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You did not attempt to refute my exposition, you merely wrote a falsehood that I am a "Full Preterist"! I said absolutely nothing about the second coming of Christ on the last day. Since you chose to exhibit your ignorance, I'll post statements from men of God out of the past, as far back as...

Just like most others, I have my understanding of this key verse, but am I correct? Can I test my view with objectivity seeking the truth, and avoiding the fleshly desire to make debate points? I'll use the KJV with the NRSV and I'll also use the parallel record as found in Mark 13 and Luke...

When simple, direct statements of fact in God's word are rejected, by saying "That's just your interpretation", it removes all certainty of God's revelation. If the scriptures are God's truth, it is one truth and it must mean what it states, or we are saying language is incapable of conveying...

When you hear or read long-winded rejection of what God's word states as truth, you must be hearing or reading a lie because God's word is truth. If a passage is misinterpreted, it does not take extensive explanation to demonstrate it. When a person rejects a clear statement of God's word, it...

Randy, I don't know how you used "common parlance", but I try to stay with standard English to avoid confusion. In checking Thesaurus.com - The world's favorite online thesaurus! I do not find dispensation, covenant or era to be synonyms. It can be confusing if we get into different...

"But far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. Peace and mercy be upon all who walk by this rule, upon the Israel...

The Geneva translation uses "dispensation" and followed by KJV using "dispensation" in 1 Cor. 9:17; Eph. 1:10; 3:2 and Col. 1:25. It translates the Greek "G3622 οἰκονομία oikonomia" and that is found in three additional verses Luke 16:2-4 where it is translated "stewardship" in the KJV. So...

There are only two dispensations found in the words of scripture: "Now if the dispensation of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such splendor that the Israelites could not look at Moses’ face because of its brightness, fading as this was, will not the dispensation of the Spirit be...

The use of the label "preterist" is used as with many labels, one meaning one thing and the other something different. The label of preterist began to be used in theology in 1843. "preterist (n.) one who favors the past, one whose chief interest is in the past," 1864, from preter- "before" +...

The point I was making about a pre-70 AD date for Revelation is, that view has been held in the history of the church, centuries past, so that keeps it within orthodoxy. One can be mired down in the various arguments about the dating for Revelation. For me, there is no way possible that the...

By orthodox I mean conforming to established doctrine as held in the history of the church. By a preterist who is orthodox, I refer to one who believes Matt. 24:1-35 is a prediction of 70 AD and the end of the Jewish religion, and that Revelation was written prior to 70 AD, and in history these...

The etymology of "preterist" - "one who favors the past, one whose chief interest is in the past," 1864, from preter- "before" + -ist. As a theological term from 1843, "one who holds that the Apocalyptic prophecies have been nearly or entirely fulfilled" (opposed to futurist)."...

Rita, thank you for your reply adding context and perspective to your original reply. This brings up the danger of using labels, even though we are often forced to do so. What a word means in one person's mind is completely different from another person's understanding of the label. I...

Try reading Matthew 24 in context, shutting out the preconceptions and schemes invented by man - What did Jesus say? "Then he asked them, 'You see all these, do you not? Truly I tell you, not one stone will be left here upon another; all will be thrown down.'” (Matt 24:2 NRSV) *This is the...

I'm amazed at how many people you'd think would know better, will accept Gal. 3:28 without question as removing the God-assigned roles of men and women. To use that verse as canceling out God-given roles is either ignorance or worse. The verse itself makes that a ridiculous deception because...

Wynona, I like your response, it is encouraging. It brings to my mind a question I remember from years ago, "Are you a working woman, or a housewife?" To which the godly lady would reply, "I'm a homemaker, a wife to my husband not wife to a house, and I'm mother to my children. So, yes...

God's judgment now on the USA is frequently attributed to the LGBTQ movement, abortion and the 'woke' nonsense of today. I am convinced the fall of the USA at its foundation is because of the rejection of God's commands on the role of women in home, Church and State. Yes, this is stirring the...

I hesitate to use theological labels and attempt to stay strictly in a more Biblical theology. I am forced by the very clear and direct statements in the New Testament to hold to a sovereign election of God that is unmerited by those chosen. My scripture reasons are as follows - "who saved us...

Orthodoxy is conforming to correct Christian doctrine or belief. Orthopraxy is conforming to correct Christian doctrine or belief in practice. James puts it succinctly - "But someone will say, 'You have faith and I have works.' Show me your faith apart from your works, and I by my works will...

"For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; then they that are Christ's, at his coming." (1Cor 15:22-23 ASV) All men descended from Adam without exception die and all men in their natural state are dead in their sins...