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Maybe the "Mark of the Beast" is being infused with Satan's version of immortality? We know that he attempts to mimic everything that God does.

In this section of the gospel of Mark, "one of the teachers of religious law" asks this question of Jesus: "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?" In His answer, Jesus begins with the Shema from Deuteronomy 6:4-5--which is a prayer that devoted Jews repeat each day. Then He...

Go up two verses. Verse 4 and 5 tells of the torture of those without the seal of God.

The Tribulation will be literally hell on earth. Who would want to live through that? Those who seek death are those without the mark of God's protection so that means they are not believers. "To die, to sleep. To sleep perchance to dream. Aye, there's the rub...For in that sleep of death...

Just for argument's sake, can you think of one?

Revelation 9:6---> "In those days, people will seek death but will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them!"

I am wary of ALL "isms" as they almost always turn out to be a lie.

Hebrews 11:1 is NOT talking about faith in a particular version of the Bible.

That is why I believe that we are in the "gleaning" stage of the harvest. The "professional" harvesters have left the field and the "poor in spirit" are now in the field gathering up the last of the grain.

Since you have been taken in by sins of the flesh, it follows that denial of the flesh, through fasting, would be part of the cure for the spiritual disease that appears to have you in its grip. It is a very good place to start.

You are NOT forced--God says, in His word, that no temptation is so powerful that He has failed to give us a way of escape. You must fight.

I've seen enough from you to be convinced that the enemy of your soul has deceived you into believing that. You must be a "high value target" for him--to have sent the horde after you. Do you know anyone in a deliverance ministry? He or she would need to be highly recommended so that you are...

But God has "outsmarted" those unbelievers and has made sure that those who belong to Him are able to understand the pure word from the context and through duplication--under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. I was raised with the KJV but was clueless to put it together until I became a...

Yes--what are called "word-for-word" really aren't. The translators must account for idiomatic expressions and sometimes, there aren't even equivalent words in another language so they must supply a group of words to try to say the same thing as the original text.

But, Phoneman, the Sadducees and Pharisees had nothing but the pure word: They had extremely strict rules that led to the preservation of the Scriptures. Jesus Himself testifies to the accuracy of the Scriptures in John 10:35--->"...the Scriptures cannot be broken." And they STILL blew it...

Well, there's an old saying: "Word alone, you dry up; "Spirit" alone, you blow up; Word and Spirit, you grow up." Both the word of God and the Word of God are essential in living out what God encourages us to live. Psalm 119:105--->"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."...

What makes you think that those who insist on the discipline of the word over experience are opposed to "an encounter with the living God"? I had such an experience and I am very grateful that I did have it. One way to test whether the experience is a real encounter with God (vs. a demonic...

An ancient Hebraic concept that put Israel in marked contrast to their pagan neighbors was the idea that faith must be informed by reason. The prophet, Isaiah said, "Come, let us reason together." He mocked those who were idolatrous, for bowing down to idols they had made from a block of wood...

The New Age movement is pagan mysticism. The Western Church rejected theosis for the reason that they felt that rationality should control doctrine rather than mystical experience.

Adam and Eve were made in the image of God but that doesn't mean that they were God. Isn't that the temptation that Satan put before them--that they would "become like God"? God is God, and we are not (nor will we ever be).