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  1. MatthewG

    When God Is the Fire: Believers, Outsiders, and the Open Gates of Revelation

    Yahavah’s Fire for Believers and Those Outside the Kingdom A Teaching on Divine Fire, Refinement, and the Open Gates of the New Jerusalem When Scripture speaks of Yahavah as a consuming fire, it is not describing a God who abandons people or delights in destruction. It is describing His...
  2. MatthewG

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

    Trevor, I’ve said what I needed to say. This isn’t a debate thread, and I’m not interested in going in circles. If you want to debate, there are sections on the forum for that. I’m not spending more time on this back‑and‑forth.
  3. MatthewG

    Eph 4:30 SEALED also the Matt 24:31 ELECT ?

    I want to know more about what you think I am saying when I say those things about the first century bride. Or your thoughts of such a bride existing that was called spotless and blameless.
  4. MatthewG

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

    @TrevorHL I would be careful making statements like that. If you tell people a literal future kingdom is coming on earth soon, and they take your message seriously, but it never happens, then what position does that put you in? Scripture warns about this very thing: “When a prophet speaks in...
  5. MatthewG

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

    Jesus said His Kingdom is not of this world, that it is present among you, and that it is tied to the heavenly Jerusalem, not an earthly one. He told the Pharisees: “The kingdom of God cometh not with observation… for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.” (Luke 17:20–21) He told Pilate...
  6. MatthewG

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

    Greetings Trevor, I appreciate your message. I hold a different understanding of the Kingdom based on Jesus’ own words and the timeline He gave to His disciples. Jesus taught that the Kingdom would not be something people could point to physically — “the kingdom of God does not come with...
  7. MatthewG

    Eph 4:30 SEALED also the Matt 24:31 ELECT ?

    Being “sealed for the day of redemption” means the Spirit marked first‑century believers as God’s covenant people until the climactic redemption Jesus promised would arrive in their generation. Now let’s unpack it with depth and clarity. --- What “sealed” means in Paul’s world In the ancient...
  8. MatthewG

    Is gambling a sin?

    God does the judging. Something like that.
  9. MatthewG

    Is gambling a sin?

    Who am I to judge anyone who genuinely reaches toward the God who gives life. Whatever happens after death is in the hands of the One who is perfectly just and perfectly merciful. I trust Him to deal rightly with every soul — Hindu, Christian, or anyone else.
  10. MatthewG

    Torah Portion # 40 Balak Numbers 25:1-9 CJB, KJV

    Numbers 25:1–9 is one of the rawest, most intense judgment scenes in the Torah — and it’s easy to miss what’s actually going on if you only read it at face value. This isn’t just “God got mad and killed people.” It’s a covenant crisis, a national betrayal, and a spiritual war happening in the...
  11. MatthewG

    The Conundrum of Zechariah Ch. 14

    Earburner, From Co-pilot; I appreciate the thought you’ve put into this, but I think the “conundrum” only appears because you’re trying to make Zechariah 14 operate on two different Jerusalems at once. From an Amillennial perspective, the chapter becomes far more coherent when we keep the...
  12. MatthewG

    Is gambling a sin?

    Yeah it's all about the heart. That's all God is ever looking at.
  13. MatthewG

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

    Introduction When Jesus stood before Pilate, He made one of the clearest statements about His mission and identity: This single sentence should settle many debates about the nature of Christ’s kingdom. Yet Christians continue to argue, divide, and even become hostile over the idea of a future...
  14. MatthewG

    USA/IRAN/ISRAEL PEACE DEAL?

    It’s not stop arguing. How is this anything to do with the spirit of Christ if it’s a fleshly to begin with. You wanna make the world a better place, yet all people do is argue with one another… They hate their own leaders and some think they would be better off if they owned the world...
  15. MatthewG

    Sinful during dreams is sin ???

    @Armour of God I just want to make one final point and maybe it will help you out in your own life or help others out in their own life if you share it with them okay? I typed all this out and just let co-pilot add the scripture to it and perhaps this will help you even more. Dreams of course...
  16. MatthewG

    Sinful during dreams is sin ???

    From co-pilot
  17. MatthewG

    Is gambling a sin?

    Hello there, From co-pilot; Short answer: No — gambling is not listed as a sin in the Bible. But the heart posture behind it can become sinful depending on what’s driving it. Let me break it down cleanly so you can use this in conversation without getting trapped in religious guilt‑logic...
  18. MatthewG

    Sinful during dreams is sin ???

    I’m not framing salvation around “willfully sinning” the way you are. Sin has already been dealt with at the cross. The real issue isn’t tallying sins — it’s who I’m giving my allegiance to. I either worship myself or I worship God. Repentance isn’t me trying to scrub sin off my record. It’s...
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    Sinful during dreams is sin ???

    What do say God looks at? And do people reap what they sow? Consequences exist for murdering people right?