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I'm so sorry you had such a lonely experience in your relationship. It's tough when the hard experiences of life leave us wounded. I'm forever grateful for God, who is the source of every good thing I currently lack. He gives me strength now, and keeps me gazing at the future I'm heading...

Ah. And here, I believe, is perhaps our main source of contention. You attempt to harmonize everything according to your understanding of how Daniel fits together like puzzle pieces into actual history...and that includes fitting Christ and his coming into that already half built jigsaw. I...

The Dragon beast? Are you referring to the second beast in Rev 13? The one that 'spoke like a dragon'? I would disagree here. Because in Revelation we clearly see that the dragon is Satan. And the first beast is given power by the dragon, as well as his throne and authority. The second beast...

Yeah, see...I still don't think you can really prove, in any kind of logical semblance, the fact that these empires still exists in some form today, and will keep existing until the second coming. I mean, really? The Babylonian Empire is still here? In what sort of state? The fact that Iraq is...

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The thing I think of the most when I see how much Catholics revere Mary...yes, even worship her (they deny 'worship', but let's call a spade a spade, shall we?), is what Mary herself must think? She was a godly woman from the first. She had to have been to be chosen by God for the honor and hard...

Of course we die. I've never said we don't die, and I don't appreciate the implication that I did, or that was in any way what I meant. If, however, we were to 'die' in the sense you speak of...in the sense that "all" of our being is dead; then that which is "us" is also 'dead'. For our...

Dan 12:4 says "But you Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, until the time of the end." Revelation is, or so most scholars agree, the 'unsealed revelation' that is being referred to here. Is it a case, then, of Daniel "setting the foundation"? Or should we not look at Revelation as...

Sorry it's taken me a few days to get back to you brakelite. It's been a little busy for me. The difference with Christ is that he came, declared himself the fulfillment of those prophecies, and then provided evidence for all of his claims via his miracles and ultimately rising from the dead. I...

The resurrection is, of course, our ultimate comfort and hope. That's why Paul calls it the 'blessed hope'...Christ's return and our bodily resurrection. However, for those who die long before that time (as we cannot know when that will be), Paul also speaks to, and it's a message of comfort...

Hi brakelite...I am guessing this post is directed at me, but as you don't directly address me, it is just a guess, so forgive me if I'm wrong. Well, no...no you don't "know" that much. You are assuming that the 3rd kingdom is Greece. It doesn't say. Nor does it say that the one following it is...

I turn 40 this year, so if God wills it, I'll have plenty more years here to keep learning more of him. Like you, I'm always surprised when passages you know so well can suddenly leap out with something new. That's the Holy Spirit at work, I suppose, and a wonderful reminder of his work in our...

Ha. Thank you, but I would say knowledgeable enough to know I don't know enough. So often I come across something and say, 'I haven't even heard of that! How have I not even heard that mentioned before?!' I suspect that's what God will be doing for the rest of eternity for us, and I don't mind...

Well, yes, it would be a bad thing if it were a lie. But there is enough biblical proof to suggest it is not. And it is most certainly not calling God a liar if it comes from his word. I'll attempt to show below how I believe that: Okay...so, you're saying that if Christ was dead for 3 days...

Okay...a few things, I suppose. Signs, altruism or what have you, there was still the implication that if one doesn't find ones devotion or connection to Christ with, through or connected to Mary in some way, then it is somehow connected with a 'diabolical spirit'. Now...if that's not what 'the...

I don't think it's a matter of underestimating God, or not thinking he could just create a being such as you suggest. But it seems to me that he has created us to be both flesh and spirit. And that should not be a bad thing, or a denigration of God's power. The idea that we 'separate' at death...

Ok...here's my first issue. You are building the foundation blocks of your whole idea on an assumption. You say that the forth beast is 'represents Rome'. You also say that the 4th beast is 'universally identified' as the AC. Now, while it is true that many scholars believe these things...

Well, I invited the discussion, so it would be disingenuous of me to then bail. Please keep in mind that I don't support the "Islam angle". I have come across it and have a passing familiarity with it, but am truly not, by any standards, an expert in the theory. Therefore it might be hard to...

So...we could be deeply devoted to Jesus, but unless it's through Mary, we've got ourselves a diabolical spirit?

Yes. Where have I heard that before..."you do not 'have' a soul, you 'are' a soul...you 'have' a body?" I like it. it sounds right. Our physical bodies are definitely an important part of us, but we are more than flesh and bone. Our flesh and bone doesn't think, feel and believe. But then, God...