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There is no lack concerning the Bible which is the inspired Word of God, that we would need the "other things".

All of mankind has been forgiven before anyone repented.. as the scripture says "We love God because he first loved us." 1Jn.4:19 .. and "In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins." 1Jn.4:10.. and "God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting against them their trespasses." 2 Cor.5:19 .. and "God demonstrated his love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us." Rm.5:8

The area where the so called prince / ruler/ antichrist will come is Europe. Rome is in Europe. The European Union peopled by Europeans and by those originally from the Middle East. The Romans centuries ago used the Arabs who have for centuries hated the Jews to attack and destroy the Temple. At first the antichrist will be considered by the Jews as a Cyrus type because he acts like he befriends them and assists them with international matters that allow the Jews to build another temple. As Cyrus of the Bible had done. But eventually he will be an Antiochus Epiphanes type who desecrates the temple and declares that he is God.

Using nothing but imagination is neither science or faith. And plays with the idea that heaven isn't real.

The definition of a miracle is an occurrence that manifests in the natural world which was not accomplished by natural means. Since the earth functions on a cause and effect basis then miracles can happen.. when the cause is divine. The tossing of a coin and the results thereof is not according to the divine manifesting upon the natural world. It's the cause and effect in action. The example of a coin hanging in the air is a trick of magicians on any tv show. It causes the audience to wonder how he did that.. they do not for one minute believe that it was a divine miracle of God. In the world of the kingdom of God.. the working of a miracle example is a person being healed of a disease which medical science can't do. I don't think that anyone would want the doctors to toss a coin concerning their 'chances' of beating cancer.

When I was interested in a life of prayer it didn't occur to me that it was because I was single. I didn't see any connection at all between the two. And I still don't. In my prayer time I prayed to find my future spouse and did within two years. Having a life of prayer is supposed to be because you're a Christian, not because you're single.

I got saved when I was of grade school age, but that didn't mean that I knew the law, or that I walked in it daily. What is the law? Rom.13 tells us that loving ones neighbor as themself is the fulfillment of all the 10 commandments. But, having memorized the scripture verse that says that we must treat others as we would want to be treated.. didn't keep me from making social mistakes, because I'd been told in Sunday school to memorize it in order to recite it in front of the assembled Christians in a church service. I didn't think about it as something to live by everyday.. because I hadn't been told that I should. I treated the lessons like those in secular school, memorize to pass the written test and then forget them. You mentioned the phrase: sin in ignorance is no sin. There's a lot of unspoken theology in that that is assumed would be known. We all know what we know because we have the Bible to tell us what we should know. We also have preachers to tell us what we should know in case we haven't read that topic yet or lately. Sinning in ignorance doesn't make repentance unnecessary. It means that repentant sinners would not be approaching an angry God. Repentance does not mean being sorrowful for sin committed. It means being convicted and turning away from sin and unto God. For God so loved the world. Because Jesus took upon him all the sin of the world. Which means that those who are sinning don't know that God loves and has already forgiven them. Jesus commissioned believers that they have the ministry of reconciliation to go and tell the sinner that God isn't counting their sins against them. That's for sinners who decide that they don't want to live as sinners anymore. And it's hope for Christians who struggle with sin, that they can live their lives free from sin.

Oh, then forgive me for thinking that your post of scriptures was your willingness to go for another round of exchange of perspectives on them.

The oil does represent the Holy Spirit, however, the extra oil is the greater duration of endurance and patience to wait for the arrival of the Bridegroom to come. Jesus said in Mat.24:12-13 that because of lawlessness, people's love will grow cold. Therefore, those who endure shall be saved/delivered. The foolish virgins had only an average amount of oil. The wise virgins brought more than enough therefore they didn't run out before the Bridegroom arrived.

Jesus Himself raised from the dead the father's daughter, and the grieving mother's son. It's important to remember that those resurrections were by the request of a family member. And, it should be noted that eventually they all died and went to heaven. As far as those resurrected and the rejoicing family members.. why object about that? We all have to come back to the realized truth that God allowed that the request to occur. Therefore He more than anyone of us judged it to be acceptable. So, when it comes to an outside party having an objection that someone got resurrected.. The question arises: does the text indicate that the person who died was ready to die? Does it indicate that the resurrected person objected? No. As one who's been to the funeral of my sister who died in childbirth, what family member would have objected if someone in our family had had the faith to get my sister raised up from the dead? Answer: We would all have rejoiced.

Then I guess that a number of scripture verses are wrong. How many did Jesus die for? Everyone. How many does God desire to be saved? Everyone. Is God a respecter of persons? No. The person that doesn't get saved, doesn't because they make their choice not to. Why? Because the god of this world blinds them. But even their eyes can be opened as evidenced by the number of atheists that have accepted and received Jesus as their Savior. It's unfortunate that the Calvinist doctrine uses scripture to make a choice against sinners, to make God the reason why certain people.. loved ones don't get saved. That doctrine is saying that God's unconditional love is conditional. It makes God's grace not able to abound against sin. And it furthers an attitude of hatred against God who (according to Calvinist doctrine) chooses to accept some but not all. However, that doctrine is in direct contrast with the bible which puts the blame where it belongs, on the devil who has been deceiving since the garden of Eden. The Calvinist doctrine is a man's explanation, it's not God's truth.

The doctrine of immanency is correct in that we in faith look for it to happen soon. However I differ regarding the idea that "it could happen before this day is over." The bible teaches a specific time that it will occur, as the apostle Paul taught it by speaking of "the last trump". That is referring to a specific trumpet sound made in observance of the Jewish "appointed time" of God celebrated every year at the harvest season. According to the observance, that trumpet sound is for and the rehearsal of the resurrection of the dead that is believed will occur on that appointed day. That is the next to be fulfilled. The Feasts are: Passover [done], the Feast of Unleavened Bread [done], the Feast of Firstfruits [done], the Feast of Weeks [done], the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacles. So yes, God has not given us the timing of the rapture in that we don't know the specific year that it will happen, but we do know the season. Additional thoughts- The text from 2 Peter 3:7-9 does not specifically mention the timing of or the rapture. We know that Jesus is coming soon. But God is not in a hurry for it to all begin to happen soon as some consider the meaning of the word, such as those in verse 4 supposed that it should. But Peter further wrote in way of implication that "the day of His coming" collectively speaks of the entire package: the rapture + the Second Coming + the Millennium + the Day of the fire that cleanses the earth.

God bless you. I merely put the information out there, it would be counter productive to give any further information when the first wasn't received.

The last trump is not the 7th trump of the Revelation because Paul wrote to the believers of the church age concerning the last trump; therefore that concerns all of us. While John wrote of the revelation which occurs after the church age; therefore it does not concern us. The last trump and the 7th trump only have in common that trumpets are used. Other than that, they are different occurrences to different groups of people at different timeframes. The last trump has with it the resurrection of the dead and being changed from a flesh and natural body to a glorified body as Jesus has.. that connects with 1 Thes.4:13-17 of what happens at the time of the rapture. The 7th trump (Rev.11:15 +) has with it (vs18) "the time of his wrath is come." The apostle Paul told the church age believers in 1 Thes.5:9 " For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ." Since all believers already have salvation = new birth = saved by grace. Then the salvation that Paul speaks of is the deliverance from wrath.. aka the time of Jacob's trouble.. aka the 7 year Tribulation.. aka the Day of the Lord. The last trump is a Jewish reference phrase that has to do with one of God's appointed times; a moed; the Feast of Trumpets. Paul speaks of it, because that is the next feast in line to be fulfilled. The first was Passover, the second was Pentecost, we are all waiting for the third. It is the time of our being gathered together unto Him. The Jews observe that feast every year at the time of harvest. They blow their shofar horns. The last trump is done by one man who uses all his breath to hold that last note for as long as his lungs can do it. For every year that they've done it and that feast has not been fulfilled, it has been a rehearsal. But there will come the day when that horn is blown, that the resurrection of the dead will take place, and we who are alive shall be changed., and we will meet the Lord in the air. And so shall we ever be with the Lord. Then, as Paul also wrote in 2 Thes.2:6 of the Restrainer being removed. He who has restrained the lawless one from being revealed before his time. That restraining power is removed at the same time that we- the believers, are removed. And then the lawless one, the antichrist is revealed, as indicated in Rev.6:1. So, it is sure in the sequence given in the Revelation, that the church was raptured before Rev.6:1. There are many who see Rev.4:1 as the representation of that rapture. So as the 7th trump is near the timing of the Second Coming of Christ, that means that the 7th trump is near the end of the Tribulation. So the last trump and the 7th trump are seven years apart from each other. This brief information shows why the last trump and the 7th trump cannot be the same thing.

There are not any counterfeit Bibles among the many versions. They are all "the real Bible". If you wish to continue to give your opinions on the matter then kindly do so with anyone else on this forum.

There are different views about this. There are those online who insist that homosexuals are not prostitutes. However, there is at least one verse in the Bible that I've come across so far that states otherwise. http://biblehub.com/1_kings/14-24.htm It's also possible that Romans 1 could be indirectly referring to it as well.

God bless you.

Do you really think that engaging in sex orgies in a pagan temple would mean that they would limit themselves to hetero sex?

A sodomite refers to same gender sex.. what makes it different to be called a shrine prostitute?