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Results from: Answers On or After: Thu 12/31/70 Author: rabban Ordered by Verse |
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61 | Those that was in Prison! | 1 Pet 3:20 | rabban | 191383 | ||
Hi, Whenever the term 'spirits' is used in the plural in the Bible in an unqualified way without a genitive it always refers to angels. Thus this is referring to the angels who fell in the time of Noah (Genesis 6.1-4). They are 'in prison' waiting their final day of judgment. This is confirmed in that Peter again refers to them in 2 Peter 2.4. Compare also Jude 1.6. After His resurrection (made alive in the spirit) Jesus went and proclaimed to them His great victory at the cross where He had defeated all the powers of evil and had led them in triumph (Colossians 2.15). Then He went into Heaven with angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him (1 Peter 3.22). Note the parallels 'went and proclaimed --' '---going into Heaven'. Both occurred in close connection. This idea of the defeat of the heavenly powers was an important one for the people to whom Peter was writing, for they had false teachers among them who were encouraging them to gain 'gnosis', special mystical knowledge through contact with such heavenly powers. Look, says Peter, recognise that any such powers have been deal with by Christ (compare 1 Peter 5.8; 2 Peter 2.10-12). They are defeated and therefore irrelevant. Furthermore it is very probable that one of the reasons that they were being persecuted by their masters (1 Peter 3.18-20) was precisely because they would not worship their masters' false gods. They would thus be specifically discriminated against, and even beaten. It would be hugely comforting to know that such demonic gods (1 Corinthians 10.20-21) had suffered defeat by Christ, thus justifying their refusal to worship them. |
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62 | in Prisons | 1 Pet 3:21 | rabban | 191712 | ||
1 Peter 3.19b-20 ‘Who were previously disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.’ These ‘spirits in prison’ were the angels who sinned in the time of Noah (Genesis 6.1-2). Human beings are never spoken of in this way (as 'spirits' without qualification), while 2 Peter 2.4 confirms Peter’s interest in the angels who sinned in the time of Noah. And we should note that their disobedience and its punishment had taken place against the background of another time when the longsuffering of God was waiting for a response from a sinful people who were under the sway of demonic powers, and when there were eight righteous people who alone were obedient and preached righteousness (2 Peter 2.5). In accordance with God’s instructions they built an ark, and all the time that they were building it God in His longsuffering was giving an opportunity for men to repent. For God is longsuffering. He is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance (2 Peter 3.9). But although He was patient none but the eight responded. However, whatever their sufferings they came through it, and in that ark they were saved ‘through water’, which as it were lifted them up to God, while at the same time that same water drowned the remainder, and the spirits were put in prison. 3.21 ‘Which water after a true likeness (or ‘echo’) also now saves you, (even baptism, which is not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation (or ‘answer’ or ‘consultation’) of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,’ The thought of the ark brought safely ‘through water’ brings his mind to the way in which Christians are brought safely through to God ‘through the resurrection of Jesus Christ’ as it links with the cross (verse 18). Just as the water lifted up the ark in which the elect were held safe, so does the resurrection of Jesus Christ lift up ‘in Christ’ (compare 5.10, 14) all who are His. The thought of water also links the idea with baptism, although only by way of a parenthesis (a side comment). He sees in baptism, which he pictures as illustrating the resurrection, an ‘echo of’, or a ‘likeness to’, the water that bore up Noah and his companions. Through the response of their consciences illustrated in baptism (the baptism of repentance), His people unite with Christ in His resurrection. They experience renewal of life (Romans 6.4; Titus 3.5). They are as it were saved through water, just as Noah had been, not by it washing them or cleansing them, but by it lifting them up to God in the ark of the risen Jesus Christ so that the response of their consciences can be examined in order to ensure their genuineness (compare verses 16-17 where it has in mind responsive obedience). And as a result they are saved through His resurrection power as they rise with Him and are seated with Him in heavenly places (Ephesians 1.19-2.6). As so often in the New Testament baptism is seen as a picture of rising out of death into new life in Jesus Christ (Romans 6.3-4). For apart from the possible exception of Acts 22.16 that is what baptism always signifies in the New Testament, ‘dying and rising with Christ’ or being ‘born from above’. It should also be noted in passing that as it is connected with the presentation of a good conscience towards God, baptism at an age of accountability is in mind. ‘Interrogation of a good conscience towards God.’ The word translated ‘interrogation’ can mean ‘response’ or ‘consultation’. Some have more tentatively argued for ‘pledge’. But, however we translate it, it clearly indicates a true response to God which passes examination (contrast- John 2.23-25). |
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63 | 1 Peter 3:21-24 what is this meaning..? | 1 Pet 3:22 | rabban | 191805 | ||
Hi Scroll back and see my answer on 8th August at 2.40 am. In Him. |
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64 | 1 Peter 3:21-24 what is this meaning..? | 1 Pet 3:22 | rabban | 191840 | ||
Hi again. Now that I am more sophisticated as a result of the help of my friends may I suggest that you feed the number 191712 into Search (on the right hand side of the page). After that feed in 191738. As you read those you will note also the counter arguments. In Him Rabban. |
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65 | who are the 144000 | Revelation | rabban | 192031 | ||
If you genuinely have difficulties about this question please contact me at jonrobb1@lycos.com and we can discuss the 144,000 interpretations of this question and allay any doubts. But one thing is sure, no one knows who the 144,000 are. If they are, as some views suggest, individuals, they are known only to God. One thing that they are not is JWs Whoever they are we who are Christians can rejoice in the fact that we too are sealed by God and enjoy God's preserving power (Ephesians 1.13-14, 4.30; 1 Peter 1.5). In Him |
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66 | who are the 144000 | Revelation | rabban | 192042 | ||
You now have two of the 144,000 explanations. Revelation is apocalyptic literature and is open to wide interpretation, for the purpose of apocalyptic was to get over truth in veiled form.. Some see the church as being the 144,000, becaus they are the true Israel. So you see you can take your pick :-)))). |
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67 | can anyone here help a seeker | Revelation | rabban | 192054 | ||
If you like to contact me at jonrobb1@lycos.com I will give you all the answers you want, straight from the shoulder :-)))) |
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68 | I want to get back to Jesus. | Rev 3:3 | rabban | 191695 | ||
It is always possible to come back to Jesus Christ in repentance and find forgiveness when there is the will to do so. In fact let me tell you the good news. He has been constantly searching for you ever since you deserted Him. He himself told the story of the sheep who wandered away from Him. And He sought it until He found it (Luke 15.4). He has been out looking for you, And now He is reaching down and calling on you to respond to His love. You are basically in the same position as the church in Sardis. You have a name that you were alive and you are (almost) dead. So He calls on you to 'awake and strengthen what remains, which is ready to die.' 'Remember then what you previously received and heard. Keep that safe, and repent.' See Revelation 3.1-6. What you must do is remember how you first came to Christ previously, and kneel before Him admitting your guilt, and ask for His renewed mercy. In Hebrews 12.5-11 the writer tells us that if we are true Christians, then if we backslide He will chasten us in order to make us repent and cause us to come back to Himself. Thus it is quite clear that when we do respond in this way He will receive us. 'Therefore (He says), lift up your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet' In other words, get yourself sorted out and open your life to Him so that He can begin to live His life through you again. As indeed God declared, 'Return you, return you, for why will you die?' For 'if we confess our sins to Him, He is faithful, and will justly forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness' (1 John 1.9). See also Jeremiah 3.12, 22; 25.5; 31.21. May God help you to truly repent and accept His forgiveness. |
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69 | Explanation of Revelation 12:17 | Rev 12:17 | rabban | 191847 | ||
Hi A widely held view is that the woman is spiritual Israel and that 'the rest of her seed' are Gentile Christians. In that view this took place after the resurrection in the days of the early church, and continues today. There are many other views. Revelation is the subject of more controversy than any other book. In view of that fact I will not discuss it on the forum. If you would like to discuss the matter further with me please email me. In Him |
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70 | where do animals go when they expire? | Rev 22:15 | rabban | 191524 | ||
I am likely to be very unpopular when I suggest that they simply cease to exist. Revelation 22:15 certainly puts the dogs outside. It would seem to me going to absurd lengths to have in the new Heaven and the new earth every single living creature that has ever lived. Think of the flies who die and reproduce constantly and the ants!! And none of them ever dying. And this is especially so when this would be in contrast to the remnant of the human race. The only Scripture that might give positive hope is Isaiah 11.5-9 (compare 65.25). But it is doubtful if we can stretch these that far. I wait with baited breath. |
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