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141 | RAPTURE | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 165588 | ||
A second and third coming of Christ? 'Will there be a second and third coming of Christ? 'By Rev. Bill Lee-Warner '"...looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus" 'Titus 2:13 is often used by pretribulationists to show that there is a difference (of time and objective) between what they refer to as "the Rapture" and "the Revelation of Christ." 'The "blessed hope" and the "glorious appearing" are said to be two different events, or in effect, two distinct comings of Christ. For the pretribulationist, the "blessed hope" is seen as the Rapture, when Christ comes (secretly) "for" the saints at the beginning of the 70th Week of Daniel while the "glorious appearing" is seen as Christ's physical return to earth "with" His saints at the end of the 70th week of Daniel, for the final judgment of the world and the setting up of the Millennial Kingdom on earth. 'For the following reasons, this passage in Titus cannot support the notion that there are two comings (parousia) of Christ: one for the saints, the "blessed hope" and one for the world, "the appearing of the glory of... Christ Jesus." (...) [Note: In the full article there are 15 paragraphs here, which have been omitted due to limitations of space. To read more go to: (www.solagroup.org/articles/ faqs/faq_0011.html) and read the entire article.] 'For the above reasons, to understand that a difference was intended in Titus 2:13 between "the blessed hope" being the (secret) Rapture of the saints and "the appearing of...Christ Jesus" as the Revelation of Christ at the end of the 70th Week, is to incorrectly understand the verse. Therefore, there is not a distinct second and a third coming, rather one coming, one Parousia at which time God "sum[s] up ... all things in Christ" (Eph. 1:10).' ____________________ To read more go to: www.solagroup.org/articles/ faqs/faq_0011.html |
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142 | RAPTURE | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 165590 | ||
'For the following reasons, this passage in Titus [2:13] cannot support the notion that there are two comings (parousia) of Christ: one for the saints, the "blessed hope" and one for the world, "the appearing of the glory of... Christ Jesus." '1. In Greek grammar, there is a rule known as Granville Sharp's rule, which says in simplified form that if two nouns of the same case are connected by the conjunction 'and' and if the definite article (the) is used preceding the first of the nouns and is not (necessarily) repeated before the second noun, the latter always relates to the same person or event described by the first noun as identical or at least similar. 'By using Grandville Sharp's rule in Titus 2:13, we see that the "and" joins "the blessed hope" and "the appearing of our ... Savior, Christ Jesus". The meaning of the conjunction "and" may be translated "even" or "also". It is therefore to be understood that the two phrases are equal in relationship. In other words, they are not two completely different time and event references, rather, they are both speaking of an event that has a common referent or focal point. 'A literal translation of Titus 2:13 would then be: '"...while we wait for the blessed hope even [the] glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ," '2. In I Peter 1:13, Peter writes: "...fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ." Peter understood that the believer realizes his "blessed hope" at the revelation of Jesus. It is interesting that Peter, who surely would have known if there was to be both a time period and a different focus or objective between the Rapture and the Revelation of Christ, did not even hint at such a difference. Rather, he simply says that the hope of the believer is to be realized "at the revelation of Jesus Christ". The conclusion one reaches based on this verse is that the blessed hope of the believer takes place at the same time as the revelation of Christ, the time when Christ comes to rescue the righteous (the rapture) and pour out His wrath on the wicked (the revelation, as per the pretrib definition). 'To use Titus 2:13 as a Scriptural base for establishing a pretribulation Rapture is a weak argument at best. Not only is the Rapture, separated from "the revelation of Jesus Christ", not the intention of the passage, it cannot be hermeneutically substantiated by any other verse in all the New Testament...' ____________________ 'Two more reasons are given in the article at the following website: www.solagroup.org/articles/ faqs/faq_0011.html |
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143 | RAPTURE | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 165601 | ||
Luke 21:36 NKJV "Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy[R144] to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man." (FOOTNOTE: F144 NU-Text reads may have strength.) "that you may be counted worthy." 'Older Manuscripts say "that you may have strength.' (Footnote at Luke 21:36, MacArthur Study Bible, Word Publishing, 1997) I wonder, if this verse pertains to the rapture, then how much strength must one have to be raptured? Good News Translation - Second Edition Be on watch and pray always that you will have the strength to go safely through all those things that will happen and to stand before the Son of Man. Holman Christian Standard Bible® But be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place and to stand before the Son of Man." The NET Bible (New English Translation) But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.” |
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144 | RAPTURE | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 165608 | ||
"How can you possibly have expectancy without imminency?" Ask a woman in the first trimester of her pregnancy. Mark: Does a woman who is expecting a baby believe that at "any moment" the baby could be born? Is it likely that at any moment in the nine months of her pregnancy the baby is going to appear? Perhaps you hadn't noticed, but usually I do not engage in lengthy one-on-one debates, especially debates about prophecy. Nothing personal. Grace to you, Kalos |
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145 | RAPTURE | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 165609 | ||
Mark: I don't know whether or not they were aware of it. You may wish to ask them. You can contact them at: Sola Scriptura P.O. Box 617677 Orlando, FL 32861-7677 (800) 844-9930 info@solagroup.org Grace to you, Kalos |
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146 | RAPTURE | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 165611 | ||
Mark: The Pre-wrath position teaches that the ONE second coming (parousia) of Christ will take place sometime between the opening of the sixth and seventh seals of Revelation, which is not the same as knowing the DAY and HOUR. Grace to you, John Thanks! John |
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147 | RAPTURE | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 165612 | ||
Mark: The Pre-wrath position teaches that the second coming (parousia) of Christ will take place sometime between the opening of the sixth and seventh seals of Revelation, which is not the same as knowing the DAY and HOUR. Grace to you, John |
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148 | RAPTURE | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 165618 | ||
Mark: You're welcome. And thank you for challenging the pre-wrath position. If it will not stand up under scrutiny and examination -- searching the Scriptures to determine whether those things are so -- then I want to know that it won't. I do not want to believe something if it is not true. Your challenges will either reinforce my views or correct them. Either way, I only want to know the truth. Grace to you, Kalos |
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149 | RAPTURE | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 165622 | ||
Mark: Yes, I am very aware that earlier Greek texts are not necessarily better than later ones. I don't completely buy into the argument that says we should discard a variant reading of the text merely because it is based on a later manuscript. You write: "the Good News certainly takes some liberties with the text, either way!" May I say to you that I agree? It certainly does! Grace to you, Kalos |
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150 | Never Read a Bible Verse | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 165774 | ||
'Never Read a Bible Verse' by Gregory Koukl 'If there was one bit of wisdom, one rule of thumb, one single skill I could impart, one useful tip I could leave that would serve you well the rest of your life, what would it be? What is the single most important practical skill I've ever learned as a Christian? 'Here it is: Never read a Bible verse. That's right, never read a Bible verse. Instead, always read a paragraph -- at least. 'My Radio Trick 'When I'm on the radio, I use this simple rule to help me answer the majority of Bible questions I'm asked, even when I'm totally unfamiliar with the verse. It's an amazingly effective technique you can use, too. 'I read the [Bible] paragraph, not just the verse. I take stock of the relevant material above and below. Since the context frames the verse and gives it specific meaning, I let it tell me what's going on. 'This works because of a basic rule of all communication: Meaning always flows from the top down, from the larger units to the smaller units, not the other way around. The key to the meaning of any verse comes from the paragraph, not just from the individual words. 'The numbers in front of the sentences give the illusion the verses stand alone in their meaning. They were not in the originals, though. Numbers were added hundreds of years later. Chapter and verse breaks sometimes pop up in unfortunate places, separating relevant material that should be grouped together. 'First, ignore the verse numbers and try to get the big picture. Then begin to narrow your focus. It's not very hard or time consuming. It takes only a few moments and a little observation of the text. 'Begin with the broad context of the book. What type of literature is it: history, poetry, proverb? What is the passage about in general? What idea is being developed? 'Stand back from the verse and look for breaks in the narrative that identify major units of thought. Ask, "What in this paragraph or group of paragraphs gives any clue to the meaning of the verse?" 'There's a reason this little exercise is so important. Words have different meanings in different contexts (that's what makes puns work). When we consider a verse in isolation, one meaning may occur to us. But how do we know it's the right one? Help won't come from the dictionary. Dictionaries only complicate the issue, giving us more choices, not fewer. Help must come from somewhere else close by: the surrounding paragraph. 'With the larger context now in view, you can narrow your focus and speculate on the meaning of the verse itself. Sum it up in your own words. 'Finally, and this is critical, see if your paraphrase makes sense when inserted in the passage. Does it dovetail naturally with the bigger picture? (...) 'Daily Bread? 'This raises legitimate questions about daily devotionals that build a short message from a single verse. In my view, such quiet-time helps can be inspirational, but they come with an obvious drawback. 'Fortunately, the liability can be overcome by remembering our basic rule: Never read a Bible verse. Instead, read a paragraph, at least. Always check the context. Observe the flow of thought. Then focus on the verse. 'Remember, meaning always flows from the top down, from the larger units to the smaller units. A reflection on a Bible passage from a sermon or a devotional may be edifying, encouraging, and uplifting. If it is not the message of the text, though, it lacks biblical authority even when the quote comes right out of the Word of God. 'If you will do this one thing -- if you will read carefully in the context applying the paraphrase principle -- you will begin to understand the Bible as God intended. Without the bigger picture you'll be lost. 'Only when you are properly informed by God's Word -- the way it is writtenin its context -- can you be transformed by it. Every piece becomes powerful when it's working together with the whole. 'It's the most important practical lesson I've ever learned…and the single most important thing I could ever teach you.' For Further Reading: Russell, Walt Playing with Fire -- How the Bible Ignites Change in Your Soul. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2000. Koukl, Gregory "The Perils of Prooftexting" Solid Ground, Sept-Oct 1999 Sire, James Scripture Twisting. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1980. Carson, D.A. Exegetical Fallacies. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1984. Fee, Gordon, and Stuart, Douglas How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1982. ____________________ (Never Read a Bible Verse By Gregory Koukl) To read more go to: www.str.org At this website, under "Search Stand to Reason", enter the words: never read a Bible verse |
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151 | Never Read a Bible Verse | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 165776 | ||
'The Perils of Prooftexting and How to Avoid Them' 'If you think you're on safe theological ground because of a pet verse, better look twice. Simple prooftexting has its perils. Here's how to avoid them. (...) 'Virtually every Christian with a theological point of view thinks his view is scriptural. Why shouldn't he? He has a prooftext he can quickly quote in his defense. 'If you're not careful, though, simply picking out a verse that seems to support your view may result in pitting one text against another, creating an apparent contradiction. This may be satisfying for the moment because the verse affirms your pet doctrine. But your take on the passage may be wrong, and the conflict created with other texts undermines the authority of the Bible in general. 'Part of what we do on the radio show is dispute different theological views. A caller gives me his opinion and cites supporting verses. I can almost hear him settling back in his chair and folding his arms. His work is done, or so he thinks. 'My verses say one thing; his appear to say another. As long as he can find a verse that--at least at first glance--supports his view, he's satisfied. Whenever the issue comes up, he can simply quote his pet text. 'Taking a casual approach to prooftexting doesn't solve the conflict. It merely intensifies it. How? Because, as I mentioned, when my verses say one thing and his appear to say another if we simply camp on our verses we affirm a contradiction. 'So how do we solve this problem? We keep one goal in mind. Our question should be, "What does the Bible teach?", not simply "What does our verse seem to teach?" How do we learn what the Bible teaches? By choosing an interpretation that makes the best sense out of all the relevant verses. 'That takes more work than simple prooftexting. If there's an apparent conflict, we must try to solve it. It is not enough to point to a verse that supports our position. If all of the Bible is God's Word and without error, then we must also consider the scriptural evidence that seems contrary to our theology and attempt to factor it into our answer...' ____________________ To read more go to: www.str.org/free/ solid_ground/SG9909.htm |
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152 | John Piper on English Standard Version | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 165888 | ||
Good English With Minimal Interpretation: Why Bethlehem Baptist Church Uses the ESV by John Piper 'Why I would like to see the English Standard Version become the most common Bible of the English-speaking church, for preaching, teaching, memorizing, and study. (...) 'I would be happy to see the NIV sail into the sunset if it could be replaced by the ESV as the standard preaching, reading, memorizing Bible of the English-speaking church...I feel what I am about to say with a passion built up over 25 years. I have longed that there be something more readable than the NASB and more literal than the NIV. The NIV is a paraphrase with so much unnecessary rewording and so much interpretation that I could not preach from it. 'Now let me say again that the NIV is the precious Word of God. Oh, how careful we must be not to belittle the Word of God. And yet we must not put any human translation above criticism. God has used the NIV to bring millions of people to faith in Christ. But at the same time I believe there have been negative effects that could be avoided. My biggest concern has to do with preaching. When a paraphrase becomes the standard preaching, reading, memorizing Bible of the church, preaching is weakened—robust expository exultation in the pulpit is made more difficult. Preaching that gives clear explanations and arguments from the wording of specific Biblical texts tends to be undermined when a Bible paraphrases instead of preserving the original wording in good English. And when that kind of preaching is undermined, the whole level of Christian thinking in the church goes down, and a Bible-saturated worldview is weakened, and the ability of the people—and even the pastors themselves-to root their thoughts and affections in firm Biblical ground diminishes. 'The English Standard Version 'My aim tonight is to help you be persuaded that exposing millions of people (pastors, teachers, students, laypeople) to the ESV would undo the dominance of the NIV and put in its place a more literal, and yet a beautifully readable, memorizable Bible—the English Standard Version. And this would be a good thing...' To read more go to: www.desiringgod.org/library/ topics/word_god/esv.html |
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153 | can I eat shellfish? | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 166111 | ||
And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any MAN (ESV: PERSON) common or unclean. (Acts 10:28 (KJV) Emphasis added.) Acts 10:17-19 'Kefa (Peter) was still puzzling over the meaning of the vision he had seen. ... Kefa's mind was still on the vision. What could it possibly mean? Would God, who established his covenant with the Jewish people and gave them an eternal Torah (law) at Mount Sinai, and who is himself unchangeable (Malachi 3:6), change his Torah to make unclean animals kosher (fit to be eaten, according to Jewish dietary law)? This is the apparent meaning, and many Christian commentators assert that this is in fact the meaning. But they ignore the plain statement a few verses later which at last resolves Kefa's puzzlement, "God has shown me not to call any PERSON unclean or impure" (Acts 10:28). So the vision is about persons and not about food. 'God has not abrogated the Jewish dietary laws. Yeshua (Jesus) said, "Don't think that I have come to do away with the Torah" (Mt 5:17-20). The specific issue of whether Yeshua abolished kashrut has already arisen at Mark 7:19; the conclusion there is that he did not. In Kefa's vision the sheet lowered from heaven contained all kinds of animals, wild beasts, reptiles and birds; yet I know of no Bible interpreters who insist that eagles, vultures, owls, bats, weasels, mice, lizards, crocodiles, chameleons, snakes, spiders and bugs must now be considered edible. God specifies in Leviticus 11 what Jews are to regard as "food."' ____________________ Jewish New Testament Commentary, David H. Stern, Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc., 1992 (Emphasis added.) |
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154 | can I eat shellfish? | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 166113 | ||
MJH: You write: 'The NIV adds the words, "In saying this, Jesus declared all food clean." This is not in the text.' How right you are! The rest of us, let us notice how the last phrase is worded in the following literal translations. Mark 7:19 KJV Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? The New King James Version "because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, thus purifying all foods?" Young's Literal Translation because it doth not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and into the drain it doth go out, purifying all the meats.' J.P. Green's Literal Translation This is because it does not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the waste-bowl, purging all the foods. Grace to you, Kalos |
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155 | Does Satan Exist Part I | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 166213 | ||
Yes. | ||||||
156 | Does Satan Exist Part II | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 166215 | ||
Yes Part II | ||||||
157 | Does Satan Exist Part III | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 166217 | ||
Yes Part III | ||||||
158 | What does lament mean ? | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 166320 | ||
See Merriam-Webster Online at (http://m-w.com/) | ||||||
159 | ... | Bible general Archive 3 | kalos | 166448 | ||
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