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Amen, although not in this respect alone...since it says "what manner of persons ought you to be in ALL holy conversation and Godliness".

Literal physical things in the bible often are allegories/figures for spiritual things. And we are told to compare spiritual with spiritual in scripture. Nevertheless destruction has been forecast, and at the very least all our physical bodies will dissolve when death comes, and we know that...

That is a deep dive I would say brother, and thank you for sharing that. Could it also be old versus new covenant.....the "firmament" between the cherubim on the ark being the old "heavens"?...old way of the earthly beggardly elements being burned up to make way as it were, for the new way of...

Yes, there are a lot of things that don't add up. That's why people are having to twist things and invent things to try and make it work.

Yes, agree, though I'm not 100% sure how to understand the burning up of this world....think we can safely say it will not be habitable for flesh to live on. And I agree that there are differing viewpoints in the details within both camps. Just that I happened to be responding to someone who...

From post 832 on p. 42 where I asked ewq1938 about it: Just think and consider (with fresh objective eyes and putting Rev aside for a moment), in 2 Peter 3, what need have we to look for and haste unto the coming of a future day of God a thousand years after we've already gone to be with the...

Premil point of view has to twist/wrest 2 Peter 3 to make it fit that theory. And it has to talk itself out of common sense. In 2 Peter 3 the days of Noah (flood/wrath) are explicitly set forth as an example of how it will be at the coming of Christ, just as Jesus also said His coming would be...

Well they are all nice names, and I'm sure that puppy will be well loved. Animals are a refreshing respite from the world of people I find. We've got a golden retriever and a kitty. I occasionally watch you tube videos of animals and their antics....never cease to make me smile or laugh.

Amen, the Lord in His mercy has led me out of a couple of situations too when they became spiritually unhealthy.....these are perilous times. And yes we are a-ok....I'm no cessationist that;s for sure. Amen.....never stop learning and growing, and remain teachable and pliable clay in the...

Amen. Seems like it's only a matter of the frying pan or the fire now. People need to decide which kingdom they belong to, either God's kingdom or the world. Choose we this day who we will serve. Heed the Spirit or the flesh. And my how the flesh gets stirred up over things to do with this...

LOL! :) Hope they respect their elders where you are! Yes, glad you mentioned that....I've heard some talk about a personal application of Revelation too, and that seems like a possibility, although I myself am not seeing/understanding it up to now. And maybe there is more than one "level"...

Jesus is irrelevant? The gospel is irrelevant? How far have we fallen?? The problem we seem to have nowadays is that left leaning governments have been trying to act like church social workers and the church is trying to act like governments with carnal weapons/means. Everything is upside down.

That was under the old covenant.........which was full of types/shadows of the new covenant....serving in the new way of the SPIRIT now. Our battles are spiritual battles now....we wrestle not with flesh and blood but with powers/principalities.....and our weapons are not carnal but mighty in...

Shouldn't be going into crazy debt like that, I agree. Though I'm sure that $38T wasn't all being used for other countries.....just wasteful and unwise spending in various ways. Same with our Liberal govt in Canada. Whether because of corruption and incompetency or deliberate, I'm not sure.

I think God deals with nations on a national level too, as well as individuals on an individual level. As long as the citizens are willing and the nation is blessed enough materially, I think it's a good thing for governments to use some of their resources/revenue for such things as disaster...

Amen, this world is temporal and appointed unto wrath. It has an end, as our physical bodies have an end. Trying to get hold of what new heavens/earth signifies. Jesus said He goes to prepare a "place" for us....I don't believe it is in the physical earthly realm, but heavenly. It could also...

Like a fine aged wine I'm sure, lol. Well I'm squarely in the "work-in- progress" camp actually, lol. I can't parse/rightly divide a lot of Revelation yet, it boggles my mind, but once in a while it seems the Lord gives me a little piece of the puzzle, subject to testing. I suspect we need...

Thank you brother, it's good to hear the peaceable word of God in the midst of so much strife.

Advancing own self-interests is what Russia and China are attempting to do , and dare I say it, Germany in WWII. Self interest is the bane of this fallen world. But I understand governments should act practically for the interests of their country and citizens....as long as they do so lawfully...

It is more blessed to give than to receive. American largess and generosity beautified her and was pleasing to God I would have thought. Be thankful you were in a position to be the best giver in the world...it was because you had more to be able to give. If we're Christian followers of...