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Well, no, they take their lineage from Abraham through Ishmael, and it's actually quite Biblical that they do so, though. Sure. God promised Abraham in Genesis 17:20 that He would make Ishmael a great nation, and He has. But Isaac was/is the child of the promise, of Sarai, the wife God gave...

A statement like this could only be the product of a terrible misunderstanding of what Calvinists actually believe. A true understanding of Scripture in tune with John Calvin's understandings and those of true Calvinists would result in precisely the opposite of what you say here, Nancy. Of...

Okay, fine; sorry to offend if I did. But if you are into Keswick Theology, it has it's... shortcomings. :) Grace and peace to you.

Well, you're talking about two different things here, Rockerduck... two different gifts of the Holy Spirit. The spiritual gift of knowledge, is one gift, which some have to a greater degree than others, for sure, and this is according to God's will, and is to be used for the common good...

Sure. Well, maybe in the sense that you acknowledged His presence in you, or even that you were aware of it. But, as Jesus told Nicodemus, "The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of...

Excellent. Yes, anyone can argue with a so-called Calvinist, or even John Calvin himself, but what cannot be argued against with anything resembling success is the Word of God, which, as Isaiah and Peter said, though the grass wither and the flower fade, endures forever. Also excellent...

It is, actually. It's called "the book," and mentioned several times... really more so "the people of the book." So believers of the Bible are specifically mentioned, but of course the Bible is referenced indirectly. They have their stock answers and talking points, for sure. :) Well, we...

Well, maybe what you apparently think the millennium to be, but that's a good thing. :) But as Jesus says in John 5:28-29, "Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear His voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and...

A good start... LOL! Don't know; none of us does. Is it closer, even much closer, to filling the earth than it was? Well, sure. God is bringing it to completion, though, that much we can say with absolute confidence. And that's really the main point of Revelation, actually. Jesus wins...

And when and/or where did I claim that it (Christ's kingdom filling the earth) is already true, Timtofly? Ugh. No, the mountain is growing... :) Nope. I'm... really not sure what to make of your thoughts about "Amils". :) Well that's quite opposite what Jesus said on several occasions...

Agreed, but disagreed regarding who here is having the "hard time" with it... :) Right; sin is very pervasive. I see the problem here; a very different understanding of what it means for Satan to deceive the nations. It doesn't really have anything to do with nations going to war against one...

Another non sequitur. There is no "opposition"... this is a dichotomy where there is none, manufactured, as it were. So it goes... The trouble is that these things mean nothing to you. Which speaks volumes... no hard quote necessary. This wasn't addressed to me, but, hey ~ as if I didn't...

But I can and have, and I am by no means alone. No, there is no "hard quote" ~ exact words ~ in the Bible that says ~ say ~ "Jesus is God," and no hard quote ~ again, exact verbiage ~ from Jesus Himself saying "I am God." But the exact words needn't be said to achieve the purpose, the effect...

Well, that's too bad, I guess, but I understand. :) I appreciate your thoughts, NoPre-Trib, and respect you greatly for considering such things. I don't mean to direct this at you, really, but like I have said, John's Revelation gives people a hard time, particularly the 20th chapter, but it...

Spiritually dead in their sin, at enmity with God, but they did not die physically. That's... kinda why we're all here having this discussion, Timtofly. LOL! A sinful nature, yes. And we all inherit that from birth. We are in need being justified and redeemed, which requires us being born...

Well, simple, sure. Very "simple." Well, convoluted, really. :) I'm holding to Scripture, yes, to God's Word. You think you are, too. We can leave it at that. Grace and peace to you.

...By... complicating it? LOL! Grace and peace to you, Earburner.

Well, yes, think the same way as Christ ~ Paul exhorts us to "have this mind among ourselves" ~ which is to be of the mind that he has just described, to "do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than ourselves, to look not only to our own...

He did not assign the name of God to himself, Rich. Jesus, however, did. So, no, to your quite ridiculous question here. What endless, egregious misrepresentations of what Trinitarians grasp! Yes, I've forgotten ~ dismissed, really ~ your misrepresentations, because they were (and still...

Satan is bound and sealed, meaning that his power to influence the nations is suppressed, which is exactly the distinction John makes in Revelation 20. Premillennialists and some postmillennialists associate this event with the advent of an extraordinary future era of peace and prosperity...