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441 | can Satan plant thoughts into our minds? | 1 Pet 5:8 | Val | 214325 | ||
Yes. The word heart and mind can be used interchangeably in this verse. In Acts 5:3 we are told that Satan filled Ananias mind to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the price of the land. We do not know how these thoughts, we could also call them suggestions, get from Satan into our minds but we know that they do. This is why Paul states in 2 Corinthians 10:5 to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. Evil thoughts can also come from our own fleshly desires. Sincerely, Val |
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442 | Actual bodies in heaven? | 1 John 3:2 | Val | 213954 | ||
I believe the best example that we can look at is the resurrected body of Christ. In reading the four gospels you will see different things about His resurrectd body. That He could walk through walls. That the disciples could see and touch Him. Also, you may look at the mount of transfiguration in which you will see Elijah and Moses and the Lord talking. They were recognizable. You ask what is the significance of a body in heaven. Well simply that we may recognize each other and have a relationship with one another. This is why we so look forward to heaven is to enjoy our relationship with Christ and the belivers of the bible and our own families who have already gone on. It gives us hope. A sure hope that those relationships that we once had on earth will be renewed when we get to heaven. To me that is the greatest significance; to see my Lord and my family. Sincerely, Val | ||||||
443 | What would make this allogory? | 1 John 3:2 | Val | 214093 | ||
Dear Bibleman, Welcome to the forum. Its is a custom here to mark a followup question to someone as a note so that it leaves the front page for original questions. I am thinking John may be preparing for Sunday service and will get back to you. Let me add if I may that the type of interpretations of the prohecy passages such as Revelation and Daniel as well as other verses from other books can be found at Preceptaustin.org. Just search for Revelation 20 and it will give you an explanation as to why allegory is used in interpretation of this passage. There are I believe three or four different methods used to interpret prophecy and it gives a list of the commentators and their preferred method. Let us all agree to disagree with gentleness and respect. I believe our brother John was just saying this passage is a difficult passage to interpret and that many well studied respected scholars differ on their interpretive views therefore it is not unusual for us to disagree on such passages. Sincerely, Val | ||||||
444 | Crying out loud Lord rescue me | 1 John 5:13 | Val | 200057 | ||
The answer given was appropriate and I might add sometimes there may be an underlying medical issue that needs to be addressed. An annual physical helps to see if there are any health concerns. Blessings | ||||||
445 | who are the 144000 | Revelation | Val | 192032 | ||
Isaiah 25:1 "O LORD, You are my God; I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name; For You have worked wonders, Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness. Is 25:2 For You have made a city into a heap, A fortified city into a ruin; A palace of strangers is a city no more, It will never be rebuilt. Is 25:3 Therefore a strong people will glorify You; Cities of ruthless nations will revere You. Is 25:4 For You have been a defense for the helpless, A defense for the needy in his distress, A refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat; For the breath of the ruthless Is like a rain storm against a wall. Is 25:5 Like heat in drought, You subdue the uproar of aliens; Like heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the ruthless is silenced. Is 25:6 The LORD of hosts will prepare a lavish banquet for all peoples on this mountain; A banquet of aged wine, choice pieces with marrow, And refined, aged wine. Is 25:7 And on this mountain He will swallow up the covering which is over all peoples, Even the veil which is stretched over all nations. Is 25:8 He will swallow up death for all time, And the Lord GOD will wipe tears away from all faces, And He will remove the reproach of His people from all the earth; For the LORD has spoken. Is 25:9 And it will be said in that day, "Behold, this is our God for whom we have waited that He might save us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited; Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation." Is 35:1 The wilderness and the desert will be glad, And the Arabah will rejoice and blossom; Like the crocus Is 35:2 It will blossom profusely And rejoice with rejoicing and shout of joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, The majesty of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, The majesty of our God. Is 35:3 Encourage the exhausted, and strengthen the feeble. Is 35:4 Say to those with anxious heart, "Take courage, fear not. Behold, your God will come with vengeance; The recompense of God will come, But He will save you." Is 35:5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped. Is 35:6 Then the lame will leap like a deer, And the tongue of the mute will shout for joy. For waters will break forth in the wilderness And streams in the Arabah. Is 35:7 The scorched land will become a pool And the thirsty ground springs of water; In the haunt of jackals, its resting place, Grass becomes reeds and rushes. Is 35:8 A highway will be there, a roadway, And it will be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it, But it will be for him who walks that way, And fools will not wander on it. Is 35:9 No lion will be there, Nor will any vicious beast go up on it; These will not be found there. But the redeemed will walk there, Is 35:10 And the ransomed of the LORD will return And come with joyful shouting to Zion, With everlasting joy upon their heads. They will find gladness and joy, And sorrow and sighing will flee away. Is 64:1 Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down, That the mountains might quake at Your presence-- Is 64:2 As fire kindles the brushwood, as fire causes water to boil-- To make Your name known to Your adversaries, That the nations may tremble at Your presence! Jer 3:18 "In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave your fathers as an inheritance. Jer 3:19 "Then I said, 'How I would set you among My sons And give you a pleasant land, The most beautiful inheritance of the nations!' And I said, 'You shall call Me, My Father, And not turn away from following Me.' " NASB |
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446 | Will God judge America? | Revelation | Val | 192737 | ||
(The book of Daniel talks about the Lord and His dealings with the kings of the nations) Dan 4:35 "All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, But He does according to His will in the host of heaven And among the inhabitants of earth; And no one can ward off His hand Or say to Him, 'What have You done?' (In this verses it says that the Lord is the one who removes kings and establishes them) Dan 2:21 "It is He who changes the times and the epochs; He removes kings and establishes kings; He gives wisdom to wise men And knowledge to men of understanding. (The account of Nebuchadnezzar - the most powerful earthly ruler at one time shows how the Lord dealt with him) Dan 4:34 "But at the end of that period, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him who lives forever; For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, And His kingdom endures from generation to generation. Dan 4:37 "Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are true and His ways just, and He is able to humble those who walk in pride." (A word study on the earth will show that the earth is the Lord's)(Reading how God interacted with man in the old testament gives us insight into knowing Him better and what He expects of us)(Seeing how He took care of Daniel gives us hope of how He will take care of us when trouble comes) |
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447 | understanding the book of revelation | Revelation | Val | 193326 | ||
There are some excellent Precept studies on Revelation. In answer to your question about the second death. The first death is physical death which all humans experience. The second death is the death of those who have not trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour through faith in his death, burial and resurrection. Rom 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." | ||||||
448 | "judge the living and the dead" | Revelation | Val | 195369 | ||
Do a word study on the Bema Seat of Christ. Other words you could use are judgment, rewards, deeds, and resurrection. Always remember there are two sets of judgments and two sets of resurrection. One for the righteous and one for the wicked. The eternal destiny is not what is being talked about in these judgments but the deeds done in the body. That is why a word study on rewards and deeds will help you understand these. 1 and 2 Corinthians and Romans and of course Revelation has information on this topic. |
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449 | who is the angel in rev.10/1 | Revelation | Val | 199225 | ||
Whenever Jesus Christ appears in Revelation John gives Him an unmistakable title. He is called “the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth” (Rev. 1:5), the son of man (Rev. 1:13), the first and the last (Rev. 1:17), the living One (Rev. 1:18), the Son of God (Rev. 2:18), “He who is holy, who is true” (Rev. 3:7), “the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God” (Rev. 3:14), “the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David” (Rev. 5:5), the Lamb (Rev. 6:1, 16; 7:17; 8:1), Faithful and True (Rev. 19:11), the Word of God (Rev. 19:13), and “King of Kings, and Lord of Lords” (Rev. 19:16). It is reasonable to assume that if Christ were the angel in view here He would be distinctly identified - MacArthur, Revelation 1-11 : The MacArthur New Testament Commentary, Rev. 10:1 | ||||||
450 | views of the book of Revelation | Revelation | Val | 199227 | ||
Hermeneutical approach that stresses a literal fulfillment of Old Testament promises to Israel Belief that the unconditional, eternal covenants made with national Israel (Abrahamic, Davidic, and New) must be fulfilled literally with national Israel Distinct future for national Israel The church is distinct from Israel Multiple senses of “seed of Abraham” Philosophy of history that emphasizes both the spiritual and physical aspects of God’s covenants John S. Feinberg and Charles C. Ryrie What is Dispensationalism? By Michael J. Vlach, Ph.D. TheologicalStudies.org |
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451 | Bride and Guests at Lamb's Wedding | Revelation | Val | 199574 | ||
"In Biblical times a marriage involved two major events, the betrothal and the wedding. These were normally separated by a period of time during which the two individuals were considered husband and wife and as such were under the obligations of faithfulness. The wedding began with a procession to the bride's house, which was followed by a return to the house of the groom for the marriage feast. By analogy, the church, espoused to Christ by faith, now awaits the parousia when the heavenly groom will come for his bride and return to heaven for the marriage feast which lasts throughout eternity." (Mounce) | ||||||
452 | Bride and Guests at Lamb's Wedding | Revelation | Val | 199810 | ||
Revelation 19:7 (1) Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, (2) for the marriage of the Lamb has come and (3) His bride has made herself ready." 1. Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him; begins the second reason for exaltation. These three actions are warranted in light of God the Father’s next agenda item. 2. For the marriage of the Lamb has come; is the reason for the call to rejoice, be glad and the giving of glory. The wedding of the Lamb is announced. This, of course, is metaphorical. There will be no literal wedding. 3. His bride (wife) has made herself ready; completes the metaphor of a wedding. One would expect the text to refer to a bride (numpha) at this point, but the Greek uses the term guna (wife). "Wife" suggests the wedding is completed. However, in Jewish marriage customs, the betrothed virgin was bond to her husband. The marriage ceremony was a consummation of the legal process begun months and sometime years before. The apostle Paul on two separate occasions spoke of a church relationship to Christ in terms of the bridegroom/bride metaphor. 2 Corinthians 11:2 and Ephesians 5:25-32 both develops different aspects of this concept. It is clear in the Old Testament that Israel is the bride of God (Hos 2:19-20; Ezek 16:8-14; Isa 54:1-6). The emphasis here is on the collective whole—the nation of Israel. One is a part of the bride of God by physical birth—the physical seed of Abraham. However, the bride of Christ is formed by faith—the spiritual seed of Abraham. Contributors - Rev. Charles Cooper, Rev. Bill Lee-Warner, Robert Van Kampen, Gary Vaterlaus Revelationcommentary.org |
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453 | Interpretative Schools? | Rev 1:1 | Val | 204466 | ||
There is considerable disagreement on how the book of the Revelation should be interpreted. Therefore it is strongly recommended that you consider performing your own inductive study prior to consulting a commentary. The single best inductive study in my opinion is the Precept Ministries International 4 part study on the Revelation (see below ). I would also recommend the Precept inductive study on Daniel (Click Daniel 1-6 or Daniel 7-12) (Click here for links to commentaries on Daniel) because the truths in the book of the Revelation have their foundation in the prophesy in Daniel. To state it another way, a full understanding of the book of the Revelation is impossible without an accurate understanding of the book of Daniel. Before you consult any commentary, it is important to recognize that there are four schools of interpretation of the Revelation and it is critical to know which view the commentary you are consulting espouses. Even more important is that you have a good foundation from your own inductive study before you consult even the most respected commentary, otherwise you will almost certainly be confused by the wide diversity of interpretations of the same passage! The four views of interpretation are summarized in the following chart (see also Bibliography). Preterist More detail Preterist (from Latin praeter meaning "past") holds that through use of symbols and allegory, the Revelation deals with events that were fulfilled in John's time and that it was written primarily to provide hope and comfort to the first century church persecuted by Rome. For example, this view interprets the beasts of (Revelation 13 [note]) as imperial Rome and the imperial priesthood. The preterist view is held by many modern scholars, especially liberals and those who deny that the Revelation predicts specific future events. Historicist More detail Views the Revelation as a symbolic or allegorical prophetic survey of church history from the first century up to the Second Coming of Christ and was the view espoused by most of the "reformers" and thus dominated Protestant though for centuries. This view however has been largely discounted as it does not adequately address the prophesy in the Revelation. The discerning reader needs to be aware that the historicist view is reflected in most of the "older" commentaries (many of which are public domain works easily accessible on the internet) including the works of John Knox, Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Wesley, Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, C. H. Spurgeon, Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke and Albert Barnes. Unless you understand their historicist approach to prophesy, you may become very confused when reading these older "classic" commentaries. Note that with the exception of Spurgeon, these works are not included in the list of resources. It is also important to realize that many of these "classic" commentaries tend to treat many of the promises to Israel as now having their primary application to the church, and this view is firmly disavowed by this website (see discussion of The Israel of God). An example of a historicist interpretation is the belief that the strong angel of Rev 10 symbolizes the Reformation and that the harlot in Rev 17 represents the Roman Catholic church, an interpretation that the plain reading of the text simply does not allow. Idealist More detail Maintains that Revelation is not predictive prophecy, but a symbolic portrait of the cosmic conflict between the forces of good and evil. In this view the Revelation becomes merely a collection of stories designed to teach spiritual truth. Some refer to this method of interpretation as "Spiritual". Futurist More detail A literal reading of prophecy will primarily produce a "futurist" interpretation. Thus futurists interpret Revelation 4-22 as predictive of future end time historical events preceding, during and after the return of Jesus Christ, the establishment of His 1000 year (thus futurist are usually "premillennial". Amillennialists spiritualize the 1000 years and postmillennialists spiritualize the resurrection which precedes it), millennial kingdom on earth, followed by the creation of a new heaven and new earth. Variations of this view were held by the earliest expositors, such as Justin Martyr (d. 164), Irenaeus (d. c. 195), et al. This futurist approach has enjoyed a revival since the 19th century and is widely held among evangelicals today. Note that most of the resource links listed below take a futuristic approach to interpret the Revelation. Click here for an excellent in depth discussion of the interpretative approaches to the Revelation (Continued in next post) |
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454 | Time Lines Online? | Rev 1:1 | Val | 204982 | ||
Hello Thomas, if you go to Preceptaustin.org and choose Revelation from the drop down menu you will see Kay Arthur's entire Revelation series. She gives the timeline according to a literal reading of scripture using common grammar rules I believe. It is my understanding of Revelation that the church may be raptured at any time. When that occurs it will start the day of the Lord, a time of tribulation, seven years. At the end of the seven years there will be a 1,000 year reign of Christ on earth. To get the full in-depth study there are four parts. Each one a seperate Precept Upon Precept Study. Blessings, Val | ||||||
455 | Have any of the end time profacies came | Rev 1:3 | Val | 203295 | ||
I believe, and it is my opinion, that the next event on the prophetic calendar is the rapture of the church. This will begin a series of events called the Day of the Lord. Christ came as a babe in a manger to save us the first time. Christ will come again. This next time to judge us. Hope this helps. Rev 1:7 BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen. |
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456 | Does Jesus say he is God Almighty here.. | Rev 1:8 | Val | 199924 | ||
The Lord Jesus called himself I AM. Going back to Exodus 3:14 God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM”; and He said, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, “I AM has sent me to you.” John 8:58 Jesus replied, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, before Abraham was born, I AM. [Exod. 3:14.] John 13:19 “From now on I am telling you before it comes to pass, so that when it does occur, you may believe that I am He (I AM) Luke 22:70 And they all said, You are the Son of God, then? And He said to them, It is just as you say; I AM. John 12:45 “He who sees Me sees the One who sent Me. John 14:9 Jesus replied, Have I been with all of you for so long a time, and do you not recognize and know Me yet, Philip? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say then, Show us the Father? |
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457 | Glorious church? | Rev 1:11 | Val | 206120 | ||
No, No, No we are not weak and miserable. Read the end of the book. Revelation 21 and 22. Rev 21:4 and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away." Rev 21:5 And He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." And He *said, "Write, for these words are faithful and true." Rev 21:6 Then He said to me, "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost. Rev 22:14 Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city. Seek Christ and In Him you will find strength. It is only doomsday to those who are not In Him. Blessings, Val |
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458 | Is God opens doors no man closes in bibl | Rev 3:20 | Val | 205132 | ||
Enpolla, I am not sure right off hand. Try a concordance by looking up words that fit your topic. Based on your questions the synonyms might be: purpose, doors, open, close, work, etc. Try different ones and you should find something for your time and effort. Blessings - Val | ||||||
459 | The 'us' and 'we' of verse 10 refer to? | Rev 5:8 | Val | 204037 | ||
...for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. He is referring to those purchased for God as seen in the above verse. |
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460 | Is the 4th Seal for good or bad? | Rev 6:16 | Val | 219631 | ||
In reading the chapter in its context we see from verse 16 and 17 the following Rev. 6:16 and they said to the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; Rev 6:17 for the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?" In the bible we see that God will one day punish evil. This passage deals with that promise. |
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