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Iforrest, That describes 2 gifts of the spirit - the gift of tongues and the gift of interpretation (see 1 Cor 14:13-14 HCSB). "But the one who prophesies speaks to people edification and encouragement and consolation. The one who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but the one who prophesies...

Nomad, That's the Old Covenant. The New Covenant's criteria are different because NT prophecy is not the same as OT prophecy. I Cor 14:3-7 (NIV) states: But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouraging and comfort. 4 Anyone who speaks in a tongue edifies...

That relates to OT prophets. Please show me from the NT that prophecy dealt with prediction.

It's the Book of Revelation, not book of revelations.

I think you mean "as in the OT". Wayne Grudem has written an excellent book dealing with this topic: The Gift of Prophecy in the New Testament and Today (this link is a review of the book).

ByGrace, You know that 'one language' of Gen 11 was one language of speech and not the symbolic language of the sinfulness for which you gave examples. Oz

BG, You are correct and I was wrong. The population spread to the East after the languages were 'confused' - many languages instead of one. It's interesting how the story of the Tower of Babel begins in Gen 11:1 (NIV), 'Now the whole world had one language and a common speech'. The 'whole...

BG, Are you suggesting that because there was a 'known world' that was contaminated by sin and led to the judgment of Noah's Flood, but the rest of humanity (not yet discovered) did not suffer from the sin problem? That's not what Romans 5:12 states: 'Sin entered the world because one man...

ByGrace, From God's perspective, 'the known world' to him is the whole world. There are no time and space limitations with Him. Who can be compared with the Lord our God, who is enthroned on high? He stoops to look down on heaven and on earth (Ps 113:5-6 NLT). Oz

See this story about fish fossils found in the Andes Mountains. 'Scientists have found fossils of whales and other marine animals in mountain sediments in the Andes, indicating that the South American mountain chain rose very rapidly from the sea' (The New York Times). There is no way these...

ByGrace, God told us exactly why God flooded the whole world and destroyed all people except 8 on the Ark: 11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence. 12 God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. 13 So God said to...

You have not proven that from Zech 12 or 14. It is your opinion that these 2 chapters refer to the rapture. Assertions prove nothing.

Context! Context! The audience to which this is directed is described in Zech 14:1-5 (NIV). There is nothing about the rapture in Zech 14. It has to do with calamity and restoration for Jerusalem (Israel).

We are not dealing with the same topic.

JiF, Zech 14:2 (NIV) tells us the context: It deals with the nations against Jerusalem (Israel): 'A day of the Lord is coming' (Zech 14:1 NIV) - not a day specifically of Jesus' second coming. The specifics of Zech 14:1-5 are of judgment and then deliverance by Jehovah against Jerusalem. It...

JiF, There is no mention of the rapture in those verses. You asked: Matt 24:4-14 (NIV) provides evidence of the signs that precede the second coming and no mention is made of the rapture. You have imposed that on the text: No rapture there. That is a personal imposition on the text that...

And you give no supporting verses from Matt 24 for your claims of Jesus' answering 3 questions and one of them if the rapture happening before the calamity + great tribulation. I wait.

My issues raised still remain unanswered.

Is this the forum where politics and issues in our societies (current affairs) can be raised and discussed / debated? According to the Australian Debt Clock, the Total Government Debt is $788 billion. As for Total Australian Credit, it is just under $7 trillion. What are the consequences for...

GIS, From where did you get such interpretations? Please put a date on when this Great War will begin. Oz