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As I said, "Great!"...to the "thief in the night" "parousia." That much is true and has been occurring since Pentecost. But just as all creation was (literally, if you prefer) spoken into existence, so too, it is also spoken out of existence literally--that is "the elements" of it, which is that...

But then you have not reconciled Eccl 1:4 with 2 Peter 3:10-12. 2 Peter 3:10-12 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be...

Okay, but why reject it if the idea is in accord with John 17, and Tertullian has found treasure in a field?

Do they not say they got it from John 17?

Indeed they do harmonize quite beautifully. However, you seemed to be suggesting that there is no actual end of the age, that rather by the "presence" of the Lord, the earth would instead merge into "perfect health' over time without first coming to an end. Is that not what you meant? As for...

There is nothing "separate" about "one." This a common point of confusion about what is written regarding God and the "Oneness" that Christ prayed for. The answer and example is not according to much of the words written regarding what followed the fall, but was rather an "image" according to...

I don't know of the doctrine, nor do I actually know what it is meant to mean. But perhaps, they mean this: John 17:11-26 “I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours. 10 And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in...

The letter is to the "Hebrews", who were not of the gentiles (as we are) but of Abraham, of whom Christ was "the Last." It is a matter of context. They were "the house of Israel", the first "fold" brought (past tense) by Jesus. They died in sin with Christ, their Messiah, and are therefore...

Great! And how does that "harmonize" with: Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come. 1 Corinthians 15:24 Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to...

Again, much of that is through the lens of this world of times, rather than through the lens of always being "the same" as it is with God. The point is--there [actually] is no "pre" anything. Thus, "predestination" or "foreknowledge" are simply half-step terms as a leg-up on understanding what...

Perhaps I have answered this already, but I should say that what I am saying is only confusing when viewed through the lens of these many times, when "all truth" is only clear when they are not, but are viewed from the perspective of God in whom there is "no shadow of turning" (no evening or...

We're repeating ourselves--me explaining, and you not understanding what I am actually teaching, and also stating what you instead believe. I am not teaching "that we do have His resurrected bones on earth as He did after His resurrection for 40 days", but rather that His 40 day between His...

The proof of God is evident in the world. But one either believes that life is more than what is seen or not. And it is personal, one who knows there is a God cannot share their evidence as anything more than something or someone else to believe or not--because that is not how it works. Proof...

In your explanation on the link in your post you gave the example of "marriage" being a reason to consider the "Oneness" of the Father and the Son, as meaning "unity" rather than literally "One." It is a great example, and yet it is not one of "unity" rather than "oneness" literally. For the...

In post #2 I explained the "greater works" as being rather the fulfilment of the lesser works of the former days from Adam to Christ, as prophecy. Here is an example: The story of Nineveh of old was indeed a story of what it means to follow or run from God, and also about God's willingness to...

Communication is a difficult thing. I did not say or mean, not "while on earth." Indeed, "we who are alive and remain" are "on earth" and "remain"--not until we "are bodily saved", for we are already His body and saved--but rather until dust "returns to dust, and the spirit returns to God who...

No argument really. It boils down to one simple question: If we were all born into a large room like an auditorium with no windows or doors, who in the room having never seen or been outside the room could actually tell everyone what is outside--a teacher from inside, a scientist, a...

The "greater works than these" comment by Jesus, was an announcement of a change in God's plans from physical to spiritual. All the miracles of Christ and those of God since the beginning until that time, were in the world and enacted by physical, natural, and fleshly worldly means. But Jesus...

Indeed we agree on much, with few exceptions which I have explained. As for what I teach, it is indeed simple...but foreign to the thinking of men. I teach according to all truth as promised, which is from the perspective of God rather than that of men who look to times to explain everything...

Again, there is no such thing as "spiritual flesh." There is the natural which is flesh, and the spirit which is not flesh: "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the spirit is spirit." To call it "spiritual flesh" is to mix what cannot be mixed, and will not be...