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Shalom, Ernest T. Bass. What is "faith?" Is it something one can gain and lose like a commodity? NO! It is TRUST! The Greek word is "pistis" and is all about the RELIANCE one has UPON GOD and HIS abilities! It's not an ability of our own! It's not our power to do anything; It's reliance on...

Shalom, everyone. I reject the whole premise of this subject. I don't believe in a "Heaven," per se, and I don't find a single verse in Scripture that suggests that one should be anticipating "going to Heaven." To the contrary, what I DO find in the Scriptures is that we are to be anticipating...

Shalom, all. Once Saved, Always Saved (OSAS) What is “being saved?” What does it mean to be “saved?” What does “salvation” mean? Well, this might be hard for many Christians to accept, but technically, it means “RESCUE!” Particularly, it means the “rescue of the Jews” when Yeshua` (Jesus)...

Shalom, lukethreesix. Sigh. Okay, look: Here's the Greek of the passage: 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 17 Hooste ei tis en Christoo, kainee ktisis; ta archaia pareelthen, idou gegonen kaina. 18 Ta de panta ek tou Theou tou katallaxantos (from katallassoo) heemas heautoo dia Christou kai dontos heemin...

Shalom, lukethreesix. His separation from God during His crucifixion can indeed be infinite in nature. We are finite creatures that must be separated from God eternally, which is infinite time. But, an infinite being endured the crucifixion for a finite amount of time, and that makes it...

Shalom, Poppin. Let's look carefully at the rejection of the Messiah: Matthew 21:23-46 23 He went into the Temple area; and as he was teaching, the head cohanim (priests) and the elders of the people approached him and demanded, “What s’mikhah (laying on of hands; ordination; grant of...

Shalom, Eric. The amount of work required in this topic to correct the errors is daunting and burdensome! You need to know two basic things: First, not every prophecy is bad news, and Second, not every prophecy is about the end times involving OUR future. The prophecy may have been about THEIR...

Shalom, DaDad. What was so significant about 1924?! Lenin's death? Stalin's take-over of power? Woodrow Wilson's death? Could you be referring to the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in Turkey? Are you talking about the death ray invented by Harry Grindell Matthews or perhaps the invention of the...

Shalom, brothers and sisters. I, like rockytopva, was brought up a conservative, independent baptist and, like Poppin, was mostly a cessationist. First, I too believed (and still do) that we do not need signs or miracles to believe. HOWEVER, I've seen God working through Messianic Judaism and...

Shalom, everyone. This concept of ... "1st heaven = of clouds, 2nd heaven = of stars, 3rd heaven = God's abode" ... is something one will never find in the Scriptures but was introduced to many in the last century in the center column notes of the old Scofield Reference Bible (KJV) on page...

Shalom, DaDad. If I may, please allow me to give you a better perspective on the passage in Daniel 9:24-27: First, one should understand what a mashiyach is: A mashiyach is one who is selected by God for a particular task and is anointed or rubbed or painted with the Holy Anointing Oil...

Shalom, AServantofJC. I am QUITE ready - and ANXIOUS - for our Lord Yeshua` to return! I'm quite amazed at the translations that you have shown for Titus 2:13. Does no one understand that the word for "hope" is not just a "wish for it" mentality but rather a "confident assurance" of His...

Shalom, dragonfly. I'm following the Scriptures just fine, thank you. The trouble is when one is still thinking that the "Church" is the main set of believers and that Jewish believers and non-Jewish believers are subsets within the "Church." That's BACKWARDS! It may be a common belief based on...

Shalom, dragonfly. Sure. It's because they have never been out from under somebody's reign, even after moving back to the Land. They initially were still a province of Persia, and while Z'rubavel, and heir to David's throne, could be a governor, he could not be an independent king while part of...

Shalom, dragonfly. Sorry, but I just couldn't resist. You only don't understand the physicality of this future Temple because you don't WANT to understand it will exist physically. What you are reading here is not a contradiction in any way; you are reading about the little rooms that are on...

Shalom, Quantrill. Well, I'm just going to chalk this up to being another person who is not ready, yet, to understand. That's okay, because we all learn things at our own pace. I'm GLAD that, if you cannot accept that the Gentile believers (called by you the "Church") are grafted into the...

Shalom, Quantrill. "Heaven" is not a place, at least, not in the sense that most mean it. When one describes "Heaven," what do they usually say? It has pearly gates and streets of gold, right? These are a description of the NEW JERUSALEM, not "Heaven!" (See Revelation 21:1-22:5.) Furthermore...

Shalom, dragonfly. Then you have rested your case on a poor foundation. Until you understand what the Kingdom is, you will continue to make these mistakes. The Kingdom over which the Messiah Yeshua` will rule is the SAME KINGDOM over which the Messiah David (His ancestor) ruled! Chew on that...

Shabbat shalom, Quantrill. So, you are willing and content, then, to ignore what is said in Ephesians 2 and in Romans 11 and think yourself foreign to the citizenship of Isra'el? If I may encourage you, please read the passages again. I'm here listing a couple of easy-to-read versions that...

Shalom, Quantrill. I am glad that you recognize that there is a difference between the Gospel of the Kingdom and "our (the Church's) Gospel, the good news," that you say is "believe on Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved," but there's another step you should take, namely, that what we call...