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Thanks for your compliments Mrs Whirlwind (I had you down as a 'Mr') The only self portrait is in 'Check Mates' in the Abstract Gallery where I set my camera and took two consecutive photos; one with me one side of the Table and one with me on the other. (PS it seems to have gone missing) (When...

If you click on my Blogspot (at end of signature lines) then ignore the verbage but click on the first pair of images you'll be able to fill your boots. Where can I view yours?.... I'll now go see if you've made a 'Gallery' Mike.

No harm done then, I trust. My fault for anticipating that it was going to be forerunner to some denominational speciality. Mike.

Thanks, no more probs. Can you now remove the thread?.....it only clutters the place up. Unless you like to tell me what are the file constraints for posting images to Gallery......I can't find that anywhere and as an Artist I'd like to do an ego trip. Mike.

Christ dealt with this in his Sermon on the Mount when he explained that God’s new Covenant, far from nullifying any of the Old Laws and Commandments, lifted them to a higher level of Spiritual significance as opposed to strict observance with what was written. The Scribes and the Pharisees...

There is danger, in the way this is being presented, of pulling God down to man's limitations. In terms of true meaning, try substituing 'experienced' as the true meaning of God 'learning' something in the context of Christ's incarnation. After all is said and done we are generally reading...

Well hi there jiggyfly, I have a deeply revered friend on True2Ourselves who's a Universal Reconcilliationist so I've learned to live with that. Mike.

We're told that sin cannot enter the presence of God, and that the only remedy acceptable to God was the Sacrifice of the Sinless Lamb as propitiation for sin. If therefore those that never hear the Gospel message are "excused" on the basis of their faith in the Creator God as revealed by...

Subject of course to circumspect deference to the limitation of the darkened glass.....but I'm sure you acknowledge that. Mike.

This should put a cat amongst pigeons and get me a few minus marks. The Gospels were written by newly converted Jews to whom nothing existed much beyond Judaism, the Gospel Message, and the immediate surrounds to their Mediterranean horizon. In that context John wrote: “God so loved the...

Sadly, many come to forums in order to pursue agendas which are somewhat less than ideal. Not everyone that comes to forum has a faulted agenda.....but conversely an aweful lot of folk who have faulted agendas come to forum......it's the nature of the beast I'm afraid to say. Quench not the...

There are more questions than answers, the more I find out, the less I know.

Sorry to post this here but I can't get a 'Contact us' mail accepted. I wanted to know whether, in sending an Email message to other members, it really is prohibitted for me to idebntify myself by my username. If that really is so then what would be the odjective please. Mike...

I'm just bumping this thread in order to be the only one to give a plug to the Young's Literal Translation which I notice doesn't even figure in the Bible Logos list of alternatives. Based on Biblegateway's list of alternative translations Young's literal Translation is the one and only version...

Moreabout the emboldened bit please......It's the opposite of what I've always understood to be the case. I accept that it is only 'many' (as opposed to 'all) who are called. And that of those that are called only few are chosen. But are not those few out of every kindred, tribe, and nation...

Enlarge the hole indeed. Who believes the 144000 to be literal? I mean, is it inconceivable that it could be 143999 for instance? Mike.

Whirlwind, Thanks for all that very helpful stuff. I've fiiled my boots and moving on now. See ya around no doubt. Mike.

Thanks 'whirlwind'. I do understand your point even though I still believe that you might be stealing a few of the 'normally understood' frist and second resurrection references in order to bolster your emphasis. But God Bless nevertheless......Mike.

Good day 'whirlwind' and thanks for the welcome (it's way past morning here in the UK) It appears to me that Rev.20 tells us of two resurrections. I have quoted the first Rev.20:4-6. (same pssage which you quote but obviously with different understanding) The second comes later in the chapter...

We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain...