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Dear Earburner, You said: The words "Age of God's Grace" is based on the assumption that the victory over death, by the sacrificial and shed blood of Jesus, is the only form of atonement that is acceptable to the Father for the forgiveness of sin. Yes, a blood sacrifice is the only acceptable...

Dear Earburner, No, not even close. You should read my post again. The second coming of Christ happens when Christ pours out the Latter Rain on the Elect believer. After the believer is given "eyes that can see", the Christ will spiritually appear to them. Christ's appearance is what...

Dear Earburner, It's okay to delete most of my reply to make room for your post. I sometimes copy the specific things I want to respond to into the body of my post and then remove 90% of the post I am responding to. I've done a few times on this forum already. 10,000 letters is not a lot of...

Dear Earburner, You also said: In the three manifestations of Christ: Flesh, Spirit, and Immortality, the "church age" is purposely avoiding and eclipsing Jesus' Spiritual presence in the world among us all. And of course they (the religious) would, it is the most crucial point of our salvation...

Dear Earburner, I do NOT believe that there is a literal thousand year reign on the earth. The "thousand year reign" is a spiritual symbol which represents the JUDGMENT of Christ when the Elect will reign (judge) with Him. It has two parts to it as I explained earlier. The "thousand years" is...

Dear Earburner, I agree, there is no literal thousand year reign of Christ upon the earth after this age ends. That is a carnal understanding of scripture. I explained the Thousand Years reign in my previous post. It is symbolic of the Day of the Lord (judgment). It occurs now when each of...

Dear Earburner, You said: Yes, but I must emphasize that Jesus is the Firstborn from the dead, and all we who are Born again of His Spirit, are having part in His resurrection now. Rev. 20:6. Yes, Jesus is the first born from the dead and because He rose, we will, too. In fact, Jesus is the...

Dear Earburner, A person is not converted after they are called out from the world and enter the church. At the time when they are "called out", Christ only gives them the Early Rain of the Spirit. The Early Rain is ONLY the down payment of the full amount which will be given when Christ "comes...

Dear Holy999, The "False Prophet" which is taught in Revelation is the spirit of anti-Christ. The spirit of anti-Christ is also presented in the second half of Revelation chapter 13 as the "second beast". A called out believer who has the spirit of anti-Christ is "a" false prophet. They are...

Dear Learner, Heb 9:27 is referring to the Great White Throne Judgment. Everyone will appear before Christ upon their resurrection from the grave. Rev 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place...

CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST... The New Covenant of Grace through Faith is the only acceptable approach to God and it is based solely on the works of Christ “lest any man should boast” (Eph 2:9). Under this covenant, Christ will change mankind from “within”. However, this approach to God is...

CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST... Herein lays the GREAT MYSTERY of Christ and His church (Eph 5:32). The Early Rain of the Spirit is only an "earnest amount" of the Holy Spirit and will not save us. Because of this partial measure of the Spirit, we remain spiritually blind (Mark 8:21-25) and...

Dear Harold, I agree with most of what you stated. Maybe I can help by filling in some of the details on "how" Christ says everyone. Below is paper I wrote which also teaches the meaning of life: God's plan for this creation is perfect and is without mistake or regret. The issue for mankind...

Dear face2face, You said: I don't believe in an immortal soul, or a literal place of eternal fire; I believe we go to the grave upon death, either permanently, or as the Apostles teach, a sleep awaiting the resurrection. For me this subject is extremely clear and because the traditional view...

Dear ScottA, The "times of the Gentiles" will not be fulfilled until the end of the final age. Then all Israel will be saved. Salvation is not limited to this age as most people believe. This age is only for bringing in the First Fruits of the harvest. The Elect are only the early portion of...

Dear Randy Kluth, I read all your replies. It doesn't look like I am going to be able to help you. You are still understanding God's Word in a carnal way (physically and outwardly) rather than in a spiritual way. Just a couple of comments though. The church during the 1st century was taken...

Dear ScottA, Thanks for your response. I have posted quite a bit to Randy Kluth is morning. Those posts can serve has my response to you. They are "very wordy' though, so you may not have any interest in reading them - sorry about that. Joe

Dear Randy Kluth, Here is the true meaning of the story of the woman taken in adultery: John 8:3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, 4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. 5...

Dear Randy Kluth, As you are probably aware, Christ is the spiritual fulfillment of the physical Word of God which was written on tablets of stone and scrolls of paper. Since Christ is the spiritual fulfillment of the Word of God, He is the Word of God. As such, Christ not only teaches us...

Dear Randy Kluth, Being baptized in the name of Jesus is the scripturally correct method. And as you say, that baptism is "hardly necessary for God to move in someone's life". Water baptism is a symbol for what Christ will do spiritually to the believer. Also, I was spiritually blind and...