Jinto

Because that's not what fallen humanity want. It wants everything, anywhere, anytime. It wants to become God

I think it's less about Ariel being race swapped and more about a pattern of recent movie that challenge/fight what's little left of the christian value inside people. I can already smell the LGBT propaganda, the slavery allegory, demonization and degradation of the father figure or any male character that aren't gay, they may even demonize christianity by making mermaid some poor oppressed creature against bigot religious who treat them like demon.

"It will be for a time, times and half a time. When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed." I think the angel here is referring to how we humans as a whole will finally make an informed choice of taking God's side or rejecting Him, similarly to the Israelite in Exodus 32. Jesus's return and judgement day isn't after such or such sign happened but after everyone made up their mind about what they do with Jesus.

I apologize if this has already been covered Before we begin, I understand that all sins ultimately leads to death but hear me out In IJohn 5:16 they talk about deadly sins "If anyone sees his brother commit a sin that does not lead to death, he should pray and God will give him life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that he should pray about that" It's explicitly said that there are sins that leads to death and others not, what's the difference ? You can pray for your fellow's non deadly sins and he will receive life aka forgiveness but you can't get forgiveness for someone if it's a deadly sin ie they need to repent themselves. This is where it gets interesting (at least for me), what are those deadly sins ? popular opinion would suggest its the so called 7 sins in proverb 6:16-19 . Others think of the 7 deadly sins made by the Catholic church but I beg to differ from all of these. There are indeed 7 deadly sins and they are quite easy to find, I asked myself this question "if they are sins deserving of death, what would a christian of that time refer to ? surely it's the 10 commandment, then what in the 10 commandment were punishable by death ? ". Then it strikes me, I noticed that only the commandment from 1st to 7th were directly punishable by death if found guilty. So there you have it, the 7 deadly sins, someone breaking these commandment must repent by themselves if they want to be saved. The best thing is, you can't find a loophole because being dishonest about your repentance is a deadly sin as it breaks the 3rd commandment. I find it amazing that the 1st to 7th commandment are pertaining to the creation themselves (sovereignty of God, Sabbath, Parent, value of Life and marriage) so breaking them is like a direct confrontation to God more than to a human which is why they are deadly unlike the last 3 commandment which are more related to earthly relationship. Lastly, it's fascinating how the last commandment (coveting) is the place where every sin began. Thank you for reading

God's will is a state of mind ie wanting/hoping/believing that Jesus is our savior and will saves us from the judgement (like the thief on the cross), that hope is what should be in our mind in everything we do so Jesus can prevent us from falling away. Our doubt lies in our fear that God may be a trickster but He is not. He is an honest God as is his test.

I doubt Naomi would've been more happy if she knew she would be a historical figure Sadness and sorrow are still very real. Paul wouldn't say this otherwise: Rom 15:12 "Mourn with those who mourn". God didn't rebuke Job for his genuine complaint but his friend for trying to explain away his afflictaffliction. God answered Job in the late chapter and that was what all Job ever wanted. Optimism applied to oneself is good but it just doesn't work when it comes seeing others suffering.

God changing his mind is a way of telling us He has a free will and is unbounded.