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Here is where your reasoning crosses the line Scripture will not cross. You keep redefining faith as obedience itself. The Bible never does that. Scripture consistently says obedience flows from faith, not that obedience is faith. Paul states it plainly. “To him that worketh not, but believeth...

You are right that Scripture uses the word “know” to describe real relationship. But your conclusion drifts away from what Jesus is actually warning about in Matthew 7. Jesus is not teaching that eternal life comes from embodying God’s character traits through the Law. He is warning about...

The Bible is the only Book that gives us any indication of the true nature of sin, and where it came from. ~ Oswald Chambers

You are no longer submitting to Scripture. You are reshaping it. The text does not say the angel is Jesus. That is your assertion, not John’s. Scripture repeatedly identifies Christ plainly when He appears. Revelation 20 does not. Adding “You-Know-Who” where the Bible is silent is not insight...

Jesus was not warning about respect or acknowledgment of authority. He was warning about false profession. The people saying “Lord, Lord” believed they belonged to Him, yet Jesus says plainly, “I never knew you” ~Matthew 7:23. Their words were correct. Their lives were not. Jesus defines the...

Scripture has been stated plainly and compared with Scripture. The condition described in Revelation 20 does not match the present world ~1 John 5:19. I will not repeat arguments or debate systems. This is my final reply.

PinSeeker, the disagreement here is not over whether Gentiles can be saved. Scripture is settled on that. The disagreement is over what Revelation 20 actually says the binding accomplishes. Revelation does not say Satan is bound so that some Gentiles may be saved. It says he is bound “that he...

Yes. It was explained, but I will state it even more plainly so there is no room for confusion. The question itself is built on a false assumption. Scripture never says Satan must be bound in the Revelation 20 sense before Gentiles can be saved. Gentiles have always been saved the same way...

You keep trying to paint me with a theological brush rather than address what the text says. Okay, fine. Let me be direct. I am not advocating Premillennialism or Amillennialism or any other man-made construct. I am not arguing for a system. I am reading what the Bible says and refusing to...

You are building a straw man and then congratulating yourself for knocking it down. I never said a spirit needs metal hardware. I explicitly said Scripture uses “bind,” “chains,” “shut,” and “seal” to describe real restraint by God’s authority over spiritual beings ~Jude 1:6; ~Revelation...

Agreed. It's already demonstrated from Scripture. Satan rebelled against God KNOWING who God was and that God had created him. That alone demonstrates that proximity to, knowledge of or obvious authority does not make someone obedient. The same is true of man. Israel had seen God's display of...

PinSeeker, calling this a difference among Christians does not answer the text. Revelation 20 is not subjective, and it is not proven by personal experience. Revelation states the purpose of the binding plainly. Satan is bound “that he should deceive the nations no more” ~Revelation 20:3. That...

And just so you know: Acts 28 nowhere says Paul only received the mystery while in prison. Scripture clearly says otherwise. Paul clearly says he received the mystery prior to prison, not had it hidden away from him until arriving to Rome. He himself writes, “By revelation he made known unto...

Doug, it's not that hard. The Bible has already spoken, and this has been answered. There is not more than one gospel. There is only ONE gospel. Not a gospel for different times or different audiences. Paul explains it simply. “For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received...

Moving the line does not fix the error. Call it Acts 28 or mid-Acts, it is the same move. You are still pushing a delayed Body of Christ, still slicing believers into stages Scripture never names, and still implying truth was withheld and later unlocked. Shifting the start date a few chapters...

The gospel has already been stated, plainly, from Scripture. Christ died for sins, was buried, and rose again. Salvation is by grace through faith in Him. One cross. One gospel ~1 Corinthians 15:3–4; ~Ephesians 2:8–9. That answer has not been avoided. So why does the question keep coming back...

This has already been explained to you. I already showed that Scripture uses binding and chains to describe real restraint by God’s authority over spiritual beings, not metal hardware ~Jude 1:6. I already showed that the issue in Revelation 20 is what the binding accomplishes, not what the chain...

This is the same move again, just dressed in different clothes. Ezekiel 37 is about two nations becoming one nation under one king. That is national restoration. Land. Kingdom. Israel. No argument there. But John 11 is not talking about nations becoming one nation. It is talking about people...

For everyone reading, let me cut through the fog and call this what it is. What @Doug is pushing is not new light. It is an old system commonly known as hyper-dispensationalism or Acts 28 theology. It has been around for over a hundred years. It teaches that the real Body of Christ did not begin...

Jesus explained it Himself. Simple. Clear. Repeatedly. No mystery. No mechanism. His words. Jesus said, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.” ~Mark 1:15. The gospel starts with repenting and believing unto Him. Jesus said, “For God so...