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The fig tree is about bearing fruit ~ the fruit of the Spirit ~ or not. Goodness gracious. The ones that bear this fruit are the ones who will be the ones on Jesus's right in the final Judgment, having been resurrected to eternal life, and the ones who do not are the ones who will be on His...

Well, He's specifically talking about the period that began with his birth and will really get going with the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, but yes, continuing through history, through the entire New Testament period, the Church age, yes, but up to the occurrence of what Paul talks...

Well, great! You learned… well, something, at least… <smile> Actually, I hit the Save button by mistake and had been editing my post…. <chuckles> Grace and peace!

Sure. But I disagree with you specifically with regard to how you framed what you said, particularly the word ‘usually’ here: “I do agree w/ some of Rev. using symbolism, but when it does it is usually explained somewhere else in the context.” Hm. Well okay, then. <smile> I say that’s quite...

That’s been clear from the outset. However, as I’ve said many times now, just because the symbolism in Revelation (and other like parts of God’s Word) is so prevalent and heavily used does not mean that real, literal… things… cannot be or are not to be seen and understood in reading it; quite...

Agree completely. We can take heed of all the messages to the churches in Revelation 1-4, because we can all be encouraged and/or warned and/or fall into these pitfalls in the same ways as all seven churches. The belief that we are in the time of the sixth or seventh church is... bad. <smile>...

<chuckles> Who said anything to that effect? Certainly not me. I agree. Of course... You misunderstand. Or misconstrue. or something. And the middle one is correct. <smile> And the third one, in the sense that none are completely fulfilled yet, as I have said three times now. Maybe...

Fair enough. But it is a different style in the Hebrew and Greek than the rest of Scripture and should be read appropriately to really understand it correctly. Maybe so, but still, it is what it is. <chuckles> We are that generation, which should be understood quite differently than what was...

No disrespect intended, but I don't really like being called "Pin"... <smile> In my first response to you, I was going to sort of whimsically refer to you as Trekkie, but thought, "No, better not do that..." <smile> Hm. It's just the genre of literature of several parts of the Bible. And...

I'm not even sure what you're saying here, Trekson, but I Ezekiel's prophecy contains much apocalyptic literature ~ which requires a bit of proper analysis to read it for what it is. To answer your question, though, I see the events described here as parallel with... or the same events but...

Right. <smile> The completion of God's Israel involves the bringing in of the fullness of the Gentiles and the removal of the partial hardening that is now on Israel, which is the bringing in of all ethnic Jewish believers. In this way, all of Israel will be saved. And it will not be...

Weeeeeeelllll... <smile> It's a bit more possible, I guess, to understand it as post-mill, but... <smile> Grace and peace to you, Trekson.

"...no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God" (Romans 2:28-29) "...not all who are descended from Israel...

Sure. Absolutely. There is only one Israel of God: "Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And in this way all Israel will be saved..." (Romans...

Well, that depends on what you mean by a person becoming spiritual. I don't mean to be cryptic or anything by that, but, yeah, not sure what you mean by "instantly spiritual." As Paul says in Ephesians 2, on being born again of the Spirit, we are no longer dead in our sin but made alive to...

Not without debate, if there's debate to be had, which is the case here, Earburner. What you say here seems a bit hypocritical... At any rate, yeah, this is a debate forum. So the issue is just participation, really or... not. If you don't like it, then you probably shouldn't be here. The...

Hmmm, well, sure, I guess, but if we are really worshiping Him in spirit and truth, in which case God really is inhabiting our praises... enthroned on them ~ Psalm 22:3 ~ then it's certainly not any kind of "empty mantra.' And just to say, you may think so, and if so then fair enough, but I'm...

So a comment, first. Maybe you'll answer without getting all mad... <chuckles> So yeah here: Ah, so cannot being a part of something be true in one way/sense and not in another? I mean, we can take part in something ~ participate in it ~ but never really be in accord with it... and really...

I really don't even know why you would ask that question, to be quite honest... But if it's rhetorical... okay... <smile> Sure, they all go their own way, doing what's right in their own eyes. Again, not sure why you would ask that question, to be quite honest... But if it's rhetorical...

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeah disagree. <smile> He surely desires all to come to knowledge of the truth and to be saved (1 Timothy 2:4), for sure. He created man for His own glory, sure. He loves His creation, for sure. But his "deepest desire" is His own glory. This is His chief end, just as ours is...