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3621 | Is the catholic one of the 7 churches | Rev 1:4 | Makarios | 14198 | ||
Good answer, Paulette! I have just one thing to add here: Absolutely none of the 7 churches in Revelation were Roman Catholic. Blessings! Nolan |
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3622 | Is the catholic one of the 7 churches | Rev 1:4 | Makarios | 14207 | ||
Dear Paulette, my fellow sister in Christ, I understand your caution about this Forum! I sincerely appreciate your understanding and your 'mere' Christianity is a refreshment! :) I join you in praying for this Study Bible Forum, my friend. Praise the Lord that you have decided to stay with us until now! Nolan |
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3623 | Is the catholic one of the 7 churches | Rev 1:4 | Makarios | 14209 | ||
Paulette: We are not obligated to respond to every post (even if directed at us) my friend in Christ! Blessings to you, and I pray that you would remain with us. --Nolan |
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3624 | Jesus and keys to hell and hades | Rev 1:18 | Makarios | 11838 | ||
I can remember a friend of mine (who was a pastor) telling me that the "keys" were given to Adam when Adam was given 'authority' over the earth, then they passed to Satan at the fall of mankind, and then Christ took this authority back (out of Satan's grasp) when He pronounced Satan's doom by rising from the grave. --Nolan | ||||||
3625 | Jesus and keys to hell and hades | Rev 1:18 | Makarios | 11977 | ||
Exactly! Jesus was given all authority in Matthew 28.. God has always placed restrictions on satan even though satan was allowed from time to time to take life (Job 1:12). | ||||||
3626 | Who were the Nicolaitans? | Rev 2:6 | Makarios | 9083 | ||
Thank you prayon for a splendid answer! I would read about the Nicolaitans in Revelation and always wonder who they were or what they did that was so repulsive to our Lord.. Thank you, and my question has been answered! :) Your brother in Christ, Nolan! |
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3627 | Nicolaitans | Rev 2:6 | Makarios | 99821 | ||
Ouch! :-) - Makarios |
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3628 | Does God have any teeth? Gnashing of tee | Rev 2:14 | Makarios | 23527 | ||
Greeting JRS! Sorry about that- wrong verse.. It was Revelation 1:14-15 instead of 2:14.. I apologize. Your Brother in Christ, Nolan |
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3629 | Rev 2:17 additional question | Rev 2:17 | Makarios | 15771 | ||
Dear kin, You have stated "To derive doctrine from the book of Rev. is not wise." So does this mean that we should not put any stock into what the book of Revelation states about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ? Is there any "final victory" of Christ over Satan? Is there any 'judgment' that occurs for those who do not believe and live in sin? Is there any hope of a believer to enter into heaven? I believe that to completely ignore the 'doctrine' in the Book of Revelation, which is part of the Word of God, is not wise at all!! And if you are a Bible believing Christian who believes in the authority of the Word of God alone (above tradition, church leader, etc), then you should know better than to believe in only certain parts of the Bible and ignore that which you do not. --Nolan |
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3630 | Rev 2:17 additional question | Rev 2:17 | Makarios | 16888 | ||
Thank you Kin, I would agree! We must base our beliefs on the whole of Scripture rather than a single verse, book, etc.. I agree and forgive you, and pray that I wasn't a little too "sharp" in my response! :) Blessings to you, Nolan |
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3631 | Book of Life "will never be altered." | Rev 3:5 | Makarios | 7984 | ||
Amen, JVH! Ryrie's Expanded Edition Study Bible adds, "'I will not erase his name.' Not a threat but an assurance that saved peoples' names will always be in the book of life." Notice that the same John who wrote the Book of Revelation wrote elsewhere about the absolute security of each individual believer (see John 5:24; 6:35-37,39; 10:28,29). Therefore, Rev. 3:5 should not be interpreted to mean a believer can lose his or her salvation. While this passage may imply that a name could be erased from the book of life, actually it only gives positive affirmation that their names will not be erased. This also seems to be the 'leading' of what other verses communicate about the Book of Life (Luke 10:20, Hebrews 12:23).. |
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3632 | what about the K J V | Rev 3:10 | Makarios | 24948 | ||
Greetings preacher man! I apologize, I did not mean to sound "sarcastic".. What would you like to study using the King James Version? I do use the KJV, but I use the NASB much more.. However, I am willing to do a study with you on a topic, only using the KJV if you wish. Would you agree that Revelation 3:10 has to do with the Tribulation? Revelation 3:10 "Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth." [KJV] Did you have a specific question? Your Brother in Christ, Nolan |
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3633 | what about the K J V | Rev 3:10 | Makarios | 24978 | ||
Hello waldo! Yes, in the most scholarly sense, it is true- let us study the Greek and Hebrew text.. However, only a select few have taken Greek and/or Hebrew. Also, a need for the Scriptures to be translated in our own language will always be there in order to propagate the Gospel message to the unsaved and un-college/seminary educated. God did not require that you should have a degree in Bible Study just to study His word! We can fully trust the modern translations and their rendition of Scripture, and it is always a good idea to check them against each other. Out of all of the English translations of the Bible, the New American Standard ('95 Update) is my personal favorite, and I remain confident that the translators remained faithful to the original languages and to the meaning that they were trying to convey. Blessings, Nolan |
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3634 | Will we go thru the tribulation | Rev 3:10 | Makarios | 24979 | ||
Greetings prayon! Just what exactly is "the hour of testing"? Does it mean the 'whole Tribulation'? Or is "the hour of testing" referring to God's wrath on the whole world? I believe that we will definitely be spared from God's wrath. However, I do not believe that Rev. 3:10 is stating that Christians will be exempt from the beginning of the Tribulation. Blessings to you, Nolan |
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3635 | what about the K J V | Rev 3:10 | Makarios | 25046 | ||
Greetings Dalprad! Yes, you are quite right: some parts of the original autographs were written in Aramaic.. No, you are not wrong in saying that the original autographs no longer exist and that the Greek manuscripts that we have access to are actually, in and of themselves, translations from an earlier text, which also a translation.. However, which the discovery of such recent archaeological affirmations (like the Dead Sea Scrolls), we can be confident that God's Holy Word remains pure and intact to this day. And I believe that the modern day translations are very accurate, despite the centuries of copying after copying after copying.. Your Brother in Christ, Nolan |
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3636 | what about the K J V | Rev 3:10 | Makarios | 25047 | ||
Greetings Joe! Did you see my "write up" on the new English Standard Version that I posted to the Forum? I like it a lot also! Blessings to you, Nolan |
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3637 | what about the K J V | Rev 3:10 | Makarios | 25048 | ||
Introducing The Holy Bible: English Standard Version **************** The English Standard Version of the Bible is the newest translation that has become available. Copyrighted in 2001 by Crossway Bibles, this translation is available for purchase at http://www.christianbook.com. This, being the newest of the new translations, continues the tradition of the Revised Standard Version of 1971, which followed the tradition of the American Standard (1901) and the King James Version of 1611. The translators' goal in this new translation was to carry forward a legacy of faithfulness to the text and vigorous pursuit of accuracy combined with simplicity, beauty, and dignity of expression. The English Standard Version, or ESV, is self-described as an "essentially literal" translation that seeks as far as possible to capture the precise wording of the original text and the personal style of each Bible writer. It seeks to be transparent to the original text, letting the reader see as directly as possible the structure and meaning of the original text. The ESV is based on the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible as found in Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (2nd ed., 1983), and on the Greek text in the 1993 editions of the Greek New Testament (4th corrected ed.), and Novum Testamentum Graece (27th ed.), edited by Nestle and Aland. In result, the textual tradition that was used was a "critical text" like most modern translations rather than the Textus Receptus tradition. The ESV utilized a 14 member Translation Oversight Committee that included more than a hundred people that were international in scope and included many leaders in many denominations. In the area of gender language, the goal of the ESV is to render literally what is in the original. In each case, the objective was 'transparency' to the original text rather than translating the text on the terms of our present-day culture, which signals a 'departure' of sorts from the New Revised Standard. The ESV does not, however, go out of its way to capitalize certain pronouns that relate to God or that clearly show a reference to Jesus Christ. It compares in many ways to the NIV in the area of pronoun capitalization. As for "disputed" verses, the ESV follows the same methodology of the NIV by taking a "critical" verse away from the text and placing it on the bottom of the page. Acts 8:37 is the example that I am using here. As for Mark 16:9-20 and John 7:53-8:11, the text is placed in double brackets and a footnote is included. The text itself is in paragraph form with headers to introduce a series of paragraphs. The words of Christ are in RED. Here is a "sampling" of some verses from this brand new translation... 1 Samuel 5:11-12 "They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines and said, "Send away the ark of God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, that it may not kill us and our people." For there was a deathly panic throughout the whole city. The hand of God was very heavy there. The men who did not die were struck with tumors, and the cry of the city went up to heaven." Proverbs 20:27 "The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts." Matthew 17:24-26 "Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in return for his life?" Philippians 2:6-7 "who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form," 1 Timothy 3:16 "Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory." I will quote any verse(s) from the ESV or compare it to any other translation upon request. ?*?*?*?*?* What does Nolan think? *?*?*?*?*?* Overall, I like it a lot! I believe that the ESV is in several ways a lot better suited for me than the NRSV and I like it much better then the NRSV, which was the first translation to claim direct lineage from the RSV. I believe that the ESV is a worthy successor to the RSV and it is an excellent translation for use in study as well as for general all-purpose use. It deserves a good look! :-) (2 Thumbs UP!) - Nolan |
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3638 | what about the K J V | Rev 3:10 | Makarios | 25050 | ||
Greetings Kalos! Is the entire (Old and New Testament) Holman Christian Standard Bible available now? Grace to you, Nolan |
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3639 | what about the K J V | Rev 3:10 | Makarios | 25058 | ||
Hello Hank! Isaiah 7:14 "Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel." [ESV] Sure! I'll compare those translations for you.. Readability (1 is the "most readable", 4 is the "least readable") 1. NIV 2. ESV 3. NASB 4. NKJV Accuracy (1 is the "most accurate", 4 is the "least accurate") 1. NASB 2. NKJV 3. ESV 4. NIV Style (Overall Score).. 1. NASB 2. ESV 3. NIV 4. NKJV The readability of the ESV is very "smooth", but at the same time is not as interpretive as the NIV. The ESV is very accurate, although not surpassing the NASB, even though it is not "muddled" by seventeenth century sentence structure like the NKJV.. I have really grown to like the ESV a lot! The ESV has a certain "flow" all to its own, and I would place it somewhere below the NASB and somewhat higher than the NIV on my own personal scale.. :-) Blessings to you, Nolan |
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3640 | what about the K J V | Rev 3:10 | Makarios | 25073 | ||
Hank, You are most welcome! That is Ok, a little more "effort" on my part would be expected when answering one of your posts, my friend! I do not own a copy of The Message. I was presented with a copy by a friend at a Christmas party, but I've since given it to a travelling missionary.. I just didn't like it at all. As for Cotton-Patch, well, I'll have to include that more often, right along with the Wiley E. Coyote translation with the big ACME sticker on it.. :-) I'm sure that Cotton-Patch has its share of rabbit stories.. If you find any more comparative verses, especially between the NRSV and RSV, then let me know and I'll compare them to the ESV.. If I were to compare the ESV New Testament to the new Holman Christian Standard NT, then I would pick the ESV over the HCSB, even though I like the HCSB as well. For me, its a matter of "style".. The simpler (more accurate, readable) it is, the more I like it. Thats one of the reasons that I like the NASB so much. Here are some verse comparisons between the ESV and HCSB.. Matthew 1:2 "Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob, Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers," [HCSB] Matthew 1:2 "Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers," [ESV] Luke 9:44 "Let these words sink in: the Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men." [HCSB] Luke 9:44 "Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men." [ESV] John 3:16 "For God loved the world in this way: He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life." [HCSB] John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." [ESV] Colossians 1:19 "Because all the fullness was pleased to dwell in Him," [HCSB] Colossians 1:19 "For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell," [ESV] James 4:17 "So, for the person who knows to do good and doesn't do it, it is a sin." [HCSB] James 4:17 "So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin." [ESV] Your Brother in Christ, Nolan |
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