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  1. Retrobyter

    The Role of the Anti-Christ

    Shalom, "Son of Man." Sorry to be blunt, but that's just nuts! How'd you arrive at THAT "gem" of a conclusion?! I doubt very much that you will find that anywhere in the Scriptures! And, you've COMPLETELY left out the first 1000 years of Yeshua`s reign! It's time to get back into the...
  2. Retrobyter

    The Role of the Anti-Christ

    Shalom, "Son of Man." Yes, that's true! But, God expects you to use your head about this, too! Open up the context of Matthew 24: Matthew 24:23-31 23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets...
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    Is "the Antichrist" teaching a fable?

    Shalom, genny. I've seen a lot of good Christian people cop this attitude and it amounts to unteachable ignorance. Equate this attitude with ... say ... mathematics. "Sorry, but I don't need man's mathematics to help me understand how to use money. God gave me a brain; He gave each of us a...
  4. Retrobyter

    Seven Years of Tribulation,

    Shalom, veteran. You're spouting rhetoric, not Scripture. It is the eschatology of pretribulational rapturists, posttribulational rapturists, pre-wrath rapturists, and partial rapturists to suggest that "the time of trouble Jesus mentioned in Matt. 24 and Mark 13 is included within that 7-year...
  5. Retrobyter

    The Role of the Anti-Christ

    Shalom, veteran. Yeshua`, who is both God's Messiah to be Isra'el's King and Master of us His servants, changed NOTHING! What changed was God opening the door for Goyim to provoke Isra'el to jealousy and to become grafted into the same "Olive Tree" which was/is Isra'el as it was meant to be...
  6. Retrobyter

    The Role of the Anti-Christ

    Shalom, "Son of Man." Sorry, but you've misunderstood the lightning analogy. Yeshua` was not saying that He was returning as quickly as a flash of lightning; He was saying that His coming was going to be that OBVIOUS as lightning flashing in the dark at one horizon and being so bright that it...
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    He is called the "Beast." Not the Antichrist.

    Shalom, veteran. Perhaps, but the real problem is how prevalent the rejection of the concept of Yeshua` being the Messiah is, especially among those who call themselves "Christians!" Oh, they call Him "Christ," but most think it's just His last name! How awful for them to be so blind! Can you...
  8. Retrobyter

    Death by way of sin

    Shabbat shalom, dragonfly. Yes, that's a good point. It is important to note that the Greek word "pistis," often translated as "faith," is actually more like "trust." It's not enough just to believe in God or even to believe God. One must put his TRUST in God for both His unequaled power and...
  9. Retrobyter

    He is called the "Beast." Not the Antichrist.

    Shabbat shalom, veteran. Yes, that's true that there's a "first phrase" that talks about a singular "antichrist," but the definite article is NOT there! It should be translated, "you have heard that AN antichrist shall come, and now there are many antichrists..."; however, one should also note...
  10. Retrobyter

    Death by way of sin

    Shalom, Rocky Wiley. In addition to what Dragonfly said, it is a GREATER myth that sin was passed on to the children from either the father or the mother. The RESULTS of sin, namely death, i.e. the beginning of decay until the body can no longer support itself and organs begin to break down...
  11. Retrobyter

    He is called the "Beast." Not the Antichrist.

    Shalom, neophyte. Sorry, but that is not true. Someone's been pullin' your chain. The Revelation of Yeshua` haMashiach cannot be explained away by the events of the first century. Those events are insufficient to justify a belief that the book has been fulfilled in the past. A case in point...
  12. Retrobyter

    Seven Years of Tribulation,

    Shalom, Rocky Wiley. You're right about the tribulation (Greek: "thlipsis" = "pressure; distress") STARTING in the past, but the thing we have to remember is that it was primarily on the Jews and Isra'elites, including those who were believers, and that it continues even until today. It will...
  13. Retrobyter

    Seven Years of Tribulation,

    Shalom, veteran. Good. I'm glad we're in agreement on the timing. However, there's a difference as to where the rivers originate. While you're right about the origination of the river in Ezekiel, the origination of the river of the water of life in Revelation 21, 22 is from the throne of God...
  14. Retrobyter

    Bloodlines of the Nephilim - A Biblical Study

    Shalom, veteran. Actually, JosyWales is not so far off. When Adam was created, flesh AND spirit into one soul, it was BEFORE his fall. He was created by a perfect God to be included among His creation pronounced by God as "very good." It's not in the Temple; it's not in the Tabernacle...
  15. Retrobyter

    Question about heaven

    Shalom verzanumi24. Look, I'm prone to agree with you because I believe that people do not go to "Heaven" when they die but must experience the resurrection of their bodies before their life will continue. They must be re-created. This all goes back to a MASSIVE study in "heaven," "hell,"...
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    Question about heaven

    Shalom, MTPockets. No, it is not the past tense. It is the aorist indicative active tense which is timeless and only expressed as past tense in English because we have no equivalent. There are three ways that the aorist indicative can be expressed: constative, ingressive, and effective...
  17. Retrobyter

    Question about heaven

    Shalom, verzanumi24. So, what happens to the believers when they die? What are you advocating? (You might be surprised if I agree.)
  18. Retrobyter

    Who Is Telling the Truth ?

    Shalom, kaoticprofit. You're right but you're also wrong. You're right in that you recognize that all of this happens on the "Last Day," a REAL event (or period) in the future. However, you're also wrong in the sense that this "Day of the Lord" is only a "45 day period." It's a 1000-YEAR...
  19. Retrobyter

    Question about heaven

    Shalom, verzanumi24. You're right, of course. I was speaking more to the issue of whether we will recognize others, but there is no "Heaven" in the traditional sense. However, we should qualify that: First, there MAY be a "Heaven" if the spirits of people who have died do, in fact, go to...
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    Question about heaven

    Shalom, jburic09032. Undoubtedly. We have Scripture that verifies that: 1 Corinthians 13:8-13 8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 9 For we know in part, and we...