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Hello Trevor, Sorry for the late reply. I think the problem is, Israel's elders never had jurisdiction over all the nations of the earth as the elohim in Psalm 82:6 did. In Exodus 21:6, depending how it's translated, they are brought before "God", not earthly rulers. When you look how elohim is...

Thank you for your thoughts, prayers, and advice, PS95. It still hurts the same, even though he was a believer. I think I'm handling it better than I thought I would. Maybe because I knew it was coming for some time, so, it gave me a chance to mentally prepare and ease into the grief period...

My father has passed. Watching him die was one of the most difficult thing I've had to go through. Still, I'm glad we were with him when he breathed his last. Rest in peace, dad.

Do you believe angels have the divine nature? If so, what about humans? We were created a little lower than the angels (Psa 8:5). If we can sin, why not angels? I would suggest the ability to sin is not based upon the divine nature but free will. Anyone that has free will can sin. Only God...

Sure, but do we know all the idioms from the 1st century Judea? It seems doubtful to me.

I don't know; I don't pretend to have all the answers. But I will note that the thief on the cross didn't appear to repent or confess in the typical fashion, yet Jesus told him he would be with him in paradise. Jesus knew his heart. Maybe it will be the same for them.

That assumes the dating is correct, which is speculative like most of the other assertions mentioned. Tradition holds that John died around 100AD, which could still fit into that late date. I looked into this. The earliest known account linking Dionysus to wine miracles is Euripides' Bacchae...

Is it God who sends them there, or is it their own choices that sends them there? People would rather put all the responsibility on God and none on themselves. I'm sure He did, but I'm also sure He had a plan for redemption before it ever happened too. I've addressed this before. We all have...

Counter-Questions: Was hell originally created for humans? Short answer, no. It was created for Satan and his fallen angels. Was hell the default for humanity before their fall? No. Is hell the default for humanity after the fall? Yes, but God has provided a way out. Is hell a terrible place...

I guess she wouldn't have been very fond of me then. I don't think of myself as a protestant or even as non-denominational, I think of myself as a Christian. There's far too many divisions within Christendom.

Cosmetics is not used only for that. Many women use it just to beautify themselves. I can think of a few newspapers. And how many lies are spread on social media posts? In terms of the Watchers, they could have used writing to spread their secret knowledge. So, yes, even writing can be misused...

They also taught reading and writing, which is not a sin in itself, though it can be misused for sinful purposes (spreading lies and falsehoods, for example.) I think it's the same for cosmetics. There are no commandments that I'm aware of that prohibit cosmetics. But cosmetics could be misused...

As an aside, I wouldn't mind separate rapture forums (pre, mid, post, etc.). Sometimes, it nice to discuss things with like-minded people without always getting attacked.

This isn't a topic I'm familiar with, but I've seen it brought up elsewhere. There seem to be some similarities between what the Essenes believed and what Christians came to believe. Water baptism, for instance, isn't found in the Old Testament, but the Essenes practiced a form of it. So, was...

It's amazing the difference a week can make. All those fears from the previous week were unfounded.

We don't know what she was going through in her personal life that might have made her suspectable to online bullying. There may have been more to it than just that, and this was just the straw the broke the camels back. In any case, I don't think it's a good idea to blame the victim.

When I first heard that theory, I was dismissive of it. But upon further reflection, I think it could be plausible that humanity is older than 6 thousand years, but not by much. Certainly not the hundreds of thousands of years that science (and their flawed acceptance of evolution) thinks we...

This is basically what happened in Enoch's and Noah's day. Perhaps our concept of who they were, what they can do, and how they fit in our biblical worldview will have to change dramatically.

I already know when I click on a post of yours, there's a 90% chance it's about either attacking Israel or the Jews. The original link you posted is dead, and for good reason, it's false. Quote: A little research goes a long ways. Putting the erroneous article aside, I wonder how you...

I heard a little about this. Those doing the bullying are horrible, depraved people.