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I don’t think the Old Greek is the LXX, although I’m not well studied on the various translations. From the internet the Old Greek was the earliest translation of the Hebrew Bible, it was made in Alexandria Egypt for the use of the Greek speaking Jewish community there. I’m in agreement with...

I see you’re using the Apocrypha to better understand verses in the canon. Some time ago I had a brief discussion with someone about using the Old Greek to better understand the controversial verses in Daniel 9:26-27. What are your thoughts on using something like the Old Greek as a deciding...

What do you mean by not being literal (literally happening on earth) or spiritual? For example the star of Bethlehem, it was a literal astronomical object or event that can be argued as being only a spiritual event. An argument could be made that only the magi were able to see the star...

All this is interesting and I’ll keep these things in mind. Have you tried to see if any other events can be seen in the sky? For example the abomination of desolation, would this have been something that a person could’ve seen in the night sky as an indication of when to flee?

Alright, if the sign of the Son of man is an astrological sign then this sign was also seen previously, correct? Matthew 12:39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas...

To clarify your view, then you see the Matthew 24:31 gathering of the elect taking place on an individual basis, as each Jew died? Or a single event taking place on a specific day? What historical event that took place in 115 AD qualified as a fulfillment of Matthew 24:37-44? I can’t argue...

Yea, I can see that as a possibility, I tend to look at things in terms of probability. There are some eschatological views that I think are impossible and there are others that are possible but I assign low probabilities due to various verses that can’t be explained if that particular...

I watched the video, it was very interesting and really is just comparing facts. This is the kind of thing I can appreciate. Here’s where I’m going to have an issue though, when we come to New Heaven New Earth we have no need of sun or moon as seen in Revelation 21:23 and Isaiah 60:19-20. I...

I took a look at Orion in the Bible and Orion <3685> kesil, is found in Isaiah 13:10, Amos 5:8, Job 9:9, and Job 38:31. Isaiah 13:9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. 10 For...

I personally don’t think the sign is an astronomical event that can be deciphered but here’s what I think about the voice John hears behind him. In Revelation 1:10 John was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard a voice behind him. In Revelation 1:12 John turns to see the voice, and being...

Thanks for taking the time to post all of this. You’ve given me a lot to think about.

I’m interested, what other thoughts do you have on this?

Alright, I know sometimes not everything seems to fit and we have to step back and not focus on the minor details. My thoughts were that the Son of man is revealed to the Jews who were blind in part until the fullness of the Gentiles comes in. I think the fullness of the Gentiles came in when...

Ok, fair enough. What are your thoughts on Luke 17:30-31 where it says the Son of man is revealed on the same day that they should flee? Do you think this revealing could be the sign of the Son of man in Matthew 24:30?

Absolutely agree, thanks for post that.

So then is that the verse in Daniel that is being used for the sign of the Son of man coming to earth or is there another verse in Daniel that points to Jesus coming back to earth with clouds?

Daniel 7:13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. Isn’t this verse telling us that the Son of man came with the clouds to the Father (Ancient of days)?

Yea, and I would say Jerusalem being surrounded by armies was a “sign”. Luke 17:30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. 31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the...

Think about it @Keraz, if the plagues are literal there are too many things that don’t make sense. For example, perhaps a conversation between the two witnesses might go something like this … Witness 1 ) good morning, what do you want to do today? Witness 2 ) I don’t know, how about a CME...

I agree, Revelation 16:9 says God has power over the plagues. But Revelation 11:6 says the two witnesses have power to smite the earth with all plagues as often as they will and in verse 3 it says “I will give power unto my two witnesses”. If CME is a plague then the two witnesses have the...