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1 | Do I have to be Baptized to be saved? | Not Specified | sisterkath | 71790 | ||
Is it true that only baptized believers have an unrestricted privilege of approaching Jehovah in prayer? Also; Does a person have to be baptized, in order to be saved? |
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2 | Please explain the Trinity | Not Specified | sisterkath | 77335 | ||
Could someone please tell me, how does one explain the Trinity and how does one preach the Trinity? I am finding it very hard to understand the Trinity. In my research, I find that Trinitarians are not in agreement, among themselves. Where is the Trinity in the Bible? It is very confusing to me and the only thing that comes into my head is 1 Corinthians 14:33 "God is not a God of confusion." Why can't the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin scholars explain the Trinity? sisterkath | ||||||
3 | Is the first resurrection, the rapture? | Bible general Archive 1 | sisterkath | 75096 | ||
Hi CDBJ, The word "Rapture" does not accur in the inspired Scriptures. But I know you are refering to 1 Thessalonians 4:17, where it states; Afterward we the living who are surviving will, together with them, be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and thus we shall always be with the Lord. Verse 15 says, these are the faithful ones "who are left until the coming of the Lord," [they are still living at the time of Christ's coming]. They will instantly be "caught up," in the twinkling of an eye, to be with the Lord. (1 Cor. 15:51,52) The Oxford Bible Commentary says, "Here we have a futurist myth derived partly from Israelite tradition but given a new slant in the context of the belief in Christ's death and resurrection which saw him exalted to the right hand of God (Acts 2:33; Rom 8:34). The myth deals with Christ's descent (based on his preceding ascent to God) which presupposes a first-century cosmology in which heaven is located above the earth. The cry of command is probably to be taken as uttered by Jesus and as addressed to the dead that they should rise. A trumpet also appears in connection with resurrection and the end time at 1 Cor 15:52 (also see Isa 27:13; Zeph 1:14-16). While most myths relate to past events, helping a particular group to gain access to its formative, primordial past, a myth of the future such as this is rather different. It serves to stress the goal rather than the basis of a social order and thus has a presciptive rather than a proscriptive function. Paul's Thessalonian converts would have been reassured by the details of this narrative that another order of reality existed, and that the difficult events of their present and recent past were occurring within a context controlled by heavenly forces who would ultimately restore their fortunes beyond their wildest dreams. Yet although the creation of hope in a future vindication forms part of such mythopoiesis, it is not the end of the story. For a futurist myth such as this also creates an imaginary experience in the present of that which is to come, and thus reinforces the social identity of its addressees at a time when they are exposed to external threat. |
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4 | Is the first resurrection, the rapture? | Bible general Archive 1 | sisterkath | 75097 | ||
Sorry Searcher, I said CDBJ. About the Resurrected at Revelation 20:4,6. "I saw thrones, and there were those who sat down on them, and power of judging was given them. Yes, I saw the souls of those executed with the ax for the witness they bore to Jesus and for speaking about God. And they came to life and ruled as kings with the Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. Happy and holy is anyone having part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of the Christ, and will rule as kings with him for the thousand years." As clearly stated, it is not "the rest of the dead" who share in the first resurrection. That resurrection is for those who rule with Christ for the thousand years. Does this mean that no others of mankind will live during the thousand years except the ones who rule in heaven with Christ? No; because, if such were the case, it would mean that there was no one on behalf of whom they were serving as priests, and their domain would be a desolate globe. Who are "the rest of the dead"? They are all those of mankind who died as a result of Adamic sin and those who, though survivors of the great tribulation or those who may be born during the Millennium, need to be relieved of the death-dealing effects of such sin. Compare Ephesians 2:1. NWT. Reasoning from the Scriptures. |
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5 | Is the first resurrection, the rapture? | Bible general Archive 1 | sisterkath | 75174 | ||
Rapture is not meantioned in the Bible. I use a number of Bibles, but for my personal use, I use The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures. |
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6 | Is the first resurrection, the rapture? | Bible general Archive 1 | sisterkath | 75180 | ||
I am not a baptized Jehovah Witness. But I do study with a sister. Why do you want to know so much about me, if I might ask? | ||||||
7 | Is the first resurrection, the rapture? | Bible general Archive 1 | sisterkath | 75277 | ||
Ok, then. Note please, that I am also glad to share in the knowledge of The Bible. | ||||||
8 | Is the first resurrection, the rapture? | Bible general Archive 1 | sisterkath | 75280 | ||
Tim, I do not agree with you about The New World Translation. But, I use it just as much as I use all my Bibles. If you have a problem with me using that Translation, I can use a different Bible. They all say the same-----The Truth. | ||||||
9 | Is the first resurrection, the rapture? | Bible general Archive 1 | sisterkath | 75281 | ||
Hi Hank, I use the New World Translation because I believe in what it says. Since I believe in what the Jehovah Wisnesses teach, I also believe in their Bible. I also believe in other Bible's. Please don't misunderstand me. I believe in all Bibles, but some of the words are different, that's all. jjjjj Yes, I agree with the NWT rendering of John 1:1. |
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10 | Is the first resurrection, the rapture? | Bible general Archive 1 | sisterkath | 75282 | ||
I am not a Baptized Jehovah Witness. Understand, that one is not a Jehovah Witness, until one is baptized into their religion. But I believe in their teachings. | ||||||
11 | Is the first resurrection, the rapture? | Bible general Archive 1 | sisterkath | 75292 | ||
Steve, Why do I believe that the Word was "a god" and not God? Because, there is only one "Almighty GOD" Jehovah, and one "Son of GOD", Jesus Christ. According to the New English Translation: And the Word was God. John's thrology consistently drives toward the conclusion that Jesus, the incarnate Word, is just as much God as God the Father. This can be seen, for example, in John's use of the verb "worship" (proskunevw, praskunew) with Jesus as object in John 9:38, a word that elsewhere in John (4:21, 23,24) has only God the Father as its object. The construction in John 1:1c does not equate the Word with the person of God; rather it equates the essence of the Word with that of GOD. The Word was "a god". Or "divine," (theos en ho logos). As a divine being Jesus is not only Jehovah's companion but he is also his "master worker" a statement found in Proverbs 8:30. The first two clauses of John 1:1 state Jesus' relation to GOD, but part c states his position. Evidence that John wants to distance the Word with any identification with God is evidenced not only in the omission of the article in John 1:1c, but also the following verse. Jesus was "a god," but not the Almighty Heavenly GOD, Jehovah. |
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12 | Is the first resurrection, the rapture? | Bible general Archive 1 | sisterkath | 75293 | ||
Thank-You Joe. I'll keep them sites, in my files, just incase I need to refer to them. | ||||||
13 | God not around sin how satan go to him | Bible general Archive 1 | sisterkath | 75295 | ||
Could you please show me where in The Bible it states that "GOD cannot be in the presence of sin"? GOD is saying to satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God, and shuns evil." Satan says to God, (13) But stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will curse you to your face." The contest, however, is not a sham. Will Job curse God to his face? If Job does not, the accuser will be proven false and God's delight in Job vindicated. NIV |
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14 | God not around sin how satan go to him | Bible general Archive 1 | sisterkath | 75296 | ||
According to the Scripture's, Satan is a lie. (He is the Father of "the lie"). He lied to Eve. If satan encourages others to sin, doesn't that make him a sinful angel? So sinful, that he was kicked out of the heavens! Satan is everything evil you can see and hear, that is going on in this world today. The statement, "Satan is not sin itself, but encourages others to sin," is wrong. Satan is all sin. That's why it is very important that we listen to God, and not fall into the path of satan. |
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15 | Is the first resurrection, the rapture? | Bible general Archive 1 | sisterkath | 75711 | ||
Tim, Sorry it took me so long to return. You are right I misquoted. But, getting back to "a god." 1808 "and the word was a god" The New Testament, in An Improved Version, Upon the Basis of Archbishop Newcome's New Translation: With a Corrected Text, London. 1864 "and a god was the Word" The Emphatic Diaglott (J21, interlinear reading), by Benjamin Wilson, New York and London. 1935 "and the Word was divine" The Bible--An American Translation, by J.M.P. Smith and E.J. Goodspeed, Chicago. 1950 "and the Word was a god" New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures, Brooklyn. 1975 "and a god (or, of a divine kind)was the Word" Das Evangelium nach Johannes, by Siegfried Schulz, Gottingen, Germany. 1978 "and godlike sort was the Logos" Das Evangelium nach Johannes, by Johannes Schneider, Berlin. 1979 "and a god was the Logos" Das Evangelium nach Johannes, by Jurgen Becker, Wurzburg, Germany. These translations use such words as "a god," "divine" or "godlike" because the Greek word Jeoc (theos) is a singular predicate noun occurring before the verb and is not preceded by the definite article. This is an anarthrous the-os'. The God with whom the Word, or Logos, was originally is designated here by the Greek expression o Jeoc, that is the-os preceded by the definite article ho. This is an articular the-os. Careful translators recognize that the articular construction of the noun points to an identity, a personality, whereas a singular anarthrous predicate noun preceding the verb points to a quality about someone. Therefore, John's statement that the Word or Logos was "a god" or "divine" or "godlike" does not mean that he was the God with whom he was. It merely expresses a certain quality about the Word, or Logos, but it does not identify him as one and the same as God himself. |
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16 | how was the diciple Peter die? | Bible general Archive 1 | sisterkath | 75715 | ||
According the the Holman Bible Dictionary: Tradition holds that Peter died as a martyr in Rome in the 60's. (l Clem. 5:1-6:1) | ||||||
17 | Is the first resurrection, the rapture? | Bible general Archive 1 | sisterkath | 76184 | ||
Hi Tim, It is good to see someone with so much education. I have no former education, but do like to research into the Bible. You asked; "Is there only One God, or are there more than one gods? Reply: Anything that is worshiped can be termed a god, inasmuch as the worshiper attributes to it. A person can even let his belly be a god. Ro 16:18 Php3:18,19. There are many gods that are mentioned in the Bible. Ps 86:8 1Co 8:5,6 it shows that the gods of the nation are valueless gods. Ps 96:5 Among the Hebrew words that are translated God is El, probably meaning Mighty One, Strong One. Ge 14:18. It is used with reference to Jehovah, to other gods, and to men. It is used extensively in the makeup of proper names, such as Elisha, meaning Gjod is Salvation and Michael Who Is Like God. In some places El appears with the definite article ha El literally, the god, with reference to Jehovah, thereby distinguishing him from other gods. Ge 46:3 2Sa 22:31 At Isaiah 9:6 Jesus Christ is prophetically called El Gibbohr, Mighty God, not El Shaddai, God Almighty, which is applied to Jehovah at Genesis 17:1 In the following eight places ha elo him refers to other gods. Ex 18:11 22:20 De 10:17 Jg 10:14 2Ch 2:5 Ps 86:8 136:2 Jer 11:12. |
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18 | Is the first resurrection, the rapture? | Bible general Archive 1 | sisterkath | 76200 | ||
Tim, Actual facts, right out of NWT. Jesus is the Son of God, not GOD Jehovah. Jesus himself says he is the Son of GOD. Why should I believe any different? And we know what the Son of God means. In the Old Testament, certain men and angels are called, sons of God. At the center of Jesus identity in the Fouth Gospel is his divine sonship. John 10:36. Which now brings us to a different subject. Did Jesus have a heavenly existence before he became man? Yes, he most certainly did. He is the first-born of all creation, all things were created through him and for him. He is before all things. But Jesus is not his Father Jehovah. This is what I believe and what the Bible tells me. |
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19 | Is the first resurrection, the rapture? | Bible general Archive 1 | sisterkath | 76272 | ||
Hi Tim, Did he or did he not say in Is 43:10, that there is no other god besides him? If he did then how can Jesus be another god? Reply: Tim, there are many gods. But there is only One True GOD, Jehovah. Why wouldn't Jesus be a god? Isn't Satan the god of this world? At Isaiah 43:10. YOU are my witnesses, is the utterance of Jehovah, even my servant whom I have chosen, in order that YOU may know and have faith in me, and that YOU may understand that I am the same One. Before me there was no God formed, and after me there continued to be none. Servant, the anointed God, El Or, and after me there came or, will come, to be none. NWT You are saying that Jesus is GOD ALMIGHTY. Maybe you can answer some of my questions. At Isaiah 53:10 it says, Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him, he hath put him to grief. Bruise WHO? HIMSELF? John 1:38 refers to the arm of Jehovah, at Is 53:1, here along with Is 40:10, we have the arm of Jehovah as being the messiah and differenitated from his Father. Jesus can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing, John 5:19. As the Father GIVES him knowledge and Revelation, Rev 1:1. But Jesus was even then limited in the knowledge given to him, But of that day or hour KNOWETH NO ONE, not even the angels of heaven, neither the son, but the Father only. Matt 24:36, Mark 13:32 If Jesus was one third of God, and the Father was another third of God, how is it possible that Jesus was ignorant of what another part of his Godhead was doing? If Jesus was simply ignorant in his human nature, then how can he, according to you, see John 20:28, be Almighty God in his human nature at the same time? How can he, according to the creeds, be fully God and fully man at the same time and still not know anymore than the angels? Is it perhaps that he was NOT God, but a representative of God who was simply given the power of agency? Does Matt 28:18 and Hebrews 1:3 say that Jesus is, all powerfull? And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, ALL authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth. Matt 28:18. Jesus is GIVEN all authory. Someone who is, all powerful, does not need to be given anything, who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purifications of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. If the Scripture is indeed saying that Jesus is, all powerful, it is interesting that he only gets to sit on God's right hand, instead of in his stead. The angels sit at God's right hand, 1 Kings 22:19, 2Chron 18:18, and it is often a position of favor, 1 Kings 2:19, Ps 45:9, for royalty, but not one that is the ultimate power. 1 Corinthians 15:24-28, NIV. Then the end will come, when he hands over the Kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. For he must reigh until he has putt all his enemies under his feet. The lastenemy is death. For he has put everything under his feet. Now when it says that everything has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ. When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all. Is Jesus handing over the Kingdom to himself? |
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20 | Please explain the Trinity | Bible general Archive 1 | sisterkath | 77337 | ||
Could someone please tell me, how does one explain the Trinity and how does one preach the Trinity? I am finding it very hard to understand the Trinity. In my research, I find that Trinitarians are not in agreement, among themselves. Where is the Trinity in the Bible? It is very confusing to me and the only thing that comes into my head is 1 Corinthians 14:33 "God is not a God of confusion." Why can't the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin scholars explain the Trinity? sisterkath | ||||||
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