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1941 | Please Clarify. | 1 John 5:7 | mark d seyler | 152967 | ||
Hi Lionheart, It seems no clarification is coming. God bless! |
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1942 | Who Did It? | 1 John 5:7 | mark d seyler | 156467 | ||
Hi Happy and Free, Of the 1000's of extant Bible manuscripts, not all, unfortunately, agree. Some have extra words and sentences, some are missing words and sentences. Errors and changes have crept in. The textual criticts Doc was referring to have that awesome job of trying to determine which were the original words of God, and they, also unfortunately, do not always agree. If this were The Adventures of Sinbad, so what? But since it's the Bible, God's Holy Word, upon which we base our entire lives and eternity, it is important to understand how we got our Bible, and the different versions, and to prayerfully choose which to read and study. All of that notwithstanding, I like what the King James translators wrote in their preface, "Even the meanest (poorest) translation is still the Word of God." It is the Holy Spirit Who speaks to us, not just ink on paper. For more information, here are a couple of websites you can check out: http://www.skypoint.com/tildawaltzmn/ Note: delete tilda and insert the characture - the wavy dash on the top left of your keyboard - Lockman won't let us type them :-) http://www.cobb.net Or simply type "Bible textual criticism" into your favorite search engine. I hope this helps! Love in Christ, Mark |
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1943 | Who Did It? | 1 John 5:7 | mark d seyler | 156482 | ||
You may do well to get a book or two specifically about the particular cult. It could save you some time in research. I am not trying to discourage you from researching the history of the Bible, that is a great thing to. If you call 1-800-272-WORD, they have a wide variety of material that may be useful to you. God Bless!!! Love in Christ, Mark |
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1944 | question about the comma johannim | 1 John 5:7 | mark d seyler | 175098 | ||
Hi Doc, I believe Abearmenta was referring to the passage: 1 John 5:7 (KJV) 'There are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one' This is referred to as the "Johannine Comma", and is a disputed text. Love in Christ, Mark |
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1945 | question about the comma johannim | 1 John 5:7 | mark d seyler | 175099 | ||
Hi abearmenta, The LBLA was translated by a different group of translators than was the NASB. Both used the NU-26 as their primary Greek manuscript, but they also referrenced other manuscripts as well, and the two groups apparently made different textual decisions on this passage. There are strong arguments both for and against this passage, with learned and competent scholars on both sides of the debate. I hope this helps! Love in Christ, Mark |
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1946 | HELP PLEASE | 1 John 5:16 | mark d seyler | 160191 | ||
Hi Knowledge Seeker, There have been some excellent answers given to this question before on this forum. You can access these by using the "Get Bible Text" on the right side of the screen. In the bottom box, type in the passage "1 John 5:16", and click on "Go". This will take you to that passage. Once you are there, click on the small "n" immediately to the left of the verse, and this will take you to the list of times people have asked about those verses. Scroll down to the bottom of the screen, and you will see the list. Click on one of the entries, and it will show the entire dialog. This is how you can read everything people have written on these verses. One answer was given in posts 52383 and 52384. You can read those by entering the numbers in "Search". I hope this helps! Love in Christ, Mark |
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1947 | book wrote for a lady | 2 John 1:1 | mark d seyler | 143990 | ||
Hi George1, 2 John 1:1 The elder to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not only I, but also all who know the truth, Love in Christ, Mark |
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1948 | Will there be a one-world religion? | 2 John 1:7 | mark d seyler | 174218 | ||
Rev 13:15 And was given to it to give a spirit to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak, and might cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. Upon pain of death. Love in Christ, Mark |
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1949 | Will there be a one-world religion? | 2 John 1:7 | mark d seyler | 174277 | ||
Hi Justme, Just for the record, I do not believe that the "Left Behind" series presents an accurate portrayal of End Times Prophecies. Love in Christ, Mark |
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1950 | Is asking for money false? | 2 John 1:10 | mark d seyler | 143702 | ||
NewCovenant7777, You have had much to say about "selling all", not being a part of the "mammon system", and many other terms that you do not define. I find for all your words there is little of substance that I understand you to be saying. Do you deny that Paul, and others which I think we would agree on the genuineness of their walk in Jesus, worked for a living, and in so doing, participated in the economy of the world? Do you suppose that, to sell his tents, Paul may have had to purchase tents? Believe me, I appreciate what you are saying towards our commitment to Christ. Certainly Jesus told some to sell all their possessions. But consider Zacchaeus, Luke 19:8 And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. 9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house. Salvation is come to this house. Before you add to this scripture, to tell us that Jesus would have later told Zacchaeus to "sell the other half", tell me where in the teachings of Paul, or Peter, or John, or Hebrews, etc. does the Bible teach us to follow this practice of selling our possessions? Certainly as God leads us individually. But to cast aspertions (sp?) with such a broad brush on the body of Christ, and such are of the ones you have been dialoging with, without either personal knowledge of their lives and walk, or actual scriptural backing to your statements, actively works against your message of, IF I understand you, the call to live holy, sacrifices lives. Jesus did not tell us all to sell our things. He does tell us all to deny ourselves, take up our cross daily, and follow Him. The "sell out" required is in the heart, when I have not held back anything from Him. Again, I could not agree with you more that we must be crucified with Christ. This is a condition of the heart, not the wallet. God tells me to Luke 16:9 "And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by unrighteous mammon, that when you fail, they may receive you into an everlasting home. Luke 16:11 "Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? use the resources in this world, resources He has entrusted me with. If I follow a formula and not His leading in my life, how much blessing will I not receive for not being a part of His purposes? I would like to echo Brad's questions to you: At what church to you attend and fellowship? Love in Christ, Mark |
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1951 | Is asking for money false? | 2 John 1:10 | mark d seyler | 143758 | ||
Luis, My difficulties in discussing these things with you are these: You claim that this is not you speaking, but rather Christ speaking through you, yet you mis-quote me (I did not say Jesus never said "sell all", I said He did not say it to everyone), and misquote the Bible (Jesus slain from 'before' ? the foundation of the world - my Bible says from) - are these the words of Christ? You make the claim that the USA is Babylon - but where is this in scripture. I believe that what the Bible says is what it means, and Babylon is Babylon. If this is the statement Christ wanted to make (if He speaks through you) why did He not make it in scripture? Are you, or are you not, saying to me personally "You are calling good evil and evil good. You are guilty of the same thing the wicked servant was in Matt 25, you are calling The True God/Truth a "Hard God" because He doesn't sow or reap in your rebellion" You give a disclaimer at the beginning that this is not directed personally to me, yet your writting seems to belie this. So I am confused. The point is, you don't know me. Nothing I have written is contradictory to the Bible. I challenge you to peruse my profile and past posts, written about many subjects, to gain a greater understanting of who I am, before you judge me. All that I have, and all that I am, is the Lord's. My works, though you do not see them, show this. Have I given you any indication that I "blend in" with my culture", that I compromise my faith? But we do live on the earth. Paul taught that we should not seek to change our station in life, but rather to use it towards God's kingdom. The one whom you mention that was punished by the Lord he had called "a hard man", was punished for failing to use the money God had entrusted him with! He expected to receive it back with more. This is not that I advocate playing the market, but we must follow and obey as God leads us. I work for a living, and pay rent for a roof. I give sacrificially, and God takes care of my needs. My time is a more valuable asset, and I give of that even more. My faith in the faithfulness of Christ is my sabbath rest. God requires us to live dead to the flesh, and alive to Christ. Risen with His resurrection, we walk in the newness of life. These are very plain truths, expressed plainly in the scripture. We need not add to them, or confuse them by esoteric terminology. Not everyone is called to be an apostle. Not all are called to be pastors, nor is the entire body an eye. Some of us are called to bless our employers and be faithful to work, to tithe to our church, to provide for our wives, to give to the poor, to let Jesus' light shine through us in the supermarket line. "Judge not, lest you be judged." Love in Christ, Mark |
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1952 | Is asking for money false? | 2 John 1:10 | mark d seyler | 143767 | ||
Thank you Brad! I personally think that I was just the lightening rod for the strike that was going to come anyway to someone. Really I just feel like "What was that?????" I fellowship at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa CA. As a church, we have been used by the Lord to plant over 1400 churches, in nearly every country of the world. We have sent out hundreds of missionaries, have established several Bible Colleges including Russia and Romania, and our newest will also include an orphanage in Brazil. We have established an international radio network (CSN) with not only our church's teaching, but other churches as well. We have active home fellowships, probibly 25 weekly large group Bible studies, and many small discipleship, fellowship, and prayer groups. We give clothing to the forest fire victims, and turkeys to the poor at thanksgiving and Christmas. We are sending a team to provide finacial and physical assistance to the tsunami victims. We established "For Zion's Sake" at Calvary Chapel Jerusalem, supplying the material needs of ingathered Jews. We have sent, with our own couriers, literally hundreds of thousands of Bibles into China. Our internet resources are access by millions, including books on doctine, commentary, and our Pastor Chuck's sermons for the past 12 years of verse by verse teaching, and without cost. Of course, I say "we", but I really mean He! Praise Him!!! It is the LORD Who has done this through us, all bought with money, with the world's money, using the world's internet, and the world's radios, and so on. We go to work and we go to church and we do our best and that seems like very little, but God is incredible, going so far beyond our dreams! I rejoice in the way our Lord redeems us, and not only us, but what we had previously squandered on our own pleasures, now He uses it (our resources) to His glory, and then gives us eternal reward! Thank you for your kind words, and your encouragement, as others also have been encouraging to me. And especially, thank you for your lucid and meaningful posts! ;-) Love in Christ, Mark |
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1953 | Is asking for money false? | 2 John 1:10 | mark d seyler | 143768 | ||
Thank you Brad! I personally think that I was just the lightening rod for the strike that was going to come anyway to someone. Really I just feel like "What was that?????" I fellowship at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa CA. As a church, we have been used by the Lord to plant over 1400 churches, in nearly every country of the world. We have sent out hundreds of missionaries, have established several Bible Colleges including Russia and Romania, and our newest will also include an orphanage in Brazil. We have established an international radio network (CSN) with not only our church's teaching, but other churches as well. We have active home fellowships, probibly 25 weekly large group Bible studies, and many small discipleship, fellowship, and prayer groups. We give clothing to the forest fire victims, and turkeys to the poor at thanksgiving and Christmas. We are sending a team to provide finacial and physical assistance to the tsunami victims. We established "For Zion's Sake" at Calvary Chapel Jerusalem, supplying the material needs of ingathered Jews. We have sent, with our own couriers, literally hundreds of thousands of Bibles into China. Our internet resources are access by millions, including books on doctine, commentary, and our Pastor Chuck's sermons for the past 12 years of verse by verse teaching, and without cost. Of course, I say "we", but I really mean He! Praise Him!!! It is the LORD Who has done this through us, all bought with money, with the world's money, using the world's internet, and the world's radios, and so on. We go to work and we go to church and we do our best and that seems like very little, but God is incredible, going so far beyond our dreams! I rejoice in the way our Lord redeems us, and not only us, but what we had previously squandered on our own pleasures, now He uses it (our resources) to His glory, and then gives us eternal reward! Thank you for your kind words, and your encouragement, as others also have been encouraging to me. And especially, thank you for your lucid and meaningful posts! ;-) Love in Christ, Mark |
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1954 | can someman today be an apostle | 3 John 1:7 | mark d seyler | 187189 | ||
I am not aware of any Scripture that tells us we should label ourselves as apostles or bishops. "Apostle" means "one who is sent." What is important is that if the LORD send you, that you go. Faithful service is what the LORD requires of us, not that we take titles of grandeur to ourselves. Do you want to be great in God's Kingdom? Learn to be everyone's slave. That's what the Bible teaches. Love in Christ, Mark |
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1955 | Rape or Homosexuality? | Jude 1:7 | mark d seyler | 177333 | ||
Hi Journey me, Are you saying that rape was the only thing the men of Sodom were doing? Jude, in speaking of these, doesn't mention rape, just the unnatural relations. Jude 1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire. No, it is just as Leviticus says, that if a man lies with a man as a man lies with a woman it is an abomination. No matter what the circumstances, "feelings", "commitment", or whatever. Sin is sin, whether it is stealing a stick of gum or any other thing. We are to fight it, resist it, don't do it, and don't live in it. Love in Christ, Mark |
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1956 | Will miracles arise in the last days? | Revelation | mark d seyler | 133976 | ||
Hi Reighnskye, Re 13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. 15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. There is absolutely nothing in the text to indicate this is anything less the the coming reality. The lying wonders will be real, the death of those who refuse to worship the beast will be real, and the eternal punishment of those who do will be real. There are places that say something is a symbol. "I saw a great sign in heaven..." in chapter 12, but this kind of language is not used here. And this is further substantiated by II Thess 2:8-9 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, Again, there is nothing here to indicate this is symbolic, or anything less than an accurate realistic description of what will happen. Love in Christ, Mark |
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1957 | Interpreting Revelation | Revelation | mark d seyler | 190465 | ||
Ezekiel 43:6-11 (6) And I heard one speaking to me from the house. And standing beside me was a Man. (7) And He said to me, Son of man, the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet, there where I will dwell among the sons of Israel forever, even the house of Israel shall not defile My holy name any more, they nor their kings, by their fornication, nor by the corpses of their kings in their high places. (8) In their setting of their threshold by My threshold, and their door post beside My door post, and the wall between Me and them, even they have defiled My holy name by their abominations that they have done. And I consumed them in My anger. (9) Now let them put away their fornication and the corpses of their kings from Me, and I will dwell in their midst forever. (10) You, son of man, declare to the house of Israel, the temple house, and they will blush from their iniquities. And let them measure its size. (11) And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, the form of the house, and its arrangement, and its exits, and its entrances, and all its forms, and all its statutes, and all its forms, and all its laws, make them known to them. And write them in their sight, so that they may observe all its form, and all its statutes, and do them. Hi Cheri, This, to me, is the key passage to these chapters. Ezekiel is to declare to Israel the temple God wants them to build, and if Israel is ashamed of all they have done, then they are to fulfill this commandment for the temple, and God will dwell in their midst. So Ezekiel declared this prophecy to them in the Babylonian captivity. But they did not do this, and we still look for the day in which it will happen. Many expect this temple to be built in the millenial kingdom. I'm one of those :-) Does this help? Love in Christ, Mark |
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1958 | when is revelation going to happend? | Rev 1:1 | mark d seyler | 147556 | ||
Prophecy can be viewed primarily in three different ways, literal, symbolic, and allegorical. Literal prophecy happens exactly as written. Symbolic prophecy uses defined symbols to represent prophesied events. Allegorical interpretations use prophecy to describe non-prophetic concepts and processes. The ¡§Love Family¡¨ cult, for instance, teaches that ¡§armageddon happens in the mind¡¨ and denies that an actual battle takes place. In the Biblical record, prophecy is fulfilled literally. Every place the Bible records the fulfillment of a prophecy, it records it¡¦s literal fulfillment. Isreal¡¦s captivity lasted 70 years (Jeremiah 25). Jesus is born in Bethlehem (Micah 5), and so on. Prophetic fulfillments recorded in history are literal. Tyre was scraped into the sea, and is a place for the spreading of nets (Ez 26), the Greek Empire was divided into fourths (Dan 8, 11). Israel was born in a day (Isaiah 66). Israel is exporting fruit around the world (Isaiah 27), and conditions in modern society were described II Timothy 3. Symbolic prophecy is stated as such. Ezekiel, in chapter 4, is told to label a brick ¡§Jerusalem¡¨, use a flat cooking iron for a siege wall. These are symbols of the siege of Jerusalem. He is told to lay on one side 390 days for the iniquity of Israel, and 40 days for the iniquity of Judah, one day for one year. The text tell us these meanings. Symbols must be made known by the Bible, not the unsupported teaching of man, as prophecy is explained away as symbolic of something else that cannot be supported from the Biblical text. The only symbolic interpretations we can rely on as accurate are those given in the Bible. Allegorical interpretations deny the meaning of prophecy, ignoring the possibility of an actual fulfillment. Are prophecies given in sequence? Look for textual indicators. How does one prophecy relate time-wise to another? The Outline of the Book of the Revelation in 1:19: ¡§Write what things you saw, and what things are, and what things are about to occur after these things (meta tauta).¡¨ This describes sequential narrative, one thing being before another. Rev 4:1 ¡§After these things (meta tauta) I saw. And behold, a door being opened in Heaven! And I heard the first voice as a trumpet speaking with me, saying, Come up here, and I will show you what needs to happen after these things (meta tauta).¡¨ To simplify what John is saying about his visions, ¡§After these things I saw what must happen after these things¡¨ Again, he is describing a sequential narrative. The first words in Rev. 7:1 are ¡§meta tauta¡¨, or ¡§after these things¡¨. John describes the sealing of the 144,000 and the innumerable multitude appearing in heaven. In chapter 8, the seventh seal is opened, and seven angels are given trumpets, and begin to sound them. In chapter 10, John is being addressed, this is clearly not part of the narrative, and interrupts it. Chapter 11, regarding the two witnesses, describes events that happen over the course of 3.5 years, and again, this is plainly stated. Chapter 11 continues with events that happen ¡§quickly¡¨ afterward (vs. 14). Chapter 12 opens with the words ¡§And a great sign was seen in the heavens¡¨; this part is using symbols. This begins a section where John writes a series of short vignettes, which can all be related to the mid-point of the tribulation, and show events that happen during the course of the tribulation. The narrative is re-entered in chapter 14:1, as John writes: ¡§I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion¡¨. Kai eidon kai eidou.ƒn ¡§and I saw, and you see¡¨ ¡§Eidon¡¨ is first person indicitive, ¡§eidou¡¨ is second person imperitive. ¡§You are to see what I saw.¡¨ There is something there to be seen. To Be Continued |
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1959 | when is revelation going to happend? | Rev 1:1 | mark d seyler | 147558 | ||
part 2 In Rev. 15:1, the “bowl judgments” are “the seven last plagues”, after the other plagues. The trumpets are also called plagues in Rev. 9:20. The “seven last plagues” must happen after the other plagues. In 17:1 “And one of the seven angels having the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying to me, Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot sitting on the many waters”. John is again taken outside the sequence. Seals, Trumpets, Bowl happen in order. Any interpretation that overlaps or rearranges these is not supported by the text. (i.e. some teach the 6th seal happens at the end of the tribulation, after the trumpets and bowls) An example I recently heard of taking verses out of sequence comes from 14:1 “And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion!”. The teacher stated “This is after the tribulation, because Jesus doesn’t stand on Mount Zion until then.” I just cannot find any place in the Bible that tells us that Jesus does not stand on Mount Zion until later. There are 166 referrences to Mount Zion in the Bible. Many refer to Mount Zion as God’s dwelling place. In Zech. 14, God will stand on the Mount of Olives on the day that He comes to fight against those who have gathered against Jerusalem, but this does not require that He will not be seen on Zion at another time. What is required, and what is prohibited in a scripture? Rev. 4:1 is often used to show the rapture, after the letters to the churches, before the heavenly scene, as John is taken into heaven. This verse does not actually describe the rapture happening, nor does it say that it is representative of the rapture, and therefore should not be used to prove the rapture happening at that point in the sequence of Revelation. It may, but this verse does not require that meaning. It’s better to stay with scriptures that require a specific meaning. With these things in mind, let me ask you: Has every mountain and every island been moved from their places? (Rev. Has the sky rolled up like a scroll? Has there been a period of time (5 months) during recorded history during which people couldn’t die? Has a world ruler caused everyone to receive a mark on the hand or forehead that allows them to buy and sell? Has an amry of 200,000,000 “horsemen” killed one third of the population of the earth? I am not aware of any of these events having already happened, not to mention the many more described, so I would have to conclude that the prophecies of the Revelation have yet to be fulfilled. Before staking your beliefs on a commentary, just read the Bible. The Holy Spirit will teach you. For hundreds of years commentators couldn’t understand how Israel would ever be a nation again, and spiritualized vast amounts of scripture. Before that, “theologians” and commentators wanted to make the Bible more pallatable to the Romans, and allegorized it. I hope this helps... Love in Christ, Mark |
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1960 | Revealing Jesus | Rev 1:1 | mark d seyler | 165858 | ||
The Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ. Remember what this Book is: The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John, This Book was given to show us what must quickly take place. Not to hide it, conceal it, but to show us. This Revelation is not a difficult Book to understand. It contains MANY timing and sequence cues, as well as many textual cues to let us know what is not part of the sequence. Many people claim that it cannot be understood. Many others make claims about how such and such part of the sequential narative actual goes somewhere else. They do this because their concept of what will happen does not match Scripture. Rather then rearrange their concept, they would rather rearrange Scripture. But without firm textual evidence, do not accept that. It is the "wisdom of man" attempting to be judge over the Bible. Accept only what the text supports. Remember, this is a revealing. The truth is there to be seen. I have had opportunity to rearrange my concept a number of times, and may do so again, as I continue to study. I welcome any input that is Scripturally sound and founded. Love in Christ, Mark markdseyler@yahoo.com |
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