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1 | Is pre-tribulation biblical? | Revelation | ra_Jesus_is_Savior | 173505 | ||
It wasn't bro Raymond who posted the Got Questions Ministries, it was me. And yes those are my thoughts, best explained by Got Question Ministries. | ||||||
2 | Is pre-tribulation biblical? | Revelation | ra_Jesus_is_Savior | 173499 | ||
The timing of the Rapture in relation to the Tribulation is one of the most controversial issues in the church today. The three primary views are Pretribulational (the Rapture occurs before the Tribulation), Midtribulational (the Rapture occurs at the mid-point of the Tribulation), and Posttribulational (the Rapture occurs at the end of the Tribulation). A 4th view, commonly known as Pre-wrath, is a slight modification of the Midtribulational position. First, it is important to recognize the purpose of the Tribulation. According to Daniel 9:27, there is a seventieth “week” (7 years) that is still yet to come. Daniel’s entire prophecy of the seventy weeks (Daniel 9:20-27) is speaking of the nation of Israel. It is a time period in which God focuses His attention especially on Israel. The seventieth week, the Tribulation, must also be a time when God deals specifically with Israel. While this does not necessarily indicate that the church could not also be present, it does bring into question why the church would need to be on the earth during that time. The primary Scripture passage on the Rapture is 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. It states that all living believers, along with all believers who have died, will meet the Lord Jesus in the air and will be with Him forever. The Rapture is God removing His people from the earth. A few verses later in 5:9 Paul says, “For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.” The Book of Revelation, which deals primarily with the time period of the Tribulation, is a prophetic message of how God will pour out His wrath upon the earth during the Tribulation. It would seem inconsistent for God to promise believers that they will not suffer wrath and then leave them on the earth during the Tribulation. The fact that God promises to deliver Christians from wrath shortly after promising to remove His people from the earth seems to link those two events together. Another crucial passage on the timing of the Rapture is Revelation 3:10. There, Christ promises to deliver believers from the “hour of trial” that is going to come upon the earth. This could mean two things: (1) Christ will protect believers in the midst of the trials, or (2) Christ will deliver believers out of the trials. Both are valid meanings of the Greek word translated “from.” However, it is important to recognize what believers are promised to be kept “from.” It is not just the trial, but the “hour” of trial. Christ is promising to keep believers from the very time period that contains the trials, namely the Tribulation. The purpose of the Tribulation, the purpose of the Rapture, the meaning of 1 Thessalonians 5:9, and the interpretation of Revelation 3:10 all give clear support to the Pretribulational position. If the Bible is interpreted literally and consistently, the Pretribulational position is the most Biblically consistent interpretation. © Copyright 2002-2006 Got Questions Ministries. |
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3 | Faith in Self or Faith in God? | Rom 9:16 | ra_Jesus_is_Savior | 173496 | ||
"Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will" - Ephisians 1:5 In Ephesians 1:5 "Predestinated" means marked out beforehand. This is another way of saying salvation is God's work and not our own doing. God has adopted us into his family and made us heirs along with Jesus (Romans 8:17). In Roman law, adopted children had the same rights and privilages as natural children. Paul uses this term to show how strong our relationship to God is. |
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4 | Faith in Self or Faith in God? | Rom 9:16 | ra_Jesus_is_Savior | 173495 | ||
In Ephesians 1:4 Paul said, God "hath chosen us," to emphasize that salvation depends totally on God. We are not saved because we deserve it, but because God is gracious and freely gives it. We did not influence God's decision to save us, he did it according to his plan. Thus there is no way to take credit for our salvation, or to find room for pride. The mystery of salvation originated in the timeless mind of God long before we existed. It is hard to understand how God could accept us, but because of Christ we are holy and blameless in his eyes. God chose us, and when we belong to him through Jesus Christ, he looks at us as if we had never sinned. "According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love" - Ephesians 1:4 |
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5 | Is it wrong to have pictures of Jesus? | Rom 1:23 | ra_Jesus_is_Savior | 173463 | ||
I'm sorry. My intentions were not to steal. © Copyright 2002-2006 Got Questions Ministries. When trying to decide what, if any, Christian imagery is appropriate to place in our homes, a good place to begin is the Ten Commandments. When God first gave His law to mankind, He began with Himself, a statement of who He is (“the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt”), and a warning that we are to have no other God but Him. He immediately followed that by forbidding the making of any image of anything “in heaven above or on earth beneath or in the waters below,” for the purpose of worshipping or bowing down to it. The fascinating thing about the history of the Jewish people is that they disobeyed this commandment more than any other. Again and again, they made idols to represent God and worshipped them, beginning with the creation of the golden calf at the very moment God was writing the Ten Commandments on tablets for Moses (Exodus 32)! Idol worship not only drew the Israelites away from the true and living God, it led to all manner of sins including temple prostitution and orgies, and even the sacrificing of children to these false gods. The God who created us, and who knows how deeply we are affected by sin, understands our desire to condense Him into a form we can see and understand. Perhaps it is the fact that our limited minds simply cannot comprehend that which is infinite and eternal. Or, more likely, perhaps we are simply more comfortable when we can reduce God to a more manageable form, such as a picture or a statue. Man has always attempted to humanize God, to make Him over in our own image and bring Him down to our level. After all, if God is just like us, it stands to reason that we are just like Him, a very appealing concept (certainly popular today) and the same lie Satan has been feeding us since the Garden of Eden when he tempted Eve to eat of the forbidden tree: “You shall be like God” (Genesis 3:5). Just as making idols led the Israelites away from the true worship of God, hanging a portrait of Jesus in our homes would seem to present a continual temptation to reduce Him to nothing more than the image in the picture. Even if we are not bowing down and worshipping the picture, how can we not eventually equate Him in our minds with this simple image? How can we look at it every day and not be tempted to see Him as merely the figure in the picture? But can we possibly reduce Christ’s nature, character and power to a two-dimensional, eight-by-ten portrait? In addition, most of the “portraits” of Jesus portray Him in a softened, quasi-romantic style as a handsome and winsome young man while, in fact, He “had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him” (Isaiah 53:2). If it were important for us to know what He really did look like, Matthew, Peter and John, who spent three years with Him, would certainly be able to give us an accurate description, as would His own brother, Jude. Yet, these New Testament writers offer no details about His physical attributes. Does this not suggest that, inspired by the Holy Spirit, they did so in order to carefully avoid encouraging us to make any image of Him? We certainly don’t need a picture to display to us the nature of our Lord and Savior. We have only to look at the creation, as we are reminded in Psalm 19:1-2: “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the expanse proclaims His handiwork. Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night reveals knowledge.” In addition, our very existence as the redeemed of the Lord, sanctified and made righteous by His blood shed on the cross for our sins, should have Him always before our eyes and minds. The Bible, the very Word of God, is also filled with images of Christ that capture our imaginations and thrill our souls. He is the Light of the world (John 1:4-5); the very Bread of life (John 6:32-33); the living Water that quenches the thirst of our souls (John 4:14); the High Priest who intercedes for us with the Father (Hebrews 2:17); the Good Shepherd who lays down His life for us, His sheep (John 10:11,14); the spotless Lamb of God slain before the foundation of the world (Revelation 13:8), the Author and Perfecter of our faith (Hebrews 12:2); the Way, the Truth, the Life (John 14:6); and the very image of the invisible God (Colossians 1:15). How can we even consider reducing Him to a piece of paper and hanging Him on the wall? © Copyright 2002-2006 Got Questions Ministries. |
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6 | Is being slain in the Spirit biblical? | Bible general Archive 3 | ra_Jesus_is_Savior | 173457 | ||
Being slain in the Spirit is a religious phenomenon that occurs in many contemporary Charismatic or Pentecostal church meetings. Many prefer to refer to the phenomenon as "falling under the Spirit's power", "falling before the Lord" or "resting in the Spirit". Although any personal encounter with God's glory and power can result in one falling, typically, being "slain in the Spirit" is associated with occasions of public prayer ministry when the laying on of hands is practiced. In such settings, church members or attendees come forward to the front of the church to receive a special work of the Holy Spirit from the Pastor or service leader. Often a significant amount of time is spent singing and praying during the church service before this point. Attendees are then prayed over and touched by the service leader, the Spirit of God "comes upon them", and they fall -- usually onto their backs. In most cases, their fall is broken by deacons, catchers, ushers or orderlies behind them to prevent injury. In the context of this experience, many Christians believe that they have been healed or given a special blessing by God. Others report seeing visions or hearing God's voice. | ||||||
7 | What is special about the 144,000? | Rev 7:4 | ra_Jesus_is_Savior | 173442 | ||
Your right. I will look at the Bible more closely next time. | ||||||
8 | What is special about the 144,000? | Rev 7:4 | ra_Jesus_is_Savior | 173439 | ||
Evangelist - A preacher of the Christian gospel | ||||||
9 | what if i can't pay all of my tithes? | Mal 3:10 | ra_Jesus_is_Savior | 172821 | ||
2 Corinthians 8:12 - How do you decide how much to give? What about differences in the financial resources Christians have? Paul gave the Corinthian church several principals to follow (1)each person should follow through on previous promises (8:10; 9:3); (2)each person should give as much as he is able (8:12; 9:6); (3) each person must make up his own mind how much to give (9:7); and (4) each person should give in proportion to what God has given (9:10). God gives to us so we can give to others. |
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10 | Genesis 1:26 God referres to "Our" . Who | Gen 1:26 | ra_Jesus_is_Savior | 172819 | ||
Why does God use the plural form, "Let us make man in our image"? One view says this is a reference to the Trinity - God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Another view is that the plural wording is used to denote majesty. Kings traditionally use the plural form in speaking of themselves. | ||||||