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I think you mean the 1,000 year reign of Christ, don't you? The Bible tells us in the Book of Revelation that there will definitely be a time of Christ's rule on earth following "the time of Jacob's Trouble" (the Tribulation). Isaiah indicates that during that Kingdom, that long life will...

I do as well, but, I find that prayer often works where teaching fails. Those who are still dead in their trespasses and sins are often deaf to any further blandishments (they are listening to those of Satan anyway). But, prayer that God would somehow work a miracle through His Holy Spirit...

Gehenna is Aramaic (the language spoken by those living in Judea--Greek and Latin were also spoken) is also known as the Lake of Fire--the final destination of those who are utterly condemned. Jesus spoke of both Gehenna and hades (the "place of the dead"--roughly the Greek version of the...

Agreed. I have known pastors who are actually more worldly than their congregants! In the case of certain scandalous mega church "pastors," almost any of the men in their churches would behave better than they do--power and wealth corrupts. I agree that we are all responsible for reading and...

I guess the answer is that many people claim to be all sorts of things, but are deluded or ignorant of what is required to say one is such a thing. For example, I might say that I am an airline pilot but, unless I have gone through the requisite training and licensing, it would be unwise for...

That is why said this: "It has been my experience that those who say such things are not in possession of eternal life." If they are truly His, they will want to live for Him and not for the devil. Agreed.

After you are here for a while, you learn to "ignore" him--I have him on ignore but occasionally I see a post of his on my email notification.

bbyrd apparently sees his main task here as taunting and antagonizing Christians.

I think she scared herself. She would know that she was a fraud (as all who claim to converse with the souls of the dead are) but I believe that God permitted Satan to play a trick on her and King Saul. We already know that King Saul was plagued by evil spirits. Since she was a witch, her...

I think he would say: "I'm trying to be human--how's this work as a smile?" LOL What a funny video clip! I think we should post a humour thread every Sunday night. I see funny video clips all the time on the interwebs. Only problem is--I don't know how to capture them and reproduce them...

Yes. Those who have been forgiven through the cleansing Blood of Christ, are profoundly grateful and HATE the thought of disappointing Him. It brings tears to one's eyes just contemplating it.

It is poor teaching that would result in a "Christian" saying that. It is impossible to lose eternal life once having gained it. BUT, they still must stand in front of Jesus one day at the Bema Seat and explain to Him why they have sullied the gift they have been given by living for the devil...

No--eternal life is never conditional upon behavior--but salvation IS. That is why the expression, "once saved, always saved" is misleading. If that seems utterly confusing to you, hang on--I will explain. "Salvation" and the salvation word family, in the Old Testament and even, the New...

Yes--there's that necromancy angle and necromancy is forbidden by God. It has always been a part of the "black magic" of occultism/paganism. (Think of the Witch of Endor--consulted by King Saul) Yes--our relationship with God is all about trust/faith/dependence.

I believe in Eternal Security because I am quite certain that is what the Bible teaches. Even if one who has eternal life falls into sin, he/she still has eternal life--otherwise we would ALL be doomed to pop in and out of eternal life--who among us is without any sin at all? It is a gift and...

Of the more than 1,000 works brought forward for inclusion in the canon, only 27 were selected and only an additional four others were ever under serious consideration: 1) The Shepherd of Hermas; 2) 1 Clement; 3) The Epistle of Barnabas; and 4) The Didache. They were ultimately rejected because...

Sure you do. Every Christian who undertakes to study the word of God forms their own thoughts about what the Bible says. That is a theology. ;)

You're welcome. :) I believe it because that is what it says. One thing that you might want to think about is that resurrected beings live (or die) forever. Some believe that ordinary wicked humans will have some period of punishment in the "place of torment" in hades and then be thrown...

This particular "theology" of yours is not God-centered--it is man-centered (ironic since the study is supposed to be about God). Are you forgetting the role of the Holy Spirit in the forming of the recollections of the Apostles? ("But when the Father sends the Advocate as My...

The Book of Revelation pretty much tells us what happens after the Resurrection to Judgment (the Second Resurrection). Setting of the scene: The Beast/Antichrist and the False Prophet will have already been in the LoF for the entire period of the Millennial Kingdom (the 1000 year reign of...