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961 | Are the 24 elders, the church,? | Matt 24:30 | Aixen7z4 | 75283 | ||
The Scripture which comes to mind is from Isaiah 28. I am not sure if it will help or make the matter more complicated, but it applies in many ways. "Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken". God has chosen to give us information through gradual revelation, and the facts on any one topic are scattered throughout Scripture. In the end it is also through experience that he teaches us. The knowledge we gain is also not an end in itself but for the purpose of obedience. Take the broader view instead of looking so closely and you will see that the person Paul was talking about in 2 Corinthians 12 was himself. Likewise, the people the elders were talking about in Revelation 7 and 19 included themselves. Back on the first subject. The overall teaching of Scripture is that whereae God's justice requires his wrath, it is his desire is to save us from wrath. According to 1 Thessalonians 5, we are not appointed to wrath. According to Romans 8 there is no condemnation for us because we are in Christ. As in Jeremiah 30, some Jews are headed for a terrible time, a time of "Jacob's Trouble". Why? Because, as in Luke 19, they did not know the time of their visitation. Because they refused to believe, blindness was imparted to them, as in John 12 and 2 Corinthians 4. This blindness will not be lifted until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. This we learn from Romans 11. The times of the Gentiles will be fulfilled at the time of the Rapture. For those who remain there will remain only a fearful looking for of judgment, as we learn in Hebrews. Until that time they have been the ones to whom the evangelists have turned, as a group. See Acts 13. After the Gentiles have had their turn, the Jews will be given a second chance. They will look on the one they pierced and some of them will believe on him. But by that time they will be going through great Tribulation. 144,000 will be saved. We know they will be all Jews because there will be 12,000 from each of the tribes. But they will have gone through great distress. Why does God want us to know all of this? First of all, we should be motivated to flee from the wrath to come ourselves. Then, knowing the terror of the Lord, we persuade men. No one should be planning to go through the Great Tribulation. It will be a terrible time comparable only to hell itself. Those who are saved will escape both. During the Great Tribulation the church will be in heaven. You see the head pictured in Revelation 4. The body is there too. Others, Jews, will later be saved out of the Great tribulation. All who are saved will have escaped hell. These are the facts as I see them. The information about the nature of perception really should not have been necessary. Let's just say it is important to take the broader view. When we do, the little details will fit into place. Finally, think again. The purpose for God's revelation is that we might obey him. Knowing whatever we know about the tribulation, let us seek to escape it and to encourage others to flee to our Lord Jesus Christ. |
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962 | Are the 24 elders, the church,? | Matt 24:30 | Aixen7z4 | 75263 | ||
I would guess that you also have trouble with Pauls's statement in 2 Corinthians 12: "I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago ... was caught up to the third heaven". Paul was talking about himself. Does that make sense? | ||||||
963 | Where is the church in Revelation 4? | Matt 24:30 | Aixen7z4 | 75255 | ||
Truly I see that Scripture is given to us to reveal what God wants us to know, and it does not anticipate our questions. We must accept what we are told and patiently ponder its meaning. May I say that the God who made us gave to us the faculty of perception, and he knows how it works. We see in part and we know in part, but what we see is evidence of what we do not see. So, I see your question and I assume you are there and that you are at a computer. I see a head and I assume there is a body. That is the way it always works. When I see a few people emerging from a church, I assume there are more inside. When I see the elders, unless I am told that they have been separated from the church they represent, I assume the church is there. Does this make sense? I tell you, that is the way perception always works. We extrapolate from the evidence. Those who refuse the mark of the beast, who are they? It seems they are the ones who will be saved later, out of the great tribulation. I trust this does not give rise to yet another set of questions, but I take them to be Jews, the 144,000 who will be saved. These are the only ones, to my understanding, who will be saved after the rapture. We do need to search the Scriptures carefully. When we do, I think we will see that the Rapture precedes the Great Tribulation and that the Second Coming follows it. There is so much more that will happen in the end times. We may not understand it all, but we should personally prepare by trusting Christ for our salvation. We should turn from the idols, and work and watch and wait for him. Aixen. |
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964 | Does 1 Cor 15:51-53 show the rapture? | Matt 24:30 | Aixen7z4 | 75252 | ||
The secret is in being open to all of Scripture. Paul wrote 1 Corinthians 15 to dispel doubts about the resurrection. The verses you have quoted speak to that. Why were the dead raised and the living changed? It is so we can inhabit heaven. He says so. How do we get to heaven? That's another question. The answer is that Jesus comes for us. See John 14. How does he get us there? He draws us up and away. See 1 Thessalonians 4. So, you are correct. The rapture is not described in 1 Corinthians 15, but it is in Scripture. | ||||||
965 | Aixen7z4, Is Revelation 4 the rapture? | Matt 24:30 | Aixen7z4 | 75249 | ||
Revelation 4 shows that the church is in heaven. As the scene shifts back to earth and the tribulation unfolds, we know the church is not there. Nor is she mentioned again until chapter 19. How did she get there for the Marriage Supper of the Lamb? She had been caught up. We know that from 1 Corinthians 15 and 1 Thessalonians 4. Aixen. | ||||||
966 | Pre Tribulation rapture? | Matt 24:30 | Aixen7z4 | 75166 | ||
Perhaps we are confusing the rapture with the second coming of Christ to earth again. Before the tribulation, Christ comes in the clouds and catches the church away. See 1 Cor 15. See Rev 4. After the tribulation, he returns to the earth to put an end to evil and to reign. See Rev 20. Jesus comes to the air to take away those who are saved and not appointed to wrath. This taking away is the rapture, and it is pretrib. The second coming, to the earth, his feet standing on the mount of Olives and all, (Zech 14) is posttrib. It is difficult to get the complete picture from reading one passage. Make use of the other Scriptures describing the end times and try to develop a chronology of events. |
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967 | faith portryay a symbol? | Rom 1:17 | Aixen7z4 | 75162 | ||
Why do you suppose the faith of Habbakuk would do that? Portraying a symbol of the church is such an amorphous thing that we really cannot tell when we have it. Better, I think, to let faith stand on its own. Whether in Habakkuk or in the church at Jerusalem, faith is that which God appreciates. We trust him regardless of the circumstances. The just shall live by his faith. Even though the fig tree has no blossom, and there are no grapes upon the vine, we rejoice in the Lord, the God of our salvation. | ||||||
968 | Faith | 1 Pet 1:9 | Aixen7z4 | 74597 | ||
Peter says the end of our faith is the salvation of our souls. When we believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, the result is that we are saved. That is the end. Faith is the means. | ||||||
969 | What does from faith to faith mean | Rom 1:17 | Aixen7z4 | 74595 | ||
The phrase is used in Romans 1 in relation to the Gospel. The Gospel requires faith and the new life in Christ is lived by faith. So it is faith throughout. We are born again by faith and we continue to live by faith. At every step it is faith. Thus we go from faith to faith, always trusting, always believing. Paul would tell the Galatians that we have to continue in faith and not go back to seeking righteousness by keeping the law. To the Colossians he says it is by faith, not in self-imposed piety. We do not move from faith to anything else. Our entire lives are to be lived by faith. |
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970 | What does from glory to glory mean | 2 Cor 3:18 | Aixen7z4 | 74593 | ||
Glory means beauty or perfection. Glory to glory means one level of glory to another (higher) level. In the passage in 2 Corinthians 3, Paul says that we look at the Lord Jesus Christ and by so doing we become more and more like him. One way to understand a statement like that is to look it up in a modern translation. Even those who prefer the King James Version can glance at another version such as the Amplified Version now and then for that purpose. |
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971 | God not around sin how satan go to him | 1 John 1:9 | Aixen7z4 | 74585 | ||
It seems that those who harbor sin cannot abide in his presence; but they can visit. Also he will visit them with judgment. Because of his sin Satan was cast out of heaven. Because of their sin Adam and Eve were cast out of the Garden of Eden. Our sin and our iniquities hide his face from us. If we habitually practice sin we do not have fellowship with him. If we say we do, we are lying, John says. But we can come to him confessing. In a similar way, Satan can come to him accusing. But then he has to leave. Makes sense? |
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972 | INTHE BIBLE THE BOOK OF GALATIANS GIVE | Galatians | Aixen7z4 | 50874 | ||
Excerpt from .... Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology Galatians In the original context of the letter, the Judaizing heresy threatened to undermine the work of the gospel among the Gentile churches and thus destroy the unity of God's people. In the second century, as the Christian church struggled with the Marcionite heresy, Galatians played a central role in the controversy. Much later, at the time of the Reformation in the sixteenth century, the Protestant leaders identified in this letter the key to the fundamental theological problems facing them. Just what is the teaching of Paul's letter to the Galatians? If we wish to answer that question accurately, we must not dissociate the theology of the letter from the historical setting in which it was written. All of Paul's letters were written to deal with specific problems, but in the case of Galatians the situation was especially urgent. The crisis was so great that Paul begins the letter, not with the kind of thanksgiving he normally used, but with an expression of amazement that the churches of Galatia had been persuaded by certain teachers to follow a false gospel (1:6). These teachers argued that Gentile Christians, if they wanted to share in Abraham's blessing, must be circumcised and submit themselves to the Old Testament Law. Because this requirement contradicted the message Paul preached, the false teachers also claimed that Paul did not have proper authority. ... The concluding statement (2:21) reveals Paul's true motivation: if our actions indicate that justification can be reached by the observance of the Law, then Christ's death must have been unnecessary and the doctrine of grace is subverted. ... The world of the Spirit, however, is a world of faith, not of works of the law. If the Galatians really want to share in the Abrahamic inheritance—if they really want to be regarded as Abraham's children—they must live by faith as Abraham did (3:6-7, 29). Perhaps the Judaizers claimed that Paul created a contradition between the Abrahamic promise and the Mosic Law. In fact, says the apostle, it is the Judaizers who oppose these two principles. When God gave the Law four centuries after Abraham, he could not have intended that Law to alter the promise. But if the Judiazers were right, that is, if the inheritance could be received by the works of the Law, then the Law would be against the promise, which can only be had by faith (3:12-21). ............ Whatever the precise circumstances behind the Galatians' problem, Paul's answer suggests that the Law does indeed represent accurately God's will for them (5:14); however, the Law gives no power to fulfill the divine will (as suggested by 5:18; cf. 3:21; and Rom 8:3; elsewhere Paul points out that the Law actually abets sin, Rom 7:7-13; 1 Col 15:56). The only way to conquer the impulses of the flesh is to "walk" in the Spirit, to be led by the Spirit, to bear the fruit of the Spirit, to "keep in step" with the Spirit (5:16, 18, 22, 25). ........ Today, no less than in the first century, Paul's letter to the Galatians reminds believers about the inseparability of theology and life. By setting forth in clearest terms what is "the truth of the gospel, " the apostle was able, under divine direction, to preserve the glorious doctrine of salvation by grace. Moisé Silva Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology. Edited by Walter A. Elwell Copyright © 1996 by Walter A. Elwell. Published by Baker Books, a division of Baker Book House Company, PO Box 6287, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49516-6287. All rights reserved. Used by permission. |
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973 | What is the best version of the Bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | Aixen7z4 | 42138 | ||
The best version of the Bible is ... all of them (1 Cor 3:21). Bible translators try to balance accuracy with readability and this balance is difficult to achieve. Young's Literal Translation tries to live up to it's name but is so awkward it has not been updated. The NASB has a reputation for accuracy. The New Living Translation is the choice for readability and is fairly accurate. The Amplified Bible tries to leave no stone unturned, and gives shades of meaning. Thank God for Web sites which make many versions available. This writer says, use them all. It is perhaps by combining them that you will arrive at the best sense of the word. You may arrive at a favorite, but you should keep the others around for reference. | ||||||
974 | In Israel or not? | Ex 35:22 | Aixen7z4 | 42109 | ||
I assume you are linking this verse to 2 Ki 19:28. This is part of the response God sent to one nation, an enemy of Israel, that was planning to attack them. The phrase is figurative. He was saying they would not be successful because they would be turned around. As to the meaning of the phrase note: From The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: This alludes to the method by which the common people manage their beasts in the East, especially the dromedaries, which are governed by a bridle fastened to a ring, which runs through the nostril of the beast. Job 41:2 Ps 32:9 Eze 29:4 38:4 Am 4:2 |
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975 | What is the Song of Solomon? | Song of Solomon | Aixen7z4 | 42105 | ||
Easton's Bible Dictionary Solomon, Song of called also, after the Vulgate, the "Canticles." It is the "song of songs" (1:1), as being the finest and most precious of its kind; the noblest song, "das Hohelied," as Luther calls it. The Solomonic authorship of this book has been called in question, but evidences, both internal and external, fairly establish the traditional view that it is the product of Solomon's pen. It is an allegorical poem setting forth the mutual love of Christ and the Church, under the emblem of the bridegroom and the bride. (Compare Matthew 9:15; John 3:29; Ephesians 5:23,27,29; Revelation 19:7-9; 21:2,9; 22:17. Compare also Psalms 45; Isaiah 54:4-6; 62:4,5; Jeremiah 2:2; 3:1,20; Ezek. 16; Hosea 2:16,19,20.) |
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