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41 | Can a person lose salvation? | Bible general Archive 1 | David_24597 | 72376 | ||
I would agree with that. If a person becomes saved and then refuses to "follow on to know the Lord" (Hos. 6:3) he CAN loose his salvation. Hos. 4:6 also states that the saved (God's people) can be destroyed because they reject the knowledge given to them. Even Heb. 6:4-6 (especially verse 6) shows that Jesus CANNOT be crucified a second time. Once the first time has been accomplished (accepted) a second repentance is impossible. Now I know that a righteous man falls many times (Prov. 24:16) yet gets back up again. This text in Heb. 6 (also Heb. 10:26-27) would then indicate a falling away and a REFUSAL to repent from it. |
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42 | Finding 'Act as though you have faith' | Bible general Archive 1 | David_24597 | 72507 | ||
I would agree with Pastor Glenn. Aften1, if these things are sealed to you then by your own words you are not saved because only the saved can understand these things (Dan. 12:10). These things are sealed only from the wicked not from the saved. Aften1, I urge you to accept Jesus as your Lord and Saviour. Repent from your sins. Ask Jesus to lead you. Ask Him to send the Holy Spirit to you to give you understanding. Read the Bible. Study it. Learn all you can from it. It is the Word of God. The wisdom it imparts is your life. This is your only hope for eternal life. |
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43 | Aften1, are you a Christian? | Bible general Archive 1 | David_24597 | 72508 | ||
Aften1, one of the scriptures you posted was John 1:14: "And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." I direct you to verses 1-3 and 10 of the same chapter: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made...He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not." Eph. 3:9; Col. 1:14-20 (esp. verse 16); Heb. 1:2 and 11:3 all show that Jesus IS our Creator. The three persons of the God-Head (Father, Son and Holy Spirit - I John 5:7) all had a hand in our Creation. For some texts about being created by the Spirit of God read Job 26:13 and 33:4. You claim you are here to speak the truth but you reject the plain teachings of the Bible. Again, Aften1, I urge you to accept Jesus as your God. He, only, is able to save you. |
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44 | is the holy spirit here during the tribu | Bible general Archive 1 | David_24597 | 72512 | ||
I would say, "no". Consider some examples of how God works: Gen. 6:3 shows a time when God's Spirit will not be around. Rev. 7:1-4 shows that the great tribulation does not start until God's people are sealed. Eph. 1:13 and 4:30 shows that this sealing is done by the Holy Spirit. Ezek. chapter 9 is also a good example of what will happen. The "man with the writer's inkhorn" (KJV - a symbol for the Holy Spirit) returns to God after His sealing work is done (verse 11). Does that help? |
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45 | Heaven be entered during bowl judgments? | Bible general Archive 1 | David_24597 | 72577 | ||
Rev. 8:5 also shows that Jesus no longer mediates between God and fallen mankind once the seven last plagues start. I think I posted something about this before. There IS a literal temple in heaven (Heb. 8 something or other). Moses was shown a pattern in Mt Sinai and made the earthly temple after that pattern. This symbol of no one being able to enter the temple in heaven would also seem (like Rev. 8:5) to indicate that God no longer offers the chance of repentance to humanity. Rev. 22:11 points to this as well. I don't have all the references right now for this, but no one can enter heaven unless Jesus comes to get them. The only exceptions are Enoch and Elijah cause they never died anyway. Those who are dead must wait in their graves for the resurrection before entering heaven. Job mentions this. Dan. chapter 12 contains a command for him to wait (rest in the grave) until the last days for his salvation. Somewhere in the book of Acts it shows that King David has not YET ascended into heaven. Paul also (I forget excatly where) stated he had to wait for Jesus to come before he could receive his reward of eternal life. Anyway, does this help you any? It's amazing how a study of the prophecies of just Dan. and Rev. can shed light on many errors of doctrines of today's churches. Perhaps that is why they have been included in the Bible, why it is so important for God's people to read and understand and why there is so much conflict over what they mean. People have to (so obviously) twist around what is being said in Dan. and Rev. just to hold on to their own individual church doctrines and beliefs. By studying these things such false beliefs are shown for what they are and God's true gospel can shine forth. |
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46 | Making sure I understand your meaning | Bible general Archive 1 | David_24597 | 72669 | ||
Hey Steve. Notice verses 10, 16 and 17 of the text you gave in II Cor. 5. Paul is talking about deeds done in the flesh (the lust of the flesh). This is what he means when he says "absent from the body". I paraphrase, "absent from the deeds (or lusts) of the body." Paul knew (like Job 14:10-15 and 19:26, Dan. 12:13 and King David Acts 2:34-35) that he would have to wait in the grave (like all the saved) for his resurrection before he could go to heaven. II Tim. 4:8. Study the state of the dead (especially what the OT prophets say about it). Get a good concordance. Look up the words: dead, death, perish, sleep, awake, etc. and see that the dead must wait in their graves for a resurrection before they can enter heaven. The dead don't even exist right now. (Except perhaps in the memory of God.) Check out Ps. 104:29-30, 146:4; Eccl. 12:7; Isa. 26:19 In fact, should there be no resurrection from the dead, then the dead in Christ are perished. I Cor. 15:12-23 says a lot about this. Notice verse 23 also. Anyway, I hope this helps. Like I said, get a good concordance. Check it out for yourself. Make sure you know everything the Bible says about the state of the dead (not just a verse or two that might not mean what you think it means). |
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47 | Making sure I understand your meaning | Bible general Archive 1 | David_24597 | 72670 | ||
Hi, Chusarcik, you said, "Are you saying that in general, throughout history no one has entered into heaven and will be able to after Jesus' 2nd coming." Not really. There have been some resurrections before. Moses, some saints at Jesus' resurrection. The rest of the dead must wait. Read my post to Steve in this same thread. Does it answer you questions? As for Rev. 15:8-11 does not even hint that repentance would be given even if they DID repent. There are times when people repent and aren't forgiven: Rev. 22:11 and Heb. 12:17. What do YOU think Rev. 22:11 means? Or for that matter. Rev. 8:3-5 or Gen. 6:3? |
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48 | Help with a biblical riddle of sorts? | Bible general Archive 1 | David_24597 | 72724 | ||
Aren't there six oceans? Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Antarctic and one other? This riddle has me stumped. Got no idea. Doesn't sound Biblical either. |
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49 | a B.C. date for creation? | OT general | David_24597 | 72352 | ||
Would anyone be interested in a continous time-line I found in the Bible from the time that Babylon overthrew Jerusalem in the days of Zedekiah (approx. 586 B.C.) straight back to the creation of Adam? It actually points to a B.C. date for creation. Straight from the Bible. | ||||||
50 | a B.C. date for creation? | OT general | David_24597 | 72362 | ||
Well, a study of I and II Sam, I and II Kings and I and II Chron. give a continuous timeline of the reign of the kings of Israel and Judah. Beginning with 586 B.C. the last year of the reign of Zedekiah (when Babylon overthrew Jerusalem) the dates of the reign of Solomon king of Israel would be from 978 B.C. to about 1018 B.C. Then I Kings 6:1 shows 480 years from Solomon's fourth year as king to the exodus from Egypt (approx. 1495 B.C). Mt. Sinai took place two years AFTER they left Egypt 1494 or 1493 B.C. (Num. 9:1) They were in Egypt for 430 years - Ex. 12:40 (400 years as slaves 30 years as free men before they became slaves). Jacob was 130 years old (1926 or 1925 B.C.) Gen. 47:9. So Jacob was born about 2057-2055 B.C. Isaac was 60 years old when Jacob was born. So Isaac was born about 2118-2115 B.C. a year after the destruction of Sodom and Gommorha (2119-2116 B.C.). Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born and 99 years old when Sodom and Gommorha were destroyed (Gen. 17:24 through 19:38 and 21:5). So Abraham was born about 2219-2215 B.C. when his father Terah was 70 (Gen. 11:26). From there it was a simple matter to add the lives of the patriarch immediately after the flood from Gen. chapter 11 to each date to discover the year of the flood was about 2519-2507 B.C. Noah was then 600 years old (Gen. 7:11). Now read Gen. chapter 5. As far as I can tell creation took place between the years 4163 and 4183 B.C. The reason the discrepency of the dates grows from Solomon to Adam is because the Bible doesn't give the month and day of these peoples births - only the age of the father when the son was born. Consider if the father (let's say Terah) was born in December (or what we would now call December LOL) of the year 2285 B.C. and his son (Abraham) was born in January, when Tearh was 70 years old, it would have to be in the year 2214 (71 years later. For this reason the "range" of the dates grows by half a year for each generation (to cover the possibility that a year would "turn over" before the son was born). Giving a date for creation of 4183-4163 B.C. Course it might even be more accurate to say that creation took place in the year 4173 B.C. give or take 10 years. Does anyone else have any ideas about this. I know that some consider the life spans of the patriarchs before the flood to be allegorical and not the actual length that they lived. However Gen. chapter 11 shows their life spans growing less and less until Terah who only lived 205 years and Abraham was only 175 years old when he died. Moses was 120. Anyway (because of Gen. 11) I think that those before the flood actually had much greater lifespans than we do know. Shem (Noah's son) was about 98 when the flood came and lived for 502 more years after the flood (Gen. 11:10-11). So I believe the account of their lifespans is, in fact, an accurate account of how long they lived. |
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51 | To learn the truth | OT general | David_24597 | 72377 | ||
Correct me if I'm wrong but I heard somewhere that Allah is a god of war. And that the Koran states that a Muslim can rape a Jewish child and still be considered a righteous man. The christian God is a God of Love and rape is wrong no matter who the victim is. |
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52 | God/Man, Man/Man Relationships | Gen 3:8 | David_24597 | 71659 | ||
It seems to me that a "man/man" relationship would be very similar to a "brother/brother" relationship. Especially considering that all God's people belong to the same spiritual family. Likewise a "man/God" relationship would be very much like a "son/Father" relationship. Especially considering that Jesus bridged the gap between His Father and fallen man. He (Jesus) became, in effect, our Brother (since He came down to the earth and was born of a human woman). Now, I am quite aware that Jesus is my Creator. Yet He came down to the earth and BECAME my Brother and has reconciled me to the Father. |
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53 | God/Man, Man/Man Relationships | Gen 3:8 | David_24597 | 71935 | ||
I would agree with Lionstrong. I've got a list somewhere on this computer showing all ten of the Ten Commandments upheld in the New Testament. Shows me that the Ten Commandment Law is still binding on God's people even in this day and age. I'll find it and copy/paste it on this forum if anyone is interested. It also shows knowledge of the Ten Commandments were known BEFORE they were given in written form on Mt. Sinai. | ||||||
54 | Jacob wrestles with a man | Gen 32:1 | David_24597 | 72052 | ||
Gen. 32:24-30 describes this wrestling between Jacob and God. Verse 30 shows that it was God. Now no one can look upon God the Father and live. Ex. 33:20; Heb. 12:29. So this had to be Jesus. | ||||||
55 | famine and Judges crossreference | Ruth 1:1 | David_24597 | 71656 | ||
Well, Ruth was the grandmother of King David. He was the second king of Israel. Saul was the first and he ruled for 40 years (it's in Acts somewhere the he ruled for 40 years). When Saul became king this brought about the end of the rule of the judges in Israel (read the last verse of the book of Judges). Ruth's son was born very near the time when Saul became king (David was still fairly young, I think, when he became king). Ruth came from Moab with her mother-in-law Naomi. Naomi was in Moab for about 10 years (Ruth 1:4). So, I think, that this famine mentioned in verse 1 would have taken place in the last generation of the judges, right after Samson. I think he was the last judge mentioned in the book of Judges. This famine then would have been right around the time that the tribe of Benjamin was destroyed (read Judges chapters 17-21). Phinehas the grandson of Aaron (Moses' brother) was still alive at this time as well (20:28). Does this help you any? | ||||||
56 | famine and Judges crossreference | Ruth 1:1 | David_24597 | 71705 | ||
You're welcome. I've done a lot of research on Bible stuff myself. I enjoy studying and asking others for their opinions. And am willing to help anytime I can. Again, Your welcome. | ||||||
57 | What about the "millennial reign"? | Jer 4:23 | David_24597 | 71665 | ||
Jer. 4:23-29 - Can anyone explain this text to me? It looks like the wicked are destroyed by Jesus when He comes (verse 26) yet verse 27 states that this IS NOT the final destruction of the wicked because God does not make a "full end". Wouldn't a "full end" be the final death of the wicked? The "second" death of Rev. 20? What then is meant by this text in Jer. 4? Or Jer. 25:31-33 for that matter? What about Isa. chapter 24? Isn't verse 22 an indication that the wicked are resurrected again AFTER "many days"? If Jesus' second coming takes place at the beginning of the 1,000 years of Rev. 20 (when His people are resurrected), and I Thess. 4:16-18 not only mentions this resurrection but (as well as Matt. 24:31 and Mark 13:27) shows that God's people are taken off the earth at this time, who is left alive on the earth for the 1,000 years? Clearly the wicked are destroyed twice (the text here in Jer. 4 and that in Rev. 20). Where is the Biblical references that show the 1,000 year reign with Jesus takes place on the earth and not in heaven? | ||||||
58 | Follow up question - same references | Jer 4:23 | David_24597 | 71676 | ||
Hello, I read your references and it seems to me that (with the exception of I Cor. 6:2 and Rev. 20:2-3) these texts refer to events AFTER the 1,000 years. Nowhere in I Cor. 6:2 does it mention WHERE the saints are when they judge the world and Rev. 20:2-3 is pretty obvious if there are no living humans left on the world during the 1,000 years. Again, what does Jer. 4:23-29 mean (especially verses 25, 27 and 29)? What of Isa. chapter 22 (especially verses 3 and 22)? Don't Matt. 24:31 and Mark 13:27 show that Jesus comes and takes His people OFF the earth at the beginning of the 1,000 years (at the first resurrection I Thess. 4:16-18)? Wouldn't this be the time period that the world lies "desolate" and "no man dwells therein"? |
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59 | same unanswered question Jer 4:23-29 | Jer 4:23 | David_24597 | 71687 | ||
First of all the "great tribulation" only lasts for a year (Isa. 34:8 and 63:4) during which time the 7 last plagues happen. Where do you get 7 years? I agree that Jesus' second coming is for all to see. There is no "pre-trib" rapture. Rev. 1:7 The "battle of Armageddon" is the sixth plague and takes place BEFORE Jeusus comes (Rev. 16:12-16). The seven last plagues ARE the "great tribulation". At the end of the great ribulation Jesus comes and takes His people off the earth (Matt. 24:31; Mark 13:27; I Thess. 4:16-18 shows "in the air"). Jesus's feet do NOT touch the earth at this time. This is when the dead in Christ rise (the beginning of the 1,000 years). The wicked are destroyed by the brightness of His coming (II Thess. 2:8) and by His fierce anger and presence (Jer. 4:26). This is symbolized in Rev. 19:11-21 and a call goes out to the birds of the air to come and feast on their dead bodies. Jer. 25:31-33 records what the birds leave behind. There is no millennial reign on the earth. Jer. 4:23-29 clearly shows the earth in a state of destruction with NO HUMAN LEFT ALIVE in it. Then comes the 1,000 years when Satan is bound on the desolate earth by this "chain" of circumstances. This bottomless pit ("abyssos" the deep) of Rev. 20 is the same as the "deep" of Gen. 1:2 and Jer. 4:23 and is symbolic of the desolate earth returned in part to a state similar to the way it was before creation. The seven last plagues and the second coming of Jesus cause this. At the end of the 1,000 years Jesus comes again and brings with Him the New Jerusalem filled with all the saved. This is when He stands on the mount of Olives and divides it in two. The New Jerusalem settles in this valley and the wicked are raised from the dead (the second resurrection - Rev. chapter 20 and Joel 3:9-21). The wicked surround the city intent on destroying it but fire comes out of heaven and burns them all up (Rev. 20 and Zech 14:4-13). They are reduced to ashes and the saved walk upon them (Mal. 4:1-3). Just like Sodom and Gomorrha suffered the vengeance of eternal fire and were reduced to ashes as an example (II Peter 2:6 and Jude 7). I've just scratched the surface here but I can't see any other way to include the prophecy of Jer. 4:23-29 and still maintain any sort of consistency with the Bible prophecies of future events. What do you think Jer. 4:23-29 means? Zech. 14:3-14; Mal. 4:1-3 and Rev. 20 are clearly not the same destruction that falls on the wicked as that in Jer. 4:23-29. Again, for the fourth time LOL What does Jer. 4:23-29 mean? |
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60 | same unanswered question Jer 4:23-29 | Jer 4:23 | David_24597 | 71707 | ||
Hey Tim, read Jer. 4:23-29 and see that it refers to the destruction of mankind. Not just Judah but the WHOLE world. (Obviously not the very LAST destruction - the "second death" because God says He does not make a "full end" verse 27 but obviously He comes and destroys all the wicked at this time) Isa. chapter 24 also hints at this in verse 22. When they are gathered in the pit and shut up in the prison seems to me to refer to the grave and after many days shall they be visited would then be a resurrection. Rev. 20 speaks of a this resurrection also (the second resurrection). Why would the wicked be resurrected if they are not dead? | ||||||
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