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I can tell that you have written English because they are clearly English words that you used, but your post is as nonsensical as any I have ever seen on these forums. I am too tired at the moment to try to even begin to decipher what you have written. Perhaps you SHOULD read up on the...

I hate to break it to you, Scott, but every bit of prophecy which has ever been fulfilled has been fulfilled quite literally. Why would we, at this late date, think that God would do anything other than literally fulfill what He has said that He will do? Where does the spiritualizing stop...

Spoken like a dad. Humph! (LOL)

Notice that the brother is totally unconcerned that he clobbered his brother. Only cares about retrieving the ball.

Oh gosh--I hope it was a hollow bat. (The mother in me forced me to say that. The skulls of children are thinner than those of adults and they are especially vulnerable in the temple area.)

In addition, Jesus said that the people on the earth would NOT have to be told that He has come--that it would be as obvious as lightning in the sky. If what Scott A. says is true, those on the earth would need to be told because no one can see a spirit.

I don't think there will be many--maybe just those who are "liberal" Christians who have failed to hear the gospel in their churches. I "believed" in Jesus from the time I was a child but I never heard the truth of the full gospel until I was an adult. I even spent time being a deist/agnostic...

During the Tribulation, there will likely be many who come to faith--both Jew and Gentile. I believe this will be a "gleaning" of sorts as I believe that the vast majority of the visible Church, the Bride of Christ, will have been "snatched away" (harpazo) in advance of the Tribulation. The...

No problem--I should have been clearer. :oops:

Yes. Even though the gospel of Matthew may have Jewish Christians as the target audience, other Jews and Gentiles are being warned. In the Old Testament, the prophets pronounced judgment on the Gentile nations surrounding God's people, but the target audience was God's people.

It can be arguably said (as many theologians do), that Matthew is the gospel to the Jews. They see this passage as warning those in the world, that they will be judged on how well they treated Jews who believe in Jesus, and Christians, in the time of the End. There is already a great deal of...

A legalist is anyone who is relying on "law, rules and regulations" (or even their own "goodness") for their salvation, rather than belief in the Son of God, Jesus the Messiah (without man-made additions). As such, I wouldn't say that Ellen G. White was exactly a "legalist" in the conventional...

Well, Satan uses any humans he can use, to do his dirty work. He used Peter to try to discourage Jesus--for which he was soundly rebuked, "Satan, get thee behind Me!"

It is Satan who tries to shame us into accepting his assessment of us--he is the "accuser of the brethren." But we have an Advocate in Christ and He will never permit those who are His to be accused.

Ellen G. White was SDA. She was a bit of a legalist.

LOL I had the same criticism! :D Too late in the evening to confront that wall of type and wrestle it to the ground.

Did Ellen G. White believe in paragraphs, do you think?

Yes--the way I look at it, once you gain the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit, the war is over. What goes on after is simply a "mopping up" operation. The Holy Spirit is an occupying force who stands guard over our souls.

I put JBF on "ignore". Makes life more peaceful. I still see his posts come through on my email notifications however, and it is satisfying to use the "delete" button on them. Is that a sin, I wonder?