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The idea of a any moment return of Christ is known as pre-trib. That's what you see in some of these passages. The 'end' is near is an idiom for the end could happen any moment during the Church Age. The Bride will miss the Tribulation since the Tribulation is part of the Jewish dispensation...

I can think of about 25 passages where the NT says we are to be taught the word by the leadership in a church. The OT anointing was reserved for the leaders, not the Jews in general. For example, the priests were anointed to teach the people God's word. In the NT, the apostles, the...

The problem with this explanation is that it takes passages from two different dispensations/ages and puts them together. Paul in 2 Thess 2 is written to the new elect people of God (i.e. the Church) after God had removed the Jews from their elect status as described in Rom 9-11. You can't have...

Using your spiritual/metaphorical method to interpret passages, I have no disagreement with your conclusions. What you wrote in this post is correct, but their could yet be another interpretation method. Some people interpret scripture allegorically, which would radically differ from your...

Are you referring to Heaven of the Millennium? In the Millennium, which Daniel said would be after Christ's Second Coming, people in their natural bodies will enter the Millennium, and there will be death in the Millennium. I interpret all Scripture literally. so our prophetic interpretive model...

GLOSSA is the Koine Greek word for language, the organ in the mouth, and DIALEKTOS is the word for Dialect or Language. So Luke further narrows it down to dialect in Acts 2. Finally, 1 Cor 14 says that "languages are not for believers, but for the unbelievers." It was designed to witness to...

I sure hope you are not arguing for two Holy Spirits. Also, can we finally rid ourselves of the American Indian word "tongues" for the modern word "languages"?

This is the belief of the Jehovah Witnesses or the Mormons, can't remember which one came my house and presented this teaching that I consider bizarre.

Can you name two scholars who agree with this? A new church and ANOTHER new church of the body of Christ?

See Matthew 16.18 where Jesus says: And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. Note that Jesus said that he WILL (Future Tense) build his church. The church is said to be a future event from Jesus' ministry on earth...

I disagree with your reply. The Church that Paul was persecuting was made up of believers in Christ, Christians as we know them. The Church Age began at Pentecost. Peter mentioned that the Church Age began at the beginning of Pentecost. I am sure you know the passage in Acts. On Pentecost, the...

In Acts 7:38, the "church in the wilderness" refers to the assembly of Israelites during their exodus from Egypt and journey through the wilderness under the leadership of Moses. Last two are the same. They are what I am referring to.

The Mystery is none other than the Church Age.

the first statement is definitely a heretical conclusion (YHWH was created). God the Father is not the Creator, Jesus (YHWH) is. GJohn 1.3, All things were created by him/the Word, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created. This is a irrational statement. Which means...

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I don't know how many commentaries there are on Hebrews, but most of them put their guesses in concerning who the author is. I certainly don't know and would never speculate as to who it is. But, I can eliminate those who did not write it. I wrote a post on the cessation of miracles based on the...

The only way I see it is that if a believer sinned by rejecting God's offer of salvation, he could be removed from the body of Christ. Of course this would be a huge sin. And here is the crux: sin does not eternally condemn us. Christ paid for all sins, not most sins, and rejecting God's offer...

How do we believe God if his book is biased by the translators? The best solution I know of is to discipline yourself and take a little time each day to learn the Greek NT.

No such thing as an unbiased translation. And you know what, you can see bias in the manuscripts and dictionaries.

Dan and I were at a bar in London, where I drilled him for a few hours with questions. This statement was said to me by Dan. However, this statement appears in a few of his articles and books. I have almost all his books and articles, so I will invest some time into looking through my library to...