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  1. Ronald David Bruno

    A small rapture?

    So you are one who believes as a true born again Christian, you can't sin. You went to the wrong church. Well, technically where there is no LAW, there is no sin. But Christ didn't abolish the LAW as in the Ten Commandments. The Law was a Pedagogue. We don't one, for now the Law is written in...
  2. Ronald David Bruno

    A small rapture?

    I agreed with much of your post ... but there always seems to be something a little off. Jesus is the Head of the Body as in Our Authority, the person in charge. It's just a phrase we apply often similar to head of a company, head of the houshold, etc. Jesus is Superior over the angels. He is...
  3. Ronald David Bruno

    A small rapture?

    Understanding of the truth about any of end time events will eventually filter through when they soon unfold before your eyes - if you are still around. Either way, I am confident you will see things more clearly.
  4. Ronald David Bruno

    A small rapture?

    Wrong again. There are two resurrections for believers, one before the MK and the second resurrection after. ( Rev.20:4-5)
  5. Ronald David Bruno

    A small rapture?

    Without form and void means just like a lump of clay with no life. Look at any of the other planets. They are round; but there's nothing really interesting about them, void. Then think of all the beauty on the earth. Quite a masterful design, from without form (design) and void to what we see...
  6. Ronald David Bruno

    A small rapture?

    We are "no different" in the act of sin. If we do the same as a non- believer who lies, steals, covets or chooses not to love someone in need, isn't it still a sin for us? We are sinners - who have been forgiven because we believe in Christ. John MacArthur quote above is applicable to this. We...
  7. Ronald David Bruno

    A small rapture?

    We have been born again, spiritually resurrected yet we did not physically die nor have we received a new resurrected eternal body like Jesus has [speaking of our "in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet" change.] "In sanctification, God, working especially by the Holy...
  8. Ronald David Bruno

    A small rapture?

    The "beginning" is the starting point of the physical Universe, not where He dwells. That first sentence is an introduction to what is created in Genesis 1-3 : earth, light, sun, moon, stars, botanicals, fish, insects, animals, Adam and Eve. Genesis does not speak of His residence - or do you...
  9. Ronald David Bruno

    A small rapture?

    I am a stickler with how things are worded and that threw me. Not just me, but most people, English professors as well would comprehend this statement to mean that you are claiming that Jeaus is held together in and by the Holy Spirit. So be careful how you word things. Perhaps.
  10. Ronald David Bruno

    A small rapture?

    That is partially it. That concept is not as outwardly, behaviorally, mindfully realized when we become Christians. God sanctifies us spiritually in an instant, but gradually in our minds and behavior. We grow spiritually and we don't walk in the Spirit. But listen, a teaching about "sarx" and...
  11. Ronald David Bruno

    God is male/female

    I know. There are angels all around us. Where are these hundreds of millions of angels? A legion is 6000. Demons are fallen angels who can possess people. One demon possessed person was healed by Jesus. They identified themselves as legion. Then He sent them into a heard of 2000 pigs who ran...
  12. Ronald David Bruno

    God is male/female

    The Prophet Elisha's eyes were open to see an army of angels in 2 Kings 6. They were invisible until God let him see them. Obviously they were in a different dimension. We have guardian angels watching over us - can you see them? Angels appeared as men. Men were the rulers, the prophets, the...
  13. Ronald David Bruno

    A small rapture?

    Hold on, there is a problem in that statement. Jesus is not held together by the Holy Spirit. See, I did suspect something odd about your previous theological assessments. Okay, you are delving very close to a barrier of knowledge beyond what we can know. However, let me just say that there are...
  14. Ronald David Bruno

    A small rapture?

    I am sure Randy will respond, but Iet me put in my two cents. Christ did remove sin already, but the damages caused by the sin remain and we still see remnants of that behavior resurface. " Sin still dwells in the members of our flesh. So the penalty, death, has been forgiven. The " transient...
  15. Ronald David Bruno

    God is male/female

    Angels and Jesus are extradimensional, able to transcend from the spiritual dimension into the physical and take on human form while they are here. Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels. Heb.13:2 So unless they appeared descending from...
  16. Ronald David Bruno

    God is male/female

    God made man and woman for a purpose, uniquely _ and assigned them roles. What you are in asking (in a round about way) is shouldn't people have the right to change their sexual identity and shouldn't we accept the LGBT folks (who really suffer from mental disorder), right? NO. You cannot...
  17. Ronald David Bruno

    God is male/female

    @MatthewG "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." GAL. 3:28 There is no sex in heaven, nor marriage! Being created in the image of God means, He gave us a mind, emotions, volition, creativity and attributes of His. He made man and...
  18. Ronald David Bruno

    A small rapture?

    Let's look at it from John's perspective in Heaven. In Rev. 5:2-7, you have a scene in heaven that John witnesses that is two different time periods. One is prior to Jesus death and resurrection and one is after. "Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open...
  19. Ronald David Bruno

    A small rapture?

    No. His plan _ in His mind _was complete before the world existed. He is in such control of the story that He guides it through to completion. But of course, this question is really above my grasp. It just seems logical to me. "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were...
  20. Ronald David Bruno

    A small rapture?

    Okay. Sorry, sometimes these Non-Trinitarians who don't see Jesus as God, but as a created being, like an angel, try to get clever and slippery with ther doctrine and infuse it into the conversation. I jumped the gun with you when I read " in the image of and like God", and without giving Him...