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Yes, but mixing the meanings leads to confusion. The meaning of the word "Talents" has been modified by the Church to have a very different meaning from its original meaning during the time of Christ. In the Parable of the Minas, Christ told his audience that the man had to tell his servants...

Really. The parables of the Minas and the Talents is all about oppressing the people around the Good and faithful Servants of the man who goes away for a time, through the multiplying of that money through the lending of it at interest with many other clauses attached so that the person the...

You spoke of the "Talent" as a gift from God, thereby corrupting the Parable of the Talents where the given monetary value has disappeared from view and a "we must work hard" attitude prevails. There is really no difference in your understanding of the parable of the talents from Episkops's...

No, that is not true. God is going to judge the heavenly hosts in heaven and the kings of the earth on the earth and together they will be imprisoned in a pit in the earth for many days to await the time of their punishment. (Isa 24:21-22) The question that Jesus is answering in the Parable of...

Why do we have so many who have no idea about the subject matter. Just like in the post above, we read about the confusion of the poster and how mixed up the story is that he is trying to tell. The Beast in Rev 13:1-10 are the four beasts of Daniel 7:2-12 working together in unison after the...

Behold you have committed an unintentional sin by joining in Wpiskopos' sin in his understanding of this parable.

@Episkopos From your short video, you have demonstrated that your understanding of the Parable of the Talents is flawed. The first question that needs to be answered is who is the "man" who goes away for a time and empowers his servants to administer his assets for his sole benefit. The...

Yes, Bob you have just repeated what I said, but in another way.

I have also said previously that our present translations are the best means we have at the moment to establish our respective relationships with God.

Sadly, that is what is happening today. Just look at how the translations are moving away from the original contexts of the source texts. Consider the consequences of the second death. References to the second death can be found from the book of Genesis to the book of Revelation, but our...

Well, I am one of those people you may be referring to except I would rephrase your statement like this: - What I find troubling is the belief some Christians have, that the translated Bible(s) was not translated by people with agendas and that the translators conveyed the original context...

@John839 I could also write a thesis and many papers on who or what the entities of the five beasts is. From Dan 8 we know that the fifth beast, the Little Horn is given armies over a period of some 2,300 years, to trample God's sanctuary and His earthly hosts. We are also told that the four...

My suggestion to hand the problem over to God was for your benefit. If as you claim your neighbours are "Christians," then, if they are the cause for your problems, then praying that God will continue to draw them to Himself will help you but if you will not pray for them that God will continue...

Hand this problem over to God and seek His direction as to how you should respond. Also pray that God will draw your neighbours to Himself. You may be the very person who will aid God in this process of His drawing them to Himself. Shalom

This passage from Ezekiel 34 may help you to understand. It is my Paraphrase of this passage: - God, the True Shepherd 11 'For thus says the Lord God: "Indeed I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out. 12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock on the day he is among his scattered sheep...

Your Daniel 7 reference is wrong IMHO. The reference should have been Daniel 7:15-27 to be in the same timeframe as is spoken about in ev 17. Need I have to provide more to show your error in your understadning?

Oh dear, Jesus did warn the people of His day that those who try to save themselves from the calamity that will come during the End Times will actually die the second death. The supposed near future Pre-trib rapture is what many hope will save them from the pain and suffering for their belief...

If you look at the OT passages that speak of the Israelites return to the Land of Israel and look at the Hebrew word's meaning, the word that is being translated and "land" in reality has the meaning of soil, such that God's promise to the Israelites is that He will plant them in the fertile...

The reason why? The Saints err and have turned away from God. God is waiting for the people who identify with Him to humble themselves and to repent so that He, God, can heal the land. Jeremiah 50-51 provides a very good picture of what has been going on since the Israelite have been seek...

Oh well Patrick, you should shorten the bible down to an acceptable length then without loosing the context that is contained in it. Let us see how that goes.