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Strong's Hebrew: 430. אֱלֹהִים (elohim) — 2598 Occurrences Brown-Driver-Briggs: plural in number. a. rulers, judges, either as divine representatives at sacred places or as reflecting divine majesty and power b. divine ones, superhuman beings including God and angels c. angels d. gods Plural...

That's admirable, Brother. God will reward you for that one way or another :)

Jesus said in Matthew 18: Paul added in 1 Corinthians 6:

Right brother. See Should we judge?

Another good question. You've been asking lots of excellent questions. From now on, I am not going to keep saying "good question" to you. If I reply to you, you can assume that you are asking good questions :) As far as I am concerned, I assume everyone who calls himself a Christian here or...

Good question. Some will go to heaven and some will be condemned depending on how they apply what they know. Not everyone who calls himself a Christian will end up in heaven either. There is no need to take any chances. Eternal life starts now in the present life (click the link) if you get it...

Good questions. These individuals are judged based on their conscience, understanding of right and wrong, and works. Jesus will consider each person's circumstances and ability to understand. Revelation 2:

Good question. See What about people of other cultures, ancient Chinese, ancient Australians, Islamic, Hindu, etc?

Numbers 23: A man may change his mind. God as a divine being is immutable, i.e., he does not change his mind. What about (NASB 1995) Exodus 32: This was a case of anthropomorphism. He changed his mind like a man by attributing a human quality to the LORD. By treating God as if he were a man...

I modified and elaborated. Please reread the OP and follow up. Thanks.

Good questions. I modified and elaborated. Please reread the OP and follow up. Thanks.

Probably not, not the real Samuel. Leviticus 19: King Saul solicited the service of a medium in En-dor, 1 Samuel 28: The writer thought it was Samuel. The medium was surprised that she saw Samuel. I think this was the spirit (elohim) figure that pretended to be the ghost of the dead Samuel...

Isaiah 7: So why Jesus wasn't given the proper name "Immanuel"? Barnes explained: Isaiah used the idiom "call him" to designate an attribute. He did it again in Isaiah 62: Matthew explained in 1: "Call his name Immanuel" was an idiom for attributing "God with us" to Jesus. Another similar...

Thanks for the link. At least this one is from BBC :) Do you believe that God inspired the writers of the four gospels?

I don't get frustrated often :) After 3 attempts to try to refocus the other person, I may put him on ignore.

Exactly. To save the effort of your readers, this is how to do referencing in a scholarly manner: Give the source/citation. Provide the URL link to the source if available. Indent the quoted text. Bold the relevant keywords that are important to the point that you are making. Be concise and...

Matthew 5: i.e., the new physical earth. The old heavens and old earth will be burned, 2 Peter 3: According to modern physics, our physical bodies and even the atoms in our bodies are perishable. However, our resurrected bodies are not perishable, 1 Corinthians 15: The new earth will obey...

Right. So how do you discern the Father's input? How often do you read the Bible? How often do you pray out loud? When you habitually make accusations with no proof, are they your Father's input?

Did you not approve of people's making accusations without proof?

Thanks for the references. To save the effort of readers, this is how to do referencing in a scholarly manner: Give the source/citation. Provide the URL link to the source if available. Indent the quoted text. Bold the relevant keywords that are important to the point that you are making. Be...