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This is where having an accurate understanding of the condition of the dead is extremely valuable…. As a Jew and ardent student of the Hebrew Scriptures, the Apostle John knew of those accounts, yet he still claimed, @ 1 John 4:8, that “God is love.” Was it cognitive dissonance on his part? No…...

I’m afraid we are going to have to disagree. The person dies. It’s not just the body. Acts 7:60 doesn’t say ‘Stephen’s body fell asleep’; it says “he fell asleep.’ If there was *more* to happen after death, then God should have told Adam before he sinned, that if he ate from the tree he would...

How sad! This is just adding to mankind’s incessant history of man’s inhumanity to man! https://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/8-9.htm We need God’s Kingdom to “come”, and His will to “be done on earth”! Matthew 6:9,10 Greetings to all of my cousins!

Pardon me…. Please notice the context of His words… regarding Lazarus, Martha had just said, “I know he will rise in the resurrection on the Last Day.” (John 11:24) How did Jesus respond? “25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life.d Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall...

I appreciate your statement, “….the commas which are not God breathed….”!! You are so right! Such punctuation was not in the original Greek writings, they had to be added afterward, when translated. Which wouldn’t have been inspired. The comma being placed after “today” does not contradict...

Fine explanation! Your interpretation is in harmony with all other Scriptures. But the majority in Christendom haven’t been taught these truths…. They think the dead are ‘living in another realm.’ Such a view totally negates the need for a resurrection, for it the dead are truly alive...

Literally? How does that work? Maybe it’s symbolic, through our obedience?

You think that’s really what was literally meant? What about Acts 9:2-5 then? It was Jesus’ disciples that Saul had been persecuting. Jesus told Saul, “why are you persecuting me?” He again said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.” So, take it literally, and Jesus is his disciples now...

Jesus raised Himself in the same way the woman with a blood flow healed herself. Remember what Jesus said? Jesus told her, “Your faith has made you well.” - Luke 8:43-48 What if she hadn’t had faith? She wouldn’t have been healed. So in a sense, she healed herself. Of course, God healed her...

Sorry for being so late to respond, I had to leave before I finished replying, and I think my response got erased. Oh well… I don’t know what you were taught, but I was shown that Genesis 3:1-6 provides an outline, revealing the issues raised of questioning God’s sovereignty versus man’s...

Also, not knowing / understanding why God has allowed wickedness, causes some to question God’s existence. I was taught the answer to that question, years ago…. It really helped me.

Question, How does he think life began? Through abiogenesis? Just where does God fit in with his POV?

I appreciate your thoughts, and was wondering about this…. Doesn’t 2 Peter 310 say the “Heavens will pass away with a terrible noise”, and it’s elements be “burned up with fire” It seems it is symbolic language… I mean, why destroy the literal Heavens and earth? What did they do wrong...

Wow, I’ve never been asked why before even though I say (write) it quite a lot! No, it’s no association with gender neutrality… at least that’s not my reason. I actually mean it in a fleshly sense. I believe we are all descendants of Adam & Eve; even more closely than that…. Through Noah and...

Verses 19 & 20 tells us a lot, too.

It’s great that you posted the Strong’s Lexicon, it’s very informative! Did you notice any of those verses, where it says the soul was dead? Because the Bible teaches that… Leviticus 19:28… Leviticus 21:1… Leviticus 21:11… Numbers 5:2… Numbers 6:6… Numbers 6:11… Numbers 19:13…...

Thank you for the welcome, my cousin.

Excuse me, but I’d like to interject something here: (Hello, I hope you’re well.) How could we explain healing & prophecy? You might be surprised…. In Matthew 7, vs.15, (NIV), Jesus talked about true & false prophets: ““Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but...

You are so right! (It seems you speak the “pure language”.) You know, we can go “round & round” on doctrine with people…. Jesus was aware that the truth He received from his Father would get twisted, but Jesus cut through all of that, by saying to look for fruitage, ie., actions & behaviors...

Matthew 24:13; Revelation 2:10; Hebrews 2:1. What if you don’t “endure to the end”? What if you don’t “prove faithful unto death”? What if we do “drift away”? We shouldn’t delude ourselves… we have to continue to ‘do what Christ tells us’! John 15:14, “You are my friends if you do what I...