling out the supernatural element of Christ's entombment and forcing a naturalistic understanding of "time" vs "decay" into the text. This is eisegesis, not exegesis.
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“Remind people of these things and solemnly charge them before the Lord not to wrangle over words. This is of no benefit; it just brings ruin on those who listen.” (2 Timothy 2:14)
I would venture to say the disciples who people perceived…
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“Remind people of these things and solemnly charge them before the Lord not to wrangle over words. This is of no benefit; it just brings ruin on those who listen.” (2 Timothy 2:14)
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I believe God's people find themselves in many denominations that have conflicting stances on many things. But this does not make them a cult.
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1 In only eleven out of the ninety four cases are the fulfillments exactly as the writer described or foresaw. Thus, using Dr. Walvoord’s criterion of “seeking to discover how …
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So you do not believe one event impacts the outcome of another?
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Isn't faithfulness faith in action?
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That is not what I'm saying. I'm merely quoting Peter who said Jesus' body did not decay in contrast to his saying David's body did. That was the point of his conversation. Death and all of its related bodily ailments come from sin. Jesus was sin…
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I'm only pointing out that you are possibly missing your calling trifling over words while expecting others to do likewise.
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What is our calling in the NT? It certainly is not trifling over words. “Remind people of these things and solemnly charge them before the Lord not to wrangle over words. This is of no benefit; it just brings ruin on those who listen.” (2 Timothy…
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What I'm saying is technical skills alone are a dead end. God must grant understanding of a text. As far as OT prophecies, I believe some 80% were not fulfilled as expected. So even the prophets didn't understand what they spoke of in most cases.…
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I googled this for you. 32 Bible Verses about Decay. https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Decay
I believe most acknowledge sin as the cause.
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The problem between us is solved if we do not read into Peter's words something that is not there. He does not say Jesus' body did not decompose because of "time". But Paul links physical death and decay with sin. Jesus was sinless. So…
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I don't think the gospel, often preached to illiterates, needs precision in language. And I don't think precision in language provides a true understanding of scripture in itself. But it helps to have those who devote their lives to the task that…
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I've always had a problem with the possibility of hunters wiping out entire families by killing a mother. Or tree trimmers or pest removal companies doing the same. And I think this principle applies to war and the destruction of entire families …
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Interesting...thanks.
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Why hire a lawyer if you are already qualified having a street level knowledge of the language?
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I'm not reading anything into Peter's words. He compared David's decaying body with Jesus' body that did not decay. He says nothing of "time" being the reason Jesus' body did not decay.
Abortionist use the same "time" argument …
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True, but protestantism had a common enemy until the 1800's millenarianism outbreaks. Now splintered into many groups. Each having a different gospel of the Kingdom and consequently a different Christ.
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The word Cult is an OT term used primarily of male and female temple prostitutes. But just as these worshipped Baal and other pagan gods (demons), the word illustrates worshipping false images of Christ.
I merely offer three widely accept…
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Faithfulness defines what James speaks of when he says faith without works is dead.
πίστις, εως, ἡ (Hes., Hdt.+; ranging in meaning from subjective confidence to objective basis for confidence).
① that which evokes trus…
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I think any denomination that rejects the Trinity Doctrine or the Deity of Christ Doctrine is a cult as defined by:
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Cults, Sects, and World Religions by Larry A. Nichols • George A. Mather • Alvin J. …
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As I've said from the beginning, God uses secondary causes to determine our choices. And a burden in our heart for prayer is one of them. But we miss a greater comfort in prayer if we do not grasp Jesus' words "“And all things, whatsoe…
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If Jesus trimmed his fingernails and they decomposed over time, it was not because of sin. Death of the body and decomposition is. The fact that Peter says his body did not decompose proves he was sinless as does the resurrection.
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Why do I think this is so important? If Jesus' body decayed the least in the tomb, he was not sinless and we remain in our sins. It was because he was sinless that his body did not decay.
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Being good with tools does not make you a dentist any more than speaking a language makes you a professional linguist.
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They just sort of coast under their own power? Even the decomposition of one single molecule is decay.
"human decomposition begins around four minutes after a person dies and follows four stages: autolysis, bloat, active decay, and skelet…
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I think if we define faith as faithfulness, it is a characteristic of the born again nature before any might come into contact with the gospel. But the gospel even in Abel's and Abraham's day produced targeted saving faith in the true …
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Jesus died on the cross. He flatlined for 3 days and 3 nights. But his body did not decompose which is normally the case of all born in Adam. Scripture cannot be more clear about his body not suffering decay.
