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681 | are dinosours in the bible? | Job 40:15 | mark d seyler | 150068 | ||
Hi Pennyo, :-) And welcome to the Study Bible Forum!! We can really only speculate what part dinosaurs play, although I will be happy to do that in a moment! ;-) The Bible has a very interesting passage in Job 40:15-18 "Now behold Behemoth, which I made along with you; he eats grass like an ox; see, now, his strength is in his loins, and his force in the muscles of his belly; he hangs his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together; his bones are like tubes of bronze; his bones like bars of iron;" Some people say this is the hippopotamus of some other animal, except that this speaks of his tail being like a cedar tree. Sounds more like a dinosaur to me! Could Noah take dinosaurs into the ark? Why not babies? Why would God make dinosaurs? We really can't say for sure, but consider this: Pre-flood conditions were thought by many to have produced tremendous plant growth, for which dinosaurs could have been "God's lawnmower", with their voracious appetites. Even T-Rex ate plants! After the fall, when death entered, some animals, including dinos, became carrion eaters as well, again, keeping the environment clean. (just some food for thought) Again, welcome to the forum, and God bless you! Love in Christ, Mark |
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682 | A fresh mental and spiritual attitude? | Eph 4:23 | mark d seyler | 149971 | ||
Hi Ray, I really don't know how to respond to this particular question, but I want to understand more clearly what you mean by "holy spirit." You wrote "I am not looking at the holy spirit as the work (finished product, us), but rather I am seeing the holy spirit as the means by which the work is done. I am looking at the holy spirit as the written words of God, the gospel, the power of God for salvation. God uses the words spoken, and He gives the spirit without measure." Does this mean that you understand the "holy spirit" to be an impersonal force? If not, do you ascribe personality to God's Word, the Bible? Do you have one or more scriptures in mind that plainly demonstrate this meaning of "holy spirit"? Love in Christ, Mark |
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683 | What say we? | John 3:16 | mark d seyler | 149763 | ||
Hi Lionheart, To repeat from an earlier post: Does it conform to the Word? (or at least not contradict) Does it glorify Jesus? Does it make me more like Jesus? Does it build up the body of Jesus? Yes answers to all of these go a long way towards my saying "Maybe, maybe, that was from the Lord." I was in an "afterglow" at church some time ago. A person said that they "saw" "raindrops, falling on the ocean, lit from within". Someone else gave an interpretation: "We, the people of God's light, are part of a mighty kingdom". There is absolutely nothing in the Bible I am aware of at all related to this. I felt closer to the people I was with, and closer to the Lord, and closer to heaven, so I received the blessing, and I have remembered this moment of blessing for over 20 years. But I am not going to build doctrine on it. I hope this helps! Love in Christ, Mark |
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684 | Gods Spirit manifested in our lives? | John 3:16 | mark d seyler | 149761 | ||
Hi Lionheart, Yes, I think that is what this is all about, the daily work of the Holy Spirit in and through our lives. If we were to simply submit to God, and allow Him to use us however He wants to, He will empower us to perform any work He sets us to do. Whether that is by an all inclusive empowerment when we are saved, or a step by step empowerment as we serve, I really don't care, except that I want to know how the Bible speaks of it, which seems to be, as we've been discussing, as a filling of the Spirit when we are reborn, a more massive empowerment which we call baptism of the Spirit, a continual filling of the Spirit, and specific fillings, or empowerments, for specific purposes. Personally, I think that as we serve, God teaches us those things we are to know, but the most important thing is that we serve. Above all, love. God bless you my brother! Love in Christ, Mark |
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685 | Why additional fiilings? | John 3:16 | mark d seyler | 149740 | ||
Hi Lionheart, I don't know why God has chosen to do things the way He has, but this is what He has said: Ephesian 5:18 And stop getting drunk with wine, in which is reckless behavior, _but_ continue being filled with [the] Spirit, - this is from the "analytical-literal" translation on e-sword - the point is that the filling of the Spirit is not just a one-time event, but a continuing filling - "be filled, and continue to be filled". To again quote Acts 4:31 "And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they continued to speak the Word of God with freedom and boldness and courage." This happened to Peter and John who we know were already filled with and baptized in the Holy Spirit. This was a fresh filling. Why? I don't know. But I know I need His power in my life, and if this is how it comes, I'm ready and willing! God bless you brother! Love in Christ, Mark |
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686 | What do you mean by disemmbodied Spirits | 1 Thess 4:15 | mark d seyler | 148531 | ||
Hi Lionheart, By disembodied spirits, I mean living in heaven without a body. This is some people's concept of what happens after death, but before the rapture resurrection. Paul indicates that the is not what he wants, to be "naked", without the clothing of a body. Love in Christ, mark |
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687 | Fasting for the husband and wife | 1 Cor 7:5 | mark d seyler | 148150 | ||
Hi TFS, I don't know of any place that Jesus spoke of a sexual fast in the gospels, however, there is this passage: 1 Cor 7:3 Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. 4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. 5 Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. I hope this helps! Love in Christ, Mark |
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688 | new body | 1 Cor 15:51 | mark d seyler | 148148 | ||
Hi Towanda, 2 Cor 5:4 "For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life." We know, as you said in your question, that we will be "clothed upon", this body putting on the new. In 1 Cor 15:42 "So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: 43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. 47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. 48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 51 ¶ Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory." It is our same body that we have now that will be changed, not exchanging one for the other, and of course Paul says the same thing in Thessalonians. Here Paul says that is what "must" happen. Jesus rose with His same body, the one that died. We will do the same. This is the complete victory over death that Paul speaks of. The body that died will live! We continue to be "us", but we are changed for the eternal existance. I hope this helps. Love in Christ, Mark |
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689 | What scripture deals with mean employers | Matt 5:39 | mark d seyler | 148145 | ||
Hi Jsantana, 1 Peter 2:18 Servants, be submissive to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh. 19 For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully. 20 For what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God. 21 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: 22 "Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth"; 23 who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously; 24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness--by whose stripes you were healed. 25 For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. To do this is an act of faith and obedience to God, trusting that He knows what He's doing, and that He is able to take care of you. And all the other things Brad said. :-) Love in Christ, Mark |
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690 | Significance of three pecks? | Matt 13:33 | mark d seyler | 147970 | ||
Hi Mommapbs, Try it in the Kings English: Gen 18:6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. Matt 13:33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. Three measures of meal was counted as an offering to the LORD, but leaven is a type of sin. This parable would have startled Jesus' Jewish audience. Does this help? Love in Christ, Mark |
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691 | What is so wrong with Catholics | Bible general Archive 2 | mark d seyler | 147965 | ||
Hi 4thetruth, and welcome to the forum! :-) This forum is for the purpose of shared Bible study, and as such, we do not discuss the merits of a particular denomination. All who have put their faith in Christ Jesus are our brothers and sisters, and as for how and where each of us worship our Lord is a personal matter of conscience. If you are submitted to Jesus, He will put you where He wants you to be, and I am not your judge. You may want to go back and re-read the terms of use for this website, to get the maximum use from it. Again, welcome, and God bless you!!! Love in Christ, Mark |
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692 | absent from the body | Rom 8:23 | mark d seyler | 147962 | ||
Hi Towanda, 2Co 5:6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: 7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) 8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Paul implies by his statements that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord, however, what he actually says is that it's his preference to be absent from the body and present with the Lord. I believe that what he means is that we will be present with the Lord when we die. Then, as you cited, the dead in Christ will rise after the the Lord descends: 1 Th 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. To add to the mix, Paul also writes that he does not want to be a disembodied spirit: 2 Co 5:4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. Some teach that when we die, our spirits go to heaven, to be rejoined with our bodies at the resurrection. They will quote 1 Th 4:14 "For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.", to say that when the believer dies, their spirit goes to heaven, and returns with Jesus at this time, to be rejoined to their resurrected body. This would mean that Paul is right now a disembodied spirit awaiting his resurrection. I think this "bringing with Him" is in the same sense as in Ephesians 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) - He has made us alive with Christ, and will resurrect us with Christ. (Does anyone have a comment on this?) What I have come to think is that when the believer dies, their spirit is no longer bound by this space/time continuum, and enters into the eternal. Since "time" in heaven is not connected to time on earth, simply put, I think the church will all enter eternity at the same time, at the rapture. This is the only way I can think of that fits all the requirements: We are with Christ immediately. We are not disembodied. We are resurrected after Jesus descends. I hope this helps. Love in Christ, Mark |
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693 | David selected 5 stones. Why five? | Gen 1:1 | mark d seyler | 147655 | ||
Hi Reese, I have heard, although I could not locate a referrence, that Goliath had 4 brothers. It could be that David had much faith. Love in Christ Mark |
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694 | need commentary and bible dictionary | Bible general Archive 2 | mark d seyler | 147613 | ||
Hi Billingclerk, www.e-sword.net has free downloads of many Bible translations, Greek and Hebrew dictionaries, commentaries, and various other study helps, along with a free software package to access it all. It requires very little hard drive space, and runs fast. Suffice to say, I like it! :-) Another online source is www.blueletterbible.org. Although it can take longer to access materials if you have a slower computer, it to contains a vast amount of information. I prefer these types of resources because they give me access to a dozen or more commentaries on a particular passage in moments. The best commentary on the Bible is the Bible, so always look at related passages first, using a concordance, or word search in the software. The best Commentator is the Holy Spirit, so alway read a passage several times, in prayer, meditating on it, and if you do not understand it, a commentary may sometimes help. But always remember, a commentary is not the Bible, and different commentaries say many different things. Judge carefully what you read, and reject anything that does not completely agree with the Bible. Love in Christ, Mark |
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695 | when is revelation going to happend? | Rev 1:1 | mark d seyler | 147558 | ||
part 2 In Rev. 15:1, the “bowl judgments” are “the seven last plagues”, after the other plagues. The trumpets are also called plagues in Rev. 9:20. The “seven last plagues” must happen after the other plagues. In 17:1 “And one of the seven angels having the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying to me, Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot sitting on the many waters”. John is again taken outside the sequence. Seals, Trumpets, Bowl happen in order. Any interpretation that overlaps or rearranges these is not supported by the text. (i.e. some teach the 6th seal happens at the end of the tribulation, after the trumpets and bowls) An example I recently heard of taking verses out of sequence comes from 14:1 “And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion!”. The teacher stated “This is after the tribulation, because Jesus doesn’t stand on Mount Zion until then.” I just cannot find any place in the Bible that tells us that Jesus does not stand on Mount Zion until later. There are 166 referrences to Mount Zion in the Bible. Many refer to Mount Zion as God’s dwelling place. In Zech. 14, God will stand on the Mount of Olives on the day that He comes to fight against those who have gathered against Jerusalem, but this does not require that He will not be seen on Zion at another time. What is required, and what is prohibited in a scripture? Rev. 4:1 is often used to show the rapture, after the letters to the churches, before the heavenly scene, as John is taken into heaven. This verse does not actually describe the rapture happening, nor does it say that it is representative of the rapture, and therefore should not be used to prove the rapture happening at that point in the sequence of Revelation. It may, but this verse does not require that meaning. It’s better to stay with scriptures that require a specific meaning. With these things in mind, let me ask you: Has every mountain and every island been moved from their places? (Rev. Has the sky rolled up like a scroll? Has there been a period of time (5 months) during recorded history during which people couldn’t die? Has a world ruler caused everyone to receive a mark on the hand or forehead that allows them to buy and sell? Has an amry of 200,000,000 “horsemen” killed one third of the population of the earth? I am not aware of any of these events having already happened, not to mention the many more described, so I would have to conclude that the prophecies of the Revelation have yet to be fulfilled. Before staking your beliefs on a commentary, just read the Bible. The Holy Spirit will teach you. For hundreds of years commentators couldn’t understand how Israel would ever be a nation again, and spiritualized vast amounts of scripture. Before that, “theologians” and commentators wanted to make the Bible more pallatable to the Romans, and allegorized it. I hope this helps... Love in Christ, Mark |
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696 | when is revelation going to happend? | Rev 1:1 | mark d seyler | 147556 | ||
Prophecy can be viewed primarily in three different ways, literal, symbolic, and allegorical. Literal prophecy happens exactly as written. Symbolic prophecy uses defined symbols to represent prophesied events. Allegorical interpretations use prophecy to describe non-prophetic concepts and processes. The ¡§Love Family¡¨ cult, for instance, teaches that ¡§armageddon happens in the mind¡¨ and denies that an actual battle takes place. In the Biblical record, prophecy is fulfilled literally. Every place the Bible records the fulfillment of a prophecy, it records it¡¦s literal fulfillment. Isreal¡¦s captivity lasted 70 years (Jeremiah 25). Jesus is born in Bethlehem (Micah 5), and so on. Prophetic fulfillments recorded in history are literal. Tyre was scraped into the sea, and is a place for the spreading of nets (Ez 26), the Greek Empire was divided into fourths (Dan 8, 11). Israel was born in a day (Isaiah 66). Israel is exporting fruit around the world (Isaiah 27), and conditions in modern society were described II Timothy 3. Symbolic prophecy is stated as such. Ezekiel, in chapter 4, is told to label a brick ¡§Jerusalem¡¨, use a flat cooking iron for a siege wall. These are symbols of the siege of Jerusalem. He is told to lay on one side 390 days for the iniquity of Israel, and 40 days for the iniquity of Judah, one day for one year. The text tell us these meanings. Symbols must be made known by the Bible, not the unsupported teaching of man, as prophecy is explained away as symbolic of something else that cannot be supported from the Biblical text. The only symbolic interpretations we can rely on as accurate are those given in the Bible. Allegorical interpretations deny the meaning of prophecy, ignoring the possibility of an actual fulfillment. Are prophecies given in sequence? Look for textual indicators. How does one prophecy relate time-wise to another? The Outline of the Book of the Revelation in 1:19: ¡§Write what things you saw, and what things are, and what things are about to occur after these things (meta tauta).¡¨ This describes sequential narrative, one thing being before another. Rev 4:1 ¡§After these things (meta tauta) I saw. And behold, a door being opened in Heaven! And I heard the first voice as a trumpet speaking with me, saying, Come up here, and I will show you what needs to happen after these things (meta tauta).¡¨ To simplify what John is saying about his visions, ¡§After these things I saw what must happen after these things¡¨ Again, he is describing a sequential narrative. The first words in Rev. 7:1 are ¡§meta tauta¡¨, or ¡§after these things¡¨. John describes the sealing of the 144,000 and the innumerable multitude appearing in heaven. In chapter 8, the seventh seal is opened, and seven angels are given trumpets, and begin to sound them. In chapter 10, John is being addressed, this is clearly not part of the narrative, and interrupts it. Chapter 11, regarding the two witnesses, describes events that happen over the course of 3.5 years, and again, this is plainly stated. Chapter 11 continues with events that happen ¡§quickly¡¨ afterward (vs. 14). Chapter 12 opens with the words ¡§And a great sign was seen in the heavens¡¨; this part is using symbols. This begins a section where John writes a series of short vignettes, which can all be related to the mid-point of the tribulation, and show events that happen during the course of the tribulation. The narrative is re-entered in chapter 14:1, as John writes: ¡§I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion¡¨. Kai eidon kai eidou.ƒn ¡§and I saw, and you see¡¨ ¡§Eidon¡¨ is first person indicitive, ¡§eidou¡¨ is second person imperitive. ¡§You are to see what I saw.¡¨ There is something there to be seen. To Be Continued |
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697 | the meaning of the rebellion | 2 Thess 2:1 | mark d seyler | 147539 | ||
Hi My Merritt123, This is how Tyndale tranlated that passage: "Let no man deceive you by any means, for the Lord cometh not, except there come a departing first, and that that sinful man be opened, the son of perdition" The word in question, "apostasia", literally means "stand away from". One other time in the New Testament it is used as a noun. In that usage, it clearly means a spiritual forsaking: Acts 21:21 "And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs." But of the 12 times this word is used in the verb form, 10 times it means a literal physical leaving, or departing, once "withdrew", and once a spiritual forsaking. To me, departure seems to fit better than spiritual apostasy. When in the history of the church was there not apostasy? How would we characturize one particular period of apostasy and say "this one is it!" I hope this helps! Love in Christ, Mark |
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698 | What did they put on babies? | Bible general Archive 2 | mark d seyler | 147205 | ||
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699 | how did they anoint babies? | Bible general Archive 2 | mark d seyler | 147203 | ||
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700 | How did they anoint newborn babies? | Bible general Archive 2 | mark d seyler | 147197 | ||
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