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1 | Help on the 69th, 70th Week of Daniel | Not Specified | Amber_G | 80060 | ||
I am really confused about the whole "70th Week of Daniel" thing. And I am sure many others are too, as it is a very controversial and rather esoteric passage. Many people promote the idea of a gap between the 69th and the 70th weeks. I just can't get the text to support that. I understand there are many interpretations and I would like to hear from everyone their "take" on this verse and its relevance to the return of Christ... |
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2 | Help on the 69th, 70th Week of Daniel | Dan 9:24 | Amber_G | 80065 | ||
I am really confused about the whole "70th Week of Daniel" thing. And I am sure many others are too, as it is a very controversial and rather esoteric passage. Many people promote the idea of a gap between the 69th and the 70th weeks. I just can't get the text to support that. I understand there are many interpretations and I would like to hear from everyone their "take" on this verse and its relevance to the return of Christ... |
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3 | Help on the 69th, 70th Week of Daniel | Dan 9:24 | Amber_G | 80061 | ||
I am really confused about the whole "70th Week of Daniel" thing. And I am sure many others are too, as it is a very controversial and rather esoteric passage. Many people promote the idea of a gap between the 69th and the 70th weeks. I just can't get the text to support that. I understand there are many interpretations and I would like to hear from everyone their "take" on this verse and its relevance to the return of Christ... |
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4 | Is this phrase in scripture? | 1 Corinthians | Amber_G | 76482 | ||
jlynette... This is a phrase that is often thrown around in Chrisitan cirlces as a way to encourage one who is going through difficult times (death, illness, divorce, etc). But the problem is that this statement is untrue. You don't have to be a Christian long to know that God gives (or, more appropriately, allows) us way more toubles and trials than we can ever handle alone. You see, God does not want us to handle our troubles alone. He wants us to grow ever deeper in our dependence on Him. If we tried to handle our problems on our own with out His help, we would (and often do) find ourselves in a much worse circumstance. Many times, I believe, God allows everything in our lives to be shaken up just so we can run to Him and grow deeper in our relationship and trust of Him. |
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5 | women not allowed to be involved? | 1 Cor 14:34 | Amber_G | 53748 | ||
See Titus 2:4-5. Also, do a key-word search on "woman" in the NT. You will find several verses which will show the over-riding sentiment Jesus and the first century church had regarding women. It's really quite amazing. It speaks of women as equals with men, carrying on the business of the church. (See Priscilla). They are mentioned alongside their husbands and listed as those who were persecuted for their beliefs. Quite an unusual proposition in a time when women were considered property. Chrisitanity is the first and only major religion that gives women inherent value. This church seems to be very fundamental. Fundamentalism can be defined as taking peripheral issues and making them essential doctrine. I personally would be extremely wary of a church that does not permit it's congregation to question its elders/pastors or anyone in authority. All teaching should be evaluated in the light of scripture and scrutinized for its trustworthiness and every word that comes from a leader's mouth should be tested in the light of scripture. (See Paul's interactions with the Bereans). Furthermore, husbands are commanded to love their wives as Christ loved the Church and to give themselves up for it. If a husband loves his wife, he should want to see her grow spiritually and be willing to do what ever it takes for her to be closer to God (even if that means leaving a church he loves). Finally, a close examination of the Greek construction shows that time and again, women are commanded to submitt themselves to THEIR OWN HUSBANDS. The Bible says nothing about submitting to every man or all men or even your elders. The husband is the head of the wife just as Christ is the head of the Church. (All this comes from Ephesians 5:22-33). No where does it say that a woman has to submitt to anyone other than Christ and her own husband. God bless you as you minister to this couple! In Him- Amber |
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6 | Age of accountability for children? | Not Specified | Amber_G | 49292 | ||
Many churches promote the belief in an "age of accountablitiy" for children. Usually that age is 12. According to that belief, children who die before reaching accountability (accident, illness, aborted) go to heaven. Where is this in the Bible? Is it a biblical idea? Or is it that each child's level of accountability is different according to many factors such as age, intelligence, maturity, responsibility? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!! |
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7 | Age of accountability for children? | Bible general Archive 1 | Amber_G | 49305 | ||
Many churches promote the belief in an "age of accountablitiy" for children. Usually that age is 12. According to that belief, children who die before reaching accountability (accident, illness, aborted) go to heaven. Where is this in the Bible? Is it a biblical idea? Or is it that each child's level of accountability is different according to many factors such as age, intelligence, maturity, responsibility? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!! |
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8 | Why does God ask for sacrifices? | Eph 5:1 | Amber_G | 48515 | ||
God bless you, newtothis! In Old Testament times, God required animal sacrifices of Israel to atone for sin. This practice pointed to the coming Messiah (innocent blood shed for the remission of sin) (1 Peter 1:19-21) Because of Christ's "once for all" sacrifice on Calvary, we no longer must kill and burn animals to be forgiven. Luckily (for us and the animals) all we have to do is place faith in Christ Jesus and ask for forgiveness. But that doesn't mean that we are done "sacrificing." God asks us to sacrifice for two resons: 1. God maybe asking you to give up something so that he may replace it with something better. Some people call it "pruning" in reference to Jesus's "I am the true vine" discourse in the 15th chapter of the book of John. (And covered quite well in Bruce Wilkenson's book _Secrets of the Vine_). Sometime this sacrifice can be quite painful (I often think of it as being crucified with Christ- as Paul mentions- taking something you LOVE and allowing it to be nailed to the cross... maybe it is a comfortable home or a job you love or a church you really like). But sacrifices are always made to God's glory and with a plan. He never arbitrarily takes things away without good reason. That reason is rarely ever clear at the time but is a HUGE blessing in hindsight! Sometimes it is God's way of reminding us that he is in control - "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord , "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you."- Jeremiah 29:11-12 2. God will ask us to give up things that are standing in the way of a closer, deeper, more intimate relationship with him. (Usually these are habitual sins he is asking us to give up... looking at pornography, cheating on taxes, cursing at people who cut you off on the freeway, harboring jealousy against a friend or relative. They are sins that we may ask for forgivness for time and time again and yet continue to fall back into them time and time again. God wants us to live free. ("But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life." Romans 6:22) But freedom does not mean freedom to go on sinning but to live life free from the bondage of sin. We are to daily take up our crosses (make sacrifices) so that we may draw closer to God and He can and will draw closer to us. God wants us to be totally and utterly surrendered (sacrificed) to Him, totally dependent on Him for everything and when we are WE ARE BLESSED. |
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9 | First-century source? | NT general Archive 1 | Amber_G | 48508 | ||
Cheryl! Wow! I am amazed at that website. Tim is correct. It will be tough to argue with people who believe that their research (no matter how shoddy and biased) is ineffeible proof. As I read through it, I did see many, many scripture sitings that were taken WAY out of context. In battling intelectual elite-ism (which I frequently do as I work for a major midwestern university), it is important to remind people that there is evidence that can support or discredit any hypothesis. (Evidence can be given to "prove" that gravity does not extist but that doesn't mean that it is not a fact, a law of nature.) It depends on interpretation and the bias of the researcher. I would strongly encourage you to read the book _The Case for Christ_ by Lee Stroebel. It is the best systematic proof of the historicity of Jesus's life, death, burial, ressurection and ascention and the beginings of the church that I have ever seen. After reading that, you should feel better equipped to refute these arguements. You may also want to pass the book along to your friends, offering them "research from the other side of the issue." If people are genuinely searching for the truth, they will be open to all evidence, pro and con. If they are only trying to reconfirm their belief that Jesus never exitisted or that maybe he did, but was just some guy, they can continue on in their sins and have no feeling of guilt. Irrefuteible evidence of Jesus creates responsibilty. If he really is the Son of God, that changes everything. No more situational ethics-- there really is right and wrong! (This is very scary to those who are still in their sins) The thing you might say is, "how can a religion started by an unknown Jewish carpenter in 1st century Palestine, and spread not at the end of a gun or a sword but by asking its believers to make sacrifices (often of their own lives) and to love others enough to do just that, still be effecting people in this day? Ethics have changed, research has varied, opinions, fads and customs have all fluctuated but through out time, the basic tennents of the Christian Church- the virgin birth, the death, burial and resurection, salvation based on faith- have never changed. It is amazing to me (and proof of the awsome power of God) that despite man's efforts to twist, prevert, expunge and explain away the historic Christian faith, millions still come to a saving knowledge of Christ every year. The evidence is in the changes in the lives of believers! Praise God! I will be praying for you! |
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10 | Christ born out of wedlock? | Matt 1:25 | Amber_G | 47750 | ||
Searcher- No, I realize that Mary was pregnant before she married. If you read Jawz's earlier post, he claimed that from scripture, we do not know for sure that Joseph and Mary were ever really "married" but that they were only bethrothed for the duration of life together, and used this "fact" to support the misguided idea that Mary and Joseph never had sex after Christ was born and that Mary bore no other children. My statement was made to show that God would never contradict Himself by allowing His only Son to be born out of the bonds of legal and spiritual marriage. |
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11 | Christ born out of wedlock? | Matt 1:25 | Amber_G | 47735 | ||
Jawz- If Mary and Joseph were not married when Christ was born, according to Roman Catholic doctrine, wouldn't that make Him illigitimate? God invented marriage as a blessing for us and the only way in which we should produce children. God never contradicts Himself and He never changes. He would have never allowed Christ to have been born to this world outside the bonds of marriage...true legal marriage, not bethrothal. To do so would contradict His supreme and divine nature. |
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12 | Why do today's Jews reject Jesus? | Not Specified | Amber_G | 45841 | ||
In recent reseach regarding the reasons that today's Jews reject Jesus as the Messiah, I found a statement that really confused me. According to the Temple Foundation website, Jews believe that Messiah is still to come and that he will be 100 percent man not God/Man. They find the idea of God taking on human flesh repugnant. They also state that no where in the OT does it say that Messiah will be God. Is this true? I have read and re-read many messianic prophecies (Psalms, Isaiah, etc.) What am I missing? I know there is a verse or verses that support that Messiah will be God but I am not finding them. I know that Christ was the only one to totally fulfill all the Messianic prophecies- and the only one who could. What is our response (as Christians) to the idea that Messiah will be 100 percent man? Any help would be appreciated! | ||||||
13 | Why do today's Jews reject Jesus? | OT general | Amber_G | 45864 | ||
In recent reseach regarding the reasons that today's Jews reject Jesus as the Messiah, I found a statement that really confused me. According to the Temple Foundation website, Jews believe that Messiah is still to come and that he will be 100 percent man not God/Man. They find the idea of God taking on human flesh repugnant. They also state that no where in the OT does it say that Messiah will be God. Is this true? I have read and re-read many messianic prophecies (Psalms, Isaiah, etc.) What am I missing? I know there is a verse or verses that support that Messiah will be God but I am not finding them. I know that Christ was the only one to totally fulfill all the Messianic prophecies- and the only one who could. What is our response (as Christians) to the idea that Messiah will be 100 percent man? Any help would be appreciated! | ||||||
14 | Why do today's Jews reject Jesus? | Is 9:6 | Amber_G | 45845 | ||
In recent reseach regarding the reasons that today's Jews reject Jesus as the Messiah, I found a statement that really confused me. According to the Temple Foundation website, Jews believe that Messiah is still to come and that he will be 100 percent man not God/Man. They find the idea of God taking on human flesh repugnant. They also state that no where in the OT does it say that Messiah will be God. Is this true? I have read and re-read many messianic prophecies (Psalms, Isaiah, etc.) What am I missing? I know there is a verse or verses that support that Messiah will be God but I am not finding them. I know that Christ was the only one to totally fulfill all the Messianic prophecies- and the only one who could. What is our response (as Christians) to the idea that Messiah will be 100 percent man? Any help would be appreciated! | ||||||
15 | How did the twelve disciples die? | NT general Archive 1 | Amber_G | 40536 | ||
Judas hung himself after betraying Christ (Mt. 27:5). John lived out his days in exile on the island of Patmos (Rev. 1:9). The other 10 are assumed to have died for the faith, though no account of their deaths are given in the Bible. | ||||||
16 | Difference between Catholic and Baptist? | Bible general Archive 1 | Amber_G | 32746 | ||
Whew! Richard1, you have opened a can of worms! There are many differences between Catholic beliefs and Baptist beliefs. But the first reccomendation I make is not to attempt to compare Catholic to Baptist. I think the best thing to do is to concentrate on pointing out the places where Catholic doctrine deviates from the basic tennants of Christian faith in general, not just from Baptist theology. First, it might be helpful to think about the things that Catholics believe that we can agree with. 1. The believe in the trinity- God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit 2. They believe that Jesus was born of a virgin and that he is the messiah. 3. They believe that the shed blood of Jesus washes away sin. 4. They believe that Jesus will come again. There are however many other points of Catholic doctrine that are outside the lines of the Bible. But there are a couple of things to realize about this situation. You say that they consider themselves Catholic b/c they grew up in the Catholic church. I wonder how many Presbyterians, Baptists, Evangelical Free, etc., think that they are Christians because they grew up in XYZ church, or that think because they don't drink, swear, cheat on their taxes or abuse their childen they will go to heaven? Misunderstanding of the application of the gospel can be found in any church, from gross apostasty to simple things like variations on who should serve as elders or decons or whatever! Being a Catholic does not make anyone more or less sinful than not being a Catholic. Think of your own self before you became a Christian. What misconceptions or misapplications of the word of God did you hold? (I know I believed in a lot of gobbelty-gook like reincarnation and that all religions were praying to the same god-and I was raised in a Christian house) I like what Paul says in Romans: Romans 3:9 What shall we conclude then? Are we any better? Not at all! We have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under sin. 10 As it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one;11 there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. It is important to think and pray about why you wish to witness to these people. Witnessing should be done with compassion, with love, with gentleness- whether that person is a Catholic, a Muslim or an atheist. Remember what it means to be a witness. If there is car accident, the police ask for witnesses to tell what they saw, what they felt, what they heard- in their own words. Perhaps it would be better to share what Christ means to you, how he has changed your life than to try to argue over points of doctrine. Arguing over such things often pulls the attention away from what is the most important thing which is a one-on-one life changing personal relationship with Christ. I pray that the Lord will give you a spirit of strenghth and discernment and that you will feel a yearning in your heart to yield to the leading of the Holy Spirit in this matter; that you may be a living witness to your non-Christian friends and family and a light to all those who you know that you may share the good news of Jesus Christ to His glory! In Jesus name, Amen I love ya, Richard1!!! |
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17 | weeping and crying the difference | Eccl 3:4 | Amber_G | 32736 | ||
There is, essentially, no difference. The words can be used interchangably. Weeping is a perhaps more formal way of saying that salty liquid is coming from one's eyes. In my own mind, I think of weeping as a bit more intense than crying, but that is my own connotation. There are instances of Christ weeping in the NT, he wept over the death of Lazarus and over the sad state of Jerusalem. We know from scripture that it is okay to weep. Ecc. 3:4 says "There is a time to weep and a time to laugh.." We also know that weeping can be a blessing: In Luke 6:21 Jesus says, "Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh." |
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18 | do we need the Holy Spirit to go to Heav | John | Amber_G | 31746 | ||
When we are saved, (when we confess our sins and ask Jesus to become Lord of our lives), we receive the holy spirit. We must be saved to enter the kingdom of heaven. Check out the third chapter of the book of John. Jesus talks with Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council and tells him that unless he is born again, he will not see the kingdom of God. "Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit," says Jesus. So, in a manner of speaking, yes, we must have the Holy Spirit to go to Heaven. Of our relationship with the Holy Spirit while in heaven, I am not sure. The Holy Spirit was sent to earth as "The Counselor." In Heaven, we will not need counseling, nor will we need teaching or knowledge. Jesus said: John 14:26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you." However, the Holy Spirit is still, intrinsically God and we will be with God in heaven, so we will also be with the Holy Spirit. |
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19 | New Testament Anti-Semitic? | Bible general Archive 1 | Amber_G | 31539 | ||
Another great resource is The Case for Christ by Lee Stroebel. There is a very passionate story in that book about a Jewish man who felt the same way about the NT- that it was anti-Semetic. He had "tried" every religion out there- Buddhism, Atheism, etc. It wasn't until a Christian evangelist said- don't read the NT to find out about Christ. Just read the OT and see what it says about who Christ is. Well, he did and he was confronted. Even as little as he knew about Christ at the time, he knew there was more to the story than he had been spoon-fed. So he started reading the Gospel (though he felt at first like he was doing something he shouldn't) and was again convicted of the inherrent Jewishness of Jesus and the apostles and soon came to faith in Christ. It is an amazing testimony! | ||||||
20 | Christians enter heaven being judged? | 1 Cor 15:42 | Amber_G | 31537 | ||
You are correct that we were judged at the cross. The idea of the soul "sleeping" until the rapture might be a comfort to those who are not sure they will be going to heaven. But the fact is that our conciousness never is annihilated nor does it sleep. Many examples can be given to support this. First, the theif on the cross with Christ. Luke 23:42 Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." 43 Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise." He didn't say, "today you will go to sleep until I come again!" Also examine the story of St. Stephen (the first martyr to die for the faith) in Acts 6-8. 7:59 "While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." The judgement to come at the time of the rapture is a judgement of our works. We have already been guarenteed a seat in heaven by accepting Christ as our Savior. Christ will examine your obedience and your service while on earth at the rapture and we will be given crowns according to our works. However, we will cast our crowns at the feet of Christ in adoration and worship of him. 1 Corinithians 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men's hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God. 2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day--and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing. We have no need to be judged according to whether we are Christians or not a second time because the blood of Christ is sufficent for us. I am sure you have heard the worship song that goes, "oh, precious is the flow/that washes white as snow." In addition, "Bema Seat" is not even in the Bible. It sounds like your friends might be Jehovah's Witnesses? Do they also have a problem with the Trinity? There are some great resources out there to help you in witnessing or at least having a discourse with them. I reccomend "The Bible Answer Man" radio program and the associated website, www.equip.org they have a ton of free and for sale resources about this exact topic. It's worth checking out. Good luck to you! Love- Amber_G |
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