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  1. bdavidc

    The judgement of hell came in the first century

    None of this is about opinions or who “wins.” It’s about what God’s Word actually says. I keep telling you this isn’t a disagreement in interpretation, but it’s not. I’m quoting Scripture, you’re rejecting it. There is the difference. You say that the gates of the heavenly city never close, but...
  2. bdavidc

    The Wolves Are Already Among Us

    Don’t miss the point. The Bible is not King James’s word. It’s God’s Word, and He is its Author. King James had no hand in the translation (let alone the writing or inspiration) of the Bible. He merely authorized the translation. Over fifty men, many of them learned in Hebrew, Greek, and...
  3. bdavidc

    The Wolves Are Already Among Us

    You’ve just wandered off the topic completely. My post is not on timelines or rapture sequences or end-times charts. My post is on apostasy, the here and now falling away from the truth that Scripture plainly prophesied would occur. Jude and Peter and Paul each foretold this rebellion and said...
  4. bdavidc

    The judgement of hell came in the first century

    Your argument falls flat because you’re trying to force an eternal truth to fit into a single, temporary, national event. You’re diminishing the judgment of gehenna, which Jesus plainly taught was eternal punishment, to a historical moment in the crisis of Jerusalem. That’s not exegesis, that’s...
  5. bdavidc

    The judgement of hell came in the first century

    You asked for someone to explain how people can be “outside the gates” in Revelation 21–22. Here’s the biblical answer, straight from the text, not opinion. Rev 22: 15 tells you exactly who they are: “Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and...
  6. bdavidc

    The judgement of hell came in the first century

    Stop twisting Scripture to fit your false gospel. Revelation doesn’t erase hell; it reveals its reality. You keep preaching that “hell is done away with,” but that’s a lie straight from the pit you’re trying to deny. Revelation 20 never says hell ends, it describes what happens to the damned...
  7. bdavidc

    The judgement of hell came in the first century

    That’s not what the biblical context of the passage means. “Brimstone” (Greek: theion) in the Bible never refers to ceremonial washing or some sort of symbolic cleansing based on human tradition. Brimstone is literally sulfur; the ancients knew it burned. The same Greek word is used in ~Luke...
  8. bdavidc

    The judgement of hell came in the first century

    What you’re saying is not only wrong, it flies in the face of the Word of God. Revelation 21 and 22 don’t destroy hell; they affirm it. The same passage that mentions the new heaven and the new earth also says, “the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers...
  9. bdavidc

    The judgement of hell came in the first century

    The problem with your argument is that you are equating a local, temporal judgment on a particular generation with the final judgment of hell. But that is not how Scripture speaks. In ~Matthew 23, Jesus berated the scribes and Pharisees for their hypocrisy and unbelief and declared that they...
  10. bdavidc

    What a Modern Christian Needs to Understand to Tackle Today's Challenges

    You speak many words, but none of them lead men to Christ. What you’ve written is a cloud without rain, heavy with knowledge, but dry of truth. You dress the wisdom of this world in religious clothing, yet it cannot save a single soul. The gospel is not a philosophy to master but a Person to...
  11. bdavidc

    The Wolves Are Already Among Us

    You are correct that false teachers have been present since the beginning, and the apostles spoke about them in their own time. The difference now is the level of visibility and pervasiveness. The internet didn't create apostasy; it simply unveiled its extent. Scripture mentions, "Evil men and...
  12. bdavidc

    Some people aren’t seeking truth; they’re draining it. Don’t let energy takers steal your time...

    Some people aren’t seeking truth; they’re draining it. Don’t let energy takers steal your time or your peace. Stay focused on God’s Word and keep your discernment sharp. Know the truth of the Bible, not man's opinion.
  13. bdavidc

    The Wolves Are Already Among Us

    That is the exact opposite of what apostasia means. Paul didn’t use that word for the rapture. He used it for a falling away from the faith. The context of ~ 2 Thessalonians 2:3 has to do with rebellion and deception, not rescue. It said it would come before the man of sin is revealed, not after...
  14. bdavidc

    Make Sure You’re Following the Real Jesus

    That is what we have already discussed several times. The Bible clearly reveals the answer to this. The apostles did not render "Jehovah" in the Greek text, they used Kyrios and applied Joel 2:32 directly to Jesus Christ. That is the revelation of the Holy Spirit, not an alteration by man. You...
  15. bdavidc

    Make Sure You’re Following the Real Jesus

    The problem with what you’re saying is that you’re treating translations as if they altered God’s identity, when in reality the New Testament itself, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, reveals how Joel 2:32 is fulfilled. Peter quotes that verse in ~ Acts 2:21, and he didn’t say “Yahweh,”...
  16. bdavidc

    Make Sure You’re Following the Real Jesus

    Once again, your argumentation conflates truth and supposition. The Scriptures do not limit God’s wrath to one temporal event in history, such as the fall of Jerusalem. Wrath against sin is present reality and the final judgment is the future fulfillment of God’s wrath. “The wrath of God is...
  17. bdavidc

    Make Sure You’re Following the Real Jesus

    Peter didn’t quote Joel to teach that salvation was only for that generation. He quoted it to announce that the salvation of God through Christ had come. “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved” ~Acts 2:21 is not time-bound. Paul quotes the very same verse in ~Romans 10:13...
  18. bdavidc

    Make Sure You’re Following the Real Jesus

    That’s not what Scripture teaches. You’re twisting the text to fit a manmade theory. The New Testament quotes Joel 2:32 correctly when it says, “Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” ~ Acts 2:21, and ~Romans 10:13. The Greek word used there is Kyrios, which the apostles applied...
  19. bdavidc

    God loves you, but He is also holy. His love does not cancel His justice; His justice was...

    God loves you, but He is also holy. His love does not cancel His justice; His justice was satisfied at the cross. Only those who believe and turn to Christ can say with confidence, “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1).