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Sure...but keeping in mind that sometimes in the OT, prophecies wouldn't just be about "foretelling"...it would be for "forthtelling". Basically, God declaring to his people how things are or will be. Is 54 is a perfect example. God is declaring his covenantal faithfulness to his people in the...

I think the only real weight that should make people consider quitting is the health effects. We now know that smoking can take a heavy toll on our bodies and on those around us. But apart from that...I'm not sure the bible really speaks heavily about it either way..

I suppose, sure...a lot of younger people do think of getting a tattoo, and as Christians, many of them would naturally think about one with a Christian message. I would guess that putting something permanent on your skin would mean you'd want something that had great meaning to you....your...

Ah, hello? I just called for focusing on a literal reading of text in question and a leaving behind of "my church father trumps your church father". And, wouldn't a "literal" reading of John 14 be that there is NO reference to Christ's return 7 years before the end of human history? A literal...

Huh...is Tommy Ice dead? Hadn't heard that. Disagreed with much he wrote and taught. Suppose he knows more than us now!

"The Antonia was demolished. The stones were used to build a new dam, this time towards the Temple terrace. The Romans used the dam to set fire to the porticoes on the northern and western side of the terrace, but it was impossible to bash trough the walls. On the tenth of August, the Temple...

These are NOT parables. No wonder you're reading them askew.

Wasn't speaking to date setting. The passage in question is often used as proof for a pre-trib rapture. But, as i said, there is nothing IN it that speaks of timeframe...if we can expect Christ's return to happen 7 years before the end of human history. Therefore, the only thing the passage...

Ah. I suppose I'd say that "everything is permitted by not everything is beneficial". It might not be an outright sin to smoke...but its dumb. And it's not really looking after the body God gave you well...but that would be part and parcel with the 'dumb' thing.

Wait...so, let me get this straight. You are ignoring what the text clearly SAYS, in favor of the idea that something "can't" happen because it doesn't line up visually for you? Wait...are you saying that the people hiding in terror from the face of the Lamb are doing so because they are...

I believe its the same thing. What...so you're suggesting that just because from our vantage point we know there was a gap between Christ's 'firstfruits' and his second coming, that we must therefore understand the text to be describing another gap between his second coming and what happens...

No! I wasn't suggesting you were...that's just where my head went. I'm kinda practical like that.

I must confess to not being sure what your talking about in terms of "destined to wield the temporal sword" in regards to Israel. Huh? But...in regards to the rest, cannot it be both? Do we not have enough scripture to teach that, yes, this is NOT our home, we are strangers here, and that, yes...

And how would you advertise that?! I can't imagine if they did it outright it would be hugely beneficial for them, todays culture being what it is. Perhaps word of mouth? But that's a terribly inefficient way of advertising. I wonder how many Churches would let you put up a flyer or something on...

My point was, that most people can pull out musty texts 'prooving' that early Church members held their particular views. And for our particular purposes, what good does that do? So what if Dispensationalism can track its roots back that far? So can Amillennialism. So can Historicism. My point...

This is a fair enough point, but don't you think, then, that using these verses to lay claim to this: "How could Darby invent the pre-tribulation Rapture when the Lord Jesus Christ stated it as an important divine promise back in John 14:1-3?" ..is overstating it a tad? And, I would also agree...

I'm sure that was a nice article. It may have made several nice points. But it does not appear to, in any way, address my point; which was that REGARDLESS of who taught what in the early Church, when looking at John 14 there is NOTHING in that passage that speaks to timeframe. Once again, you...

One could say the same thing about Dispensationalism, instead of being "concocted" by Augustine, by Darby instead. It becomes this giant 'tit for tat' thing, which is hardly helpful, wouldn't you agree? I feel it is much better to set aside 'who went there historically first' (even though it can...

Goodness, I think we need to take things one step at a time! If people struggle to see continued Jewish sacrifices are an abomination, they are going to baulk pretty hard at the whole 'Jesus is the ultimate temple of which we are a part' idea...don't you think? But yes, :), that is clearly the...

Although I struggle to bring to mind any such "extensive posts" on your behalf, I nevertheless, in general, do my best to not reject anything "out of hand". I reject plenty based on what I see as erroneous interpretations of scripture, which I do my best to back up with scriptural reasoning of...