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Haha. Its also very helpful to start with something like, "I recently purchased your book and had a question..." :)

Jun2u, I know you were writing to Stan, but allow me to interject. Where do you get this "same mind" concept? Are you referring to 1 Cor. 2? When Paul writes, "but we have the mind of Christ" he is referring to the Apostles, not all Christians. The point he is making there is that the...

When prophecy has more than one application, we rely on the inspired authors to inform us of that clearly. Biblical prophecy is not a game of darts where people like Jack Van Impe, you, and others start hurling newspaper clippings at Bible verses to see which will stick. Chances are, if...

Haha, well my wife is the true hero of the story :). My oldest is 12 and youngest is 9 months. It is wild, but every day is an adventure! That is awesome. I have some people I have friended who were either professors of mine or people who are scholars I highly admire. Most of these scholars...

I agree with the first part, which is why the focus of these prophecies is the coming Kingdom of God that was instituted at Christ's first coming. Yes, Revelation incorporates aspects of Daniel, but it uses those themes typologically and as a fore-shadowing of even greater fulfillments...it...

Stan, I have limited time. I have a full time job, a wife and seven...yes seven children. This form of quoting is fastest for me. I assure you that the quotes I use are almost always in response to your comments directly preceding mine. I hope that makes things simpler for you. I dont know...

I agree that the Bible interprets the Bible. However, the passages in Daniel are not just empty containers to be filled with various quotes and prophesies from the New Testament. The passage itself has meaning and the NT often gives us further insight into that meaning...or even draws from...

I didnt say it was. You should read what I write. I said I wanted to discuss the text in Daniel 9 that Jesus quotes. You try to define the Daniel 9 passage by injecting passages in Revelation and 2 Thessalonians. Why? Why is it impossible for you to simply examine one text and come to a...

Stan, I have been busy and havent had much time to read lengthy articles on these issue. First, I generally try to deal in quotes from books by publishers (which is what I try to provide you with) rather than online blogs. Anyone can write a blog and I have seen many bloggers cited on here...

Stan, I have studied plenty about textual criticism. I have Metzger's textual criticism books, and I have the apparatus from the NA27 and NA28 that I am personally able to interpret and decipher. I also have dozens of commentaries. Every single one of these sources say the same thing....Mark...

Marcus, once again you are mushing various passages in different contexts with the assumption they all are referring to the same thing. I am no constrained by your presuppositions. We are talking about Daniel's passage and Jesus' quote of that passage. If you want to start throwing in 2...

I agree with that. They are my opinions. They just arent based in popular opinion. They are based on my understanding of Scripture...right or wrong I said "beyond a reasonable doubt." And, in my mind, there isnt sufficient evidence to doubt the authorship of either book. I think they are...

Well, my view is not simply based on majority opinion. My view is that textual criticism shows overwhelmingly that Mark's long ending didnt show up in history until long, long after Mark was dead and gone. However, early church leaders did attribute 2 Peter to Peter...although there was debate...

I dont think you are reading very carefully what I wrote. The Abomination was the crucifixion and subsequent sacrifices offered to God in rejection of the perfect sacrifice. Thus, the slaughtering of animals in the Temple every day by Israel was an abomination to God because it showed that...

To my knowledge, no early church fathers attribute the book to Timothy. It seems most early witnesses claim either Paul, Barnabus, Luke, Apollos or Clement of Alexandria wrote the book. As I pointed out, I think the internal evidence excludes Paul and the Jewish focus likely excludes Luke...

I do think there is a big difference here. First, I believe John did write the Gospel of John. I think most conservative scholars believe that. I also think Peter wrote 2 Peter. I believe you have a big problem with the concept of inspiration and infallibility if 2 Peter turns out to be a...

\ The crucifixion and subsequent sacrifices was the abomination which causes desolation. The result of which led to the destruction of the Temple in 70AD. Thus the rejection of Jesus' sacrifice was what led to the desolation of Jerusalem, which is a microcosm of what will happen to the world.

mj, whether you like it or not, God has given the gift of teaching to the Church. You apparently dont need anyone else, but for the rest of us, we are called to allow the gifts of others in the body to edify us. These Scriptures are referring to recognizing Jesus as Messiah and Lord...or not...

Yes, it is a good translation. However, I think there are some areas where the translation is lacking...plus I prefer the word-for-word approach. ESV is the best in my opinion in that regard. This is sheer nonsense. The very simple point is that textual studies have validated that the long...

The 70 weeks points to Jesus' first coming (like all of Daniel's other dreams and visions), not his second. Seventy weeks we decreed to bring an end to sin and atone for iniquity, not to bring an end to the world. Sin was defeated and atonement was provided at the cross. The covenant that was...