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Must those on the divine council be gods themselves? Why not close confidants of God? I think Jesus spoke of this divine council in Matthew 20:23. We have a concept called the Godhead, which is plural. If Elohim shares the same meaning, very well.

The pagan gods are actually demons. 1 Corinthians 10:20 Deuteronomy 32:17 Demons are enemies to God. By worshipping demons people entrap themselves under their authority. Demons are subservient to Satan, and their ultimate goal is to usurp God on the earth. And in doing so they lead people...

Evil does not triumph. In due time everything will be made right... By God. In the meantime we retain the power to resist conforming, if even at the cost of more oppression and death. The souls of the martyrs call out for justice, and God will answer. Recommended reading Psalm 37, Rev 6:9-11

The carnally minded only obey when there is fear of immediate repercussions. This is why cults are so authoritarian. Should Christians use the tactics of the enemy to coerce obedience to God in the hope of improving society? No. We are not here on the earth to live in an illusion of peace and...

Geofencing seems like a massive invasion of privacy no matter who is doing it.

And here I thought this was a discussion forum. We also have a blog section that doesn't involve discussion.

Why we sleep seems poorly understood, We sleep to feel refreshed, and if we don't sleep we eventually die. It reportedly eliminates toxins, and refreshes glycogen. It is important for memory consolidation. This article points to all living things needing sleep. Not just creatures with brains...

Governing powers are also appointed to punish wrongdoing. This is a third party, not the victim, and not God. They should judge in accordance with the law. A desire for mercy from a victim should not absolve criminals for breaking the law.

The whole point was to encourage forgiveness in his followers. God hates Hypocrisy, If we are going to be forgiven for our many sins how can we withhold our forgiveness of others? God has told us that vengeance belongs to him. We should not take it for ourselves. What business is God's...

Even the animals have the breath of life. I don't think it only applies to Adam. It applying to animals also supports the notion that the breath of life sustains physical life. I'm not going to jump to the conclusion that it sustains physical life only, due to Jesus breathing on the disciples...

I'm curious on how the breath of life sustains people who are considered as spiritually dead. Like in the valley of dry bones. In that valley were bones of people who may still have been walking the earth but they were spiritually dead. Are all people basically on something like spiritual life...

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. The desire for eternal life is universal.

Breaking one part of the law is as breaking the whole thing. We are not under the law as gentiles but all who come to Jesus have been convicted of their sins by the Holy Spirit. One can be in love with the Spirit of Truth, even if they do not fully know the truth. He who seeks shall find...

This is a good point, the wicked choose evil very consistently. This consistency proves an ability to discern. It's like a rumor I heard of someone taking the SATs ( a test for those looking to enter University in the USA) and they did so badly on the test that randomly choosing from the...

It was explicitly stated that three of the five went out. 5-3=2

No, the nephilim became demons due to their being partly of a spiritual nature. Angels are entities with a spiritual nature. The term angel comes from their roles as messengers of God. Though it is imprecise as there are also fallen 'angels.' We are not made like the angels, but the new body...

Consider sins not on their own but as the outpouring of a heart bent towards sin. The heart is important to God, who searches the heart. Murderers, rapists, liars etc... actively follow their deciptful hearts bent towards the desires of the flesh. Someone with a mind reformed by Christ can not...

Some believe we have freedom to sin, these people are delusional. There is a cost to sin, and God decreed it be paid in blood. The blood of bulls and goats is no longer accepted to cover the sins of the people. Neither has this statute been eliminated from God's law. We can not even offer our...

God's kingdom is not of this world. He does establish earthly governments, but they are temporarily, a means to an end. They are appointed to punish wrongdoing. And as Babalon was raised up to punish Israel's idolatry, the sin of rejecting God will reap a similar reward through the erosion...

I was thinking of this the other day, how the devil provokes a reaction and then accuses and condemns that reaction. It happened with the crusades, as you always hear of it as a black mark on chrisondom. But you don't hear about violent Islamic expansion into Europe. Because if they had their...