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Did you have poor grades in math? The Sept. 23rd + 14 days comes to Oct. 7
No, where did you get that idea? The gospel means literally "a good message". It is something that is being preached and heard. And when somebody believes it, only then they are entering the kingdom of God. The kingdom of God is "righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit" (R 14:17).
The culmination of ages was dependent of many signs and events and the gospel being preached to nations was one of them.
Okay. Yeah, I disagree, but okay. Not sure what this has to do with the price of tea in China, so to speak... What you say here seems non sequitur. but fair enough.
And this is another non sequitur to me... Faith, by definition (Hebrews 11:1) is God's assurance of salvation, and conviction given by the Holy Spirit. Did some think Jesus would return, based on what He Himself said, in their lifetime? Well... maybe... and maybe not... we don't know.
What the gospel writers and Paul, and Peter, and James... all the New Testament writers... wrote and that is in the New Testament was breathed in by the Holy Spirit. Which I think you to be in agreement with, based on your question here.
I am saying you are not "just reporting". You are building the case and you defend it.
You said "he wrote that around the year 95 A.D. or so...". And I said there is enough of evidence the book was written before 70 AD. How is it non sequitur? It was related directly to your claim.
Again, this is nothing even remotely close to non sequitur. The 1st church believed and taught that Jesus will come back during their life time, they even wrote it in the Scriptures. If you do not believe they were right, then you need to have some liberal view of inspiration. I am not saying such view must be wrong, I am just stating it as a logical conclusion.
In that case you should believe that Jesus came back in their life time, no matter what today's tradition or churches say.
How can I build a case about Trump/ Netanyahu Peace Treaty? It's news ... if you're not interested don't read what I post. I don't know what's going to happen. My opinion is that you can't trust terrorists. I remember a police officer saying that," "You can't negotiate with terrorists." And though Trump is already patting himself on the back for the greatest achievement of all time, it may go south and this 1 Thes. 5:3 prophecy will become real ... and maybe that will open your eyes? That is another sign of the Day of the Lord.
Come on, do not tell me that you do not understand. You are building the case that these are "the last days".
Ah, so insulting my intelligence now, which is always kind of a last resort, I guess...
You mean "too far"... See what I did there? <smile> Well, I think the discussion would be worthwhile, but fair enough.
Yeah disagree. Generally speaking, Paul did not condemn an institution initiated by God Himself. Marriage is a calling from God, and some people are not called in that way. And I think that with Paul... Paul was the first great missionary, and God called him to do that and used him for that purpose, perhaps even calling him away from the institution of marriage because that would have given him responsibilities as a husband and maybe a father that would have kept him from being the minister of the Gospel abroad that he was... and therefore not living out the purpose which God obviously prepared him to fulfill. And, in that passage in 1 Corinthians 7, Grailhunter, Paul is very explicit in saying, "Live as you are called."
Ah, you know, this is neither here nor there, really, but just concerning what Paul says about marriage, I think we can really say that, yes, maybe he talks little about it, but in what he does say, he says a lot about it. <smile> But yes, I agree; like a lot of other things, it can cause ~ or prevent ~ sin, depending on internal and external circumstances and how God uses it ~ or doesn't use it ~ in our lives.
So do you believe that there is something in the Bible that Muslims believe? The future of virginity in heaven.
I said that in response to your having said, "the events that were supposed to happen in the first century are not for us today to wait for them to happen." Now, maybe I misunderstood that comment, but that comment, to me, was tantamount to saying, in effect, that nothing John wrote in Revelation was relevant to his original readers of the day in which he wrote, nor is it really relevant to us today. At least that's how it looks on its face, taken at face value.
Some probably did, yes. They were wrong. <smile>
No, what they wrote in the Scriptures... I hope you're speaking of the apostles, here, because no one else wrote anything in the New Testament... but what they wrote in the Scriptures was (probably) misunderstood by some ~ and still is the case today ~ to mean that Jesus was returning in their lifetimes. Now, you probably disagree, and that's okay... fair enough.
If you count the generation including after the resurrection, it seems they didn't get it wrong.
I have no idea why you are getting the points and replies so mixed together that you come out with such misunderstanding. I consciously try to keep my posts simple and clear. So again:
Luke and Mark were not apostles, for example.
I provided a lot of verses to you, read them.
So, how do we interpret the failures of these guys, mostly from Africa and similar places, as it seems... scammers? Mentally ill? Pathological liars? Hallucinogens abusers? Attention seekers?
I understand that on one hand, I'm reporting events in the world and then on the other, trying to piece the puzzle together according prophetic scriptures. And ... ?
