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1681 | Does the OT talk about resurrection? | Matt 22:30 | CDBJ | 17340 | ||
It is interesting to note that the word actually used in the Greek is the word GINOMAI or he be gone, or to become something that he was not before, i.e. the protector of God's people as in Daniel 12:1 The word used in the Heb. Is the word AMAD, meaning to arise, cease, leave, rise up. We even do the same with the English translation with regard to the rapture: rise up to meet Him in the air and one shall be taken the other left. It seem we all know what that means though. I hope I didn't make it more confusing. CDBJ |
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1682 | will the world end soon | Matt 25:13 | CDBJ | 17332 | ||
I am sorry, didn't mean to confuse anyone with the facts. CDBJ | ||||||
1683 | Does the OT talk about resurrection? | Matt 22:30 | CDBJ | 17303 | ||
Yes, the verse is Daniel 12:1 where it describes the same thing that Paul is speaking of in II Thess. 2:7. The Holy Spirit is omnipresent and cannot be removed, it would contradict His essence. The timing in Daniel 12:1 is perfect due to what is said in the last half of the verse. When the wicked one is revealed at the start of the last three and one half years, Jesus called this the great tribulation. The time of Jacobs trouble for the Jews and the tribulation for believers is running concurrent. The Jews will head for the hills and the Antichrist will have a hard time getting at all of them so he will turn to those that keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. The Trib. will be cut short by the rapture but the Jews will have to finish out their 70th week, spoken of by Daniel before all Israel is saved. When the great trib. is cut short by the rapture that is the end of the times of the gentiles. I.e. the natural olive branch will be grafted back in again. CDBJ |
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1684 | will the world end soon | Matt 25:13 | CDBJ | 17268 | ||
Thanks for the comment, but since when is the Church referred to as a he? The church is always in the feminine gender. The one who will be taken away is the protector of God's people. Daniel 12:1 Now at that time (when antichrist is revealed at the last half of the tribulation) Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. (taken out of the way) and there will be a time of distress ( the great tribulation) such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at THAT TIME your people, (all believers) everyone who is found in the book. ( book of life) will be rescued. ( the rapture, with out a doubt) This is just a thumbnail sketch. Look what happens when he is removed and antichrist has his way. Rev. 13:7 it is given to him to make war with the saints and this isn't just the Jews but every nation. Now if you say that it's the so called tribulation saints after the rapture then you are admitting that the tribulation is not from God but Satan; and once you start to see this we are making progress. Believe me I was the staunchest pre-tribulational believer going till these things were pointed out to me. I picked up a book called THE PRE-WRATH RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH by Marvin Rosenthal and he convinced me otherwise with Scripture after Scripture. I was amazed to say the least; and everything fit together like a puzzle with out contradictions. People get so entrenched because they have believed something so long that the can't see the forest for the trees. It's like trying to through a life jacket to a person who is drowning and all that person wants to do is argue over jacket, that it might not hold him up. I have nothing to prove either way; I wish you were right. Believe me I don't want to go through what the Bible says about the great tribulation, but what I know, I would die for, and if it happens in my time I might have too. The Lord is able to keep me through what ever pleases Him. Those that know what to look for will have a much better chance then those who were told that they would be rapture out of here before it, the tribulation happened. Christ said that those that endure to the end shall be delivered, i.e. The rapture. Why should we not suffer for Christ sake by holding to the testimony of Jesus. Rev. 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. (that the elect brother you and me) Yours in Christ, CDBJ |
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1685 | will the world end soon | Matt 25:13 | CDBJ | 17259 | ||
Check out The question and answer section on the web (www.signministries.org) it is an eye opener. and you could spend hours in there. Yours in Christ CDBJ | ||||||
1686 | will the world end soon | Matt 25:13 | CDBJ | 17234 | ||
Edb, a lot of believers are pre-trib, as I was, but we must remember that God's word is infallible, there are no contradictions in it! That being the case, why does Jesus say that the tribulation will be shortened for the elect's sake? The church has always consisted of believers only, and believers will not suffer the wrath of God. So then as a result, the tribulation period of Matt. 24: in not the wrath of God. Someone said, yea but the church is raptured before the tribulation and these are the tribulation saints. Even if that were true, which it is not, they are still saints of God, and His children and won't suffer His wrath: If they could then we have a contradiction of one of God's promises! Think back to what was ask of the Disciples when they knew that He was going away. They wanted to know when He would be coming back and what would be the signs precedes His coming, so they would know what to look for. The first thing that Jesus said in answer to their question was, take heed that no man deceive you. Now if the rapture takes place before all the tribulation takes place, why does he bother to give the warning? Background And why? Let me give you some background that may help you better understand why this controversy is still such a serious and emotional issue to many. The pretribulation Rapture position first appeared as a significant theory sometime in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century, depending on whom you credit it to, and it appeared at a time when all of Scripture was under attack by higher criticism. During the early years of the development of the pretribulation Rapture theory, new cults such as Mormonism, Christian Science, Unitarianism, and the Jehovah’s Witnesses began to appear, filling the void created by a growing disillusionment with orthodox Christianity. It is not clear who originally worked out the details of this new view of Christ's coming, but it has been generally attributed to Edward Irving, father of the Apostolic Catholic Church, circa 1825 (later accused as a heretic because of his low view of Christ), and it was later promoted by John Nelson Darby, one of the founding fathers of the Plymouth Brethren Church in Great Britain, circa 1830, and eventually picked up by Dr. C.I. Scofield during one of his visits to England. It was later taught in his church in Dallas, was popularized by his Scofield Study Bible in the early twentieth century, and became the exclusive position of Dallas Theological Seminary and the primary view taught at Moody Bible Institute for the better part of this century. It should be noted, however, that Dr. Samuel P. Tregelles, the renowned conservative Greek scholar of the nineteenth century (the author of six separate works on translation), considered one of the founding fathers of the Plymouth Brethren Church, strongly disagreed with John Nelson Darby on the position when it first appeared in England. Dr. Tregelles believed in a face-value hermeneutic, and he knew the original languages like few others of his time. In his book The Hope of Christ's Second Coming (pp.74-82), first published in 1864, he denounced the pretribulation Rapture position as being sentimental and emotional and without a thread of biblical support. He stated boldly that the pretribulation “doctrine of the coming of Christ [is] not taught in the Word of God… This whole system stands in distinct contradiction of what the Scripture reveals” (p. 32). He was doubly concerned about this new view because it also promoted a new position that made the gospel of Matthew no longer applicable to the church, discarding the gospel into what he called “the Jewish wastepaper basket” (pp. 37-39). This info. Is from pages 192 – 194 of the Rapture Question answered plain and simple by Robert VanKampen 1997 I hope this will challenge your thinking! Yours in Christ, CDBJ |
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1687 | There is no impossible with GOD? | Ps 34:8 | CDBJ | 17134 | ||
Fatherchuck, I read all of your comments on your personal profile and I must say that I have learned a few things from some of your threads. It is nice when we can edify one another in the Body. The Lord uses all the members to that extent. If we could just obey the command to ( study to show thyself approved unto God a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.) By adding this to an attitude like they had in Berea; where they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, to see if the things that were spoken, were inline with other scripture, we would all be a lot wiser. Yours in Christ, CDBJ | ||||||
1688 | will the world end soon | Matt 25:13 | CDBJ | 17113 | ||
Look at II Thess. 1:6-8 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day. The day of the Lord and the rapture are going to happen of the very same day. Look at the timing when the Lord comes with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God. When will this happen, when He shall come to be glorified in his saints, AT THE RAPTURE! Both events will happen on the very same day. The trib. Period is NOT the wrath of God, it is the wrath of Satan. Rev. 12:12 It is the devil's wrath. We won't go through God's wrath but we sure will suffer at the hands of the Antichrist. Compare: Rev 6:1-2 Mt 24:5 Mark 13:5-6 Luke 21:8 Rev 6:3-4 Mt 24:6-7 Mark 13:7-8 Luke 21:9-10 Rev 6:5-6 Mt 24:7 Mark 13:8 Luke 21:11 Rev 6:7-8 Mt 24:7-8 Mark 13:8 Luke 21:11 Rev 6:9-11 Mt 24:9-14 Mark 13:9-13 Luke 21:12-19 Mt 24:15-20 Mark 13:14-18 Luke 21:20-21,23 Mt 24:21-22 Mark 13:19-23 Luke 21:22-24 Rev 6:12-17 Mt 24:29-30 Mark 13:24-26 Luke 21:25-27 Rev 7:9-17 Mt 24:31-35 Mark 13:27-31 Luke 21:28-33 Do you think because all of these Scriptures match up that it just a coincidence? Do a little legwork; search the Scriptures, your future or that of your children might depend on it! I have nothing to gain by convincing you, but if you aren't ready for what's coming, you'll not be prepared when it gets here. You might not believe in the law of gravity, but if I were you I would check into it before jumping from a bridge. Yours in Christ, CDBJ |
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1689 | will the world end soon | Matt 25:13 | CDBJ | 17106 | ||
If I am wrong, then you can say "I told you so" on our way up to meet the Lord in the air:-) But if I am correct, then you will see some man rise to power and confirm a seven year covenant with Israel (remembering that every agreement with Israel is not front page news.) You will see a temple built and sacrifices begun, and then Elijah as well as another prophet/witness will appear, there will troop movements toward Jerusalem, then the "antichrist" will seat himself in the temple, and... well, you know the rest. I would encourage you to ask the Lord about this, and then get out your Bible and search diligently to see if these things are so (especially you men who have been entrusted with the safety of your families and congregations.) I shudder to think what will happen to the average Christian who has been led to expect a PreTrib rapture, when the antichrist is revealed. Will they flee from those pastors who were mistaken, straight into the eager arms of the false teachers and false prophets so often warned about? I don't know. My only obligation is to warn you. Now I will consider the warning sounded. . Maybe that's why Jesus said, (Will I find faith when I come?) CDBJ |
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1690 | will the world end soon | Matt 25:13 | CDBJ | 17103 | ||
Do you believe that the church is the elect, and are you a member of the church, the body of Christ? CDBJ | ||||||
1691 | will the world end soon | Matt 25:13 | CDBJ | 17095 | ||
Where does it say that the tribulation is the wrath of God? I don't see anything-supernatural taking place in the tribulation. Everything that takes place during that period has been happening on the Earth for years, it is just intensified at that time. God's wrath is with Fire. Remembering, it is man, and not God, who put in the chapter and verse divisions, what does God teach us through Paul? "For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of [the] archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up (raptured) together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and thus we shall always be with the Lord. Now as to the times and the epochs [of what?], brethren, you have no need of anything to be written to you. For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night. While they are saying, "Peace and safety!" then destruction will come upon them suddenly like birth pangs upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief;" It seems that Paul associates the rapture with the beginning of the "day of the Lord"... rapture then wrath! (Any "day of the Lord" passages in the Old Testament will describe it as a day of "wrath".) It says here that it is the "day of the Lord" which comes "like a thief in the night," but if the rapture occurs immediately before it, that still raptures us out before God's wrath begins, and both would come as a thief in the night, right? Denial's 70th week is not the tribulation period; it just runs concurrent with it. The tribulation is cut short at some point during the last half of the 70th week. The Lord will not cut the 70th week short, if He did it would not be a full week to make 70. CDBJ |
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1692 | There is no impossible with GOD? | Ps 34:8 | CDBJ | 17081 | ||
It is not only, not fair but it is not correct. God didn't die on the cross, the humanity of Jesus died. That's why God had to become a man, because God can't die. God was in Christ reconciling the World to Him self. God's Messiah died, not God! Look up the doctrine of the Hypostatic Union. The word translated death, in the English was the Greek word, THANATOS, It actually meant separation. I.e. physical death is when your soul leaves your body. Spiritual death, as mentioned in Rom. 6:23 (A) For the wages of sin is death. This is in ref. to being separated from God. Therefore the wages of sin is separation from God. Jesus Christ paid this price while on the cross at the ninth hour when our sins were poured out on Him. He screamed out in Matt. 27:46 (My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?) While Jesus was hanging on the cross, He actually died twice. The first time was for out sins. John 19:30 spells is out very clearly. The word that Christ used for, it is finished was the Greek word, TELEO. The etymology of the word teleo, shows that this was a term used in the ancient slave markets to signify that the desired price for a slave was paid and the transaction was over, they would always say TELEO. Christ has actually purchased us from the slave market of sin by paying the price demanded by God, which was separation from Him. That's why the issue now isn't sin, but Jesus Christ and believing in Him for salvation. After Christ work was finished He died physically. It is to be noted in John 19:30 that Jesus said it is finished before he gave up his spirit. The results are, Christ was born once and died twice; believers are born twice and die once. (Praise the Lord) CDBJ |
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1693 | will the world end soon | Matt 25:13 | CDBJ | 17055 | ||
Why are you premillenial, what scriptures are you depending on to get you out of here before the tribulation takes place? CDBJ | ||||||
1694 | will the world end soon | Matt 25:13 | CDBJ | 17051 | ||
Don't let any man deceive you, were the word of Jesus in Matt. 24: and Paul in II Thess. 2:3. Remember what it actually says (DAY and Hour). Christ Himself said that we would recognize the seasons. Paul goes on further to tell us that the day of the Lord won't come unless the apostasy comes first. There is one prophecy that hasn't been fulfilled yet. And the man of lawlessness hasn't been revealed yet. If you want a real insight into what is going to happen in the future look up, www.signministries.org , they spell it out pretty clear. CDBJ | ||||||
1695 | Where on the ladder of experience? | Bible general Archive 1 | CDBJ | 17030 | ||
I am very fortunate in this respect because I don't have to worry about heaven any more. You see God promised me that if I would just trust in His Son Jesus Christ, and what He did for me on the cross for my salvation, that He would give me eternal life with Him in heaven as a gift. But He informed me that it must be an undivided trust in His Son, i.e. that I not depend on (anything) that I have done or will plan to do. Now the nice part is, I can't loose it, because I didn't do anything to get it, so I can't do anything to loose it. It all depends on Jesus and what He did for me. Now since Jesus is my Savior he will not be my judge. What I learned was that Jesus paid the price for all my sins, past, present and future, there wasn't a sin that He didn't pay for as long as I believe in Him. I learned that he not only paid for my sins, but for the sins of the whole World. So now it is not a problem of sin, between man and God, but what do you think of Jesus. There is actually one sin that Christ couldn't pay for and that is the sin of rejecting Him. I.e. not believing in, trusting in, or relying on Him solely, as being the only way to get to heaven. (Note) John 14:6 Jesus said to him “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.” One neat part is that when God makes a promis, He can't take the promis back because if He did, the promis would have been a lie, and we all know that God can't lie, if He could He wouldn't be God! I even wrote a poem about it if you would care to read it? CONFIDENCE Are you sure of your eternal home, where you'll spend some billion years? Does the thought of death and it's permanence, arouse your doubts and fears? The Bible cites a dreadful place that doubters won't admire, They'll be cast out by an angry God, into the lake of fire! There's torment there both day and night, no help or place to run. People languish endless years, for rejecting God's dear Son. Jesus is the only way to avoid this awful place. He came and died a horrid death to save the human race. Now knowing this is not enough, your faith must be involved. By trusting in the work of Christ, the curse of sin's absolved. You can claim eternal life, for the Lord has made the promise. He died for you then rose again; don't be as doubting Thomas. You can't appease a Holy God by the puny things you do. God came down in the form of man and paid the price for you. Now Jesus sits on His throne on high, to Him all knees will bend. He will be the Judge to curse you, or, as your Savior He'll defend. Oh listen now the Bible heeds; don't add to the work of Christ! If you depend on what you've done, He'll not be your sacrifice. Trust in Christ, not your present ways; give God the credit due. He says He'll share His home with such, and give His peace to you. By Charles D. Bickett Jr. |
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1696 | No Rules, Just Right! | Ps 34:8 | CDBJ | 17008 | ||
Pemican, that makes two of us, with the exception of different view on eschatology, for a total of 32 years as my didaskalos. CDBJ | ||||||
1697 | No Rules, Just Right! | Ps 34:8 | CDBJ | 16975 | ||
Pemican, I like your explanation of God's essence and in that order. Could that have come out of Houston? CDBJ | ||||||
1698 | Where on the ladder of experience? | Bible general Archive 1 | CDBJ | 16961 | ||
Kin, have you read the book Saved Without A Doubt by John MacArthur, Jr.? It is very good and I would recommend it for all believers. CDBJ | ||||||
1699 | Can I trust this Pastor? | Hebrews | CDBJ | 16927 | ||
Jensen, I spent 17 years with out a home church. My wife and I would listen to Doctrinal Bible studies daily that were on tapes. The pastor on the tapes is one of the foremost Greek and Hebrew teachers in the country. I did more studying at that time then most pastors. If you are interested I can give you the names of several very sound sources that have free tapes. Contact me on my net address that is listed on my personal profile. CDBJ | ||||||
1700 | Does the OT talk about resurrection? | Matt 22:30 | CDBJ | 16904 | ||
II Thess. 2:7 has always been a much-debated subject. Many have said that it is in ref. to the restraining work of the Church in the World, but the gender is in the masculine form. The Church is always in the feminine gender, so that didn’t fit. Still there were others who say that 2:7 must be talking about the Holy Spirit. The word he, is in the small case, besides how can God, who is all-present, be removed? When Dan. 12:1 was pointed out to me, and the fact of what it say in the last part of the verse, it fit perfectly. This is also what Christ said was going to happen in the last days in Matt. Chap. 24. Rev. 13:7 shows that Antichrist is given permission to make war with the Saints, and in order to do this the protector had to be removed. This will cause a great many, so-called believers to fall away, when Satan is cast down to Earth and his wrath, knowing that he has but three and a half years left, is pointed toward God’s elect. Thus we have the great apostasy that must come first before Christ return. CDBJ | ||||||
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