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No, that's not how it works. No one earns their way into heaven by works. We only get there by confessing with our mouths and believing in our hearts that Jesus is Lord (Romans 10:19). I think you have a lot of preconceived ideas of what you think heaven is like, and the idea of living for...

I've actually done quite a bit of research on this, and there are clear parallels between the Gailiean wedding ceremony and the pre-trib rapture. I've created an entire outline to demonstrate the parallels but it really deserves its own thread. However, I don't want to overshadow AlwaysCurious'...

Exerpts from Wikipedia, for what it's worth: So, the ethmology of "Palestine" certainly has a long and murky history. It's been used to describe a very broad region from Syria to Egypt, and more specifically the coastal regions. It has also been associated with the Philistines at different...

"Palestine sits in sackcloth and ashes. Over it broods the spell of a curse that has withered its fields and fettered its energies." -Mark Twain upon visting the Holy Land in 1867.

I wouldn't say that God is okay with it. It's apparent that the world\universe are broken. Death, sickness, and suffering were never part of God's design; they were introduced at the fall, both Satan's and Adam's. We are simply living with the consequences of their free-willed decision to rebel...

Consumation was the final act of marriage. But in those days, being betrothed (engaged) and married were often synonymous.

That was tried in 1948 when five Arab armies attacked Israel. After two more major wars, they got the hint that Israel was small but tough. Israel has since got nukes, so such an attack would risk nuclear retaliation.

Very true. Once they were betrothed, they were considered husband and wife, though they didn't consummate the marriage until some time later. Marriages in those days were more contractual than religious. They didn't have a priest or pastor presiding over the marriage like they do today, but they...

How do you figure?

The ICC has no teeth. They have no way to enforce thier phony arrest warrent. There shouldn't even be an ICC as it is a threat to national sovernity.

Cornelius Tacitus (about 56 AD – 120 AD) doesn't mention Jesus by name, but he does allude to him: Jewish Historian Flavius Josephus (37/38 AD – 100 AD) mentions Jesus by name: Sextus Julius Africanus (c. 160 – c. 240) writing on the works of Samaritan historian Thallus (birth and death not...

We put our trust in God for the things that are out of our control. For the rest, we have a God-given intellect. We can look to Him for guidance, but ultimately, we were given free will, and it's up to us to make the decisions. Maybe his parents misapplied scripture, or maybe he's using...

The keyword is "yet". Anti-Jewish then, if you prefer.

That passage has been read into quite a lot. I've seen it used to justify anti-semitism. If a Jew rejects the Messiah, how does that make them any less Jewish, culturally or ethnically?

What makes a "fake" Jew?

We don't know when Sodom became corrupt. It's possible when Lot relocated to Sodom, it wasn't as bad then. He may have gotten used to the wickedness over time like a frog in boiling water.

The First Crusade: The First Crusade began in 1095, after Urban II gave a rousing speech in response to Alexius Comnenus' letter. The first siege by the crusaders against the Muslim-held city of Antioch lasted from October 21, 1097, and fell to the crusaders on June 2, 1098. Next, they marched...

By 700 AD, Muslim invaders had conquered nearly half the territory in the Near East that comprised the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as the Byzantine Empire. Twice they had attempted to siege Constantinople, the capital city of the Byzantine Empire, but failed due to the great city walls that...

Here's an article I wrote on Islam and the Crusades several years ago: “How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent...

The Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, is the real power in Iran. As long as the ayatollahs remain in power, nothing much will change.