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Results from: Answers On or After: Thu 12/31/70 Author: Beja Ordered by Verse |
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241 | ... | 2 Pet 1:20 | Beja | 223472 | ||
Thorwald, I will try to follow your points. a.) Who says that King James was anointed? You might be surprised to find out that the translators of the King James Bible actually said that it is good to use multiple translations to get the sense of scripture. Second, all the arguements that are used against the modern translations were the same arguements used against the King James translation when it was translated. The Christian's of the time argued that the perfect translation already existed, the Latin Vulgate. b.) They said they would throw them out of the synagogue, not the church. You are majorly missinterpreting that scripture. Second, if you read Deuteronomy 13, you will see that God also allows false prophets who have false visions to test the people. 1 John 4 says that we are to test such confessions against scripture. That sir is why you have been thrown out of a Church. c.) If you read the 1 Corinthians chapter 7, you will see that scripture actually says the exact opposite of what you are saying. d.) Sir your visions are to be tested by scripture, and when your visions disagree that means you are a false prophet. Your visions do not trump scripture but rather are to be corrected by scripture. In Christ, Beja |
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242 | Why do we follow rules taught by men? | 2 Pet 1:20 | Beja | 224348 | ||
findrichard, If this is an arguement for gathering to worship on the sabbath rather than sunday, I think it would be much better if you utilized the forum's search feature. This has been discussed more than once on the forums and it would spare us another debate. Furthermore, the intentions of this forum are for sincere questions. Whenever somebody comes asking a question that's not a question that usually means they are looking for a place to argue. What I mean by a "question that's not a question" is when somebody technically asks something but they already have their mind made up what the answer is. They simply are fishing for somebody to respond so that they can turn around and "educate" us on their viewpoint. I hope that's not what you are doing. In Christ, Beja |
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243 | What is the translation for 1 John 5:7 | 1 John | Beja | 243729 | ||
Peaceful6, This is actually not an issue of translation. The modern translations leave it out because it is deemed to be not authentic. This is probably one of the more famous omissions, and it is also very clearly not part of the original 1 John. There is a great deal of evidence to suggest it is not original. More than is convenient to type here. However, ANY commentary on 1 John that is worth its salt will discuss this at length. Anther helpful tool is Bruce M. Metzger's "A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament." This book goes through the whole new testament giving their reasoning for every textual decision made by their committee for the UBS greek New Testament. This book does need a little knowledge of Greek though (but not a lot). Normally I am happy to quote it on here for those who can't work with it, but in this case there is just too much evidence to quote. In Christ, Beja |
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244 | Actual bodies in heaven? | 1 John 3:2 | Beja | 213859 | ||
1 John 3:2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is. I think this verse might help you. Will we have bodies? Most certainly, but heavenly ones. What will that mean exactly? We don't yet know but we know it will be a body like Christ's glorified body. And we know it will be free from the constant urge to sin that we face now. Those two things are more than enough to satisfy me! Hope this helps some, if nothing else than to affirm our not knowing. In Love, Beja |
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245 | Where is Hell | Revelation | Beja | 206674 | ||
Ask him to show you that in scripture. He wont' be able to. This is pretty absurd actually. | ||||||
246 | who is the writer of the book revelation | Rev 1:1 | Beja | 223724 | ||
RDellius, Its in the first verse of the book. In Christ, Beja |
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247 | who is the writer of the book | Rev 1:1 | Beja | 223726 | ||
Duplicate question | ||||||
248 | Jesus going to Hell | Rev 1:18 | Beja | 223939 | ||
Droach, BradK is absolutely correct. Another passage that is sometimes take to say that Christ decended into hell is Ephesians 4, however I think that one is very clearly not saying that when you do a good exegisis of it. However, it is worth noting that the Apostles Creed, one of the earliest creeds of the church that we can point to, states that Christ decended into hell. Later reformed thought, at least Calvin I know, suggests this simply refers to what He endured on the cross. Its really only my respect for the apostle's creed that even causes me to humor the idea of it. Yet, to this day I can't say that I can find the notion in any place in scripture and I think it best that we don't speculate. In Christ, Beja |
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249 | why is "wield" in only the Ampl. trans.? | Rev 2:12 | Beja | 236040 | ||
Wolfie11, If I am not mistaking the translators' motive, they are simply translating the word "echo" as "wield." This word would less colorfully mean simply "to have." You'd normally just say "the one who has" However, when discussing weapon which one is carrying, "wield" becomes a fair way of expressing possession. That's all that the translators are doing there. Simply read it to refer to the one who has the sharp two edged sword. There is nothing in the greek implying usage of the sword -in this particular verse- In Christ,Beja |
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250 | rev.7:4 | Rev 7:4 | Beja | 229051 | ||
Mdyke, Two qualifications for my answer. I will be happy to answer your question from an amillenial perspective. Keep in mind there are a multitude of opinions, I give you my own from a particular theological point of view. That being said, I believe whole heartedly that I am right. Second qualification is that due to space I must skim what I in preaching take longer to explain. Revelations 6-7 is one chunk of the book meant to be taken as a whole. This whole is meant to paint one vantage point of the entire sweep of time between Christ's first and second coming. The first five seals paint a picture of what we must endure during that time period. 1. Nations conquering each other. 2. War 3. Famine 4. An intensifying of all these horrors. 5. Persecutions even unto death. We might stop and marvel as to how this is almost exactly how Christ described that this age would be in Matthew 24. Now in the fith seal the martyrs ask the question that set the stage for us in chapter 7. They ask, "How long, O Lord?" So all of this paints a question that is about to be answered. How long must we endure this world of suffering and persecution and war? Why has God not returned to end it and when will He do so? We get a two part answer. The sixth seal shows us a glimpse of the return of Christ to destroy this wicked world, and this glimpse is to be taken as a promise that however much delayed, it is indeed coming. Chapter 7 gives us the second part of our answer to this question. It shows us why He is waiting. We see four angels holding back the winds. They have the instructions to not harm the earth yet. So we understand the holding back the winds to be holding back these final winds of destructions. The end destructions of the sixth seal can not happen yet. The return of Christ to usher in this destruction can not happen yet. Why? Not until all the servants of God are sealed. That is the thing Christ is waiting for before returning. Now, note that in Rev 7:4 he HEARS the number of the saints being sealed. It is a perfect number from every tribe of Israel. After he hears the number in verse 9, he looks upon them and sees a multitude of every tribe and nation and tongue. The two are the same group, he heard of them, then he saw them. Now here is the point. To us the saved are a great multitude that no man can number. But to God they are the perfect number of the elect. The holy Israel of God. And He will not bring the end judgement until the very last one is sealed by the Holy Spirit for eternity. So the answer to, "How long, O Lord?"; the answer to why we are waiting so long, is that God is waiting for the full number of the elect to be saved. He will not loose a one. In Christ, Beja |
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251 | Who is the persecuted woman in Rev 12:13 | Rev 13:12 | Beja | 226667 | ||
John1968, I would suggest that the woman is the people of God. This does not exclude "Israel" as an answer, however it is meant to include the fact that scripture sees a continuity between the faithful of Israel and the Church. (Rom 11) In Christ, Beja |
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252 | First resurrection happens twice | Rev 20:5 | Beja | 239227 | ||
Ed.O. You ask a good question but a hard question. The question can be answered by a simple yes or no, but the reason it is so hard is because the way one answers your question is determined by how I first understand a great multitude of other texts. So when I answer, it is going to tell you a lot about how I have already made up my mind prior to coming to this text. Let me give you two reasons this isn't a bad thing. First, it is not so bad of a thing because revelation naturally comes at the end of the entirety of all other inspired authoritative revelation given by God. In other words, the original readers of the letter were 'suppose' to already have many issues of doctrine already established in their mind. This includes many notions about what happens upon Christ's return. These may not have been horribly specific ideas, but they at least had broad brush-strokes such as resurrection, judgment, new creation etc. So we are suppose to have much in place before this passage. Secondly, it is not a bad thing because we 'ought' to interpret unclear texts in light of clear texts. This is not irresponsible reading but good hermeneutics. Yes, first seek to understand the passage on its own merits, but other scripture ought to interpret scripture. Having given those statements I'll give an attempt to sort of kind of answer you. 1.) You are not the firs to suggest your answer. For whatever its worth, other Christians have put the pieces together in the way you have. 2.) I disagree with the premise that there will be a resurrection before the final tribulation. In this case also, I am not the first Christian to suggest this notion. I believe the first resurrection happens at the end, not seven years prior to the end. This of course would allow you to simply read the "first resurrection" as the first resurrection. I encourage you to study, make your educated guesses, and then test those theories further against scripture. It will only lead to further understanding, but I invite you to agree with me that two believers who truly love their Lord can disagree on such difficult issues. In Christ, Beja |
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253 | Mystery Resurrection For Holy Ones | Rev 20:5 | Beja | 239287 | ||
Ed.O. When posting a new question mid thread to a specific person, the unwritten norm on the form is to still mark it as a note. It will still alert me via e-mail that I was replied to so that I will not miss the question, and that way a question not meant for the general forum will no clutter the question section. But no worries, as I said, that is an "unwritten" norm. With regards to your question...I will answer it but then I would like to bow out of the conversation. I will try to refrain leaving my post in such a way that challenges you to respond as that would be an ungracious way to ask to be excused. I never wanted to debate viewpoints but only to be helpful in guiding whatever further discussion might ensue apart from me. But to the question...Let me first state what difficulty you might be assuming the text gives my viewpoint and then I will give my answer to it. Let me quote the text for the sake of the many silent readers. "And you shall flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal. And you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God willcome, and all the holy ones with him." The given is that these are saints. I assume we both accept this point. The problem presumably comes when it says that he will bring the holy ones "with" him. The assumption being that they are already with him. How can I therefore say that they were not previously gathered? Clearly this triumphant judgment return of Christ happens at the turning of the ages. Any so called tribulation happens before the return depicted in this verse and here we see the saints are with him here when he does. This is the problem you are suggesting, yes? Let me give you a matching statement from the New Testament which I believe explains this. Paul states that when the Lord returns he will "Bring with him those who have fallen asleep." He says this in 1 Thessalonians chapter 4. So here we have a clear statement of whom Christ shall bring with him on his return. Those who have fallen asleep is a euphemism for those who have died in Christ. Second, and this is very much to the point, he is stating whom he will bring with him when he comes to rapture his church. So those whom Christ brings with him are not the raptured, they are the faithful saints through the ages who have died in Christ. Third, even the "bringing them with" is not what we would first expect for he goes on to explain that the "bringing them with" in specifically how it will play out will be Christ showing up, resurrecting the entire lot of them, and then he will call up those still alive. Now you and I would say, "Hey! but that isn't bringing them with him!" How can Paul say they are brouth "with him" and yet his very explanation of this phrase is that he ressurects them just before the rapture? But that is exactly the words that Paul uses for this. So I would argue that 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 explain specifically who are brought with Christ, and this event happens AT the rapture. So we see the rapture happens AT the time of Christ's return with his holy ones and AT the resurrection. Which also is AT the same time as his judgment on unbelievers (2 Thess 1:5-10), which happens AT the time of the destruction of the current heavens and earth (2 Pe 3:7). In Christ, Beja |
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