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I believe God rescues his elect from cults...so to speak. That's why some Jews followed Jesus while most did not.
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I believe prayer aligns us with God's eternal decree. And is far deeper in meaning than what many assume. If you combine what Jesus said about prayer with the rest of scripture, and have (genuine) faith when you pray, you can know your answer has…
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T'is nice but, each millennial position offers a different Christ, a different gospel of the kingdom, and is totally absent from Paul's or any other writing in the Gospels, Acts, and the Epistles.
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I agree, but it still comes down to whether or not you pull your own teeth because you are handy with tools. Or if you go to the dentist instead.
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Here's the catch. You need to be in the right group. Why trust those Jesus condemned most for not understanding the scriptures?
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This I also disagree with. Jesus did not inherit Adam's sin and death. Jesus' substitutionary death was complete when he said "it is finished". I can find websites that differ greatly with your findings so it is a moot point. What the point is, i…
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I believe as Proverbs says, there is safety in a multitude of counselors.
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If God controls all, then yes, he makes sure we have his word. My experience is that many translations provide the complete understanding where only one might be lacking because of the wide area of meaning each word might have.
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When does the body begin to rot? Did Jesus' body begin to rot in the tomb? Peter says it did not.
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I think a scholar's group affiliation is as important as their degree when it comes to defining and translating words. So I normally consider both when making a call. But we need to consider the greatest heretics in history were often …
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Did Jesus' brain begin to rot 4 minutes after his heart stopped beating? Did Jesus preach to the spirits in prison as Peter claims?
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I think people are demanding more from Christ's death on the cross than necessary. They say he must rot in the grave too. Or die spiritually and go to hell in order to atone for sin. But if we back up, he needed to shed his blood to t…
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Thanks for sharing your insights. I too believe Jesus will never establish a physical Kingdom on this present earth. But his Kingdom is a present reality in Heaven where he sits on David's Throne ruling over the nations of the earth. B…
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Thanks for the outline. I suppose I can remain on topic by saying Reformed Eschatology has been under attack since the prophecy outbreaks of the 1800s where millenarianism has refocused the gospel onto a different Jesus and a different…
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I'm sorry, it is the notes on Matthew 4:17 I refer to. Matthew 5 involves Scofield in even worse heresy as he says the Sermon on the Mount is for Jews in the Millennium and not for the church. The Sermon on the Mount = the doctrine of …
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It says his body did not decay. The brain starts to go within 4 minutes of death I hear...
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This error is in the Matthew 5 group of notes in the original version.
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This is straight from the Scofield bible. Moreover, had he established a physical kingdom as Scofield would have it, there would be no cross, no sacrifice for sin..... I realize this sent many into disarray and they had to try and recover. But if…
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I understand what you are saying and disagree. Jesus' body did not decay in the least. He was not in Adam as David was.
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I think the problem is in a person's inability to approach scripture with child like simplicity. As we grow older we become too analytical with the bible. If it doesn't make sense we adjust it so that it does. We want to walk by sight …
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Perhaps a lack of communication. The Westminster says: IV. This office the Lord Jesus did most willingly undertake;170 which that He might discharge, He was made under the law,171 and did perfectly fulfil it;172 endured most grievous t…
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This is all good. But I believe if scripture says Jesus' body did not decay the three days and nights it was entombed, it means exactly that.
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Certainly you believe if scripture says Jesus' body did not suffer decay, it means exactly that?
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This could become involved. But for starters let me say the Jesus of Dispensationalism, Post Millennialism, Preterism, or Dominion Theology is not even close to the same Jesus of non millenarianism (Amillennialism).
The Dispens…
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“For David, after he had served God’s purpose in his own generation, died, was buried with his ancestors, and experienced decay, but the one whom God raised up did not experience decay.” (Acts 13:36–37)
I see a distinct contras…
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Is it wise to let our lack of understanding determine what we believe? It's like saying "I can't understand Einstein, therefore what he says is false".
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I probably have about the same level of Greek and Hebrew as you. This is why I don't trust myself beyond quoting standard resources. And I know the translator's of the commonly used resources are better qualified than we. So when they …
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I hope your frostbit situation is improving. I'm interested in what you've learned from it. I'm like the Calvinist who tripped and fell down a flight of stairs. He got up, brushed himself off and said, wow...I'm glad that's over. That is, I alway…
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If you visit a smorgasbord and delight yourself in a plate full of select morsels, it would illustrate how I've filled my plate from a wide swath of Christendom. So far, I don't believe everything any single group believes. But I'm enriched by th…
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Do you have any earned degrees in Greek or Hebrew from accredited colleges or universities?
