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In... your opinion... :) Yes, noted (again) and respected. :) Just calling it fact does not make it so, ewq. And, to be fair, you can say (and you are) that what I am saying is my opinion. And so it goes... Same as above. Grace and peace to you.

In your opinion, yes, I understand. I say, ewq, you're doing precisely what I just said... in other words, missing the forest for the trees, or maybe more appropriately here, confusing the two. To Revelation 19 and 20, though, there's more to it than this, but I would think it very easy to...

Opinion noted... :) Again, the cycles parallel one another. All cover the same period leading up to the Second Coming. But each cycle does so from its own distinct vantage point. Moreover, later cycles concentrate more and more on the most intense phases of conflict and on the Second Coming...

:) Grace and peace to you, Timmy. :)

Hmmm... well, I think that generally speaking, Revelation 19:11-21 covers the same period as Revelation 20:1-21:8. Revelation is a series of visions that... well, here's an outline of sorts (focus in parentheses): Cycle 1: 7 seals 4:1-8:1 (commission of covenant judgment in heaven; the origin...

Not real sure what you mean by that, but okay. Well, I agree with this, but not sure I would see eye to eye with you regarding the particulars. Disagree with this. This is what I was saying in my original post above. Specifically, I think we should see what's described in Revelation 19:22-21...

Who here believes the events of Revelation 20 to follow, chronologically, the events of Revelation 19? That seems to be the issue... Grace and peace to all.

Fight the good fight, Wy! And considering what you have said here, if I could recommend any part of Scripture to focus on in this time of trial ~ which God gives us to grow us, for maturity and making us perfect, not to tear us down, so count it all joy, as James says ~ it would be the Psalms...

Thanks for agreeing, Joe. Sounds like you and I think along the same glorious lines and have the same understandings. :) Now, whether our minds are really "great" or not is probably debatable... :)... but yes, they do think alike... :) Grace and peace to you.

The numbers are symbolic, Nancy, as is most of John's Revelation. Symbolic of the fullness/completeness of God's people, which will be, ultimately, an innumerable multitude, from every tongue, tribe, and nation ~ as we see in Revelation 7:9-17. Even according to God's promise to Abraham way...

Nobody, amigo de christo, nobody "follows Calvin," not even Calvinists. But he did get Scripture right... :)... at least for the most part, regarding soteriology, who does what in salvation, as it were. See above. In the sense that you mean this, others "follow" Jacobus Arminius (a...

Well, okay, very well, but again, who ~ or Who ~ is it that has mercy on whomever he ~ or He ~ wills, and hardens whomever he ~ or He ~ wills (Moses in Exodus 33:19, and Paul in Romans 9:15,19)? Whether you realize it or not, you're getting at the key, which is that it is a heart (nature)...

Because it's either that or they're mischaracterizing it ~ or terribly misconstruing it ~ on purpose. But that would be in effect stating they they are lying, and nobody wants to be called a liar... :) LOL! Yeah ~ facetiously speaking ~ it's always about free will, for sure. Would you...

Well, no, they take their lineage from Abraham through Ishmael, and it's actually quite Biblical that they do so, though. Sure. God promised Abraham in Genesis 17:20 that He would make Ishmael a great nation, and He has. But Isaac was/is the child of the promise, of Sarai, the wife God gave...

A statement like this could only be the product of a terrible misunderstanding of what Calvinists actually believe. A true understanding of Scripture in tune with John Calvin's understandings and those of true Calvinists would result in precisely the opposite of what you say here, Nancy. Of...

Okay, fine; sorry to offend if I did. But if you are into Keswick Theology, it has it's... shortcomings. :) Grace and peace to you.

Well, you're talking about two different things here, Rockerduck... two different gifts of the Holy Spirit. The spiritual gift of knowledge, is one gift, which some have to a greater degree than others, for sure, and this is according to God's will, and is to be used for the common good...

Sure. Well, maybe in the sense that you acknowledged His presence in you, or even that you were aware of it. But, as Jesus told Nicodemus, "The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of...

Excellent. Yes, anyone can argue with a so-called Calvinist, or even John Calvin himself, but what cannot be argued against with anything resembling success is the Word of God, which, as Isaiah and Peter said, though the grass wither and the flower fade, endures forever. Also excellent...

It is, actually. It's called "the book," and mentioned several times... really more so "the people of the book." So believers of the Bible are specifically mentioned, but of course the Bible is referenced indirectly. They have their stock answers and talking points, for sure. :) Well, we...