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Is this a prophetic fulfillment? Fig tree prophecy Well you did have to ask. You're a nice guy, David, a brother in Christ and I discern that you hope to find agreement with your assertion, but for me the text says it's a Parable. Like other Parables that use everday objects and activities, the...

Weird logic.

This is excellent, @Mayflower Back in 1989 whilst at Ministry Training College our class of 16 developed a protocol for assessing the visions, dreams, impressions, and "prophetic words" amongst us. A little humour helps, and sometimes it was obvious the person receiving the message was the one...

. . . No particular literal fig tree is a marker . . . the meaning is that just as signs of things to come in the natural realm are observable, so signs of things to come in the super-natural realm are also observable. . .

It's a Parable, the purpose of which is to illustrate from "nature" the things of "super-nature". Quote from John Gill's Commentary on Matthew 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree,.... Take a similitude, or comparison from the fig tree, which was a tree well known in Judea; and the...

Yeah, just messing with you Angel. Some typos are fun . . . :rolleyes:

News Flash: All Creation Cursed In Divine Judgment Against Sin. Gen 3:14-19 So the LORD God said to the serpent: "Because you have done this, You are cursed more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you shall go, And you shall eat dust All the days of your...

Has there been a resognation in the USA? We've had a political upset in NZ with our Opposition Party Leader, a professing Christian, getting a vote of no confidence.

Mat 7:21-23 Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. (22) Many will tell me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty...

Indeed calls to endure, and various military analogies do crop up in Paul's epistles. But we can see how Paul is very specifc in his training of Timothy, picking up on things he needed to address, namely being fearful and sensitive to put downs. 1Co 16:9-11 For a great and effective door...

Paul was among the elders that laid hands on Timothy and spoke forth the Will of God as it was revealed concerning him, so mentioned in these three references. 1Ti 1:18 This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may...

. . . And then there are those who think they have secure eternal salvation but discover they don't. Luk 13:27-28 But He will say, 'I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.' (28) There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see...

Yes, the early church had to deal with divisions, and the problem persists. We shouldn't become pessimistic though. The ignore function is a blessing online and conflict avoidance is possible offline, although I must admit my patience does get sorely tested sometimes. A commitment to abide in...

Did you hear about the motion put forward at the AGM of The True Church . . . "that unanimous agreement be reached on everything believed to be true." ? They couldn't unanimously agree on what what was believed to be true about everything because no-one knows that except God.

I find the opposite to be the case, that when it is discovered from the Bible that God allows Satan to corrupt, deceive, and expoit the people He brought into existence, and then exacts revenge in Judgment upon those who remain in His Wrath in spite of His desire for all to be saved through...

Being different from the world is your thread title, so there is a comparison to be made between carrying the Ark of the Covenant the world's way on a new cart knocked together with planks attached to an axle and wheels, or God's Way, on the shoulders of those set apart from the world and...

Conflict with God and His resolution is the theme of the Bible. When the Ark of the Covenant was being carried on "a new cart" (the world's method) instead of with staves on the shoulders of Kohathites (God's method), Uzzah made the mistake of trying to steady it when it seemed necessary, and...

That's not the full story though is it. Thesis + Antithesis = Synthesis

Points to Note: If every preGenesis test model of Creation proves opposition to God's Will is inevitable in all possible configurations, even a 1% redemption rate is better than zero existence for everyone. If the damnation of unregenerate humanity did not earn them the "wages of sin", there...

It is permissible to say you know someone who did something when that person is yourself, especially if identifying yourself would lead to accusations of boasting. Paul has maintained all along that it is foolish to boast of yourself, even though he wants to boast of this event. There follows a...