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He does!?? Then why is he here on the Christian forums?? Why don't the mods make him go to the non-Christian forums?

It is the CONCEPT that I'm talking about, not word choices. Harpazo is Greek for "caught up" or "taken by force" or "abducted" or "plucked" (as in "plucked out of His hand" (also translated as "snatched"). When the translators rendered it in Latin, it came out "rapturo" or "rapio" (from an...

Your first sentence is a lie. In the thirteen times that the word harpazo is used in the NT, four times are rendered as "caught up" (Philip is said to be "caught up" after his encounter with the Ethiopian eunuch and the Apostle Paul said that he was "caught up" to the Third Heaven (in addition...

Are you at all able to speak and understand English? I notice that there are a number of bots who are registered here--perhaps you are one of them?

The Mexican government warns that a caravan of approximately 20,000 people is forming in (I think) Honduras. The ringleaders are being paid by none other than billionaire, trouble-maker (and big funder of BHO, HRC and now AOC) George Soros. Soros is actively trying to destroy U.S. sovereignty...

Different Greek word: ekistemi used in the NT (not harpazo or any of its cognates). In the LXX, also different words in Greek, sometimes, the word for "ecstasy" and other times the word for "intoxicated" (such as in the examples from the Psalms). Hapazo has more the sense of being "snatched...

I'm surprised you don't know this, bbyrd. The word in Greek for "caught up" is harpazo which I assure you is there every time the English expression, "caught up" is used in the New Testament, such as when the child of the woman in Rev. 12, is "caught up to heaven" or the 1 Thessalonians 4:17...

While it is true that there is a limit to what can be done (ex. we will never be able to clean up 100% of all pollutants) there is certainly a lot that can be done to tackle pollution at source. It may require some creative problem-solving, but that is what humans are very good at doing.

The main problem with many Republicans is that they are Neoconservatives (which means that they are not conservative at all). Tea Party people were the last true conservatives that the Republican Party incorporated. Neocons are just like the Neoliberals who support the status quo (and the...

The NLT clearly says they are dead.

John 1:18 and John 6:46

Immortal and eternal are general synonyms in our language but I get where you are going. "Eternal" life is a state of being blessed by God with a quality of living. Immortality is what we all will have in resurrection--whether it is a resurrection to eternal life or eternal death in the case...

Doesn't mean that no one ever will. Christian scholars take that to mean that Paradise and Heaven (where God Almighty "dwells in unapproachable light") are two separate places--with Paradise being a bit lower. They feel that Jesus took away the veil of separation between us and the Father and...

I disagree. "Forever" does not mean eternal--it just means for a very long time. My friend who is a Hebrew scholar told me that. On the other hand, "everlasting" is applied to God, as well as "eternal". Since we are told in Scripture that God alone cannot die, eternal must mean...er, well...

I like to think that my opinions are based in Scripture. What is the foundation for your opinions?

What isn't going to change? Must you be so incomplete in your communications? We aren't mind readers, you know.

You forget that there is another people group who are "elect" (i.e. chosen) and that is Israel. Paul told us in Romans 11:26 that, eventually, "all Israel will be saved." God has dealt with the Church and Israel in two distinct ways.

God's Tree of Life eternal. The Tree of Life will return in the Eternal State--it will bear 12 crops of fruit per year. Eternal life will join the physical with the spiritual. They are, of course, separate now because of the curse of death judgment that God pronounced on our progenitors...

Ah--that explains his peculiar take on Scripture--thanks.

Agreed, but Dem leaders seem peculiarly delusional. Probably because of their stance on abortion. The story of how the Democratic Party became "the party of abortion" is actually sickening. Bill Clinton, desperate to raise funds for the Democratic Party, envied the Republican easy access to...