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Please forgive me, I cannot respond to an inquiry that includes blasphemous humor.

I believe that anyone who will or ever has stood up in the face of death and still proclaimed the Word of God and died as a result of their testimony is a candidate for this honor.

You are the first person I've encountered who shares my Binitarian understanding of our Creator. Interestingly, I grew up JW, became agnostic\atheist, then born again and was taught the Trinity. While studying the trinity doctrine, I found the image of God is One Spirit comprised of father and...

LOL, I never seem to fit into any categories. My primary view is that there will be many brothers and sisters believing they will be removed from the earth before anything bad happens. I am here to encourage them not to lose faith when the time comes when they realize that idea was not conceived...

I suppose that's the case here. Perhaps its an invitation to those who simply do not understand or believe Scripture. Thanks, I may have been seeing this from a different perspective.

I’m confused as to why this is a “debate topic.” The scripture is clear that all will be resurrected to face judgement. The debate that usually accompanies this topic concerns its timing. Some denominations that are doctrine-driven confuse the 1st & 2nd resurrections. Often, preachers teach...

Yes, but not by men.

Good question. It really made me stop and think. This is what I came up with… My faith is in the Word of God; whether that be Christ Himself or His Written Word. if neither is interpreted to me by men, they are one and the same. If either is interpreted to me by men, it is no longer the Word...

That seems like a philosophical question meant for another topic… perhaps, Philosophy. In all fairness, if the bus I board says “End of Line,” I’m not going to try to badger the driver about turning around and driving me back to the ‘beginning of the line’ when I knew I needed to be on the other...

Yeah, some people get stuck on how to divide the line between literal and metaphoric or symbolic. I suspect that some are taught that the “Bible is literal,” and they take it to mean that Revelation’s metaphors are also literal descriptions of creatures and events.

Many Jews, and leaders, believed Jesus because they knew the time of the messiah was during their lifetime; the wisemen knew because even they studied Hebrew scripture. Some ancient writings show that an increase in claims of being the messiah in Jesus’ time were resultant of the fact that...

I appreciate your kind response. I’ve asked the topic be discussed elsewhere, though. People reading debates on the Beginning AND the End simultaneously might feel like they’re at a tennis match… or a really bad car accident! Might prove to be an interesting volley, lol.

I sincerely would love to continue this topic, but I am reluctant to on an eschatology thread. We should be under general theology or creation theology. This topic has a much deeper theological consideration and is not appropriate intermixing it with another topic.

Great question! True, the Bible doesn’t instruct us to say those, or any other, words. The phrase, like many other found used, is a tradition. It’s merely a way for the individual to have a mental image or way to feel involved openly with the process of becoming a believer. Not inherently bad...

I’m just glad God doesn’t choose us that way…

Genesis 1:1 - 2:3 contains the first “perspective “ on creation. This chapter was written specifically to describe the days of creation, nothing more. Genesis 2:4 begins a new “perspective “ on the beginnings of creation- it specifically starts with an overview of the creative days, then picks...

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Only words come from His mouth; the sword merely symbolizes the nature of those words. The sword generally presents the idea of authority-to-judge(divide/choose). Context clues will help you understand how the symbol is used. In this case, it may appear, (literally), to us as His commanding the...

As much as I appreciate the response, it seems you may have meant it for someone else as it doesn't fit too well with the curiosity I had about your aforementioned process of elimination to determine the pretribulation rapture. But thank you for offering Scripture instead.

The reason most people don't understand this verse is because it's translated incorrectly. The word "keep" Is the Greek word for "observe, watch (over), and is used to mean "guard." The word following that, often translated in KJV as "from" is the same Greek word that KJV translates as...