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    The "sudden destruction" from which unbelievers "will not escape" on the day of the Lord will be caused by fire coming down on the earth.

    This has become an exercise in futility! I've already addressed Jo 3:3-5 and won't be doing so again!
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    The "sudden destruction" from which unbelievers "will not escape" on the day of the Lord will be caused by fire coming down on the earth.

    I'm not sure from where you are coming to these conclusions. Please show from the Bible where we read that hades, being the place of the dead is in the Kingdom of God.
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    The "sudden destruction" from which unbelievers "will not escape" on the day of the Lord will be caused by fire coming down on the earth.

    What exactly are you asking? The wicked are gathered out of the Kingdom of God by the angels at the end of this age (Mt 13:41). Are you saying they are punished in the Kingdom of God or asking if they will be punished there???
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    The "sudden destruction" from which unbelievers "will not escape" on the day of the Lord will be caused by fire coming down on the earth.

    EXACTLY! The wicked and the righteous are together in the Kingdom of God as it is manifested physically as the church/body/bride of Christ in this world. That's why Christ will send His angels to gather out of HIS KINGDOM, not the world, all things that offend and them that work iniquity...
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    The "sudden destruction" from which unbelievers "will not escape" on the day of the Lord will be caused by fire coming down on the earth.

    Paul plainly tells us that when our natural body dies it is raised a 'spiritual body'! Why? Because there is both a natural body and spiritual body. That's why Paul writes elsewhere that when we are absent from the natural body we are present with the Lord. How? Because after death our...
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    The "sudden destruction" from which unbelievers "will not escape" on the day of the Lord will be caused by fire coming down on the earth.

    How can the wicked be separated from those who are in the Kingdom of God if they are NOT with believers in the Kingdom of God? They are not separated from believers in the WORLD; they are separated from believers who have been born again of the Spirit of Christ who are spiritually in the...
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    The "sudden destruction" from which unbelievers "will not escape" on the day of the Lord will be caused by fire coming down on the earth.

    Prove this from the Word of God! What exactly is a spiritual body in contrast to natural body? It is through the Spirit of Christ within us that our spirit, when we have been born again, is eternally alive with Christ FOREVER! It is our spirit, through the Spirit of Christ in us that shall...
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    The "sudden destruction" from which unbelievers "will not escape" on the day of the Lord will be caused by fire coming down on the earth.

    You're not answering the question! The passage says Christ will send His angels to gather out of His Kingdom all things that offend and them that do iniquity. What and where is the Kingdom of God the Son of man shall send forth His angels to gather out of all things that offend and them which...
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    The "sudden destruction" from which unbelievers "will not escape" on the day of the Lord will be caused by fire coming down on the earth.

    What and where is the Kingdom of God the Son of man shall send forth His angels to gather out of all things that offend and them which do iniquity? Notice the wicked must be severed from among the just, who are called the church and body/bride of Christ. If false professors of faith are not...
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    The "sudden destruction" from which unbelievers "will not escape" on the day of the Lord will be caused by fire coming down on the earth.

    No, that is when we get our immortal/incorruptible body of flesh that shall be made alive through our eternal spirit that God will bring with Him. Because without our eternal spirit giving life to our new immortal/incorruptible body, our flesh profits nothing. 1 Thessalonians 4:14 (KJV) For...
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    The "sudden destruction" from which unbelievers "will not escape" on the day of the Lord will be caused by fire coming down on the earth.

    The only part of born-again Christians dead and buried is natural/physical flesh that is destined to death (forever, if not born again) from the fall. Only the spirit of born-again Christians, as living souls without physical form is with God in paradise (heavenly realm) after our mortal body...
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    THE LAST TRUMP EXPLAINED

    I can see it's a waste of my precious time trying to communicate biblical truths with you! It is you who is picking and choosing certain verses desperately trying to prove how you think or perhaps have been taught this unbiblical doctrine. Simply ignore context??? Not a sound approach for...
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    THE LAST TRUMP EXPLAINED

    Selectively taking verses out of context we can make it appear Scripture supports whatever we might imagine. When we read 1Th in context we find both the physically dead in Christ as well as those who are still physically alive in Christ when He comes again, shall be caught up TOGETHER (when...
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    THE LAST TRUMP EXPLAINED

    Paul writes, "at the LAST trump" which is NOT the first trumpet, the dead in Christ are bodily raised and changed. John doesn't say anything about the bodily resurrection and change that shall come when the last trumpet sounds with the sounding of the first trumpet. John writes that when the...
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    THE LAST TRUMP EXPLAINED

    According to this passage the last trumpet shall begin to sound when "there shall be time no longer." Revelation 10:5-7 (KJV) And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and...
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    The "sudden destruction" from which unbelievers "will not escape" on the day of the Lord will be caused by fire coming down on the earth.

    The GWTJ shall be judging of the DEAD, not the living (see Rev 20:12-15). It is the reward not judgment that is determined according to our faithfulness to Christ in life before we die. Our deeds, whether they be good or evil are judged in life that we might receive reward or condemnation and...
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    The "sudden destruction" from which unbelievers "will not escape" on the day of the Lord will be caused by fire coming down on the earth.

    David, the Kingdom parables speak of the spiritual condition of the church on earth. The church is the representation of the Kingdom of God/Heaven on earth spiritually, not physically. When speaking a parable Christ uses everyday images to convey spiritual truths about people who claim to be...
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    The "sudden destruction" from which unbelievers "will not escape" on the day of the Lord will be caused by fire coming down on the earth.

    The subject here is as you say the Kingdom of God/Heaven. When Christ speaks a parable of the Kingdom of God/Heaven He is not referring to ALL of humanity saying all are of Christ or all are in unbelief. He is giving an analogy of the Kingdom of God/Heaven that spiritually exits on this earth...
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    THE BANNED PROPHET: EXAMINING WHY THE BOOK OF ENOCH WAS PURGED FROM THE CANON

    Yes, around the early first century after the advent of Christ is the appx date the early church fathers determined what books should be included in the Bible. Numerous books, including apocryphal, pseudepigraphal, and Gnostic texts, were excluded from the Bible due to questions of authorship...
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    THE BANNED PROPHET: EXAMINING WHY THE BOOK OF ENOCH WAS PURGED FROM THE CANON

    But they also rejected the writings of Enoch as non-canonical, because of having not been written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.