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So Jeff, in your mind the only ones who would take issue with the type of blatant attacks against the Catholic Church you engage in would be Catholics? I am very, very sorry, but you are indeed wrong in such an assumption. There are many protestants who know their history better than you, and find such statements to be so much dust in the wind. Am I right in guessing you rely on Chick tracks for your information? And I notice you are avoiding the scriptures I've based my questions and statements on. What I am interested in is what do the scriptures say, and how do we understand them in the context of the time, culture, people, customs and language they are written in? So Jesus called Peter satan. How does that differ from Jesus calling Judas a devil?

Shalom, Pamelasv. Why would it be otherwise? His Kingdom is not here, yet! Luke 22:13-22 13 And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. 14 And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. 15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: 16 For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. 17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves: 18 For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. 19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. 20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you. 21 But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table. 22 And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed! KJV Luke 19:11-28 11 And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. 12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. 13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. 14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. 15 And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. 16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. 17 And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. 18 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. 19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities. 20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: 21 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. 22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: 23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury? 24 And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds. 25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.) 26 For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. 27 But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me. 28 And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem. KJV Acts 1:6-11 6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? 7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. 8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. 9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. 10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; 11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. KJV His Kingdom is not here, yet! It won’t be back until the KING HIMSELF comes back!

That could be right, in that Matthew 24:34 could mean the temporal generation which would see the 1948 AD reestablishment of Israel, which could be symbolized by the rebudding of the fig tree (Matthew 24:32-34; cf. Matthew 21:19,43, Hosea 9:10, Joel 1:6-7, Luke 13:6-9), won't pass, i.e. won't die off completely, until the future tribulation and 2nd coming of Matthew 24 and Revelation chapters 6 to 19 are fulfilled. A temporal generation may not pass until 70 or 80 years (Psalms 90:10), or 120 years (Genesis 6:3). This doesn't require that the 2nd coming will occur right before, like one year before, that generation will pass: i.e. 69, or 79, or 119 years after 1948: in 2017, 2027, or 2067. And if the tribulation which will immediately precede the 2nd coming and rapture (Matthew 24:29-31; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-8, Revelation 19:7 to 20:6) will last 7 years (Daniel 9:27), the tribulation's first year didn't have to be in 2011, and won't have to be in 2021 or 2061, but could be in a future year (e.g. 2020) earlier than 2021. -- The rebudding of the fig tree (Matthew 24:32) can refer to the 1948 reestablishment of Israel, just as Jesus' cursing of the literal, fruitless fig tree (Matthew 21:19) foreshadowed his curse on the part of Old Covenant Israel which rejected him (Matthew 21:43), for a fig tree can represent Israel (Hosea 9:10, Joel 1:6-7, Luke 13:6-9). And the Israel which was reestablished in 1948 is the same Old Covenant Israel which Jesus cursed at his first coming. For it still rejects Jesus and still considers itself to be under the Old Covenant. This Israel merely "putting forth leaves" again (Matthew 24:32) in 1948 was nothing more than a restoration to what the fig tree in Matthew 21:19,43 had been before it was cursed by Jesus and then destroyed in 70 AD: a tree with leaves, but without any fruit. And the unbelieving, Old Covenant Israel which was reestablished in 1948 may never bear fruit. For it could be destroyed before Jesus' 2nd coming, during a future war, by a Baathist army, just as it had been destroyed in 70 AD by a Roman-empire army. But Jesus' kingdom is still called "Israel" (John 1:49, John 12:13-15, John 19:19, Luke 22:30). And at Jesus' 2nd coming, he will sit on the earthly throne of David (Luke 1:32-33, Isaiah 9:7), and restore the kingdom to Israel (Acts 1:6-7, Acts 3:20-21). Jesus is, in his humanity, the son of David (Matthew 1:1, Matthew 21:15-16, Romans 1:3), of the house of David (Luke 1:69). So at Jesus' 2nd coming, he will restore the tabernacle, the house, of David (Isaiah 16:5, Amos 9:11) to its royal glory (2 Samuel 5:12), which it had lost (2 Kings 17:21a). And Jesus will fulfill the prophecy and prayer of 2 Samuel 7:16-29. And he will bring salvation to all the still-living, unbelieving elect Jews of the house of David. For they (along with all other still-living, unbelieving elect Jews) will come into faith in him when they see him at his 2nd coming (Zechariah 12:10-14, Zechariah 13:1,6, Romans 11:26-31). And so they will all become part of the church at that time, for now there are no believers outside of the church (Ephesians 4:4-6). After Jesus' 2nd coming (Revelation 19:7 to 20:3, Zechariah 14:3-5) will occur the millennium (Revelation 20:4-6, Zechariah 14:8-21), during which time the Gentile nations will come to seek the returned Jesus ruling the whole earth (Zechariah 8:22, Zechariah 14:9, Psalms 72:8-11) on the restored throne of David (Isaiah 9:7) in the earthly Jerusalem (Isaiah 2:1-4, Zechariah 14:8-11,16-19). And the physically resurrected church will reign on the earth with Jesus during the millennium (Revelation 20:4-6, Revelation 5:10, Revelation 2:26-29). For the church is Israel (Romans 11:1,17,24, Ephesians 2:12,19, Galatians 3:29, Revelation 21:9,12; 1 Peter 2:9-10). Note that nothing in the Bible teaches or requires that the rapture could occur at any moment. Instead, the Bible shows that Jesus won't come and gather together (rapture) the church until immediately after the future tribulation of Revelation chapters 6 to 18 and Matthew 24 (Matthew 24:29-31, Mark 13:24-27; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-8). That is why the marriage of the church doesn't happen until Revelation 19:7, in connection with Jesus' 2nd coming and the physical resurrection of the church at that time (Revelation 19:7 to 20:6; 1 Corinthians 15:21-23,51-53; 1 Thessalonians 4:15-16). Matthew 24:30-31 refers to the same 2nd coming of Jesus and gathering together (rapture) of the church as 2 Thessalonians 2:1, which refers to the same 2nd coming of Jesus and catching up together (rapture) of the church as 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17. Jesus won't return and gather together (rapture) the church until sometime after there is a falling away (an apostasy) in the church, and the Antichrist sits in a 3rd Jewish temple in Jerusalem and proclaims himself God (2 Thessalonians 2:1-4, Daniel 11:31,36, Revelation 11:1-2, Revelation 13:4-8), and the abomination of desolation (possibly a standing, android image of the Antichrist) is set up in the holy place (the inner sanctum) of the 3rd Jewish temple (Matthew 24:15-31, Daniel 11:31). For when Jesus returns to gather together (and marry) the church, he will destroy the Antichrist (2 Thessalonians 2:1,8, Revelation 19:7,20). Before Jesus returns, the church will have to go through the future, literal 3.5 years of the Antichrist's worldwide reign (Revelation 13:5-10, Revelation 14:12-13, Revelation 20:4-6, Matthew 24:9-31). At Jesus' 2nd coming (1 Thessalonians 4:15; 2 Thessalonians 2:1, Matthew 24:30), the church will be physically resurrected and caught up together/gathered together (raptured) (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; 2 Thessalonians 2:1, Matthew 24:31), not to remove the church from the earth (Proverbs 10:30, John 17:15,20), but to take the church only as high as the clouds of the sky to hold a meeting in the air with the returned Jesus (1 Thessalonians 4:17). At that meeting, Jesus will judge everyone in the church (Psalms 50:3-5, cf. Mark 13:27) by their works (2 Corinthians 5:10, Romans 2:6-8, Luke 12:45-48, Matthew 25:19-30). And then Jesus will marry in the clouds the obedient part of the church (Revelation 19:7-8, Matthew 25:1-12), those in the church (of all times) who "overcame" to the end (Revelation 3:5, Revelation 2:26). They will then mount white horses and come back down from the sky (the 1st heaven) with Jesus (Revelation 19:14) as he defeats the Antichrist (the individual-man aspect of Revelation's "beast") and the world's armies (Revelation 19:15-21). Jesus will then make the marriage supper of Revelation 19:9 for the resurrected and married obedient part of the church in the earthly Jerusalem (Isaiah 25:6-9; 1 Corinthians 15:54). Jesus and the obedient part of the church will then reign on the earth for 1,000 years (Revelation 20:4-6, Revelation 5:10, Revelation 2:26-29). -- The mistaken idea of a pre-tribulation rapture is dangerous, because when no pre-tribulation rapture occurs, and pre-trib believers begin to suffer in the tribulation, they could think God has somehow been defeated by Satan, that Satan by his power has caused a pre-trib rapture not to happen despite God wanting one to. Or they could think God has cruelly broken his (supposed) promise, that he has pulled the rug out from under them, that he cruelly lied to them, and must now be laughing at their surprise and suffering (Proverbs 1:26), so that in their rage they could curse God and commit apostasy during the tribulation (Isaiah 8:21-22, Matthew 24:9-13, Matthew 13:21), to the ultimate loss of their salvation (Hebrews 6:4-8, John 15:6; 2 Timothy 2:12). And even if they instead rightly think, "Okay, we must have just been mistaken in thinking the rapture was supposed to be pre-tribulation. Satan hasn't defeated God, and God didn't lie to us", nonetheless, because they had held so strongly to the pre-trib idea for so long, their minds could be completely unprepared to face the long tribulation that lies ahead of them (just as holding too strongly to the mistaken idea of preterism, or historicism, or symbolicism, or spiritualism, could leave some believers completely unprepared mentally to endure the future tribulation). The Bible gives those in the church clear warning ahead of time about everything they are going to have to face during the future tribulation (Mark 13:23, Revelation chapters 6 to 18, Revelation 1:1, Revelation 22:16), so they can be better prepared mentally not to be blindsided (1 Peter 4:12-13) or deceived by anything that is coming (Matthew 24:4-5,23-25, Revelation 13:13-18, Revelation 19:20), and so they can be better prepared mentally to endure the future tribulation with patience and faith to the end (Matthew 24:9-13, Revelation 13:7-10, Revelation 14:12-13, Revelation 20:4-6), that is, until death or until Jesus returns, immediately after the tribulation (Matthew 24:29-31, Revelation 19:2 to 20:6; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-8). Do you mean there will be only a partial rapture of the church, sometime before the 2nd coming, of only those in the church who are ready for the rapture by simply believing it is pre-tribulation, and/or by living holy lives? If so, note that nothing in the Bible says or requires that any believer will be left behind at the rapture, that the entire church won't be raptured (gathered together) at the time of Matthew 24:31, 2 Thessalonians 2:1, and 1 Thessalonians 4:17, which is the time of Jesus' 2nd coming, immediately after the future tribulation of Revelation chapters 6 to 18 and Matthew 24 (Matthew 24:29-31; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-8; 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17). For the need for believers to be ready for Jesus' 2nd coming (Matthew 24:44, Matthew 25:10) doesn't have to do with whether or not they will be raptured at that time, but with whether or not they will lose their salvation at that time (e.g. Luke 12:45-46, Matthew 25:26,30, Mark 8:35-38). For some saved people, at the judgment of the church by Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:10, Romans 2:6-8, Luke 12:45-48, Matthew 25:19-30), at his 2nd coming (Psalms 50:3-5, cf. Mark 13:27), will lose their salvation because of such things as unrepentant sin (Luke 12:45-46, Hebrews 10:26-29; 1 Corinthians 9:27), unrepentant laziness (Matthew 25:26,30, John 15:2a, Romans 2:6-8), or apostasy (Mark 8:35-38, Hebrews 6:4-8; 2 Timothy 2:12b). That is why saved people know the "terror" of the coming judgment of the church by Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:10-11), why they must remain in fear of being cut off the same as unbelievers if they don't continue in God's goodness (Romans 11:20-22, Luke 12:45-46), why they must be careful to work out their own ultimate salvation with fear and trembling (Philippians 2:12b; 1 Peter 1:17, Romans 2:6-8). Note that nothing requires that the entire future tribulation of Revelation chapters 6 to 18 and Matthew 24 will be God's wrath, or that any part of the tribulation that will be his wrath will be directed against any of the saved people (1 Thessalonians 5:9) who will still be alive on the earth at that time (Matthew 24:9-13, Revelation 13:7-10, Revelation 14:12-13, Revelation 20:4-6). Most of the tribulation could be only Satan's wrath working through evil people and natural forces to bring disaster on the earth, like when Satan was allowed to work through evil people and natural forces to bring disaster on righteous Job (Job 1:12-20), against whom God had no wrath. The tribulation's first 5 seals (Revelation 6:1-11) won't be God's wrath or judgment, for after the first 4 seals, the martyrs of the 5th seal ask God when he is going to bring his judgment against the world (Revelation 6:10). And the killing of even more martyrs, which the 5th seal foretells will happen sometime after the 5th seal (Revelation 6:11), won't be God's wrath against those martyrs. So Jesus' unsealing of the seals (Revelation 6), the tribulation's first stage, doesn't mean the events unsealed will be God's wrath, but that they will be permitted by God to happen at that time. The tribulation's 6th seal (Revelation 6:12-14) will happen sometime before the day of the Lord (Joel 2:31, Revelation 6:12), as in only a few years before. The day of the Lord itself won't begin until Jesus' 2nd coming (1 Corinthians 1:7-8; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-8; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10), which won't happen until Revelation 19:7 to 20:6, immediately after the future tribulation of Revelation chapters 6 to 18 and Matthew 24 (Matthew 24:29-31; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-8). Similarly, the day of the Lord's wrath (Psalms 110:5) won't begin until Jesus' 2nd coming (Revelation 19:19-21). So the people quoted at the 6th seal (Revelation 6:17), during only the first stage of the tribulation, could be just as mistaken as Job was when Job said that what was happening to him was God's wrath against him (Job 19:11). Just as what was happening to Job was actually Satan's wrath against him, not God's wrath, so the 6th seal could actually be Satan's wrath, not God's wrath. And just as the writer of the book of Job didn't go out of his way to correct Job's mistaken statement in Job 19:11, and just as the apostles John and Matthew didn't go out of their way to correct the mistaken statements of the people they quoted in John 7:12b and Matthew 27:63a, so the apostle John could have not gone out of his way to correct the statement of the people he quoted in Revelation 6:17. After the tribulation's 6th seal will occur its 7th seal (Revelation 8:1), out of which will come its 7 trumpets (Revelation 8:1-2). Note that nothing requires that any of the first 6 trumpets' events in Revelation chapters 8 and 9 will be God's wrath. The 5th trumpet's events will be the work of strange locust-like beings from the bottomless pit (Revelation 9:2-10), led by a fallen angel from the bottomless pit (Revelation 9:11). And the 6th trumpet's events to the end of Revelation 9 will be the work of weird horse-like beings led by 4 fallen angels previously bound at the Euphrates (Revelation 9:14-19). So even though good angels of God will sound the first 6 trumpets, this could be announcing God's allowing the wrath of Satan to destroy 1/3 of different things (Revelation 8:7-12, Revelation 9:15,18), just as Satan will subsequently, mid-tribulation, be allowed by God to cause 1/3 of the angels (i.e. his fallen angels) to be cast down to the earth permanently (Revelation 12:4,9). Revelation chapters 8 and 9 will happen before the Antichrist's (the individual-man aspect of the beast's) future, literal 3.5-year worldwide Luciferian/Satanic reign (Revelation 13:4-18, Revelation 12:9). And the events in Revelation chapters 8 and 9 could be used by Satan to help prepare the world to welcome that reign. For what he could do is first take great pleasure in causing the destruction in each event, but then claim that the destruction isn't from him, but from YHWH, and that YHWH is a cruel tyrant god who hates mankind and only wants to make it suffer, while he (Satan, as "Lucifer") only wants the best for mankind (cf. Mark 8:33b). In this way, he could deceive the world into turning away from YHWH and instead worshipping him (the dragon) and the Antichrist (Revelation 13:4-18, Revelation 12:9). The Antichrist will utterly revile YHWH (Revelation 13:6, Daniel 11:36). After the Antichrist's literal 3.5-year reign (Revelation 13:5-7) is declared legally over at the sounding of the tribulation's 7th trumpet (Revelation 11:15), the 7 plagues of the 7 vials of God's wrath will come out of the heavenly-temple opening of the 7th trumpet (Revelation 11:19, Revelation 15:5 to 16:1). The vials will then be poured out on the Antichrist's followers as God's judgment for their receiving the Antichrist's mark and worshipping his image (Revelation 16:2), and for their killing of people in the church (Revelation 16:6-7, Revelation 13:7-10, Revelation 14:12-13, Revelation 20:4-6, Matthew 24:9-13). During the Antichrist's worldwide reign, people in the church will be hated and killed in every nation for refusing to renounce the name of Jesus Christ (Matthew 24:9-13). They will be beheaded for refusing to renounce the witness of Jesus Christ (Revelation 20:4), for refusing to accept the antichrist lies that Jesus himself isn't the Christ (1 John 2:22), and that Christ himself isn't in the flesh (2 John 1:7). They will be beheaded for refusing to renounce the sound doctrine of the Bible, the Word of God (Revelation 20:4; 2 Timothy 3:15 to 4:4), for refusing to depart from the Biblical faith and to give heed instead to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils (1 Timothy 4:1-2). They will be beheaded for refusing to worship the Antichrist's image (Revelation 20:4, Revelation 13:15). And all of this will be Satan's wrath against the church (Revelation 12:17), not God's wrath, for the church isn't appointed to God's wrath (1 Thessalonians 5:9). Even when God's wrath comes in the 7 vials (Revelation 16), the tribulation's final stage, because the church isn't appointed to God's wrath (1 Thessalonians 5:9), none of the vials will be directed at any of those in the church who will still be alive on the earth at that time, still waiting for Jesus' coming as a thief (Revelation 16:15). Instead, they will go into protective chambers which they will have prepared for themselves on the earth (Isaiah 26:20), just as Noah and his family went into the protective ark which they had prepared for themselves on the earth (Genesis 7:11,13). Jesus will return right after the 7th-and-last vial is completed (Revelation 16:17,19, Revelation 19:2-21, Matthew 24:29-30), and he will bring the 2nd-coming wrath of God on the unsaved world (Revelation 19:15-21). But before that 2nd-coming wrath begins, the church will be caught up together/gathered together (raptured) (1 Thessalonians 4:17; 2 Thessalonians 2:1, Matthew 24:31) into the sky to hold a meeting in the air with the returned Jesus (1 Thessalonians 4:17).

Yes, sometimes social media (often an evil tool used by evil people) has its uses. The thing about living in the digital age is that once it has been leaked it will be spread all over YouTube, Twitter, Conservative websites etc. before you can say "Jesus is coming back!"

This is a hard one for I have the same idea of the two on the mount of transfiguration, that was my thought , but is it really two physical men or a symbolic vision of the law of moses and the spirit of truth grace, for at once I followed everyone but we may be looking for something that is a medifore, I am open to help on this ,but I believe that it is not what we really all are made to believe? and needs more research.or has this already been carried out prior to our generation?

I'm going to agree with that, Dawn. I have heard some comments from men lately about this whole LGBT thing that are disturbing to say the least. Gays and Transwhatevers are a very small minority and yet, here we are, rearranging our society to accomodate them. IMO, a lot of them don't want to be equal, they want control. The militant gays are trying to silence anyone who doesn't celebrate their 'lifestyle' and to gain control of the church and the government.

But what if he were wearing kryptonite sunglasses... And correct me if I'm wrong but laser vision wasn't a original superman power ...

As far as I know from reading the Bible, Judas didn't SEEK forgiveness so was doomed to hell. I don't think he was irredeemable except by choice.

Did anybody read or seen the video of Enoch? I know it is not in the Bible ..if anybody read it before please let me know what you think of it as I,m debating to watch the video online... From what I heard and seen so far..it is interesting ..

The first two books known today is and has been in the Ethiopian Bible and also there are many sets of fragments that match up with it that was found in the Dead Sea Scrolls.... it is the same.

I would download the book instead of watching the video.... Much like the Bible, movies are not the same as the actual writing.... Unlike Bopeep, I do believe there is truth in at least the first two books. The third book is more attuned to what is written in the Zohar and is questionable.. Rather New Age kind of things I do also think there are some translation things that have to be thought out...... 300 foot giants being chief in my personal studies...... I would not wager on the actual heights, but there are people today who are doing studies digging around finding things. Marzouli would be one to check into. i would not put it on the same scale as the Bible, but it answers a lot of questions about things. If you understand that book and Jasher and Jubilees, it gives some insight into what the devil is up to today......

Poor Batman

Pre, Mid or Post.....not a salvational issue. If one is saved, it just doesn't matter. Except to those who make posts so long you need a car to drive from one end to the other.

And in answer to people who quit posting at Worthy years ago. Amazing.

I know you strongly object to women wearing pants but there is NO Scripture that says a woman has to wear a dress nor one that says a man has to wear pants. And there is NO Scripture that says men should decide what is modest in women's clothing. Yes, we should do as He commands and be modest in our dress but He never commanded women to ask men what that would be. Why does this make you so angry, Butero? I stated that women are not under the thumbs of husbands any more because it's the truth. Does it make a woman sinful to think for herself and make her own clothing decisions? Does it make a woman less Godly because she doesn't bow to a man? We are only to worship and obey God. Arguing about clothing is a side attraction that really only serves to divide and distract.

Any man is not invincible. He would be torn apart by either wolverine or superman. In fact last I checked batman (me) was the only mere mortal that has ever actually gave superman a run for his money...

I find it interesting and realize its not a book of the Bible...its just interesting to read what he wrote..

Thanks...it is interesting..

Thank you Shiloh

A book of enoch is quoted in the bible. There is no proof that the one known today as the book of enoch is the same one.

I've read it, it is quoted several times in the Bible. I think it was a book that was read and respected by the public in the later BC and early AD years, I liked it.

I have never read the Book of Enoch either. There never seemed to be a reason to do that.

Ant Man....He rides an ant?

Oh brother.....narcissistic?.....yes....funny? Very possibly....

I've got to admit I've never heard od The Shadow nor have I ever heard a program on radio. Do you have a time machine or something? That is because you are wayyyy too young.

ANT-MAN is a new one. Ant Man is MY hero.

Ant Man. Ant Man?I have never heard of him.Does he raid picnics?

Dolly Parton?

I've got to admit I've never heard od The Shadow nor have I ever heard a program on radio. Do you have a time machine or something?

Do you often dream while you're awake?

Ant Man.

Come on, Butero, should I say we ARE living in Biblical times? That wouldn't make sense because we live in the present and I'm not sure how gay marriage figures into the topic. I believe in modest dress (and demeanor, not swearing, telling off color jokes, making rude gestures) so in that sense I believe women should follow the Bible's standards. I don't believe it's the purview of men to decide how women should dress; we are no longer living in a patriarchal society. We know how to dress if we are Christian women. Nonbelievers don't but there's nothing we can do about that. We have to live in the time we were born into. I don't think that means the Bible is now irrelevant, at least not to believers.

On buriel mounds in the Ukraine, the steps, eastern Russia, western China and silk trade route. Females were buried in about 20% of graves of the lower and middle Volga river region during the Yamna and Poltavka cultures.[13] Two thousand years later, females dressed as warriors were buried in the same region. David Anthony notes, "About 20% of Scythian-Sarmatian "warrior graves" on the lower Don and lower Volga contained females dressed for battle as if they were men, a phenomenon that probably inspired the Greek tales about the Amazons."[13] A near-equal ratio of male-to-female graves was found in the eastern Manych steppes and Kuban-Azov steppes during the Yamna culture.[13] In Ukraine, the ratio was intermediate between the other two regions.[13Females were buried in about 20% of graves of the lower and middle Volga river region during the Yamna and Poltavka cultures.[13] Two thousand years later, females dressed as warriors were buried in the same region. Scythian women wore long, loose robes, ornamented with metal plaques (gold). Women wore shawls, often richly decorated with metal (golden) plaques." Wikipedia on Scythians: Men and women wore long trousers, often adorned with metal plaques and often embroidered or adorned with felt appliqués; trousers could have been wider or tight fitting depending on the area. Materials used depended on the wealth, climate and necessity. Men and women warriors wore variations of long and shorter boots, wool-leather-felt gaiter-boots and moccasin-like shoes. They were either of a laced or simple slip on type. Women wore also soft shoes with metal (gold) plaques. Men and women wore belts. Warrior belts were made of leather, often with gold or other metal adornments and had many attached leather thongs for fastening of the owner's gorytos, sword, whet stone, whip etc. Belts were fastened with metal or horn belt-hooks, leather thongs and metal (often golden) or horn belt-plates." It seems that the wearing of pants started with horseback riding, which the Scythians were known to have developed. They were nomadic and often raided settlements. Both men and women wore trousers, known as far back as 2500 BC. (A pair was found in China from 2600 BC). Scythians were related to the Iranians, which could account for both their men wearing trousers for horseback riding and women wearing trousers or pantaloon harem pants. Ex. 28:42 speaks of making trousers for the priests to cover their nakedness. Otherwise tunics and cloaks were normally worn by both men and women, with men having fringes on theirs to tell them apart. So trousers were not normally worn in the Bible. They were probably created for modesty when sacrificing at the alter. If you want to dress totally according to the Bible, you better get out your sheets and start turning them into tunics and robes. In recent times, French women who followed behind their husbands into battle on horseback, riding astride, also wore trousers in the early 1800s. Whenever women were required to do the work of men they often wore trousers for safety's sake, both in England and here on the western frontier. But athletics and bicycles also opened the way for women to dress more safely, conveniently and modestly in pantaloons in the 1890s. Often they were worn under a shorter skirt. Skirts tend to get caught in bicycle chains and there are no bicycle side saddles. Sometimes split skirts like culottes were worn for riding horses in the west around 1900. Women wore trousers in the factories during WWII. Today many jobs that are traditionally for women require the wearing of trousers, jeans and the like. Once again. Women's trousers and jeans are made to accommodate the shape of women, and men would look pretty strange in them. I have nothing against women wearing the loose fitting tunics of biblical days, having dressed in a tunic for our high school Latin banquet. They are comfortable and loose fitting, modest and suitable for church. But since our church does not encourage dressing in such a way that calls attention to ourselves, I would not wear it to our church. And men would really be an attention getter in a tunic and robe. So some people have the idea that women's slacks should not be worn by women which is a man made law. Others think that only clubbing attire should be worn to church, as in suits, ties and little black spandex dresses (i looked up the fabric content). Some of us prefer to dress casually and flip flops are fine for church, to the horror of others who are steeped in their traditions. I don't think God really cares, as long as we go to church, pray and read our bibles. I have prayed in the shower and read my Bible on the toilet. We came into the world naked and naked we shall return. God does not look at the outward appearance but looks at our hearts. By the way, I do encourage those of you who do not attend a church to do so, especially as we see the time of His coming approaching. This is far more important than what we wear.

That is weird.

...who would win, superman or wolverine?

The rapture and the second coming is in parallel in and of the same event , if we read scripture correctly most believe in churches today and many Christians we talk too have ingrained in there minds that jesus comes for the believers leaves and then comes back again like a yo=yo, but scripture states in Mathew #24 that we in the last days will have tribulation and some will even be killed for his name sake , so just as noah was saved through the tribulation of the flood, and lot was saved through the fire and brimstone, and the people coming out of eygpt came through the plagues and to freedom, it will be the same in the end times we are going through the tribulation until the second coming we are not taken up until the day of the lord, so it states in revelation he who endures until the end shall be saved for many will run away from the faith when hard times and persecution comes, but the faithful and true believers will stand until the end in there faith even if it be to there death, there is no secret rapture this is a false teaching that is not biblical, there is a 42 month of satan or the beast to over come the saints, we will not suffer wrath, wrath is for the unbeliever and those that perish jesus said do not let any one deceive you and say he is here or there, in secret, scripture interprets scripture, and many Christians today are following false teachings and assuming we get a out of tribulation free pass, but this is not the way of the believer, and the true jesus we follow.

I don't read any apocryphal writings I only read the Bible.

We are the keepers of the faith and the preachers of the word we are our brother and sisters keepers to a point of praying and sharing ,but if someone is not willing to listen it is not for us to impose our will on them but to share jesus with them in compassion and in love not forcing the scripture or force feeding the word in there mouth, it is to be handle with responsibility of upholding the peace and sincerity of what jesus would want us to do ,for love is not forced and we are of free will and everyone must choose for them selves out of free will to come to Christ or to reject him we are to give people the seed and if it be you or someone else that waters it , at least we tried to plant seeds , and let god work it out, for we may not see what the end of it may be if it grew or died,but we will have a effect on its growth.

Hello brother I see what you are saying and I agree with you, where are all the answers,? there is times we have to say we don't know all the answers we need to just be honest and let the spirit of God bring us to just loving everyone as we can and to do the best we can to bring people to the word, for God knows every hair on your head and he knows and hears the cry of the people He created to be saved from the foundations of the world so , we as a body need to just continue to reach as many as possible, and I can tell you for all of those people that are dying there is people there that are also of God telling them to not fear ,but our God said that His commandments are written on the hearts and minds of the people , our God is a righteous and just God, and will not allow one sheep to run off and be lost if they are to be brought into the fold, so brother God is good each and every day , we all will pass but , we know if we live or we die we do all that we can to follow the God of love in a dark and wicked world ,, for we know when the race is finished if we endured until the end then we will be saved,

Matthew 26:24 The Son of Man indeed goes just as it is written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born.”

You know the Lord gave every man free will to believe and obey or not to believe....If you do not believe that you can experience this wonderful gift of the indwelling Holy Spirit like they did on the day of Pentecost and beyond then you won't....I have and I am truly happy I did...now one thing I won't do is argue or go back in forth over the Word of God....you will never conveince me that the initial sign of the Baptisim of the Holy Ghost is not speaking in tongues for I experienced it...so I pray that you continue to listen to my videos but if you don't. I say may the Spirit of God bless you and lead you into all truth...

Of course you can follow him and do the things he's demanded and skip all that judgment stuff, for those who accept and follow him are justified by his rightousness and not our own..... but it's not up to us to make that decision about anyone.

Who goes to heaven and who goes to hell...... and why..... doesn't say anything about being born again.... and in my Bible this is printed in Red for it is the words of Christ himself..... we should be very careful of deciding what it takes to enter heaven, and leave that up to him.

None of us should presume about anyone else's eternal destiny. But the Gospel IS Christ, and Him crucified. When Nicodemus (evidently a religious moral individual) came to Jesus, the first thing he heard was that except a man (or woman or child) be born again he cannot see or enter the Kingdom of God. Since Jesus Himself emphasized THE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY OF THE NEW BIRTH we can only go by His own words. And that is why He commanded the Church to preach the Gospel to every creature (Mk 16:15,16). Many have tried to evade this, and there is a false doctrine out there called Universalism, which teaches that all will be saved regardless of whether they have been born again or not. We must simply hold to what the Bible says, since it is indeed the Word of God.

teaching "Christ Crusified"

This gift of receiving the Holy Ghost is for all just like Peter said on the day of Pentecost and you will receive exactly like they had and everyone else in the book of Acts...its for all..

This was the first group to receive the Holy Ghost and they spoke in other tongues... Acts 2:1-4King James Version (KJV) 2 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them

Here is another group who received the Holy Ghost and the spake with tongues... Acts 19:1-6King James Version (KJV) 19 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, 2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. 3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism. 4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. 5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied

How did Peter know Cornelius and his household received the Holy Ghost? Acts 10:44-48King James Version (KJV) 44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. 45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. 46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter, 47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? 48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days. They knew because they heard them speak in tongues which is the initial evidence of the infilling of the Holy Spirit but the fruits is the Spirit are the evidence that you are walking in the Spirit... There is a gift of tongues and interpretation of tongues which is to edify the church and for personal edification but make no mistake about the initial signs is speaking in tongues...

My God...a multitude of words. Too much to even begin to digest.