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Hi Doug, As I said, there are two mysteries referred to in Ephesians 3, 'The Mystery' that Paul was about to reveal to his readers, that had been Divinely revealed to him alone, concerning the church which is the Body of Christ: This mystery, as we see in verses 8 & 9 was 'hid in God' until...

Hello @Doug, I stand by what I have already said, to reiterate it is futile. In Christ Jesus Chris

'To whom also He shewed Himself alive after His passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:' (Act 1:3) Hi @Doug, He opened the eyes of their understanding that they may understand the Scriptures. I was not...

Hello @Doug, I think the link I suggested in reply#11, gives a though investigation into these three references, from 1 Thessalonians , 1 Corinthians & Matthew, and show that they were indeed the same event. They are not mysteries, for they are the subject of the prophets. I quoted two of them...

Hello @Doug, With respect, the church which is The Body of Christ did not come into being until Paul made known the revelation of God concerning it, which was following the departure of Israel into unbelief after their final rejection, in the diaspora, of the Lord Jesus Christ as their Messiah...

Hello @Doug 'The Mystery' made known to Paul only, still requires a revelation of God to reveal it, as the prayer of Ephesians 17 shows:- 'Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in...

'And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for He hath visited and redeemed His people, And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David; As He spake by the mouth of His holy prophets...

'I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.' (Hos 13:14) 'He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off...

'Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of...

Thank you for your response, @Jay Ross, It is appreciated, but not fully understood I admit. Not at first reading, but I will take time to read it again, and check out the Scriptural references you have given. In Christ Jesus Chris

Hello again @Doug, &marks, I read this today, and it may be useful to you in regard to this subject:- https://believer.com/the-mystery/the-hope-of-pauls-acts-epistles Thank you In Christ Jesus Chris

'He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the...

'For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: By which also he went and preached (heralded) unto the spirits in prison; Which sometime were disobedient, when once the...

'For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end...

Hello @Doug, There is an occasion when enduring to the end is necessary, and that is in relation to the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. This is what Paul strove for, 'Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may...

'But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.' (Mat 24:13-14) Hello @Doug, This was spoken by the Lord Jesus Christ in response to questions...

Hello again, @Debp, Looking up the word, 'mercy', in the concordance, the first reference is found in the words of Lot, immediately prior to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen. 19:19). The second is found in the words of Abraham's servant who had been sent to find a wife for Isaac from...

There's a wideness in God's mercy like the wideness of the sea; there's a kindness in His justice, which is more than liberty. There is welcome for the sinner, and more graces for the good; there is mercy with the Saviour; there is healing in His blood. There is no place where earth's sorrows...

Hello @Debp, I see. Thank you. In Christ Jesus Chris

Hello @quietthinker, Perhaps so. What do you believe should be done to relieve the suffering taking place on both sides? Will stopping the fighting bring the hostages home? Will it bring peace to the region? Within the love of Christ our Saviour, our Lord and Head. Chris