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I agree. However, he is answering a rhetorical question about his nation. How did his nation act, and how did God respond to the nation? As a nation, they committed a transgression. In Romans 11:12, Paul speaks of Israel’s transgression and how it led to blessings for the Gentiles. The term...

I'm sure you would agree that our choice to believe is not arbitrary. Yes? In order for my choice to be meaningful, it needs to reflect my motivations, likes, preferences, hopes, dreams, aspirations, fears, and loves. But how do such things develop in a human being without guidance from parents...

Contrary to what you claim, the verse you selected proves Scott's point. Jesus acknowledges that he lost none except the one "doomed to destruction." I don't think Jesus superstitiously believed in fate. Jesus believes in divine determinism. God is ultimately responsible for the behavior of...

Paul is not talking about individual Israelites in Romans 11:11. At that point in his argument, he is talking about their nation.

We were taught to see our response to God's offer, but contrary to that picture, Jesus taught us to see that believers are God's gift to his son.

Those who study to understand the Bible have adopted a principle of interpretation they call: Not taught here. Through discipline, they learn to avoid superimposing ideas over a text that the text does not support. While an idea 'X' may be true and supported elsewhere in the Bible, the question...

God is talking about allowing his people Israel to be taken into exile. They will go into exile together and come out of exile together. But don't miss the essential point here. God is able to distinguish his people by their race, even if human beings can't. Once again, people are using...

The grain represents the sons and daughters of Israel, regardless of their spiritual status. God waits until AFTER he has brought them back to the land to circumcise their hearts. Ezekiel describes this process as a dry field of bones forming into a skeleton. After the skeleton is formed and...

Please address my post directly. We are confronting a preconceived notion that you may not have examined yourself. My posts are not meant to explain what Paul said, but rather to correct the common misinterpretation. Disabusing someone of a commonly held mistaken interpretation takes much more...

A. Amos Chapter 9 Summary God’s Judgment on Israel (Verses 1-10): Amos describes a vision of God standing by the altar, ready to bring destruction upon Israel. No one can escape His judgment—whether they flee to the heights of heaven or the depths of the sea, God will find them. He reminds them...

For efficiency, Paul concludes his remarks with an unbalanced comparison: to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. The balanced comparison is understood to be the following: to be absent the Lord in [my corrupt body] is to be present with the Lord [in my immortal body.] The...

When Jesus states, "She is not dead, she is asleep," he is intentionally highlighting a profound distinction between the two states of being. This phrasing suggests that death is not the finality it often seems to be, but rather a temporary pause. Similarly, when the Apostle Paul refers to the...

I already answered that.

Not true. People still die. Only one is empty. Who can know that? This is a contradictory statement. Either death is defeated or it isn't.

Do you have a question about what I said?

Jesus teaches us that when a person's body dies, they aren't dead as we think of it. He also teaches that they are asleep, unconscious and remain with the body, which explains why Jesus was able to raise people from the dead. He went to where the body was buried and he commanded that they rise...

Jesus has not conquered death yet. The Pope died yesterday. Jesus says that he overcame, past tense. His promise to Laodicea is future tense. Jesus claims that the Father has granted him authority over heaven and earth, but this does not mean that all other rival powers have been placed under...

Why lie about what I said? How does that help anyone? My argument isn't with the Bible; it's with the Catholic interpretation of the Bible. If you understood the Nicene Creed, you wouldn't agree with it either. I never denied any of these things.

Before we look at other passages of scripture. Let's look at the passages I already offered. I highlighted the word "asleep" and I take it that you read those words?

Did I say Amos 9:9 had anything to do with the Second Advent? I don't think I did. But since you brought it up, the Second Advent refers to the prophesied return of Jesus Christ to Jerusalem, heralded as a triumphant victor over the enemies of Israel. This event is significant in the...