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We ~ we ~ are the temple under construction, all of us in Christ. The Architect and Builder is God Himself, and He will bring it to completion. Grace and peace to all!

Water baptism is the outward ~ for all to see ~ sign and seal of the covenant and as such since the coming of Jesus replaces circumcision, which was, per God’s directive, administered to male infants in the eighth day after their birth. Paul says as much in Colossians 2:11-12… “In Him also you...

The Greek word used in 1 Thessalonians 4:17 is harpázō, and should be understood as a final, once-and-for-all taking by force by Christ of what is His, what ~ and who, of course ~ has been given Him by the Father (rather than some kind of removal or transporting to somewhere else of what is...

To the question, "Did Jesus raise himself from the dead or did God the Father raise Him," my answer is: Yes. :) Grace and peace to all.

He is. Jesus says so in Matthew 12:28-29. The nature of Satan's binding is misunderstood by many. It does, but it's context is quite different in Revelation and other passages than many think. No, quite the other way around. Grace and peace to you.

"My version..." LOL! There is no PRV (PinSeeker Revised Version), as you seem to think... LOL! But yeah, that's a part of what I was saying; you can't really argue. You can maintain your own position, and that's fine, but you can't argue with what I said. You can't. Coming from you...

Yes, because it is... :) No, it means that of those who have been dead in their sin previously (we all are from birth), many have been experiencing this first resurrection ~ which is spiritual, in which we are born again and raised/resurrected in spirit ~ since Jesus ascended. Well, I've been...

Well, you think it's a false allegation, and that's fine with me. Defame? You think I seek to defame you? Pffft. Absolutely not. You've told me very clearly what you think. :) LOL! Maybe, Ronald... maybe... His thoughts and ways are not ours... much higher... Seems like I've heard that...

Sure. But there are Jews outwardly (ethnically) and Jews inwardly (of the Holy Spirit), and any one of the former may not be the latter. Paul is crystal clear on this in several of his letters (Romans, Galatians, Colossians in particular). Grace and peace to you.

Sure, but, unmistakably, he's saying just because someone is ethnically a Jew, that someone may or may not be a Jew in the eyes of God. This, to me, is a contradictory statement, even in and of itself. But okay. Well... I believe that because believers are part of the Israel of God, they are...

Hm. I mean there's the ethnic Jews for sure, and no other human being is a Jew in terms of ethnicity. But Paul ~ who was Jewish ~ does say that "no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly" ~ Romans 2; 'outwardly' meaning ethnically, as the world sees them ~ and "not all who are descended from...

Okay, cool... Hm. An interesting way of putting it. Still not quite sure where you stand. Would you agree if I said the believing Israelites of the Old Testament were in Christ and therefore part of Christ's Church also, just as all of those who have come after Jesus's time on earth are now...

Well, I would say that all of James is addressed to Christians because it is addressed to the 12 tribes that are scattered abroad. :) Those two things are one and the same, really. In addition, James addresses his addressees personally as "brothers" almost 20 times... throughout the course of...

Ah, so now you're reversing course again... re-contradicting yourself. Okay, I think we're done, Ronald. Grace and peace to you. Well, I agree, but you actually make it more than face value; that's the issue. You don't think you do, obviously; no Premillennial believer does, or intends to do...

The King James Version was commissioned in the early 1600s, and because of the antiquated language, can be problematic for some. But in James 5:16, the admonition "...confess your faults one to another..." in the King James Version is the very same in meaning as "...confess your sins to one...

:) You mean as if I don't always do so? <chuckles> Well, I pretty much do. But everybody can change his/her mind, so never says "never"... :) Well, we can't forget about the language (Koine Greek) in which the New Testament was written. Hey, you've pointed out the New Testament Greek in...

Well, good. Preterists basically believe all of the prophecies of Revelation were fulfilled in the first century. So, would you say you're a partial Preterist? Grace and peace to you.

Ah. Well, okay, but now you're conflating two different things. :) Jesus is not talking about the end times in John 14. That's quite an imagination you have, Ronald. :) But between you and me, it's only you who seems to think Jesus is going to literally "grab up" anyone, much less the...

Well, I did, but... ...maybe I had you mixed up with another poster. Gifted Servant, maybe. Okay, my apologies. Grace and peace to you, David.

LOL! But that was the very verse you were using, Ronald, to justify your assertion that believers are removed or transported somewhere else! LOL! But now, at least on this one verse, you are implicitly agreeing with me! So my "argument" is surely not moot, even according to you! LOL...