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  1. PinSeeker

    Update on World System.

    It is the present reality. It may not look like it... or rather like we want it to... <smile> ...but it is... Well, sure. Satan is bound from deceiving the nations and preventing the spread of the Gospel to all (Matthew 12:29, Revelation 20:1-6), but yes, all people have sinful hearts... but...
  2. PinSeeker

    Praise Songs!

    The pathway is broken and the signs are unclear And I don't know the reason why You brought me here But just because You love me the way that You do I'm gonna walk through the valley if You want me to [Chorus] 'Cause I'm not who I was when I took my first step And I'm clinging to the promise...
  3. PinSeeker

    The Date of the Lord delivering Israel.

    Everybody here would say that, Scott. Including me. But to use that, to weaponize it (in a sense), which many do and you kiiiiiiinda are herrrrrre... <smile> ...is... well, not good. <smile> "Today you will be with Me in paradise," yes. But Jesus, as you know, was entombed for three days...
  4. PinSeeker

    Update on World System.

    It is the final victory of Jesus over Satan, and the final Judgment which will ensue. The events of Revelation 19:11-21 are parallel ~ the same as, but from a different perspective ~ Revelation 20:7-15, more specifically Revelation 20:7-10. From a commentary by Dr.Vernon Poythress called The...
  5. PinSeeker

    The Date of the Lord delivering Israel.

    See above. I assume you are talking about the one crucified on Jesus's right, here. So I would answer this question thusly: Yes... and no. Again, see above. Hmmm... I'm not exactly sure what you mean here, to be honest, but I'll speak specifically to what you are referring to. And I'm...
  6. PinSeeker

    The Date of the Lord delivering Israel.

    Well, your way of stating this appear to insinuate ~ and I know this is not your intention ~ that God's Word is... and God Himself is... deceptive, which He is surely not. I would rather state it thusly, that just from a human standpoint, we can understand things in God's Word in senses or...
  7. PinSeeker

    The Date of the Lord delivering Israel.

    It means God's work of redemption is accomplished... by Jesus on the cross. God's "work with Israel," or His bring His Israel to completion, in Paul's terms in Romans 11:25-26, is still ongoing. But it will be complete; all God's Isreal will be saved ~ the fullness of the Gentiles will have...
  8. PinSeeker

    The Date of the Lord delivering Israel.

    The concept of the temple holds profound significance in the context of the Bible, symbolizing a meeting place between the divine and the mortal. The original temple was the Garden of Eden itself, where God dwelt with Adam and Eve and the tree of life ~ the first reference to Jesus ~ was in the...
  9. PinSeeker

    Why the great chain?

    <chuckles> Man, keep that on the Q.T.! <smile> Pun intended... Grace and peace!
  10. PinSeeker

    Why the great chain?

    That's a very common thing around here, Jay. You included. Grace and peace to you.
  11. PinSeeker

    Will a Third Temple Be Rebuilt?

    No. There is a temple being built, and God is it's designer and builder (Hebrews 11). And we are it. (Ephesians 2:11-22). Grace and peace to you.
  12. PinSeeker

    Who is Paul discussing in 2 Thessalonians 2?

    Nah, it was a (very poor) defense mechanism. But very well; fair enough. Okay. <smile> I mean, I would say the same right back to you, but for a very different reason. Right, because you obviously do… and are. Suits me… Now I certainly agree with you there… <chuckles> But again, I think...
  13. PinSeeker

    Who is Paul discussing in 2 Thessalonians 2?

    That’s never been any part of this discussion… a total non sequitur. <eye roll> You know what I meant… ‘okay’ in the sense that beating somebody up about it or over it is ridiculous, for many reasons. What would be the sense in or purpose of a false debate? And, I sense you missing or...
  14. PinSeeker

    Who is Paul discussing in 2 Thessalonians 2?

    No games. Look it up. It's a very simple Google... "Scare quotes ~ also called shudder quotes or sneer quotes ~ are quotation marks used around a word or phrase to signal that the writer is using it in a non-standard, ironic, or skeptical way..." Yeah so we can drop this, right? Oh yeah...
  15. PinSeeker

    Who is Paul discussing in 2 Thessalonians 2?

    I wouldn't hold your breath. I'm certainly not. You did notice the scare quotes around the "pour your wrath out on him" comment, didn't you? Surely you're more perceptive than this; It was more for your sake than anybody else... <chuckles> When you start doing it with, well, love, joy...
  16. PinSeeker

    Update on World System.

    Right. Well, as He told Nicodemus, "unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God... unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God," and as He told Pilate, His kingdom "is not of this world," both of which you know, I'm sure. PinSeeker, of some...
  17. PinSeeker

    Update on World System.

    Ummm... it is. So... yes. <smile> Grace and peace to you, Joy.
  18. PinSeeker

    Who is Paul discussing in 2 Thessalonians 2?

    Yes, actually. It's a little troubling to me that he included Matthew 24:29-34 specifically in what @claninja said ~ "I hold that Matthew 24:1-34 was fulfilled in the first century" ~ sure. But there was an immediate fulfillment (A.D. 70) of what Jesus said there. So what he said was at least...
  19. PinSeeker

    Who is Paul discussing in 2 Thessalonians 2?

    Okay, so... <smile> ...do you or do you not believe this to have already occurred (in 70 A.D., I guess) in its final, consummated form? What I think is, this is really all you've said, and you haven't really ever said anything, at least to this point, that would indicate which way you would go...
  20. PinSeeker

    Satan and his demons are real beings/entities (with personalities) not abstract evil within unregenerate man

    Oh, my. <chuckles> That's... not what I said. Okay, yeah, I maintain that the angels were created before God's creative act documented in Genesis 1 and 2. Okay, cool. Grace and peace to you.