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1 | Has Jesus already come? Scripture ref P | Matt 24:27 | dschaertel | 115755 | ||
It depends on what you mean by second coming. I am not even sure that there is explicitly one and only one second coming spoken of in the Bible. Certainly he came in judgement of Israel in 70 AD. Ceratinly he came to John to deliever the vision, the Revelation that John wrote for us. Certainly he came in the form of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Certainly he comes and lives and reigns in and through the chuch which is his body. He also said to the thief on the cross, "today you will be with me in paradise". So I guess the question is what do you think his coming is? |
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2 | Are we now in start of end times? | Matt 24:36 | dschaertel | 88197 | ||
Well, this could go on for a while, but yes, you are a decendant of Abraham: Romans 9:6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: 7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. 8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed. Israel is not decended of the flesh, but of the promise. Ishmael wasn't part of that deal. And neither is the country Israel. They bare only the name, and even if they are decendants through the flesh, it means nothing. Present day Israel is nothing. The chuch is the Israel of God according to the Bible: Galatians 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. 16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. |
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3 | Are we now in start of end times? | Matt 24:36 | dschaertel | 88192 | ||
God didn't "break" His covenant, He fulfilled it through Jesus Christ. God said he will make Abraham a father of many nations, not just one. And if you believe in the Trinity, then you must believe that the Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ are one in the same person. So if the Holy Spirit has come to us, then so has Christ come to dwell in us. Read John 14 carefully. Jesus says that He will not abandon us, but will send the comforter, and in the same context he then says he will come to us. Jesus clearly makes the connection that he and the spirit are the same and they/he has come. John 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. 18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. |
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4 | Are we now in start of end times? | Matt 24:36 | dschaertel | 88183 | ||
What you fail to realize is that Israel is all God's chosen people, not just the Jews. If you limit it to the Jews then you have missed one of the major points of Paul's letters, especially Ephesians and Galatians. The mystery of the New covenant is that God's grace is for "all" people, not just the Jews. The spirit that is pro-Jew and denies that the Church is the body of Christ is the spirit of antichrist. John says: John 4:2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; 1 John 4:3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world. 1 John 4:4 You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. A couple notes here. First John clearly indicates that antichrist is already at work in his day. Second, that spirit denies that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. What he means by "has come in the flesh" is the church. He makes that clear in verse 4 where he states that Jesus lives "in" us. To deny that there was a guy named Jesus is just plain rediculous. The quesiton is do you believe that He lives here and now, and that as the Bible says, the church is the "body" of Christ. Also, I highly recomend you go and read Galatians 4:19-31. You are missing something. |
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5 | Are we now in start of end times? | Matt 24:36 | dschaertel | 88177 | ||
The Bible says that the end times, or more accurately time of the end, was back in the first century. Acts 2:14-17 Clearly Peter identifies those days as the end times. And in fact they were. 40 years after that the final blow would be struck to the old covenant in 70AD when the Temple would be destroyed. This time we live in now is the "1000" years. Revelation identifies the New Jerusalem as the Church. Therefore the Church age is the "1000" year reign of Christ. Christ lives and reigns in and through His Church, and His Kingdom shall "never" end. |
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6 | Will we be here once anti-Christ appears | 1 John 2:18 | dschaertel | 86198 | ||
It serves no purpose to argue this point too far because the fact is nobody really knows for sure when Revelation was written, or more importantly when the vision occurred. There is strong evidence in the text itself to suggest a pre-70AD date. The 95AD date is derived largely from some ambigious account from Eusebius, but Eusebius didn't even think that the Apostle John was the John in Revelation. There really is little hard evidence either way. As for future things, the New Jerusalem is the church, and yes while the church began at Pentacost, it still is now and forever. The church was going to need hope and help to make it through the period of persecution it would face in it's early history. John could have certainly been recounting past events to show how God is faithfull fo rthe benefit of the church. |
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7 | Will we be here once anti-Christ appears | 1 John 2:18 | dschaertel | 86172 | ||
Your point misses the mark since it is quite commonly understood that Paul wrote to Timothy before the year 70AD. Ooops, minor detail, but a big one. |
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8 | Will we be here once anti-Christ appears | 1 John 2:18 | dschaertel | 86163 | ||
1 John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. The word that is translated "time" here is a specific, definite, fixed time. Since John was referring to his present time, there is no way that he can mean today or some indeterminite future day. Either John doesn't know the language with which he wrote, or he was referring to a time when he was alive. The events of Revelation occurred in John's life time. The end of the age was the end of the old covenant capped off by the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 AD. It would be a long discussion, and probably not appropriate for this forum, but Revelation is a done deal. The people that insist that God doesn't ever fulfill his promises keep ignoring the facts of history. Before you try to even respond to this do yourself a favor and read Josephus' accounts of what happened between 64 and 71 AD. Keep the scriptures close at your side. It will blow your mind. It's all been accomplished, and God won. |
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9 | Will we be here once anti-Christ appears | 1 John 2:18 | dschaertel | 85778 | ||
We are here now aren't we? Consider the following veses: 1John 2:18, 1John 2:22, 1John 4:3, and 2John 1:7. I think the answer to your question is quite clear. This talk about a future antichrist and this elaborate end times story is great for selling books, making movies and scaring people into coming to church, but it just isn't in the Bible. |
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10 | communion: symbolic or something more? | 1 Cor 11:29 | dschaertel | 85029 | ||
Money in these forms is not merely a symbol. A symbol has no value. The check and other forms of money have value because they are authorized. There is a promise associated with it. It becomes effectually money. Money takes the form of the check. Just as God took on the form of a man. Jesus was 100 percent human. He was a man like any other man. He had blood and DNA etc... The bread and wine are still bread and wine. The sacrificial body and blood of Christ take on the form of bread and wine just as God took on the form of a man. It is, however, only in the context of Holy Communion that this occurs. All bread and wine are obviously not the body and blood of Christ. |
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11 | communion: symbolic or something more? | 1 Cor 11:29 | dschaertel | 85027 | ||
Jesus' words in verse 25 of 1Corinthians 11 says that "this cup is the new covenant in my blood". It is with the cup of Communion that he establishes his covenant. As for the why he must be present... the incarnation is what makes Christianity different from any other religion. The idea that God took on the form of a man, not that man was a god. We believe in the incarnation. God said in the presence of the human Jesus "this is my som in whom I am well pleased". The fact that Jesus declared the bread to be his body and the wine to be his blood while still present in no way prevents it from being literally true. God took on human form and Christ takes on the form of bread and wine when offered in the context of Holy Communion. The check is worthless until it is signed by the owner of the money. Then the money takes on the form of the check. The chekc doesn't actually become gold which is in it self just another "token". But effectually the money takes on the form of the check. Likewise the sacrificial body and blood of Christ Jesus takes on the form of bread and wine. When we partake of it in a worhy manner, that is discerning the body of the Lord, we then are united as the body of Christ. If we say that the bread and wine are merely symbols then we are saying that they have no effect other than what we bring to it. There is no forgiveness of sins apart from our own contribution. But if we recognize that the body and blood are truely present to us in the form of bread and wine, the forgiveness of sins is already accomplished. Paul says in 1Corinthians 10:16 This cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a distribution of the blood of Christ. This bread that we break, is it not a distribution of the body of Christ. |
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12 | communion: symbolic or something more? | 1 Cor 11:29 | dschaertel | 84944 | ||
Even taking the body as the church doesn't exempt one from understanding the idea of the true presence of Christ in the form of bread and wine. The church according to Paul is the "body of Christ". I accept that as quite literally true. Since the covenant that Jesus instituted is the Lords Supper, that same presence must be manifest in the elements of the covenant. Take for example the writing of a check. Obviously it isn't cash money, yet when authorized by the one who owns the money, it becomes money to the person it is made out to. It is in the form of a check, but it is effectually money. Not merely a symbol. |
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13 | communion: symbolic or something more? | 1 Cor 11:29 | dschaertel | 84943 | ||
Even taking the body as the church doesn't exempt one from understanding the idea of the true presence of Christ in the form of bread and wine. The church according to Paul is the "body of Christ". I accept that as quite literally true. Since the covenant that Jesus instituted is the Lords Supper, that same presence must be manifest in the elements of the covenant. Take for example the writing of a check. Obviously it isn't cash money, yet when authorized by the one who owns the money, it becomes money to the person it is made out to. It is in the form of a check, but it is effectually money. Not merely a symbol. |
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14 | communion: symbolic or something more? | 1 Cor 11:29 | dschaertel | 84941 | ||
Even taking the body as the church doesn't exempt one from understanding the idea of the true presence of Christ in the form of bread and wine. The church according to Paul is the "body of Christ". I accept that as quite literally true. Since the covenant that Jesus instituted is the Lords Supper, that same presence must be manifest in the elements of the covenant. Take for example the writing of a check. Obviously it isn't cash money, yet when authorized by the one who owns the money, it becomes money to the person it is made out to. It is in the form of a check, but it is effectually money. Not merely a symbol. |
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15 | Who wrote the book of Revelation? | Rev 1:1 | dschaertel | 83951 | ||
The common answer is the Apostle John. I tend to think this is true, but there are a couple things that differentiate this from his other writings. In his other writings he never refers to himself as John. He also makes use of compound words which he doesn't otherwise. Since there is question as to the date of the writing of Revelation there must also be some question about it's author. Eusebius ( the first church historian) also did not believe that it was the Apostle John. I believe that it was because I believe that Jesus foretold in John 21:22 that John would remain until He came. Tradition tells that they couldn't kill John and Jesus of course was revealed to John, the last remaining Apostle. |
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16 | What is 666? | Revelation | dschaertel | 64223 | ||
Ceaser Nero is who is referred to here. Those who woud be wise are the ones that knew the religous language, or Hebrew. Greek was the language of the time and the common people spoke it. In Hebrew Ceaser Nero adds up to 666. He was also referred to as the Beast. |
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17 | Death in the millenium Isai 65:20 | Revelation | dschaertel | 64222 | ||
There will be death in the millenium, because that is the period of time that we are in right now. The thousand years in the bible is not a literal thousand years. It is an indefinate period of time describing the church age. Christ reigns in, as, and through His church. The church is the "body" of Christ. He is right here right now reigning on earth. |
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18 | the great commission/evangelism? | Matt 28:19 | dschaertel | 56353 | ||
If all we are ever going to get is bits and pieces,it is evenmore important to obey. Since we can't make an ultimately intellegent choice, we need to trust those to whom Jesus entrusted his church. Obedience is the key in the absence of all the facts. |
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19 | Father,Son,Holy Ghost, are one | Matt 28:19 | dschaertel | 53830 | ||
Yes he really meant to baptize. He didn't say it to everybody though. He was speaking to the 11. They then choose people to carry on the work. But, yes, He meant to baptize. Do we really have to get married, do we really have to have a wedding? Can't we just live together? It is just a ritual, and a meaningless piece of paper, right? Of course not. Your marriage is not recognized unless it is done leagally. So too, we must be baptized. We don't love our spouse because we get married. We aren't saved because we get baptized. But refusal to do so, disqualifies us from it's benifits. |
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20 | What is this verse saying? | Acts 4:12 | dschaertel | 53829 | ||
Jesus said all power an authority in heaven and earth has been given to him. Jesus has the authority to save us, nobody else. It is his call, his free will. We can only declare to each other what He alone can do. |
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