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321 | Why was Satan allowed amon the sons of G | Rev 12:1 | Scribe | 44096 | ||
I think that Rev 12 sheds light on this. The devil (accuser in greek) satan (accuser in hebrew) is allowed to accuse men before God. The whole war we fight with the powers of darkness is that of a heavenly courtroom. If you trust in Christ then his accusations are not valid. If however one does not apply the blood of Christ then they stand condemned and satan has power to make his accusations stick. The devil still accuses men before God especially the saints. But the answer given is "the Lord Rebuke you" because of the Blood of the Lamb. Amen. | ||||||
322 | Stars do cease to exist...Isa 40:26? | Is 40:26 | Scribe | 44094 | ||
I agree. It does not mean not one of them stops shinning. It simply says they do not fail. I take this as that they do not fail in what God intends for them. | ||||||
323 | Stars do cease to exist...Isa 40:26? | Is 40:26 | Scribe | 44093 | ||
Well isn't this interesting. Isaiah 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth. First of all does not the idea of black holes proove that they still exist only in another form, and this was said before men discovered such things. Or what about the fact that star light we view is supposed to continue on for ever. SO you see the light of a star that has ceased to shine. Is not the existance of the light another indicator of the reality of the statement, that they do not fail. Is it literal. Maybe more literal than one even knows. I think there are many instances of this in the Bible. There are some metaphorical statements of course. Calling a womans nose the tower of lebanon. not very flattering by today's standards but in SOS it was and the literal tower of lebanon was never meant. We know when it is metaphor and when it is literal by the context. When Comparing God's greatness I would take it literal. |
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324 | Who are the 144000? Is it literal | Rev 7:4 | Scribe | 44089 | ||
Who are the 144000? Is it literal or is it symbolic? | ||||||
325 | the ten virgins | Matt 25:1 | Scribe | 44087 | ||
Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. Revelation 17:6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. Revelation 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. Romans 9:6-9 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed. Romans 11:2-5 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. The promise of the salvation of Israel is indeed referring to Israel but only that true Israel who are of faith. God has taken out a people for His name. That does include the gentiles that blieve. The gentile becomes a Jew when he has faith and the jew becomes not a Jew when he does not have faith. God will bring out a people from the Land of Israel but they will not be a seperate people or a new church. There is one church and when God saves a Jew or a gentil they are part of that one church. God is not going to take the church and then deal with the Jew seperately . This is not scriptural but a made up eschatoligical dispenstational view that does not fit at all. God is going to save Israel the same way he saved Israelis in the book of Acts. I personally believe that we all become a part of Israel when we are born again. I believe we are grafted in as paul said. The grafted in part is not less than the tree part. We are one. You cannot really tell a branck that is grafted in. It truely becomes part of the tree. God showed his displeasure in the idea of Jews seperating their fellowship into thier own group seperate from Gentiles by Peters vision and by Paul rebuking Peter when he again thought this way. God is not going to go back to some kind of Jewish elitism in salvation in the end times. This is actually an affront to the Gospel and all that the apostles preached. We are to see God's vision to save jews and by all means preach to them to believe on Jesus. However God is never going back to Judaism not know and not in the Tribulation. The Jews may attempt it, but God will not save any that do it. God will only save those that turn to Jesus as the Christ. Those in Israel that do that recieve the revelation that God is saving all men. DO you really think that in the Tribulation there will be Jews that know Christ and the Love of the Father who will look at the masses around them and say. I wish I could tell you the gospel but it is too late. That will only happen after men die. Only then is it too late. Until then there will never be a saint that is not compelled by the love of Christ to save souls of every race. The 144000 are symbolic. I can proove this if you have hears to hear. I will proove it on my next post. |
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326 | Readers of"Left Behind" series question | 2 Thess 2:12 | Scribe | 43915 | ||
I do not see that this passage says that those that are left cannot be saved if they repent. If that were the case then God would just wrap all thins up in a day. The time of this judgement seems to have a purpose that God is leaving men without excuse, that they will repent or perish forever, but none will be able to say he did not know. They will even gather against God knowing that it is Jesus Christ they are trying to fight. This verse says... 2 Thessalonians 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Now we know that that does not happen until the end of the Great Tribulation so this passage if it is condeming for all eternity men that will not repent it is doing so when all things are wrapped up. Until then the judgements poured out seem to be another example of God's Holy Love in that He is still calling men to repentance, and demonstrating to all those that will ackowledge it that He is Judge and these judgements are not to be explained away. Men even seek death under the torment of the scorpion beasts (whatever they may be) and cannot find it prooving that something supernatural is involved. They say (hide us from the wrath of Him that sits on the throne and from the Lamb, prooving that they know that the judgements are from God.) If anything The Left behind series do not do enough in explaining just how much the men of the world will KNOW these judgements are from God and yet resist repenting anyway. The fact that a multitude comes out of the Tribulation and have their robes washed demonstrates that there are those saved in it. That there are those that are being asked to take the mark and refuse and are killed for it and then are told they live forever in heaven shows that there are those getting saved at this time. But I will agree that it will be worse than even the early church who were fed to beasts for not recanting their faith. Those that give their lives to Christ at this time are sure to suffer horrible deaths at the hands of the antichrist and there will be no sort of christian bible studies while eating popcorn and wondering what is the next prophetic event on the time table to happen in the news that day. Also though there may be multitudes saved, there will be far more multitudes sluaghtered with no hope as the winepress of the Wrath of God is unleashed. May God keep you from that hour. |
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327 | men Gerar keep stirving with Isaac | Gen 26:19 | Scribe | 43887 | ||
In this passage the herdmen of Gerar keep stirving with Isaac everytime he digs a well claiming it is theirs. What lesson or message do you think God is trying to teach us in this? | ||||||
328 | Believer's authority and the devil. | Jude 1:9 | Scribe | 43882 | ||
I think it is an example of presumption and ignorance. To pray to the devil is also a very unscriptural practice. Now if satan is speaking to your mind, tempting you to sin, then it is scriptural to say "get thee behind me satan (you can leave out the "thee") it is written.." and then give a scripture that relates to the temptation. And of course when casting out demons it is possible to ask a demon it's name but more often it seems a simple "Come Out in the Name of Jesus" will do. Then there are those that do not come out but by much prayer and fasting, but it is not praying or imploring the demon to come out, but praying to God and fasting so that you are walking in power and faith. Calling Satan names in corporate prayer with the saints always sounds very "in the flesh" to me. The Spirit always leads me to pray the word in faith believing I recieve from God and not to think at all about what the devil may do. What do I care what satan thinks. I receive what I ask from God and there is nothing he can do about it. May God Bless you in you study of His word. |
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329 | MARKARIOS, DID YOU READ MY NEW QUESTION? | Jude 1:9 | Scribe | 43879 | ||
Revelation 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, Now here is an interesting thing. Michael the archangel warring with satan again? Either It is a repeat of what Jude mentioned and has happened already. Or it is another battle. I believe it is another battle. I also believe that the mention of Jude about Michael disputing about he body of Moses is a hint about this battle in Rev 12 If satan disputed about the body of Moses it would most logically be about the fact that God stepped in and did some sort of supernatural burying. When Peter preached on the day of Pentecost he makes mention of an Old testament prophecy about Jesus body not seeing corruption. This is somehow related. Satan has some sort of legal right to rot a dead corpse in the grave. This because of sin. Now since Jesus never sinned the legal claim of satan to see the body of Christ corrupted was not valid. Something about satan wanting the body of Moses is seen in the reference by Jude. Satan was claiming a legal right to the body of Moses. Now we know that Moses was not raised from the dead then, but somehow I think his body was preserved. But that is my guess. Now in Rev 12 there is another battle between these two figures, Michael and satan. You could logically assume that the battle is over a Body. But this time it is over the BODY (CHURCH) of Christ. You see the saints that are alive at the coming of the Lord are changed in a moment and thier bodies are made incorruptible. Without dieing. So satan is disputing this. Satan is trying to claim he has a legal right to put death on these bodies to corrupt them in the graves, But Michael points to the cross of Christ which makes satan's claim invalid. This I get from the context of the rejoicing saints. They overcame him (his legal claims,) by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony (faith in Jesus Christ) See the warfare in the heavenlies (invisible realm) is not that of cosmic swords slashing through the air and lightning bolts hurled at one another. The battle is more like that of a courtroom. Understanding this is critical to ministry. The saint that walks in sin is legally accused by satan before God and it affects the ability of that saint to do what God has called him to do. The saint the yields to the Holy Spirit in repentance of any sin that God puts his finger on is always full of the Holy Ghost and power and need fear nothing that satan can throw at him. This saint walks in power. The power is from God and not of the saint, but the saint keeps himself connected to the vine by faith and faith is active, faith seeks God. May God Bless you in your study of His word. |
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330 | Explain million year old dinosaurs. | Job | Scribe | 43855 | ||
How can we reconcile the claims of scientists on the age of the earth and or bones and rocks being millions of years old when real science in the lab does not conclusively proof this? The only answer to that is that many scientists are willing to make some sort of faith based assumptions in order to follow a line of thought. This is not real science. Real science does not draw concrete conclusions on theoritical data. Carbon 14 has been proven to need mathematical calculations to fix errors and so who knows what new errors will be found in that method later. So it would be more scientific to keep an open mind to the possiblity of Carbon 14 being inaccurate. Were there giant animals on the earth before the flood. The Bible says there were giants in the land in those days. The fossil record displays giant insects, giant plants and giant animals. So what is the question? God choose to save certain animals and left the rest behind. At least that is my theory. | ||||||
331 | Who were the "sons of God" in Gen 6:4? | Gen 6:4 | Scribe | 43716 | ||
I am not sure why you responded under my note. The purpose of my note was to point out that Adam was called the son of God and that this adds to the idea that the "sons of god" in Gen 6 is the camp of Adam and the daughters of men are of Cains camp. Jesus being called the son of God is different altogether. He was equal with God. | ||||||
332 | Do you obey the NT commandments? | Bible general Archive 1 | Scribe | 43715 | ||
Yes, as Paul said if you knew the meat was offered to an idol and the pagan was observing you tell them no thanks. And preach Christ to them. Do not drink blood. (not that you would be tempted) but if you were a missionary and the natives dumped some goat blood out of the freshly slit throat of a sacrifice and offered you a cup. you should say No thanks. Things strangled, this also belongs to the idolatrous practices and fornication, they were always being expected to partake of the temple prostitutes. The christians were being told to withdraw from these ungodly and wicked idolatrous practices that there fellow gentiles were trying to get them to keep as a matter of thier gentile traditions. So not only were they told they did not have to keep the Law of Moses (Acts 15) but they were told to becareful not to keep the traditions of their idolatrous gentile fathers either. |
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333 | "Speaking in tongues"? | 1 Cor 14:15 | Scribe | 43658 | ||
The reason some churches believe in speaking in tongues is that they have taken the stand that the Bible is true. That God put the subject in the Bible for a reason. That if some use it wrong or some would make it up should not steer away the honest heart from wanting to know what God wanted us to know about it. Christians should reject anything about tongues that is not in the Bible. But a christian that wants to know what God thinks should embrace everything about tongues that is in the Bible. I never bother trying to persuade someone to believe in tongues, I don't see any scriptural evidence for preaching that way. I only teach those that believe in the gift in tongues as written in the scriptures. I will teach on the purposes of God behind giving the gift to the church as seen in the scripture. It is there for a reason. I only try to know and make known the revealed reason as seen in the scripture. I am careful not to attempt to persuade a person that does not believe tongues is real for fear of having the precious gifts of the Holy Spirit as written about in the scriptures maligned or spoken against. If someone had not made up thier minds and wants to know why God put it in the Bible I will gladly bring out all the scriptures on it and show them the big picture. But if they are adamently opposed to tongues I am careful not to attempt this. |
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334 | Who were the "sons of God" in Gen 6:4? | Gen 6:4 | Scribe | 43653 | ||
Yes. Adam was called son of God. Luke 3:38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God. The sons of God in Gen 6:4 are those that called themselves by the name of the Lord in Adams Camp. Genesis 4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. Then in Cains camp they were developing a life that was not focused on God or a hope of redemption. In Adams Camp Enoch was prophesying of the coming of the Lord with 10,000s of his saints and there were men from cains camp that would contend with him. These people in cains camp were the children of men. When the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were attractive and good to look at, and then they began to mix with them. This same sin has been the downfall of the people of God from the beginning and is still happening today. As you read through the Bible you will continue to see this pattern of "truth stream". When Jude speaks of the error of Cain he compares it with the counsel of Balaam. Now we know what Balaam taught. Balaam taught the king Balak to defeat the Israelites by sending the Moabite women in to mix with them. Today satan is still attempting the same strategy against those that keep the testimony of Jesus Christ. Satan will try to get the people of God to get involved romantically with an ungodly person if he can because he knows that in almost every case the godly person will be corrupted, not the ungodly saved. Follow this passage in Gen 6 with these thoughts in mind and you will see it applies much more logically than that of angels and men mixing. Also read the text carefully without looking at it through the filters you may have learned from other men teachings. It does not say that after the sons of god had sex with the daughters of men the babies were giants. It says that there were giants in the land in those days. End of sentence then as a seperate sentence it says when offspring of the sons of god and daughters of men were men of renown. This term means they were like feudal lords. And the violence filled the land as a result of these fuedal lords leading bands of maurading cruel and viscious men of rapine and wickedness. This is the underlying meaning of the words. Genesis 6:4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. Numbers 16:2 And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: See how the same words are used to describe the authority of princes in Israel? The idea is that this next generation of offspring of the children of those men that had corrupted themselves with mixing with the ungodly women became these authoritative rulers over bands or tribes and the violence that resulted is linked to the this statment. So it would be like feudal lords but of a very vicious nature. There may even be the idea of cannabilism here. What about the giants? Well I see that as a seperate statement altogether. Genesis 6:3-5 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. I lean toward this idea. There were giants in the land in those days. Giant, ferns, giant beasts, (dinosaurs), giant men (10 feet) giant dragon flies. A time of many giant things. This is a mention of various giant things. I do not really see Nephilim as necessarily meaning people only, this might have been used to refer to people, "sons of Nephilim" but I think the word is used here to express "giant". |
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335 | Can you help me with some research? | Not Specified | Scribe | 43644 | ||
For those that believe in keeping the sabbath day for today. Can you help me with some research I am doing? I would like your opinion or description on "how" you keep the sabbath. What I need to know is what do you do different on that day. Thanks in advance. | ||||||
336 | Can you help me with some research? | Luke 23:56 | Scribe | 43655 | ||
For those that believe in keeping the sabbath day for today. Can you help me with some research I am doing? I would like your opinion or description on "how" you keep the sabbath. What I need to know is what do you do different on that day. Thanks in advance. | ||||||
337 | Do you disobey this commandment? | Bible general Archive 1 | Scribe | 43641 | ||
Can you tell me how to keep the sabbath? | ||||||
338 | Was the Law nailed to the cross? | Bible general Archive 1 | Scribe | 43640 | ||
You asked..."Where does it say the Law was nailed to the cross?" Colossians 2:13-17 And you, being dead in yoursins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. You asked..."Was circumsion ever part of the Law?" Yes Exodus 12:48-49 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. This is why they had to discuss this. There were those that were very persuasive in making the new gentiles converts think they had to follow these instructions in Exodus 12:48-49 If it were not for Acts 15 I guarantee you we would have sects and cults trying desperately to enforce circumsicion on the gentile believer in order to be pleasing to God or "obey" God. But instead we have them doing the very same exact thing with sabbath day law. You asked... "Did circumsion precede the Law?" Yes Genesis 17:13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. This term everlasting convenant would be used by the sabbath keeping cults if it were not for Acts 15. The lesson of Acts 15 was not only about circumcision. Notice what is said.... "Acts 15:5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, AND TO COMMAND THEM TO KEEP THE LAW OF MOSES." .... Fare thee well :) |
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339 | Are we free to disobey God's OT Law? (2) | Bible general Archive 1 | Scribe | 43638 | ||
No. The gentile christian is free from the law. Hallelujah! " For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well." |
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340 | help | Is 61:1 | Scribe | 43621 | ||
Isaiah 61:1-3 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified. You will notice that Jesus read this passage in a synagogue and said that he was fulfilling it. But Jesus closed the book just before the mention of the day of vengeance. So we are still in that that part of the passage prior to the day of vengeance. When the day of vengeance begins then the rest of the passage will be fulfilled. This also is a great example of how prophecies do have more than one application and will skip generations from one sentence to the next. So when someone trys to establish a prophetic time table on a verse it is not always correct. The prophecy might have skipped 2000 years between two sentences and the reader is not aware of it. Luke 4:16-19 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. Luke 4:21-22 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. |
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