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1 minute ago, SelahSong said:

Are you aware that there was only one Noah’s flood? 

Yup

5 minutes ago, SelahSong said:

So the Creator had nothing to do with Noah’s flood?  

-Selah

That's not what I said

Are you aware there are several different " flood " terminologies in ancient literature, none of them referring to an actual flood ?

12 hours ago, Your closest friendnt said:

 

I do not understand what is your actual  suggestions.. 

 

 

Oh, OK, I'll try to explain what I mean

Reading something like " in heaven " and thinking Heaven is a place is like reading " he's in trouble " and thinking " trouble " is a place " he " is " in " when in fact it could be read as referring to the state of a situation

Rev 19:14 ' And the armies which were in heaven ( en ) followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean "

It's a directional preposition in Greek:

ek - out of/from - preposition indicating directional outward
a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal or figurative.

eis - preposition indicating directional inward
into, unto, to, towards, for, among
a primary preposition denoting movement inward; literal or figurative.

en - in/by/with - preposition indicating fixed position
a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively).

epi - on/upon/over - preposition indicating
  position of being on or over a primary preposition whose primary signification is "upon".

I've never found the Bible and science to be at odds with each other, not one bit.

I have noticed a glaring lack of familiarity with Mesopotamian metrology / science that leads people to the idea that the ancients were cave dwelling illiterate nomads, which is as far from the truth as Pluto is from the Sun

Some concordances have  " kingdom " in Greek ultimately stemming from the root meaning " step / to walk / foot "

βασιλεια basileia ( Kingdom ) => βασιλευς basileus ( king ) => βασις basis ( foot (sole of) a stepping, walking ) that with which one steps, the foot )

Speaks volumes of inheriting the kingdom by your walk with God

Flood ?

You mean like bubbulu ?

Noah's flood story is based on Mesopotamian astronomy, nothing more, nothing less

On 3/9/2019 at 3:07 PM, Curious Faithful said:

Hello,

Can you please inform me about The Book of Revelation? Here are my questions.

 

What do you know about the book in General?

Who are these characters? What are their roles? 

- Second Coming Messiah

- Anti Christ

-False Prophet

-Anti Christ Spirit

-Harlot Spirit

-Beast Spirit

-Four Beasts

-Four Hoursemen

-Angels

-Holy Spirits

Are you familiar with exegesis in ancient literature ?

Right off the bat, the very first verse uses phrasing commonly found in Babylonian astronomy texts

hope that helps some

His mother pays his dealers ?....seriously ?

Sounds like he's very manipulative, conniving and enabled, and needs a swift foot to the posterior region. 

Guys, there was never a period where they thought the earth is flat

Once again, horizontal coordinate system

I was just going by the use of the primary preposition " en " ( in ) that precedes the words " heaven " and " hell "

Coccus ilicis, another interesting Biblical / history topic

On 3/10/2019 at 3:28 PM, johnthebaptist said:

Most people seem to believe that salvation and heaven are one and the same thing. In other words, they believe that if you are saved, then you are going to heaven. What do you think?

I don't think heaven is a place, but rather something more like a situation 

On 3/9/2019 at 12:10 AM, Happy Felix said:

At some times I can use a bit of confirmation that I'm doing the right things that Jesus ordered, as you may have noticed. That the signs point in the right direction, with an eye on the afterlife i.e. the Real Life. In my working life I developed a lot of 'scorecards' and now I found an interesting one that estimates or simulates no less than the future of my soul: Heaven or hell?

All a bit presumptuous maybe, and I therefore really hope that this Achille Christian guy has thought very very well about the 40 questions an angel asks me in this 'game'. With God's Mercy set to 50% I'm going to Heaven all right. I'll have to try with 100% and 0%. For Roman Catholics, purgatory was optionally included.

Maybe somebody on this forum is willing to make the effort of checking if the questions make good sense (I think reproducing the list here is not allowed). We still won't see the actual weighting, though.
 

Are you certain it's a place ?

No, they didn't, and " Dr. Heiser ' should familiarize himself with the use of the horizontal coordinate system in Mesopotamian mathematical astronomy

Beats me, I've heard the " God is cruel because _________ " ( Insert reason of your choice ) claim many times

And what about that titlo ?

It's odd so many make the claim " the ancients thought the earth was flat ", this is certainly not true at all

Humans get culled by nature all the time

Cool name

On 2/25/2019 at 11:33 AM, Pencil24 said:

I never have attempted reading the books of the prophets or Revelation on my own. There are so many denominations and so many different theories as to what people think of these books. What would help me understand the symbolic symbols in Revelation. As I child I always thought the Old Testament prophet books were to explain what is to come. What order should I read them in? Is there anything you can recommend to refer to while reading these books? I did start reading the NLT I completely understand the Bible now that I found this version. KJV and even NKJV are for advanced readers that don't need a dictionary to understand the words. I really don't feel it will mislead me it actually helps me understand.

Starting with basic Greek notations would be good

What about that titlo though ?