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  1. MatthewG

    What Are Demons? A Bible Study on Language, Culture, and Competing Views

    Nah, I don't think so. Page 1: What Are Demons? A Bible Study on Language, Culture, and Competing Views Page 2: What Are Demons? A Bible Study on Language, Culture, and Competing Views If people want to believe monsters are out there - it is true, people can be monstrous, but it's within...
  2. MatthewG

    What Are Demons? A Bible Study on Language, Culture, and Competing Views

    People today believe that people are demons or demon-possessed to me is just way out there. They are people who are influenced by the world, and the darkness. People loved the darkness more than the light. So any claims of people being demon-possessed you know are kind of out there... If that...
  3. MatthewG

    What Are Demons? A Bible Study on Language, Culture, and Competing Views

    This is the link for the third post which extended this study; What Are Demons? A Bible Study on Language, Culture, and Competing Views Remember no one has to believe anything I share. That’s your right and freedom. I would be doing a disservice to everyone if I was going around saying “you...
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    What Are Demons? A Bible Study on Language, Culture, and Competing Views

    I use a tool to help organize and shape what I’m already studying in Scripture. The content itself comes from the Bible, not from the tool. Most churches don’t produce much in the way of actual study material beyond pamphlets or fill‑in‑the‑blank sheets. I’m trying to offer something deeper and...
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    What Are Demons? A Bible Study on Language, Culture, and Competing Views

    What about the verse in Mark that talks about drinking poisons and stuff and people doing so and ending up dead and playing with snakes... People take anything to any extreme and everything is subjective at the end of the day as far as experience. You can share and say as much as you like but...
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    What Are Demons? A Bible Study on Language, Culture, and Competing Views

    Hello @Rockerduck I think the conversation is over now. You never really truly replied to me anyway inititally it was more to get the point of how you see things thats what you shared first off. Im glad i could share my side of the story though.
  7. MatthewG

    What Are Demons? A Bible Study on Language, Culture, and Competing Views

    People are free to believe whatever they want, and I’m not here to police anyone’s convictions. I can only speak from my own life, my own experiences, and my understanding of what Yeshua accomplished. When I was younger, I actively sought out the supernatural. I wasn’t afraid of it—I chased it...
  8. MatthewG

    What Are Demons? A Bible Study on Language, Culture, and Competing Views

    I hear what you’re saying Rockerduck, but I don’t interpret those experiences the same way. When Jesus walked the earth, He confronted unclean spirits as part of ending the old age and establishing the new covenant. After the cross, Scripture says He disarmed the powers and authorities and made...
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    What Are Demons? A Bible Study on Language, Culture, and Competing Views

    I get that you’ve had intense experiences, but I don’t share the same interpretation of them. I don’t believe people are demons or that demons exist today. Jesus defeated those powers, and Scripture says He disarmed them. What we deal with now are “spirits of the world” — patterns, influences...
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    The Soul, Mind, Body, and Spirit: A Biblical Anthropology Rooted in Choice and the Righteousness of Yeshua

    Conclusion Page: The Restoration of the Whole Person in the Victory of Christ A Unified Conclusion to Pages One and Two 1. The Human Person: Designed for God, Disordered by Sin, Reordered by Christ Pages One and Two reveal a single truth: God created the human person as an integrated...
  11. MatthewG

    What Are Demons? A Bible Study on Language, Culture, and Competing Views

    “Demons After the Cross: The Powers, the Spirit of the World, and the New Creation” 1. Introduction: What Changed After the Resurrection? Page One established the biblical foundation for understanding demons as powers of the old age — forces Jesus confronted and defeated during His earthly...
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    Bible Study: Does “The Name Above All Names” Replace Yahavah's/Yahweh’s Name?

    -- more information concerning the name of God and how it is seen; The Hebrew Name for God - YHVH Bible Study: Does “The Name Above All Names” Replace Yahweh’s Name? Introduction Philippians 2:9 says God “highly exalted Jesus and gave Him the name above all names.” Some wonder whether this...
  13. MatthewG

    Understanding the Kingdom: Clearing Up the Most Misunderstood Teaching of Jesus

    Here is something I think about, I remember reading Joshua. He was a king, I believe he gave out all the lands according as God wanted to the 12 tribes. And considering the Covenant was made with them - they would have that "Great and dreadful day of the LORD" come upon them, and their lands...
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    Understanding the Kingdom: Clearing Up the Most Misunderstood Teaching of Jesus

    Well you gotta think that all that land had to be destroyed that was what was promised to happen in the old testament. 1. The Old Testament repeatedly warned that the land itself would be destroyed Not just the Temple — the land. Over and over, God told Israel: If they broke the covenant If...
  15. MatthewG

    Understanding the Kingdom: Clearing Up the Most Misunderstood Teaching of Jesus

    I can't say anything else. Other than what I shared from what I see through here brakelite, I dont have anything else to comment on. Aside from the "your house is left desolate." Thank you again for sharing what you felt you needed to share and say. I understand many people believe a lot of...
  16. MatthewG

    Yahavah’s Fire: Inside and Outside the Kingdom

    I know this study is amazing, but most people won’t touch it. For a lot of folks, anything outside their comfort zone feels “too far out there,” so they only take in what they’re willing to handle. Sometimes it’s honestly better for people not to know certain things, because knowing would force...
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    Understanding the Kingdom: Clearing Up the Most Misunderstood Teaching of Jesus

    A lot of people argue that the wall thing they people pray to is like saying that no stone was left unturned or whatever. It's weird people pray to a wall. 1. The Western Wall is NOT a wall of the Temple. This is the key point. The Temple had: outer courts inner courts the sanctuary the...
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    Understanding the Kingdom: Clearing Up the Most Misunderstood Teaching of Jesus

    I just want to point out that from 70Ad to like 146ad would complete the "your house has been left desolate." I am not gonna go through each thing one by one. 70 AD → 135/136 AD is the full arc of desolation 70 AD: The Temple is destroyed, Jerusalem burned, priesthood ended, sacrifices...
  19. MatthewG

    Steven Spielberg’s new movie Disclosure Day

    Sure thing. When I read 1 John 2:15–16, I see John talking about what rules your heart, not whether you enjoy normal things in life. “The world” in that passage is defined by him as the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life — desires that pull your affection away from...
  20. MatthewG

    Steven Spielberg’s new movie Disclosure Day

    I hear what you’re saying. I just don’t look at every movie through the lens of “they must mention God or else they hate Him.” Most people in the world don’t think that way, and a lot of them aren’t anti‑Christ — they’re just living life, creating stories, or expressing their own experiences...