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Results from: Answers On or After: Thu 12/31/70 Author: kalos Ordered by Verse |
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3161 | Persons destroyed too? | Rev 20:14 | kalos | 7765 | ||
Ask the Jehovah's Witnesses. They make a career out of denying the fundamental Bible doctrine of the everlasting punishment of the lost. | ||||||
3162 | reassurance of lambs book of life | Rev 20:15 | kalos | 118657 | ||
How can I be certain God won't erase my name from the book of life? 'We will begin . . . by looking first at what the New Testament has to say concerning the book of life. (...) 'The apostle John refers to the "book of life" five other times in Revelation. From two of these passages it becomes evident that he certainly did not believe names could be erased: 'And all who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been WRITTEN FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain. Revelation 13:8, emphasis added. 'And those who dwell on the earth will wonder, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. Revelation 17:8, emphasis added. 'In these passages John informs us about the time when the book of life was filled out. This information comes as a surprise. Without it, our assumption would be that when men or women put their trust in Christ, their names were added at that moment. But that is not the case at all. The book of life has been complete since the foundation of the world. 'By "world," John does not mean "earth." In both passages "earth" and "world" appear. These are from two different Greek words. The one translated "earth" means just that--this ball of dirt upon which we live. The Greek word translated "world" is kosmos from which we get our English word cosmos. 'John is using "world" here to refer to the entire universe (see John 1:3; Acts 17:24). In light of the scientific limitations of John's day, it could very well be a reference to all created things. Either way, his point is the same: THE BOOK OF LIFE WAS FILLED OUT BEFORE THE FIRST ENTRY WAS EVER BORN. 'If that is the case, God's foreknowledge had a great deal to do with who was written in and who was not. In anticipation of Christ's death on man's behalf, God wrote the names of those He knew from eternity past would accept His gracious offer. The apostle Paul had this same idea in mind when he wrote, 'Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him. (Ephesians 1:4) 'God wrote before we did anything. He filled out the book of life in anticipation of what He knew we would do. Therefore, He did not write in response to what we ACTUALLY did; rather, He wrote in response to what He KNEW we would actually do. 'This distinction is very important. For if God put names in the book as history unfolded--as we actually believed ---it could be argued that He erases them as history unfolds as well. But if God entered names according to His foreknowledge, it follows that He would erase them according to His foreknowledge, which makes no sense at all. If God wrote and erased according to foreknowledge, both His writing and His erasing would be complete before the world began. In that case, no one needs to live with the fear that his or her name will be erased from the book of life sometime in the future. But if that is the case, Revelation 3:5 is no longer a problem. 'Missing Persons 'There is a second reason these passages eliminate the possibility of names being erased. Both passages indicate that the lost people in these verses had never had their names written in the book of life. John does not say these names were simply not in the book at that time. He says, "Everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world." 'Who is he talking about here? "All who dwell on the earth." In other words, no lost persons alive at that time had ever had their names in the book of life. Of course, they had never had their names erased from the book, either. 'The only way around this problem for those who hold to the ERASABLE NAME VIEW is to maintain that all the unsaved people who had their names erased were already dead by this time in history. That is certainly possible, but it is highly unlikely. It is especially unlikely in light of the intense persecution those who name the name of Christ will be facing during this time (see Revelation 13:7).' ____________________ Eternal Security: Can You Be Sure? by Dr. Charles Stanley (http://www.intouch.org/myintouch/exploring/bible_says/eternal_security/erase_149096.html) |
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3163 | Wil we cry over familiy members going to | Rev 21:4 | kalos | 180114 | ||
NASB Revelation 21:4 and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away." AMPLIFIED Revelation 21:4 God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, neither shall there be anguish (sorrow and mourning) nor grief nor pain any more, for the old conditions and the former order of things have passed away. [Isa. 25:8; 35:10.] Isaiah 25:8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. Isaiah 35:10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. |
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3164 | Will unbelievers be raised from Sheol? | Rev 21:8 | kalos | 32084 | ||
All those who sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all those who sinned under the law will be judged by the law. (Rom 2:12 Holman Christian Standard Bible) God will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through their faith. "since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith." (Rom 3:30 HCSB) |
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3165 | The NASB is interpreting here | Rev 22:12 | kalos | 131991 | ||
Dalcent: From "Principles of Translation", New American Standard Bible: "Modern English Usage: The attempt has been made to render the grammar and terminology in contemporary English. When it was felt that the word-for-word literalness was unacceptable to the modern reader, a change ws made in the direction of a more current English idiom." Grace to you, Kalos |
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3166 | Were the apocrypha part of original KJV? | Rev 22:19 | kalos | 157540 | ||
'F. F. Bruce states there is no evidence that the Jews (neither Hebrew nor Greek speaking) ever accepted a wider canon than the twenty-two books of the Hebrew OT. He argues that when the Christian community took over the Greek OT they added the Apocrypha to it and "gave some measure of scriptural status to them also." 'Gleason Archer makes the point that other Jewish translations of the OT did not include the Apocryphal books. The Targums, the Aramaic translation of the OT, did not include them; neither did the earliest versions of the Syriac translation called the Peshitta. Only one Jewish translation, the Greek (Septuagint), and those translations later derived from it (the Italia, the Coptic, Ethiopic, and later Syriac) contained the Apocrypha. 'Even the respected Greek Jewish scholar Philo of Alexandria never quotes from the Apocrypha. One would think that if the Greek Jews had accepted the additional books, they would have used them as part of the canon. Josephus, who used the Septuagint and made references to 1 Esdras and 1 Maccabees writing about 90 A.D. states that the canon was closed in the time of Artaxerxes I whose reign ended in 423 B.C. It is also important to note that Aquila's Greek version of the OT made about 128 A.D., which was adopted by the Alexandrian Jews, did not include the Apocrypha.' ____________________ From "The Old Testament Apocrypha Controversy" by Don Closson To read the entire article go to:(http://www.probe.org/docs/apocrypha.html) |
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3167 | Were the apocrypha part of original KJV? | Rev 22:19 | kalos | 157541 | ||
Contradictions in the Koran www.carm.org/islam/Koran_contradictions.htm Following is a list of web pages containing information about the Koran: 1. Islam Islam, its history, teachings, future, etc. Examined against the Bible. www.carm.org/islam.htm 2. Methods Muslims use to attack Christianity Methods Muslims use to attack Christianity is something Christians need to be aware of. www.carm.org/islam/muslim_attacks.htm 3. Islamic Terms A concise list of common Islamic terms. www.carm.org/islam/islamic_terms.htm 4. The Koran, Qur'an The Koran (Qur'an), and intro to the Koran. www.carm.org/islam/koran.htm 7. Differences between the Bible and the Koran Differences between the Bible and the Koran www.carm.org/islam/Bible_koran_diff.htm 10. Contradictions in the Qur'an, Koran Contradictions in the Qur'an, Koran www.carm.org/islam/Koran_contradictions.htm For more information go to: www.carm.org/questions_doctrine.htm and do a search for: Koran * * * * * * * * * * * * * For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. 2 Tim 4:3a NIV |
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3168 | Conjecture or opening scripture? | Rev 22:19 | kalos | 160424 | ||
Loobylight: I understand what you mean by 'rewriting' the letter. I can appreciate your reasons. But I myself wouldn't even attempt it unless I were fluent in New Testament Greek, which I'm not. After all, unless I started with the Greek, I would be rewriting a translation. There's just too much risk of error. It would be too easy to stray, however unintentionally, from the original and end up with meanings that just aren't there. If it were me, I think I'd stick with a good dynamic equivalent translation (such as the NIV) or a good paraphrase (such as the New Living Translation). This is no criticism of you at all. Please don't take it that way. I'm just answering your question and giving honest reasons for my answer. God bless you and use you as you preach and teach. Grace to you, Kalos |
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3169 | WHY DO WE SEEK A SIGN? | Rev 22:20 | kalos | 157759 | ||
He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. Rev 22:20 | ||||||
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