Recent content by garyfromvernon

Col 1:15-17 is an interesting one. Because it says Jesus is the creator of every created thing, then it calls him 'first born of all creation' , it seems like a contradiction, but after you look at the use of first born in other verses it makes better sense. Exodus 4:22- This is what the Lord...

Always good posts from you Nomad, smart guy. In what sense is Jesus the Son of God? Would you say, he is literally the Son, in the sense that he somehow came from the Father as a Son does, as a Son comes from the substance of their Father, I always figured that because Heb 1:5, I always thought...

I had the same confusion. I feel I found the truth in studying the Aramaic Christians belief and the 1rst century Christians. The NT says many times that Jesus is the Only Begotten Son of God. To be begotten means that the substance of a male leaves his body, enters a womb and grows into a...

I always felt that when the trinitarian type verses of Jesus were in harmony with the arian type verses of Jesus I would be close to the truth. I did a big study, and sort of feel I have a belief system on Jesus. I read everything I could. I really like the Aramaic Peshitta Christians, and I...

Years ago, LeBec and Barbet had concluded that a person hung by his arms overhead would suffocate in a manner of minutes, due to the inability of the lungs to expand and contract in such a position.

Back to the cross thing, I hope you guys don't mind. Matt 27:37 Above his head they placed the written charge against him, THIS IS JESUS, KING OF THE JEWS. This was above his head, it was meant to mock him, it would of had to have been fairly large in order for people to be able to read it from...

Hi mcorba, I had a friend who was ignorant and aggresive in his attack. One of the interesting facts I like was that no ancient sources denied that Jesus was a real man who lived on the earth. There were many who hated Christianity and wanted it to disappear. Celsus wrote 'The True Discourse' in...

Hi everyone, I am kinda in a debate. I was hoping someone could help me out with Greek. in 2 Corinthians 13:5 (New International Version) 5Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the...

Awesome answers, thanks everybody, this is a good place to learn. The reason I asked this question is because I was studing Titus 2:13 which reads "While we wait for the blessed hope- the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ". Some translations and some religious...

Hi gang, nice to have a place to go to ask questions. I am doing a study on the return of Jesus, and I am trying to figure out where the Father is during all of the things that occur. It appears to me from the last few chapters of Revelation that the Father is on the Throne in heaven, then...