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I'm glad you answered with scripture and not your own stubborn words.

We are to love our enemies because the Gentiles, who were formerly enemies of the chosen people of God, are no longer enemies of God, as God has extended the opportunity of salvation to all men, whether Jew or Gentile, hence "love your enemies", in which case, the true enemies of the people of...

I don't need to learn the vernacular, I just need to know and believe the scriptures. Paul says God hated Esau, and that is what I trust, believe, and understand, exactly as the scriptures teach. I don't twist or ignore the scriptures to suit my own theologies. Such a stubborn old man, set in...

He does hate, hence why Paul also explains, What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath--prepared for destruction? (Romans 9:22 [NIV]) Do you suppose he loved, or hated, these vessels that he himself prepared for...

No, the multitude in heaven are angels, hence why this same multitude, later in this same passage, rejoices over the marriage of the lamb to the bride, who are the elect, Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting...

The word used by Paul in this passage is "miseo", which means "hatred, or to hate", Strong's Greek word 3404 http://biblehub.com/greek/3404.htm .You can see the interlinear for Romans 9:13 here http://biblehub.com/interlinear/romans/9-13.htm . Its usage can be seen in these other passages...

Indeed we are not appointed to wrath, but just as God made a distinction between the Egpytians and the Israelites when God sent plagues to Egypt, so will God make a distinction on the earth when he sends plagues upon the entire world. So, as scripture states, the elect will remain on the earth...

You will not be going to heaven, for the elect are not appointed to go to heaven, but will instead rule on the earth when Jesus Christ returns. Just the fact that you do not know this, already makes it dubious whether you are indeed chosen, for all who are chosen know this.

The seal is not the rapture, the seal is the holy spirit, hence, And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, (Ephesians 1:13 [NIV]) As such, the earth...

He did, Just as it is written: "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated." (Romans (9:13 [NIV])

The rapture occurs shortly after the coming of Jesus Christ, "At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens. (Mark 13:26-27...

Just because this beast looks like a lamb does not make this beast a lamb, nor just because it looks like a dragon does it make it a dragon. Have you never heard of a simile? "like...", "as a....", these are similes, and are declared so to relate this particular beast to what a lamb symbolizes...

You've managed to discard every scripture I quoted in favor of your own understanding. You say, "He would choose one person over another", yet scripture clearly teaches us that he does choose, For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love...

The elect are one with God because the elect have the spirit of God within, and as such, are of one mind with God just as Jesus Christ is one with God, as was declared, I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one-- I in them and you in me--so that they may...

Jesus Christ is one with the Father in unity, but are not the same person, just as the elect are also one with God, but are not the same person either. The ways of God, the Father, are higher than our ways, and also the ways of Jesus Christ, for the Father alone is the one who predestines all...

All things are indeed predetermined by God, yet a choice is offered to us to choose good or evil, so that then through whatever we choose God may then reward or punish. However, whatever we end up choosing, is what was predetermined by God to occur. God does not desire all to be saved, Jesus...

Are you just finding any reason to object because you have nothing for me? This isn't about me commanding you, nor about you obeying me, it's about having a healthy discussion. You say I am in error, then offer up an intelligent detailed interpretation to oppose my detailed interpretation.

My statements are scriptural, "You heard me say, 'I am going away and I am coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. (John 14:28 [NIV]) Christ is the visible representation of the invisible God, the Firstborn and...

Jesus is indeed God, as a representation of God in creation, but he is not the Father, as the two are very distinct beings. And so, it is the Father who does not change his mind from what he has determined to do, God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his...

It is the Lord's will, Jesus Christ, that none should perish. But it is God's will to show mercy to some, and to punish others, hence, What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath--prepared for destruction? What if...