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  1. Retrobyter

    When Did Jesus Say He Would Return?

    Shalom, everyone. Edward was not entirely wrong in one sense, but I'm afraid he was somewhat misguided. The word "aggelos" is the Greek word strictly meaning "messenger." Unfortunately, it was often transliterated instead of translated into the "English" word "angel." However, its primary...
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    New Views on the Rapture

    Shalom, BibleScribe. I'm going to start with a bunch of Scriptures: Psalm 37 1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. 3 Trust in the Lord, and do good; so...
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    New Views on the Rapture

    Shalom, BibleScribe and popeye. Actually, it will be neither a cube nor a sphere. The sphere theory is assuming that the city will remain in orbit around the New Earth and will thus be a satellite like the moon. There are several reasons why I believe that Yerushalayim haChadashah (the New...
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    New Views on the Rapture

    Shalom, TWC. "Spiritual poison" may be a little extreme. However, one should not just be reactionary; so, what do you advocate in its place? In the Messiah's love, Roy
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    How close is the Seven Year Tribulation?

    Shalom, veteran. There you go! You’ve done it again! The “’travail with child’ idea” is NOT one of them within this chapter! Look at it again, and don’t let your mind wander to your own take on these verses; let them speak to you directly! (The following is a simple translation from all...
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    How close is the Seven Year Tribulation?

    Shalom, BibleScribe. Yes, Dani'el 9:2 does specify "years"; however, the thing you've neglected to notice is that this chapter is about TWO prophecies. The first was Yirmeyahu's prophecy that there would be 70 years of captivity. It is to THIS prophecy that Dani'el 9:2 refers. The second...
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    New Views on the Rapture

    Shalom, friends. I would not be so careless as to suggest that any brother is lying and/or being deceived by believing in a pretribulational rapture. I have known many, many individuals who were staunch believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, having been "born again," and were well-established in...
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    How close is the Seven Year Tribulation?

    Shalom, veteran. I see two problems in your estimation: First and foremost, get out of the habit of thinking that everything Yeshua` said had to be symbolic and metaphors! I am reminded of the following quote: More can be read at http://www.middletownbiblechurch.org/dispen/literal.htm...
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    How close is the Seven Year Tribulation?

    Shalom, BibleScribe. First, for whatever reason, your link wasn't working, but I found Post 139. Then, I see that you just repeated it for me. I AM capable of following links. I'm sorry, but this makes no sense at all. However, if you truly want to understand the text, GET OUT OF THE...
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    How close is the Seven Year Tribulation?

    Shalom, veteran. Actually, I am a strong proponent of premillennialism! I am not an amillennialist nor am I a preterist, although I might classify myself as a “partial preterist” in that I believe that SOME of the Olivet Discourse (Matt. 24, 25, Mark 13, and Luke 21) were fulfilled between 66...
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    How close is the Seven Year Tribulation?

    Shalom, BibleScribe. Sure, it's the week of testing when the Messiah to be King is to assume the role as King over Y'hudah, just as David did in Hevron (2 Sam. 5:1-5). He began to "confirm the [Davidic] covenant with many for one Seven," but "in the middle of the Seven" He caused "the...
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    How close is the Seven Year Tribulation?

    Shalom, Joshua David. (Good name, by the way! I named my son the same!) I said I don't believe in the "seven years of tribulation" because the "seven years" of Dani'el's 70th Seven is not the same thing as the "tribulation." The "tribulation" (Greek: "thlipsis" meaning "pressure") has been...
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    The Mourning of Jerusalem/Christians

    Shalom, whirlwind. Why does one have to "see [it] spiritually?" Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) was a prophet for a particular time in history. He witnessed the captivity of Y'hudah (Judah) to Bavel and spoke about literal events of his time! Listen to the same passage as read from the Complete Jewish...
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    Isaiah 60. A Prophecy About New Jerusalem

    Shalom, Dan! Sure! I've been studying Yerushalayim haChadashah (the New Jerusalem) for YEARS! Consider the size of the city, as described in Rev. 21:16: Given that a furlong (the Greek word "stadios" from the Latin "stadium") is about 660 feet, 12,000 furlongs is approximately 1,500 miles...