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2461 | Why 70 A.D. and why predictions | Matt 16:28 | stjohn | 183893 | ||
HI Tom; Well; you make a very good argument. First of all I'd like to compliment you, it all looks and sounds very good. But; if I may, lets take a closer look. You pointed out in Gen 8:21 that god made a promise, in which it looks like God; is saying that He will never again destroy the earth. Well; you are right, it does look that way. But; lets read on just a little and look at Gen 9: starting with v) 11; "I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall never again be cut off by the water of the flood, neither shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth." 12, God said, "This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all successive generations; 13, I set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth. 14, "It shall come about, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow will be seen in the cloud, 15, and I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and never again shall the water become a flood to destroy all flesh. Now, let me lift a couple of quotes out, and I don't like lifting verses out of context, but I don't think we are doing that here. what I am trying to do here is put things in context. "never again shall the water become a flood to destroy all flesh." and, "neither shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth." Now it seems to me, God, cleared that up in case we had a question. And; in case we didn't get it the first time; He said it twice. Now, here is your next point. v, 22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease." Some have suggested that before the flood there were no seasons. And the flood set the earth of kilter, and, being that, (off kilter that is) as you know, is the reason we have seasons. well, I don't know, wasn't there, didn't see it, but, if you believe in a literal flood, like my self and many other believers do. Who knows? I don't think we should argue over that one. Your next point is. "In 2 Pet.3:13 we find; "Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelt righteousness." It would appear that Peter is contradicting God's promise. Well; may I say not if you didn't misunderstand scripture in the first place! Ok, here is the next quote from your note; "in Matt. 24:35 Jesus said, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away." Here it appears God contradicts Himself. How can this apparent contradiction be reconciled?" Again; we need to look back at Gods promise/covenant, and read the whole thing. Brother I hope you can see how easy it is to get fouled up when we don't read the whole of scripture to see what God is trying to say to us. Next; you ask. did God use doublespeak? No. I say again, No. God does not use doublespeak. Next; this was presented. Psalm 104:5; "Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever." Now, my self I don't know what the foundation of the earth would look like. and the earth is round and floats in space, it does not need a foundation, as we know what a foundation is. Do you suppose this could be figurative? It looks that way to me! And may I point out speaking of figurative language that your esteemed expert doesn't seem know that Isaiah, and in fact, I would say all the prophetic writers used a great deal more figurative or metaphoric language than any of the other writhers of Scripture. The word Babylon for instance is figurative for the world, and sinful man it is used in many places in the bible that way, for instance the book of revelation uses it many times. Our Lord and Peter were speaking very plainly by the way, you can see that if you read toughs passages through in context. Now; as far as your last statement and I'm quoting you now, I say that in case some one reading this might think that I said this. "heaven and earth" have passed, no matter what you feel under your feet or see when you look up. I really don't know what to say without sounding to flippant. God bless stj |
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2462 | Why is the Catholic bible different? | 2 Tim 3:16 | stjohn | 183867 | ||
Hi CDBJ; Just whanted to say I only agree with 100 percent of what you said! peas stj |
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2463 | What authority does the The Westminster | 2 Tim 3:16 | stjohn | 183866 | ||
Hi stjames7; I take it from what I read of you, that you are a christian, a fellow bealiver, and therefor a brother in christ. so let us not loose site of what is all important, that is, that we show love, one for another. I am not in any way accusing you so please don't take it that way. I know that I am guilty as any one so I'm not puting myself obove any one. So, here is something that I think will help us all. I believe that we should be planting seed of hope in the broken people that may be serching for that hope that we have in Christ. God bless stj 1 Cor 3:3 for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men? 1 Cor 3:4 For when one says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not mere men? 1 Cor 3:5 What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one. 1 Cor 3:6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth. 1 Cor 3:7 So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth. 1 Cor 3:8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. 1 Cor 3:9 For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building. 1 Cor 3:10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it. 1 Cor 3:11 For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ |
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2464 | sermon on the mound | Matt 5:1 | stjohn | 183863 | ||
Hi daniel101; the sermon on the mt. can be found in Matthew chapters 5 through 7 also known as the Beatitudes. In it Jesus Christ our Lord, raises the ten commandments and the law to the inth degree, making it obvious to any one who may have thought he was keeping the law, that he could not. Therefor making it clear to all that we need a savour, and that of corse would be our Lord Jesus Christ. Now that was a pretty short answer but I hope it helps you in your studies. God bless stj |
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2465 | Isaiah 7:14 | Is 7:14 | stjohn | 183859 | ||
Hello Hebers Wife; Personally, I would have to say that I can see no advantage in anything that seems to diminish the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ. I hope this helps. stj |
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2466 | Why 70 A.D. and why predictions | Matt 16:28 | stjohn | 183855 | ||
Did I read you rite? "No the Mt. of Olive has not split, nor has the sun went dark, etc. But if it were ever to happen, it would be the end of life on earth then eventually our solar system at the least." Does the bible say that there will be a new heavn and a new earth or did I miss read that? Maby God is to weak to pull that one off! stj P.S. you really dont have to answer. |
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2467 | Heaven what it will be like! | Bible general Archive 3 | stjohn | 183838 | ||
thanks; See you there Grace! what a day that will be! peas stj |
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2468 | Do animals have souls and go to heaven? | Gen 2:7 | stjohn | 183836 | ||
Hi mrs; I suppose, if by chance, any of us, when we get to heaven long for a beloved pet, consider this. NIV. Matt 7:9,11 Which of you if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10) Or if he asks for a fish, will give a snake? 11) If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! Jesus; is a wonderful loving God, who suffered more then any human could ever endure for our happiness. now I don't know why but He really loves us that much, so, I think if we ask Him; well, what do you think He would do, give us a fish named spot! I hope this helps. peas stj |
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2469 | evolving or devolving? | Matt 16:28 | stjohn | 183832 | ||
Hi steve, I humbly agree. Thank you! peas stj |
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2470 | evolving or devolving? | Matt 16:28 | stjohn | 183831 | ||
Hi jonp, well, thank you for you're answer, but personally I think Adam could have split the atom, if he had wanted to, God gave Him dominion over every thing (except the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil) under the sun, dominion is a pretty strong word, But thats just my opinion. I do greatly appreciate your knowledge of scripture and your willingness to take time to share. I hope we can remain friends and not part friends. this has been interesting discussion. with respect, peas stj. |
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2471 | Heaven what it will be like! | Bible general Archive 3 | stjohn | 183823 | ||
HI mae68; The bible doesn't tell us exactly what heaven will look like but I hope this helps. In heaven the blessedness of the righteous consists in the possession of "life everlasting," "an eternal weight of glory" (2 Cor. 4:17), an exemption from all sufferings for ever, a deliverance from all evils (2 Cor. 5:1, 2) and from the society of the wicked (2 Tim. 4:18), bliss without termination, the "fulness of joy" for ever (Luke 20:36; 2 Cor. 4:16, 18; 1 Pet. 1:4; 5:10; 1 John 3:2). The believer's heaven is not only a state of everlasting blessedness, but also a "place", a place "prepared" for them (John 14:2). Also look in revelation 4:2-6 keep looking up and God bless stj |
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2472 | philippians 3 | Philippians | stjohn | 183815 | ||
Hi pj; First of all I don't think paul was reminding them to rejoice in the Lord, it's more like a salutation or proclamation like praise the Lord! What he was reminding them of was what He had told them before about the gospel of Christ. apparently Paul had written or spoken to them before about circumcision. repetition is a safeguard against false teaching. His concern then was about the men that where trying to tell them that they needed to be circumcised. (mutilators of the flesh.) notice He called them dogs, Jesus gave His most scathing rebuke to religious men like them. Paul was sort of telling them to stand on the word. True believers worship Christ in spirt and with faith in Him as there saviour not in trusting works of the flesh or human effort. | ||||||
2473 | Of the Spirit's Filling | Eph 3:19 | stjohn | 183811 | ||
Doc; thanks for respondign, and also for your gentle reminder of the masage in ephesians.. I gues I needed that! stj | ||||||
2474 | Of the Spirit's Filling | Eph 3:19 | stjohn | 183806 | ||
God bless the tung and pen and heart of Charles Spurgeon. All I can say is awesome. thanks doc; that was truly beautiful stj |
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2475 | evolving or devolving? | Matt 16:28 | stjohn | 183802 | ||
Hi doc; What a amazing proficy. God is good to his word isn't He. thanks Doc. peas stj P.S. thanks for the good word on post#183719 |
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2476 | evolving or devolving? | Matt 16:28 | stjohn | 183801 | ||
Hi Jonp; History, is a word that describes a concept: history is what we call everything that happened in the past. History has no power to bestow gifts or instill knowledge, history can do nothing of it's self. it's not a self, it's a concept. I believe God gave man that ability to wright and count and communicate at a high level, I don't believe Adam was some dim wit that just fell out of a tree. If Adam was created in the image of God then I believe he was a very intelligent man. who do you suppose told Adam he lived 930 years, my friend I think you're kind of putting the cart before the horse By assuming that secular history came before biblical history by the way. Saying that history somhow developed reading and writing is a pretty fantastic idea. I do however agree with your statement. "In fact of course no history is in the end secular because God is involved in it all." ' Maybe we should ponder that one. All that I know and all that I am is of or from God. Amen. You responded to my observation, and not my question by the way. peas stj |
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2477 | evolving or devolving? | Matt 16:28 | stjohn | 183779 | ||
Hi Jonp. has man ben evolving or devolving sense the fall? Your view on mans history seems to be more secular then biblical peas stj |
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2478 | Still not convinced preterism is false | Matt 16:28 | stjohn | 183773 | ||
Amen WOS, seems to me the trouble with math isn't in the 1st but the 21st century, all this talk about preterism is causing division peas stj |
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2479 | Matthew 18:18 | John 20:23 | stjohn | 183731 | ||
Hi CDBJ; Amen brother; I read your profile and had a similar experience stj |
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2480 | Still not convinced preterism is false | Matt 16:28 | stjohn | 183730 | ||
you are right the coming of Christ was and is imminent: by definition imminent simply means it could but does not imply that it will happen soon. also, I think quickly would be a better translation then soon. peas stj | ||||||
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