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Greetings Hiddenthings, Yes, in God's wisdom he placed both trees in the midst of the garden. Kind regards Trevor

Greetings again Matthias, I am not sure as to how much Christadelphian literature that you are familiar with or how much you can easily access if you wanted to. You may not be particularly interested. There is a great deal of fairly recent publications, on many subjects, and also a large number...

Greetings Talons, God did not create the snake and its abilities to make sin inevitable. Rather he was placing Adam and Eve under trial, and my assessment is that God wanted them to mature and grow in faith and trust of God and his word. We are placed under trial and sin is not inevitable...

Greetings again Matthias, I endorse his overall view that there are no supernatural demons causing sickness, deafness and blindness There is no mention of a debate, but it speaks of the fact that additions and alterations were the result of "correspondence ... especially with members of the...

Greetings again Matthias and Greetings David in NJ, The only Christadelphian publication that I am aware of that specifically considers the subject of Demons is the 16 page booklet by John Allfree titled Demon Possession. I read this yesterday evening and consider it a reasonable exposition of...

Greetings Matthias, I do not accept that "demon" is human nature. We must consider each context. Some suffered from being deaf and dumb, and I consider that this would be a physical impairment. Some are mentally sick. Again this is not "human nature" but there are many different types of mental...

Greetings again Jericho, I hold the view that Psalm 82:6 is talking about the Judges in Israel and Exodus 21:6 is a key verse. Also the following give some explanation of why the Judges were addressed as Elohim: John 10:35 (KJV): If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the...

Greetings Wick Stick, The reason why I consider the Seraphim of Isaiah 6, the Cherubim of Ezekiel 1 and the four Beasts or Living Creatures of Revelation 4 are symbolic and not real Angels is that the Seraphim have 6 wings, and the activity of their wings is described, but their face is not...

Greetings Matthias, I suggest that the "us" and "our" is the Angels and the One God, Yahweh, God the Father, and God is inviting the Angels to participate in the creation of man in the image and likeness of God and the Angels. The Angels participated but God is the overall creator. Yahweh is...

Greetings Jericho, I understand that the Elohim of Psalm 82:6 are the unjust Judges and the Judges appointed by Moses were addressed as Elohim in Exodus 21:6 because they represented God and acted on his behalf. But the Judges mentioned by the Psalmist were unjust and ready to be judged as was...

Greetings again Matthias, My personal assessment is that Romans 7 and 8 cover the subject thoroughly and this lines up with my own understanding and experience. I am not sure of when and how you would consider that the Devil is participating in your personal life. Romans 7 and 8 have been of...

Greetings Matthias, Christadelphians often quote Romans 8:3 and Hebrews 2:14 when considering this subject. I would be interested in your exposition of these verses. One question that arises is: Why is there no mention of the Devil in Romans 7 and 8 when Paul deals with the struggle against...

Greetings Exegesis, Yes, the 2300 years is a good place to start. I consider the 2300 years of the treading down of Jerusalem by a hostile Gentile Power starts at the overthrow of the Persian Ram by the Grecian Goat in BC 334-333 and the 2300 years brings us to AD 1967 when the Jews regained...

Greetings again RenewedStrength316, Yes, our theology differs in many areas. I was introduced to a different and wrong view of the Atonement when I was 16, and the subject has been of interest since then, and I am now 81. I know very well the standard view and thoroughly reject it. I...

Greetings RenewedStrength316, Jesus was not God. He is a human, the Son of God by birth, character and resurrection. Jesus died as our representative, not as our substitute. We still suffer and die, but we can share in his victory over sin and death by belief in what was achieved and...

Greetings Spiritual Israelite, Perhaps you forgot the following and many other prophecies: Isaiah 2:1–4 (KJV): 1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established in...

Greetings FinnleyGraves, Firstly, I believe that Jesus died as our representative, not our substitute. Adam sinned and he was sentenced to return to the dust because of his sin, and God also passed this sentence on to his descendants. God gave birth to Jesus, the Son of God, not a Deity, a...

Greetings David in NJ, The Angel of Yahweh who speaks and acts on behalf of the One God, Yahweh, God the Father. No man has seen nor can see God. Kind regards Trevor

Greetings David in NJ, Yahweh was in heaven, but he spoke to Moses through his angel. Exodus 3:1–2 (KJV):1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. 2 And the...

Greetings again David in NJ, By believing the Gospel of the Kingdom of God and the Name of Jesus Christ and identifying with his representative death and resurrection by baptism in water for the forgiveness of sins Acts 8:5-6,12. To maintain this status, we must then live the crucified and...