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That was my implication... and is a distinct possibility, but we cannot definitively tell from the text. Most everyone accepts that the earth had only one large land mass at least at some point in the past. Another possibility that cannot be verified. I wouldn't be on board with that, but...

No. :) Not even one. No one is removed from anything. In this post, GA, with all due respect, you're conflating at least two or three different things. Grace and peace to you.

Well, I did add a couple of short clarifications of my own in there, so, to answer your question... yes. :) Not important, really; right is right. :) Meant to provide the link and forgot. Happy to do so here: Ligonier One of the main points is that Covenant theology is the very opposite of...

Oh my. :) Yeah, there are all sorts of crazy beliefs out there... :) Grace and peace to you.

I say that the flood was all-encompassing; I believe the Bible ~ God, through Moses in this case ~ to be crystal clear on that. Maybe a question to be pondered is, did the land of the earth look like it does today? Or, the same question asked in a different way, were the lands situated upon...

Dispensationalism is a popular and widespread way of reading the Bible. It originated in the nineteenth century in the teaching of John Nelson Darby and was popularized in the United States through the Bible Conference movement. Its growth was spurred on even more through the publication of the...

Well, then ~ no offense intended ~ you are stating things in... very ambiguous ways. I would just cut out the word 'physical' from your statement here... :) The "eternal age that shall come," RWB, is eternity. You seem to be saying that eternity is here, but just not physical yet. Meh. :)...

Agreed, but this isn't really what we were/are talking about... Hm. Well, I say the age to come is... still to come. :) We are not there in spirit or through the Spirit yet. And, everyone will enter into it ~ 'it' being the age to come, eternity ~ it's just a matter of where and the...

I'm really not sure what you're saying, here, RWB. But we can leave it at that; I don't want you to feel like I'm... hounding you or something. :) We are all spiritually alive now ~ us Christians, anyway ~ because we have been born again of the Holy Spirit, and we are awaiting Christ's return...

Sure, well, that's what everyone here would say. ;) Grace and peace to you.

Good. But spiritually, too; it is what it is... will be what it will be. I mean I think you agree... Sure. But eternity is the age to come, as opposed to the present age. Good. I mean it's a literal number, woodenly speaking, but in the context of John's Revelation denotes completeness and...

I highly doubt that. :) And understanding your thoughts does not necessarily mean agreement. :) Grace and peace to you.

Disagree. We are still awaiting the age to come (eternity), but we know where we will be then, and we can live as if we are there now, because it is an absolute certainty. Sure. So it seems ~ but perhaps I am misunderstanding you ~ that you believe in an absolutely literal 144,000 also? If...

Yes. :) The close of this age, the beginning of the age to come, which will have no end. I... think you agree... Right? :) Grace and peace to you, quietthinker.

You've done the same thing, Rebuilder. Not with me, I don't think, but with regard to personal attacks, you're as guilty as those you level this at. So he's Jewish, but he is one of God's elect ~ a true Jew, one who is not merely a Jew outwardly but a Jew inwardly, and circumcision is a matter...

Yes, in Romans 9-11, Paul identifies all people as either ethnic Jews or ethnic Gentiles ~ 'Gentiles' being a collective term with regard to all other nations/ethnicities ~ for sure. But God's elect is one group of folks consisting of... well, again, people of every tongue, tribe, and nation...

It is quite amazing that we think very much the same thing of each other, is it not, Rebuilder? Grace and peace to you.

I well understand your thoughts. :) Grace and peace to you.

Well, I'm not sure of your thoughts regarding the "Great Tribulation," so I'll not foist anything on you, but merely give you mine. :) 1. I disagree with your understanding of Christ's Church, or at least what I think is your understanding of it. I say it consists of all those who are called...

That's a strange statement, especially that Christ's Church (all those who are in Christ) is (are) currently enduring and persevering through ~ by God's power through His Holy Spirit ~ these times of tribulation. Even in all this, Christ is with us by His Spirit to the end, even as He promised...