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  1. Stumpmaster

    Christ has already returned ?

    I suggest you do more research on the subject of confirmation bias, as your comments err strongly towards it. As the name states, Strong's Concordance is a strong and reliable resource provided by God Himself through His gifting of its author.
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    Christ has already returned ?

    Strong's Concordance has it thoroughly expanded for edification without bias. G1074 γενεά genea ghen-eh-ah' From (a presumed derivative of) G1085; a generation; by implication an age (the period or the persons): - age, generation, nation, time. Total KJV occurrences: 42 G1085 γένος genos...
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    I don't identify as a "Christian"

    Have you ever researched the original designating of followers of Christ as Christians? Act 11:25-26 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: (26) And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the...
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    Christ has already returned ?

    “Generation” can also mean race or people. In this view, Jesus is assuring that Israel will not disappear before all prophecy is fulfilled.
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    Christ has already returned ?

    No need for you to be rude, @MatthewG 1Th 5:23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Php 1:9-11 And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in...
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    Christ has already returned ?

    This is the point: "This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven." The Book of Revelation calls itself prophecy, and its clearest future prophecies are the visible Second Coming (Rev 1:7; 14:14–20; 16:15; 19:11–21) and the...
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    Christ has already returned ?

    That is textbook equivocation, with non sequitur and strawman fallacies following. It is an error to treat “not of this world” as if it meant: “not located on earth,” “not involving geography,” “not having any physical manifestation.” In John 18:36, kosmos is used ethically, not geographically...
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    Christ has already returned ?

    This is mind numbing for some: Act 1:6-11 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, "Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" (7) And He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. (8) But...
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    If sealed with the HS, how does one become UNsealed ?

    No-one actually saved, sealed, and delivered wants to be unsaved, unsealed, and undelivered, and God doesn't want the latter for them, so it doesn't happen. Read all of Romans 8 if you need to :waves:
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    2000 years later, only Paul has the authority

    Hey Pandas, you wrote that some readers don't understand what is written in I Timothy 3:16. I supplied explanatory notes. Often the problem with comprehension of any writings is the isolating of words, phrases, sentences, and paragraphs from their context. Context is king, it pays to remember.
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    2000 years later, only Paul has the authority

    Paul’s “chief of sinners” and “first to receive mercy” (1 Tim 1:15–16) is humility, not hierarchy Paul is not saying: “I am the first Christian” “I am the only apostle for today” “I am the prototype of a new gospel” He is saying: “If God can save me, He can save anyone.” It is hyperbolic...
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    2000 years later, only Paul has the authority

    Did you sleep during grammar lessons?
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    Does Grace replace the law?

    The Judaisers hated Paul with a passion, and eventually this caused him to disengage from their retinue. Act 18:1-11 After these things Paul departed from Athens and went to Corinth. (2) And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife...
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    Why did Jesus pray to himself?

    The Word made flesh. Same God, different form. Php 2:5-6 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, (6) who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God,
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    Why did Jesus pray to himself?

    Very well written and presented.
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    Why did Jesus pray to himself?

    He didn't. Heb 5:7-8 For Jesus, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong cryings and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard in that He feared, (8) though being a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered.
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    AI Among Us claiming to be Members

    How do I know that your intelligence isn't artificial?
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    Why does mainstream Christianity believe that it's "unorthodox" to teach that Jesus will unite ALL things to himself?

    Hi @RepentingChristian Here's my take on this subject, using God-given resources to rightly portion Scripture ️ 1. “Unite all things” = Cosmic Order Restored Ephesians 1:10 says Christ will “unite all things in Him, things in heaven and things on earth.” Paul is describing the end of...