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Justin Martyr: Dialogue with Trypho: Trypho : "Do you really admit that this place Jerusalem shall be rebuilt? And do you expect your people to be gathered together, and made joyful with Christ and the Patriarchs...?" Justin: "I and many others are of that opinion, and believe that this will...

I don't understand your comments... This is what you sound like... to me.. The sky is Blue... and clouds may form and produce rain from God Himself!!!! Now I have made my point... for all to see! I don't even know if I agree or disagree with your post??? What are you saying? Not being...

History repeating it self.... Justin Martyr: Dialogue with Trypho: Trypho : "Do you really admit that this place Jerusalem shall be rebuilt? And do you expect your people to be gathered together, and made joyful with Christ and the Patriarchs...?" Justin: "I and many others are of that...

I know nothing of being a JW.... But I know scripture! Gal 2:2 This passage in Epistle to the Galatians is autobiographical. Paul the Apostle is defending the legitimacy of his message and authority—specifically, that the gospel he preaches to non-Jews (Gentiles) is valid and not inferior to...

Rethinking “Church”: Recovering the Meaning of Ekklesia The word “church” in modern usage evokes a familiar set of images: a building, a scheduled weekly service, and an organized institution governed by leaders. These associations are so deeply ingrained that they are rarely questioned. Yet...

Understanding the Role of Satan in a Theological Framework When examining the role of Satan within a theological framework grounded strictly in Scripture, it is essential to begin with the foundational declaration found in 1 Corinthians 8:6, which affirms that there is one God, the Father, from...

I said it was dying... not dead! I love to hike.... In years past these pictures would be full of wild flowers this time of year... Blue, Yellow, Red, Purple... Now... much much less... Still beautiful, but not the same!

Stay away from Arizona.... It's a dying State! (Not from an economic point of view... That view has many many years ahead)! This is from someone whom has lived here for over 30 years! The desert is slowly dying... Plant life withering in the sun. (Lack of rain)! So different from 30 years ago…...

THE THREE FESTIVALS, THE JUBILEE, AND THE SALVATION OF ALL (An Inclusive Reflection on Israel’s Harvests and God’s Plan of Redemption) Very Jewish!!!! Throughout the Hebrew Scriptures, God reveals His purposes through patterns, types, and appointed times — visible realities that point beyond...

Hell in scripture is the absence of life... Death... Gen 2:17 Yet from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you are not to be eating from it, for in the day you eat from it, to die shall you be dying. Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in...

Part 3 1. Every Gehenna saying of Jesus (complete list) Jesus uses Gehenna explicitly 11 times (all in the Synoptics): Matthew Matt 5:22 Matt 5:29–30 Matt 10:28 Matt 18:9 Matt 23:15 Matt 23:33 Mark Mark 9:43–48 Luke Luke 12:5 (John never uses Gehenna once — very important) 2...

Part 2... What “Gehenna” (Hell) originally meant (historical ground) to a JEW! A. The Valley of Hinnom (Ge Hinnom) A real valley south of Jerusalem Associated with: Child sacrifice (Jer 7:31; 19:2–6) National judgment Covenant curse Jeremiah 19:6: “It shall no more be called Topheth...

What The Hell Is Hell to a 1st century Jew... Part 1 The term Hades appears eleven times in the New Testament, where it is translated as “Hell” ten times and as “grave” once. The word derives from the Greek roots a- (“not”) and idein (“to see”), meaning “unseen” or “invisible.” Its sense...

Translations are just that.... Translations! I will pick one verse and show the different translations in my E-Sword bible.... Now... do make note of the 1st translation (Happens to start with"alt") Eph 1:11 (ALT) in Him in whom also we were appointed by lot [or, obtained an inheritance]...

Part 2 f Plato Had Not Supplied the Framework If Scripture resists the Platonic framework at these points, it becomes possible to imagine how Christianity might have developed without it. This is not a rejection of philosophy, but a thought experiment: what happens if specifically Platonic...

Plato, Christianity, and the Development of Western Theology The Architecture Beneath Theology Introduction: A Continuous Metaphysical Framework and the Question It Forces The development of Western theology is often narrated as a sequence: Plato, followed by Neo-Platonism, then...

The real debate among scholars Plato's ideas, along with the more mystical developments of Neoplatonism (especially through thinkers like Plotinus and later figures like Proclus), have left a deep and lasting mark on Christian thinking. This influence stretches from the earliest centuries right...

Your missing the point!!! One What?

Let's review... Act 2:24 "But God raised Him up again, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power. Act 2:32 "This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses. Act 3:15 but put to death the Prince of life, the one whom God raised...

Is God the only Savior? I imagine by now you may be arguing with me and saying something like this: Well, if Jesus is not God in human flesh what you say to the Scriptures that say only God can save? After all, God says, "I, even I, am the LORD; and there is no Savior besides me" (Isaiah 40...