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Dear Earburner, A covenant can be an agreement between two parties or it can be a promise made to a certain party. The Old Covenant is an agreement and was between Christ and the Nation of Israel. It is a physical covenant and it gave certain promises to the nation based upon the nation doing...

Dear Earburner, Upon Christ's resurrection from the grave, Christ received a spiritual body that was immortal and didn't need air to breathe. The Elect will receive this same type of body. However, the "lost" will not receive a spiritual body upon their resurrection from the grave. They will...

Dear 12question, Why would you not accept equally that the 1,000 year dynasty of the King of kings over planet earth is literal event which one could apply and extract spiritual interpretation as well. The 1,000 years reign is not a type, parable or analogy - it is a prophecy which will be...

Dear Earburner, In this age, Christ is only saving the people who have been chosen to be saved early. They are the First Fruits - the early portion of the harvest. If a person has not been chosen to be in the early harvest, Christ will harvest them in the main harvest of mankind which occurs...

Dear Earburner, Again, Christ will change mankind's heart and mind by His spiritual work that He will do within each person who has ever lived. He is the cause of a person's repentance and faith. Mankind has no ability to repent or to have faith in Christ due to their pre-existing carnality...

Dear Earburner, You are still relying on a mixture of man's works and faith for salvation. All that is needed for salvation are the works of Christ which He will do within mankind. After He does His works within a person, their heart and mind will be changed because the Spirit will cause them...

Dear Lizbeth, You said: The concept of free will I believe is somewhere in the middle between the two poles.... so to speak. The Lord is sovereign, that is true....and I do "hear" those examples of scripture you are bringing........yet, for example, if scripture warns against sinning wilfully...

Dear Earburner, You said: However, God's discernment within me does not agree to the 10% of your explanation. Though John 3:18, is very clear to understand, that all of mankind is physically born "condemed already" before God, we who are born again by His Holy Spirit have become so...

Dear 12question, You need to read my last post again. I said the events that happen in scripture happened just as they are recorded - BUT those events are also "types" which teach the spiritual truths of the New Covenant. The details of the events contain "spirit" words which have meanings...

Dear 12question, You said: From Solomon to Peter and John was 1,000 human years. But as you would infer, only 1 day. So in human time, 1000 years, to God, is as only 1 day. No, I'm not saying what you said above. What I am saying is that the teachings of the New Covenant use "spirit" words...

Dear Earburner, The "day" that is like a thousand years is the Day of the Lord when Christ appears and judges the children of the Devil. In this age, the "thousand years" is like that day but is different for the Elect. The Thousand Years is not literal time. It represents the judgment of the...

Dear 12question, Judas was the betrayer who was indwelt with Satan (spirit of anti-Christ). Judas died in that apostate condition and was never converted because he died before receiving the Latter Rain at Pentecost like the others. John 6:70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve...

Dear 12question, Why do you believe Judas will be one of the Elect who will reign with Christ? Judas represented the apostate church who will receive their portion with the unbelievers. Judas will be one of the goats in the Lake of Fire who still needs salvation. In the end, Judas will be...

Dear Earburner, Christ is now spirit and when He returns to a believer to convert them (His second coming), He will appear spiritually to them (between their ears, so to speak) because their spiritual blindness will be healed when He gives them the Latter Rain of the Spirit. As Paul says...

Dear Earburner, 2Thes 1:7 is the Second coming of Christ when He pours out the Latter Rain of the Spirit and judges the carnality of the believer. That is how the non-converted believers to whom Paul is writing to will be able to enter into the "rest" of Christ like Paul and the others with...

Dear Lizbeth, I highly recommend that you pray for understanding. That is what the Lord caused me to do many years ago when He was ready to convert me. Christ responded by giving me the Latter Rain of the Spirit which opened up my understanding. It was the greatest day of my life! My...

Dear Earburner, When I say the "lost" are resurrected back to "life", I don't mean that they are saved. They are resurrected back to life in the same lost spiritual condition they had before they died. They will then appear before the White Throne and be cast into the Lake of Fire for...

Dear Lizbeth, My wife read our exchange and she pointed out to me that I didn't really answer your question below: You asked: But what about where it talks about those who perish like the animals? Do animals/beasts receive eternal life? When Christ sacrificed Himself on the cross, He earned...

CONTINUED FROM THE PREVIOUS POST... You said: I'm not sure I understand the difference between the salvation of the believer and the salvation of the unbeliever that you are talking about. What is the difference ultimately, if both get saved to eternal life? Why would it be so important to...

Dear Lizbeth, You asked: So the "end" of the ungodly and sinners who obey not the gospel.....isn't really the end (as opposed to eternal life)..? Same with destruction and perish.....they don't mean quite what they are saying? Are you saying those terms are hyperbole or allegorical somehow...