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61 | Where did the dead go prior to Jesus | Luke 16:23 | Robert Nicholson | 66996 | ||
Greetings A2JFL The Lord Jesus Christ speaks of this in Luke 16 :19-31 He tells us of two people in life and two people in death. One went to hell (hades) which is the greek word for the place of departed spirits. The other man died and went to Abrahams bosum a section of comfort in hades for those who died right with God. We find that the one man is in conscious torment, while the other was tormented. The two compartments were separated by a great gulf preventing any of those who had died changing positions. When the Lord Jesus died he was buried in the new tomb and his spirit or soul went to hades or Abrahams bosum(paradise), which at his resurrection he emptied and we now find that paradise is in the third heaven. (2 Cor.12:1-4) I would advise you to read the passage in Luke 16 God Bless Robert |
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62 | is zion and jerusalem the same | 2 Sam 5:7 | Robert Nicholson | 66993 | ||
Greetings redlady Yes. Zion is used more commonly in prophetic books. It means "parched place" Robert |
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63 | Do we worship in ignorance? Acts 17:23 | 2 Chr 15:3 | Robert Nicholson | 66990 | ||
Brother Ray: Your reference to 2 Chronicles 15:3 shows us a time when Israel was in bad condition. Do we worship in ignorance? In Acts 17:22-32 we have Paul's skilfull approah to the so called wise people of Athens. As we see in the passage they had alters to various gods and finally an alter to one they did not know "To the unkown God". Paul's response "Whom therefore you ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. Do you think we have the principle here; that unless we know God, we cannot be true worshippers of him. The people of Athens thought that God was like their idols made "of gold, silver, stone, graven by art and man's device" v. 29 IN contrast in John 4 the woman at the well thought that God was found in some special geographical location. Jesus said to her "the hour is coming and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father seeketh such to worship him" John 4:23 Regarding John7:46 "The officers answered, "No man ever spoke like this Man" Would you think that "No man" is referring to all men who never measure up to this Man? By capitalizing the last Man we are expressing one man?? How would this follow with "This Man(man) receiveth sinners and eateth with them"(Luke 15:2) Or "Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!(Man?)John 19:5 Your brother in Christ Robert |
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64 | when we go to war with iraq will we end? | Matt 24:44 | Robert Nicholson | 66933 | ||
Greetings blondechick198: I think it would be helpful if you were to study the map of the Middle East at http://www.sitesatlas.com/Maps/Maps/MEast.htm You will notice that Israel is not in Iraq. Modern Iraq has a population of 24 million people. Seventy-five percent are Arabs, 15-20 percent are Kurdish and the remainder are Turkoman, Assyrian or another ethnic group. Israel represents the children of Abraham, once called Hebrews, then Israelites and Jews. The Bible does not say anything about World War 3. In fact many people made predictions on the future at the time of World War Two and such predictions were in error. I believe that the end of the age (world) will be brought about by the coming of Christ to the earth in power and in glory. His disciples were promised this in Acts 1:11. Even at that time the disciples were wanting to know about end times. Jesus told them "It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power" Acts 1:7 In Matt. 24 Jesus discussed the signs of the times. He told the people "But of the day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my father only" v.36 Jesus continues to explain how things will be before his coming. "But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating, drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark. And knew not until the flood came, and took they all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be" Matt. 24:37-39 I believe that we must be careful in making predictions on current events. However, it is very important that we are aware that the time is drawing near. The Lord Jesus Christ gave us this exhortation "Therefore be you also ready: for in such an hour as you think not, the Son of man cometh" Matt. 24:44 The Bible teaches that just before the Lord comes that the armies of earth will surround Israel and at that point Christ will come and judge all those who are against him. However, we do not know for sure when this event will take place. Hope this helps Robert |
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65 | The godhead or perhaps the divine? | Acts 17:29 | Robert Nicholson | 66911 | ||
Goodmorning brother Ray: Your post has made me think again. As you are aware the word "Godhead" is used 3 times in the New Testament and is found in Acts 17:29, Romans 1:20, and Col. 2:9 I checked each in Strong's concordance and found the following: In Acts 17:29 the transliterated greek word used is "Theios"#2304 an adj. which is defined as a general name of dieties or divinities used by the Greeks. Interestingly, the same word 2304 is used twice in 2 Peter 1:3,4. In verse 3 KJV "divine power" and in v.4 "divine nature" Both in the lower case. In Romans 1:20 the "Theiotes" # 2305 a noun is used and is defined as divinity, divine nature. However, in Col.2:9 the word is "Theotes"#2320 a noun defined as the state of being God, Godhead. It appears that this is the application which would remain Capitalized. Getting back to your original question on Acts 17:29. It would be my personal preference to accept the NASB translation with lower case "divine nature" which reflects the meaning of the word more accurately, rather than change it to "godhead". My reason for this is to avoid confusing "godhead" in Acts 17:29 with "Godhead" in Col. 2:9. I believe the term "Godhead" in Col 2:9 is a more scriptual word for our triune God than the Trinity which is not used in the scriptures. Ray, these are only suggestions and I look forward to your response. In Christ Robert |
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66 | "My sin is no worse than [that] sin...?" | Romans | Robert Nicholson | 66860 | ||
Greetings Henri: I do not believe that any one of us have anything to boast. In other words I have no right to say that my sins are less than that of another person as far as God is concerned. "What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have proven both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin" Rom. 3:9 After we read the characteristics of all v 10-18 We find in verse 19 that the law which shows us God's holiness and as such "every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God" Regardless of our life, whether we are on the clean footpath of the self-righteous or have dropped into the cesspool of sin with the immoral and the murders: we are all found guilty in the sight of God. The good news is that God in his grace has provided a way whereby the guilty sinner can be cleared of all guilt. "Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" Rom. 5:1 Should we reject Christ we know that we will be judged according to our works. Jesus showed that there are degrees of judgment relative to responsiblity. He said "Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city." Matt.10:15 In other words the cities at the time of Christ who rejected him would suffer more than Sodom and Gommorrha in the day of Judgement. We should note however, that they will both be judged. Henri, I think we should remember that Christ gave his live so that we could be forgiven from all sin. This includes what we would call the terrible sins and the minor sins, nevertheless, he suffered more than tongue can tell for sin not his own. We also know that if we continue unrepentant in our sin, regardless of how great a sinner we are, we will perish in our sin. In Luke 13 it appears that the people were comparing certain people who had perished. Jesus asked them "Suppose ye that these were sinners above all?" v.2 "Jesus said "I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish." Luke 13:3 Peace to you in his precious name. Robert |
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67 | Why didn't Moses enter the Promised Land | Num 20:12 | Robert Nicholson | 66857 | ||
Controling: In Numbers 20: 7-11 Moses was asked by the Lord to speak to the rock before the people and was promised that water would flow. Instead, of speaking to the rock as the Lord had commanded, he railed on the people saying "hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of the rock? And Moses lifed up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice..." The water poured forth. In verse 12 "But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, " Because you have not believed Me, to treat Me as holy in the sight of the sons of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them." Moses unbelief is shown by his disobedience to do what God had told him. Moses confirms this in Deut.1:37, Deut.3: 26, 27 |
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68 | THE BIBLICAL MEANINGS OF #1-10 | OT general | Robert Nicholson | 66823 | ||
Rosalie: I will try to give you the basic meanings. This is a topic which can be expanded beyond this forum. One: speaks of unity, it is indivisible and different from all others. One is the source of all others Two: affirms difference or division Three: divine perfection Four: the number of creation. It was on the fourth day that the material earth was finished. Five: speaks of grace. The idea here is that redemption follows creation. Six: the number of man. Man was created on the sixth day. Seven: is the number of spiritual perfection and completeness. Eight: a new beginning or resurrection Nine: the number of judgement. Ten: is a perfect number which denotes the perfection of divine order. Eleven: disorder and imperfection. Twelve: a perfect number which denotes perfection of govenment. The book which I have listed below expands on each number significantly beginning with the Hebrew word for each number along with many examples of how the number is used. Robert. Source: "Number in Scripture" by E.W. Bullinger, (Kregal Publications 1983) |
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69 | question about confrontation | Matt 18:15 | Robert Nicholson | 66816 | ||
Greetings Timhonse Matt 18: 15-20 deals with the steps we should take if a brother tresspasses against us. How often we fail to take step one resulting in a minor problem becoming major. (my opinion) Peace in his name Robert |
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70 | Did God actually die on the cross? | Gen 22:8 | Robert Nicholson | 66369 | ||
Dalida: I know it may sound like a play on words, but the truth is Christ died upon the cross in obedience to God. God is eternal, death has no claim upon him; that is why he had to send his Son who was made in the likeness of men. In Gen.22:8 God did provide a lamb for the burnt offering and that was his own son. "He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all" Romans 8:32 We read "that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world." 1 John 4:14 Jesus was pointed out by John the baptist "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world" John 1:29 The Lord Jesus Christ is truly a man who lived on this earth, suffered and died on the cross, was buried, and rose again on the 3rd day and is seated on the right hand of God. He is truly God manifest in the flesh. In Isaiah we read "It pleased the Lord (Jehovah) to bruise him" It was Christ who died for our sins 1 Cor. 15 The topic of the Godhead or the Trinity is very difficult to understand, that we have one God who is seen as three persons: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. I believe it is incorrect to say God died. When Christ died upon the cross God laid on him the iniquity of us all and was totally satisfied in the sacrifice of his Son in that he raised him again the third day. Robert |
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71 | Didn't God give man freedom of choice? | Romans | Robert Nicholson | 66340 | ||
Teacher: It has been said that we can choose our friends, but we cannot choose our family. We enter the family of God by faith in the finished work of Christ. The whole idea of "choice" when it comes to Christ and salvation is often misunderstood. The relationship between a person and God is permanent since it is God who has done the work through Christ and our family security is not dependent on our obedience, but is totally dependent on the work of Christ on the cross. It has been often said that a human choice does not save us, but resting faith on the finished work of Christ does. We must realize that in order for us to come to the understanding of the significance of the work of Christ, it must be a work of the Spirit of God. When the Spirit of God reveals this truth to a lost sinner, the choice part is our willingness to accept or rest upon what God has revealed to us. I believe it is a lie of the wicked one to give lost sinners the idea that they can be saved on their own terms and simply making a choice in their own time. In Romans 8:16 "The Spirit itself (Himself) beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ..." Often those who are children do not realize what a high calling is theirs. As with being in a natural family we can not choose to deny our roots, our DNA will always attach us to our parents, Likewise, in a Spiritual sense, we cannot choose to leave the family of God since we are indwelt by his Spirit and we are his forever. In both the natural and spiritual family relationships it is possible for members to lose contact, to turn against family members, to be estranged from our parents; however, the bottom line we still are children. It is wonderful to be a child of the King Robert |
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72 | What man was compared to a silly dove? | Hos 7:11 | Robert Nicholson | 66246 | ||
Angelface: "Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria." (Hosea 7:11) |
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73 | What man commanded? | Josh 10:13 | Robert Nicholson | 66244 | ||
Angelface: Joshua is the man: "And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day" (Joshua 10:13) |
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74 | How many children did Adam and Eve have? | Gen 3:20 | Robert Nicholson | 66102 | ||
Greetings Churchclerk: The short answer is the Bible does not tell us the total. However, Eve is "the mother of all living" (Gen. 3:20) In Gen. 4:16-17 if we read it carefully we will see that Cain already had a wife when he moved to the land of Nod. Since Eve is the mother of all living, we then have to assume he married his sister. This would suggest that Adam and Eve had other children before the death of Abel. Adam was one hundred and thirty when Seth was born "and the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters." (Gen. 5:4) I think when we consider these scriptures we could say that Adam and Eve had many children. It seems that God only high lights three people with Seth carrying on as the righteous line from Adam Robert |
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75 | Does Is:53:3,4 mean He sufferd deformity | Is 53:3 | Robert Nicholson | 66081 | ||
Cwade: I realize that I answered this question already. However, I have been thinking on it. In Isaiah 52:14 Isaiah in his prophecy of the suffering of Christ tells us "his visage was so marred more than any man and his form more than the sons of me" I understand in plain English that this means that upon the cross he was almost unrecognizable as a human being due to the abuse he suffered. As I mentioned in an earlier post the scriptures seem to indicate that our risen Lord bears the marks of calvary in his body. His suffering and love is beyond compare Robert |
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76 | Was Jesus physical body deformed? | Is 53:3 | Robert Nicholson | 66043 | ||
In Isaiah 53:2b we read "He hath no form (stately form) nor comeliness (splendor); and when we see him there is no beauty that we should desire him" Although he is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, he came into this world as a man. We see this expanded by Paul in Phil. 2:5-11 we read of that one who when he came into this world "made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men" He came into this world a man, but without manifesting the glory that was his from the beginning. He was a perfect man and I do not believe that he was deformed in any way, but simply that he appeared to be an ordinary man which did not call attention to himself by Kingly splendor or by deformity. I believe that in Isaiah 53:3 which you have referred to "He is despised and rejected of men a man of sorrows and aquainted with grief" refers to what we have in John 1:11 "He came unto his own and his own received him not, but to as many as received him to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name" (John 1:11-12) "And we (his own people) hid as it were our faces from him: he was despised, and we esteemed him not" This is referring to those who rejected him and showed him no mercy or compassion at the time of his utter rejection upon the cross. I believe these are the words of a repentant sinner who realizes that they had turned their back on the Saviour even though he was suffering on their behalf on the cross. This is carried out in detail in Isaiah 53:5 God Bless Robert |
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77 | Was Jesus physical body deformed? | Is 53:3 | Robert Nicholson | 66041 | ||
Cwade: In Luke 24 we have this record: "Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. And when he had thus spoken, he showed them his hands and feet" Luke 24:39-40 The significance of his hands and feet was that they bore the wounds of calvary. In v. 41 "yet they believed not for joy, and wondered" They were overwhelmed with joy and could not seem to take it in. Jesus asked "have you here any meat?" And they gave him a piece of broiled fish and of a honey-comb" Luke 24:41-43 In these verse we see that the risen Lord has a physical body which bears the marks of calvary and is not limited by time or space. Thomas was not with them and was indignet and said "except I see the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side I will not believe' (John20:25) and we find that 8 days later Jesus said to Thomas "Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: be not faithless, but believing." (John 20:25) It was at this moment that Thomas as he looked upon the risen Christ believed and said "My Lord and my God" V.28 I believe that one of the main reasons they did not recognize him was that they were not expecting to see him. They thought all hope was lost. The fact that he had told them that he would rise again after 3 days was forgotten and their hearts were hardened. On the other hand it was not until Jesus revealed himself to them, to Mary when he called her name (John 20:16, when he showed them his hands and feet and opened their understanding (Luke 24:39-45) to Thomas as mentioned above, and when he broke the bread(Luke 24:30-31) |
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78 | Still confused about who multitude is | Rev 7:7 | Robert Nicholson | 65989 | ||
Chusarcik: During the great tribulation God will turn to Israel as a nation and a large remnant will be saved (sealed). However, there will be a "great multitude, which no man could number of all nations, and kindreds and tribes and people" V9 I believe this group represents those gentiles who have not disobeyed or heard the gospel and as it goes out to Israel the blessing goes over the wall. The question is often asked "What about those in the day of grace who have never heard?" I believe this is an answer to that question. I hope this helps Robert |
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79 | Still confused about who multitude is | Rev 7:7 | Robert Nicholson | 65988 | ||
Chusarcik: During the great tribulation God will turn to Israel as a nation and a large remnant will be saved (sealed). However, there will be a "great multitude, which no man could number of all nations, and kindreds and tribes and people" V9 I believe this group represents those gentiles who have not disobeyed or heard the gospel and as it goes out to Israel the blessing goes over the wall. The question is often asked "What about those in the day of grace who have never heard?" I believe this is an answer to that question. I hope this helps Robert |
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80 | Still confused about who multitude is | Rev 7:7 | Robert Nicholson | 65987 | ||
Chusarcik: During the great tribulation God will turn to Israel as a nation and a large remnant will be saved (sealed). However, there will be a "great multitude, which no man could number of all nations, and kindreds and tribes and people" V9 I believe this group represents those gentiles who have not disobeyed or heard the gospel and as it goes out to Israel the blessing goes over the wall. The question is often asked "What about those in the day of grace who have never heard?" I believe this is an answer to that question. I hope this helps Robert |
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