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I…sort of see what you’re saying. I understand (and have pondered on previously) the idea that, since we expect that God lives outside of time, it could very well be possible that at ‘that end of the stick’ (by which I mean…death, for us all) we are all, in fact, waking in the Lords presence at...

Hi Farouk! Yes, wondrous indeed, and somewhat mysterious. I confess that I don’t…or maybe it’s can’t…fully understand the wonder of the Trinity…and I’m ok with that. A God that can be fully comprehended by the ones he made is not much of a God. I enjoy knowing that in the next age things will be...

That could very well be true. Which also points me back to my comment to Keraz. IF he is correct in his summations of a catastrophic event of fire, be that a CME or some other fiery event, then it could be possible that who Paul is speaking about in Romans 11 IS that 1/3 remaining. Which, in a...

Did I say “all ethnic Israel” is going to be saved? I said it was possible a large portion of them would be…not that it was an absolutely certainty. You say scripture is ‘screaming’ not all ethnic Jews will be saved. And, of course, you are right. No one looking at scripture, or history, would...

Romans 11:23-29 [23] And even they (unbelieving Jews), if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in (to the tree; ‘True Israel/Chruch), for God has the power to graft them in again. [24] For if you (Gentiles) were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted...

I think, if you re-read that passage, you’ll find that within the analogy, Christ is ‘the root’, who is ‘holy’ and ‘supports’ the tree. The tree itself (and the branches of it, which is mostly spoken of) is believing Israel. Members of Israel who did not trust Christ, were ‘broken off’….no...

Perhaps. It could be walking out our front door in the morning is hazardous to our health. But, we live in the day and age we do. And unless we separate ourselves from society completely…find a place so remote where both people and technology have no particular sway over our living, we are not...

He may have, I have not seen it. And…if we’re basing that off Rom 11…wouldn’t it be more accurate to say that the Church is grafted into believing Israel…thereby becoming ‘the Israel of God’?

But…if you ARE correct in how you see scripture unfolding here… doesn’t that just mean that a possible interpretation of Rom 11 is that those Jews who survive THAT will be ‘grafted back in’…and in THAT way, ‘all’ Israel will be saved? After all…at that stage, and in a ‘national’ sense, they WILL...

I feel as though I should go and put on my tin-foil hat before clicking on that link. Just sayin’ ;)

1st: I don’t think you’ve actually heard, or comprehended a thing I’ve said. How you’ve replied would suggest strongly what I’ve said just whistled straight past you. 2nd: do you even listen to yourself? You claim Christ is ‘all that matters’, but then you say things that show your...

Look…I’m sure you mean well. And this is a very important subject. But I simply don’t have the time to address it as it needs…and it needs, because quite frankly, I find your views heretical. Sorry. I truly feel I would need to spend all day on this post alone, and I cannot even spare ten...

With all due respect, I completely disagree. This is possibly one of the most complex issues and arguments one can get into, and at present, I have neither the time, nor is this the thread, for it. Along with; I suspect that neither the arguments I could possibly present, nor you, would persuade...

I think you are fundamentally mistaking how I’m getting behind the term “Jews” or “Israel”. I am neither claiming that the Nation/state of Israel is righteous simply because they are Jewish, nor am I claiming that because of their specific blood they will automatically be saved. I am not even...

I’m not quite sure I’m with you on this. Consider: Romans 10:9-10 [9] because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. [10] For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one...

I think it’s one thing to call out the certain behaviour or sin that God condemns, but another entirely to point ones finger at an entire race and sledge them. Which is what you seemed to do. Because, while you may not recognise their ‘offical Israel’ status, you still seem happy to label them...

No…not bothered at all. Although, like I said, I’m not particularly keen on those ones that stretch a person’s earlobes really big, just on aesthetics alone. But I don’t have a moral issue with it. I think, from a Christian point of view, the bible calls us to try and keep our bodies as healthy...

You probably can!

Well, yes…that would be a question, wouldn’t it??! It’s funny, farouk…I’ve been re-reading over all the ‘rapture’ passages, deliberately divorcing myself from my previously held biases…and, you know…I can see how folks read them either way. And…it’s not really a case of forcing the text, not...

Oh golly. There’s so many people who love to trumpet “any day now”, that for a long while I refused to even think about it (even though I longed for it). But if I had to be honest…yes, I think it could be near. I mean, I also acknowledge that things could get a whole lot worse. Things tend to...