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    Did Jesus say He Was God?

    Shalom, Deborah_ No, He healed by GOD'S power, the power of His FATHER!
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    Did Jesus say He Was God?

    Shalom, Deborah_. Ummm... As per Yeshua` (Jesus) HIMSELF, John 8:28-29 28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. 29 And he that sent me is with...
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    Is The World Getting Better?

    Shalom, all. This doom-and-gloom attitude is really the wrong way a Christian should be thinking. I would suggest that you turn it around and look at the end first. While this world WITHOUT the Master Yeshua` is on a downward spiral, first look at eternity and the New Earth with the capital...
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    Where the Bible does not specifically state...

    Shalom, rockytopva. Sorry, bro', but you're reading FAR too much into these seven letters to the seven groups of people in these towns of Asia Minor. You're doing the same thing that the Jewish mysticism of the Medieval time period did with their Kabbalah!
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    Christians That Hate Israel.

    Shalom, heretoeternity. Shalom, Robert Michaels and heretoeternity. There are far more Jews who believe in Yeshua` than you might realize. Messianic Jews have been growing world-wide. Check out the Paul Wilbur concert events!
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    Where the Bible does not specifically state...

    Shalom, rockytopva. Yes, much as did their Catholic predecessors. They learned from their peers, who hated and martyred those Protestant Reformers who dared to refute them, especially on Luther's 95 theses! You can say an awful lot to a person with impunity UNTIL you touch their pocketbooks...
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    Did Jesus say He Was God?

    Shalom, blessedhope. Not precisely; He said He WAS God, "WAS" being the operative word! However, at best, He was called "the SON of God" during His lifetime. He always called Himself "the Son of MAN," a Hebraism (ha-ben adam) meaning "the Son of Adam," "the true Human." As "Jesus," He was...
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    Where the Bible does not specifically state...

    Shalom, rockytopva. Sorry, but no. These seven churches were LITERAL churches that existed in Asia Minor (present-day Turkey) in the first century A.D. (See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Seven_churches_of_asia.svg.) These were seven COEXISTING churches that were on a circular route from...
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    Judgment Seat.

    Shalom, blessedhope. The Judgment Seat (beema) of the Messiah will be DURING the Millennium as every day someone comes before the Messiah's throne to have some matter weighed. Lesser matters will be handled by His lower courts presided over by judges that He has set into place for that city or...
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    Who Is !

    Shalom, blessedhope. You should know that the Rapture is NOT the "blessed hope." The RESURRECTION is the "blessed hope," which, by the way, means "happy assurance." It's not an "I hope so" kind of hope; it's an "I know so" kind of hope! We ANTICIPATE His return! LOOKING FORWARD to His Coming...
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    GodJesus.

    Shabbat shalom, blessedhope. Are you fishing?
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    Millennial Rule.

    Shalom, blessedhope. Yes, well said; I agree with all that you've said so far. However, you also need to look at the dark side of the Millennium. The good that you've noticed in the Millennium is offset by the evil that will still be present. It will be a time of ENFORCED peace, as you've said...
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    Imminent.

    Shalom, Marilyn. Don't sweat it about blessedhope. He calls EVERYTHING with which he doesn't agree "unbiblical." Water off a duck's back.
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    Who Is !

    Shalom, blessedhope. Alright, I'll give you my background "theology." I started with a Fundamental, Independent, Baptist theology that was premillennial, pretribulational rapturist, 3-point Calvinistic, dispensational, trinitarian theology. Then, after a couple of my "heroes of the faith"...
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    Who Is !

    Shalom, blessedhope. LOL! "Not biblical"? Show me how it's "not biblical," and I'll tell you about "theology."
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    Christians That Hate Israel.

    Longer than that, bro'! Luke 1:30-33 30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. 31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and...
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    Who Is !

    Shalom, blessedhope. The "blessed hope" IS INDEED the return of our Master (Lord), Yeshua` the Messiah (Jesus the Christ). However, the "rapture" is NOT a "leaving this world to go to 'Heaven.'" It is a method of transportation that takes us from wherever we are on this planet and takes us to...
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    The Tribs... Did Christ teach it?

    Shalom, StanJ. Sorry, but that makes absolutely NO sense! Yeshua` wouldn't talk that way anymore than you would! We try to make sense when we talk, and so would Yeshua`. To jump around from "highlight" to "highlight" would make His discourse "gibberish."
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    The Tribs... Did Christ teach it?

    Shalom, rockytopva and StanJ. I count myself a "posttrib" person for a number of reasons, but the bottom line is this: We don't "fall back down" in the same place! It's a form of MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM to get us immediately to Israel for the Lord's Rescue of Israel! And, we don't go "to Heaven,"...
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    Heavenly trumps?

    Shalom, again, Michael. Well, the note is not THAT high; after all, the highest note on a piano is C four octaves above Middle C, and its frequency is 4,186.0 Hz. Yeah, being the son of a Fundamental, Independent, Baptist preacher, I was ALWAYS hearing about this possibility or the other for...