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Can't the Queen get a rate rebate?

I would call "Easter" here a mistranslation.

When the Lord did not destroy Adam and Eve, that was grace. Instead He shed the blood of animals to clothe them with skins, a picture of being covered with Christ Who died for us. I think that death was also grace, for it is the means of getting rid of the sin nature (he who has suffered in the flesh, has ceased from sin).

The Manifestation of the Holy Spirit: ----------------------- "22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 meekness, self-control; against such there is no law. "

Do you really think it is a theory instead of a fact? There is heated debate on when the Rapture happens, but how can one debate that it will happen?

The Temple Mount is certainly something to watch.

Living by faith: The life which I live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Lord Jesus. (Gal 2).

This climate change business reminds me of the claimed Failure of nerve in the Hellenistic Era. You would think that universities would promote freedom of speech.

I didn't read anything about you bad-mouthing the Holy Spirit. If you want to come to the Lord Jesus, I would doubt that you blasphemed the Holy Spirit.

It looks like our courts make our laws.

What percent of these Bible-spin-off movies do you regard as really Christian?

The origin of the Bible is that the Bible was God-breathed, just as the Heavens were so made. Psalm 33:6 "By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

I wish someone could harness these people as voters to overthrow the baby-murder holocaust.

2 Corinthians & Ephesians: "21 Now Who establishes us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God; 22 who also sealed us, and gave us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. ------ "we who had before hoped in Christ: 13 in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,— in Whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 Who is an earnest of our inheritance, to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory. " --------- "29 Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them who hear. 30 And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed to the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger, and clamor and railing, be put away from you, with all malice: and be kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you."

This is commonly taken to refer to the tribulation.

  Posting this again, since the first one got buried. I often hear pre-trib rapture believers claiming other positions violate the doctrine of imminence. The word of God has no such doctrine. It was created by pre-trib scholars as another means of supporting this theory. But the only way such a doctrine could carry any weight is (if) a pre-trib rapture is proven to be the correct position, which won't be known until it either happens or fails. If the seven year covenant is confirmed without a rapture occurring, then this doctrine falls flat on its face, along with the theory it was designed to support. On the other hand, I want to point out another violation I see, a real one. I believe the pre-trib theory violates God's appointed times (feasts). In Christ' first advent (first coming) all of the spring feasts were fulfilled by Christ at there appointed times, to the very day and hour. All of these spring feasts were fulfilled in the spring of the same year. So it is highly likely that the fall feasts will be fulfilled in the same manner. There are still three feasts remaining, Trumpets, Day of Atonement and Tabernacles. And these feasts have there appointed times as well, and will likewise be fulfilled by Christ upon His return. If a pre-trib rapture occurred, this would delay the two final feasts for seven years. I just can not see that happening. All of these fall feasts occur within the same month. Actually, only 15 days separates them. Rosh Hashanah (feast of trumpets) begins on the first day of the seventh month on the Hebrew calendar, after the first sliver of the new moon is sighted with the naked eye. This is the only feast that no one knows the day or hour it will occur, as the new moon sometimes does not appear until the next day. This feast is on Tishri 1 & 2. The Day of Atonement begins on Tishri 10, followed by the feast of Tabernacles on Tishri 15. However, the pre-trib theory is not alone in violating the Biblical feasts, because the post-trib theory would violate these feasts as well. A rapture and second coming occurring on the same day would force all of these feasts into a single day. I don't see that happening either. The spring feasts were fulfilled just before His departure back to heaven and the fall feasts will be fulfilled upon His return. Just something to think about. Cheers   On imminence, how do you take James 5?

"concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come." Why did you quote this with "The Day of Christ," instead of "The Day of the Lord"? "The Day of Christ" as here, never occurs in the Bible (unless you insist on it here). Philippians has twice "day of Christ" with no "the" in the original text. Your modern authoritative translations have "The Day of the Lord," a frequent expression in the Bible. Have you done a check of the occurrences of "The Day of the Lord" in the Bible to see what the expression means? I also don't know why you render "had come," instead of "has come."

Hi there; you do have a list of questions. You say, "I believe in the eyes of God,there is only one church,that is church of Jesus Christ," Yes, there is one Body of Christ. As to going to Hell Fire, the only reason why men go there is that they are sinners. The wages of sin is death. The Lake of Fire is the 2nd death. You ask about Christmas celebrations. There is nothing advocating that in the Bible -- nor forbidding it. No scripture said that Mary of Bethany should put nard on the Lord's head. Judas objected. I find no prohibition in the Bible against drinking a little wine for the stomach's sake & the oft infirmity; indeed Paul gave Timothy that order. Drunkenness is another matter. The point is that Christianity is about loving God & neighbor, rather than concentrating on minor points.

 

I never met a Christian who was unwilling to own 2 coats.

And the Ukrainians gave up their nukes some time ago. Wasn't some document signed over it?

As I recall we are warned in Proverbs not to be among gluttonous eaters of flesh. Self-control is part of the fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5).

He sounds like Pharaoh of old who pursued with chariots. He didn't have much success.

For the Heart of God, read Jeremiah. 19 My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I cannot hold my peace; because youi have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, says The LORD. 36 Therefore my heart sounds for Moab like pipes, and my heart sounds like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: therefore the abundance that he has gotten is perished. 7 But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride; and my eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock is taken captive. Then consider that the Holy Spirit is grieved, suffers mental pain.

Artistic license indeed. It reminds me of the old use of the term "artful."