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Ah, so insulting my intelligence now, which is always kind of a last resort, I guess... You mean "too far"... See what I did there? <smile> Well, I think the discussion would be worthwhile, but fair enough. Yeah disagree. Generally speaking, Paul did not condemn an institution initiated by...

Okay. Yeah, I disagree, but okay. Not sure what this has to do with the price of tea in China, so to speak... What you say here seems non sequitur. but fair enough. And this is another non sequitur to me... Faith, by definition (Hebrews 11:1) is God's assurance of salvation, and conviction...

Hm, I thought you were ignoring me. <chuckles> Oh well, I guess not... Anyhoo, your "answer" here is a total non sequitur... what are you even talking about? ...in addition to being nonsensical. <smile> Grace and peace to you, though.

Nope: "For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so...

<chuckles> Hmmm... Well, I don't disagree, at least not yet... <smile> I think I know, but so as not to put words in your mouth, David, to what are you referring? I'll just say that the "man of lawlessness" Paul speaks of in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 is synonymous with the antichrist that John...

And.... everything God does is for His own glory. I know your point, and I disagree with it. For the reasons cited before and more. <smile> When God commanded first Adam and Eve and later Noah and his wife to "be fruitful and multiply"... Do you think that commandment... covenant...

It could distract one from God, sure, but that says nothing about the institution of marriage itself. Again, God's instituted marriage Himself, so a man and a woman being married is a good thing... and a foretaste of the true marriage of Jesus to His church. Hey, in the same vein... yes, it...

LOL! I can read... and laugh, too. <smile> Paul was talking about the sin of lust, Grailhunter. He said, "To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single, as I am. But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to...

Or any of the apostles, for that matter? Which, if they had in what the wrote in the New Testament, would have really been God... But right. No, Jesus's context there was suddenness, that it would come at once... without warning... sudden. Like a thief in the night... Grace and peace to you...

I... can... <smile> Which... I affirmed... Yes, I agree. Go back and read my post again...? Ah, now this I disagree with. Paul was... pretty specific about the importance (to put it mildly) of marriage and family in Ephesians 5, for example... How would you back this up? MatthewG said...

Fair enough; suit yourself. Okay, great; I'm just wishing you well. Goodness gracious. <wide eyes> Okay... Grace and peace to you.

Agreed... Hm, so the entire New Testament has nothing to do with us today? Wow. Well, I disagree, but okay... That's just you applying your own context to what I'm saying... If you think I think I'm superior to you or anyone else, no, of course not; that's just you being defensive, among...

Ah! Okay, then. Well, fair enough, I guess... <smile> Thanks for your opinion. <smile> Agreed. Grace and peace to you.

Thank you. Absolutely nothing contrary to what I said. <smile> I mean... you might think so, I get that... <smile> Grace and peace to you, Grailhunter.

"...in these last days..." soberxp. There will certainly be a "Last Day," and it will be the day in which Jesus returns, synoymous with "the day of Christ," when all will be brought to completion. And that will happen after "these last days" are concluded. No, they ~ we ~ are promised that He...

Absolutely. But they didn't get it wrong. As the writer of Hebrews said, "Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days He has spoken to us by his Son, Whom He appointed the heir of all things, through whom also He created the world"...

Again, I don't. But just regarding your particular understanding of them. No, not that... <chuckles> Grace and peace to you.

Your meaning, yes. Well, not avoiding, but dismissing. Actually, even 'dismissing' may be too strong a word. It's great that you use these ten dollar words, but the mysteries of God are not un-understandable. <smile> So you think; I get it. Heh, heh. Okay, thanks. <smile> Ah, well...

Right, but true about Scripture it is. Oh wait, Scripture does proclaim itself true. Several times, actually. <smile> Nah. I say you're making the mysteries of God into something they are not. I respect your opinion, though. Hmmmm... No, I'm assuming or even saying nothing of the sort...

Thanks. <smile> Grace and peace!