Recent content by rwb

I read the prophesy of Isaiah 24:16-23 as the destruction and 70 year captivity that shall befall Jerusalem by the Babylonians because of their great apostasy and sins against the Almighty God.

Yes, we shall be raised IN power, the power of God. I'm reminded of our fist parents, they too believed that when they ate of the forbidden tree they would not die, but their eyes would be opened knowing good and evil and they would be as a god/God. When our body is raised and changed, we will...

Define "powerful"? I don't find powerful included in what our mortal bodies that shall be raised will be? Glorious yes, in the sense of dignity, honor and praiseworthy, but what do you mean by "powerful"? I only found powerful in three verses of Scripture and none pertain to what man shall be...

Yes, His body that resurrected from the grave was an immortal physical body with the breath of life (spirit) together a living soul. Which is what all who have been born again shall be when the last trumpet sounds and we are changed from mortal to immortal and corruptible to incorruptible. We...

Thanks for the discussion, Charlie! Knowing you've published a book with your view on Daniel, I would have been exceedingly surprised if anything I've shown would have changed your mind. But it was worth the effort anyway. Blessings, rwb

Does Paul say "new body"? I don't find that in Scripture? I find Paul saying only that the body shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. The change is that our body though sown mortal and corruptible, shall have put on incorruption and immortality. Paul doesn't say our mortal...

The Bible does not tell us that Daniel was speaking of a real physical destruction of the city and sanctuary, you assume this through extrabiblical sources. Yes, the Jews did SPIRITUALLY destroy the city and temple by committing spiritual abominations against God. Why do you argue for the...

Why do you force another prince who is not Messiah the Prince? There is no introduction of a lesser prince who shall come. The prince who is to come does NOT destroy the city and temple, His (Jews) people do! In the same manner the Jews in the days of Daniel spiritually destroyed the city and...

NO. The Prince who was to come is Messiah the Prince, as well as "He" who shall confirm the Covenant. You're forcing a physical destruction of the city and temple through past history recorded through extrabiblical sources. The prophesy is NOT about what shall become of the nation physically...

The destruction of the city and temple by the people (Jews) of the prince (Christ) who was to come was the reason why the nation was physically destroyed in 70 AD. When Christ came since the nation had already been spiritually destroyed, He said to them, "Behold, your house is left unto...

The change man receives, each in his/her own order comes in life when we are born again through the Spirit of Christ. The change we experience is not outward, but inward where our spirit was natural man, and spiritually speaking "dead in trespasses and sins." When we have been spiritually...

I agree but (1) they aren't the only martyred souls John sees, and (2) the martyred souls of Rev 6 didn't remain under the altar waiting for Christ to redeem them from the graves. After His cross and resurrection, we see them again in Rev 7 as 144,000 from all the tribes of the children of...

If you aren't convinced with the verses I've given I doubt any other verses will convince you. John shows living souls in heaven after being martyred for their faith. If they are not in heaven and are as the angels of God; spirit beings, then what do the living martyred souls John shows us...

When we read the context of 1Cor 15 we find that Paul tells us not only about the natural body that shall be resurrected and changed when the last trumpet sounds, he also tells us of what our natural body becomes when we die. Paul makes a clear distinction between the natural body of flesh, and...

Until you can explain what you mean when you say we shall have spiritual body when our body is resurrected when the last trumpet sounds, you're wasting your time pursuing this. I've lost all patience with your manner of communicating in these forums!