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A different article on God's Love As created, and therefore, finite people, we are significantly limited in our capacity to comprehend the infinite and eternal Nature of God. Our ability to approach these characteristics is further hindered by sin. To some extent, when contemplating these...

I wrote this article in 2018 for a friend who wanted to know about prayer. John 14 “And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.” Many have laid claim to this passage as a promise from Christ...

You said: "In this verse it refers to Jews forsaking or falling away (departing from) the teachings of Moses. I believe it should be understood similarly in 2 Thess 2:3 as referring to a mass falling away or departure from the faith." The problem as I see it is that departing from the faith is...

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F2F, Jesus came in human flesh so he could die for the sins of the world. I am not sure what you find in Rev 1.18 that is controversial. There are many, many texts that demonstrate that Jesus is deity. There is a book you might want to read that takes the ACRONYM H. A. N. D. S. and shows how...

You directed our attention to the following when discussing the discessio in the Vulgate: discessĭo, ōnis, f. discedo. I. (Very rarely), a separation of married persons, Ter. And. 3, 3, 36; “of the people into parties (with seditio),” Gell. 2, 12: “stellarum et discessiones et...

F2F, I appreciate your giving me feedback on my article. You wrote: This verse carries no weight, if your points 2,3 were true for God is everlasting from everlasting (see the point?). What do you mean? I can't quite figure out what you are saying here. I didn't think points 2,3 were...

Let's take a look a who Christ is (This is an article I wrote in 2016, I had to delete some of it to fit in the 10,000 word limit) Without any introduction, here are the words the Apostle John chose to begin his gospel: EN ARCHi HN hO LOGOS KAI hO LOGOS HN PROS TON QEON KAI QEOS HN hO...

Do you believe in baptismal generation, like the historic Christian Church?

Here's Tommy Ice's comment regarding APOSTASIA meaning departure in old English: The first seven English translations of apostasia all rendered the noun as either “departure” or “departing.” They are as follows: Wycliffe Bible (1384); Tyndale Bible (1526); Coverdale Bible (1535); Cranmer...

A Coming Attraction: Stay Tuned Back in the 1800’s Richard Chenevix Trench, D. D., then Professor of Divinity at King’s College, in London, would often lecture to his students on Greek synonyms. He then compiled his lectures into a book, which was published under the name, SYNONYMS OF THE...

covenantee, Thank you for this clarification. APOSTASIA is used in the CONTEXT of defection, revolt, and apostasy in the majority of uses. But, the word APOSTASIA itself does mean defection, revolt, or apostasy. That is why in every use that I am aware of, APOSTASIA is modified by a phrase such...

Which KJV do the serious students use? The 1611? I hope not because this version has gone through 100s of corrections. Below is an article I wrote many years ago. It is kind of long, but worth the read: (I had to delete some parts so it would fit in here) In this article, I would like to draw...

Let me clarify something. The word APOSTASIA means "departure." It does NOT refer to a PHYSICAL departure or a SPIRITUAL departure. It does not mean rebellion, or the English word apostasy. It only means "departure." I have check a lot of uses of APOSTASIA in the TLG and could not find one use...

You have all heard that the word Rapture does not appear in the Bible. Nothing could be further from the truth. Let me show you the actual words Paul wrote in 1 Thess 4:17: ἔπειτα ἡμεῖς οἱ ζῶντες οἱ περιλειπόμενοι ἅμα σὺν αὐτοῖς ἁρπαγησόμεθα ἐν νεφέλαις εἰς ἀπάντησιν τοῦ κυρίου εἰς ἀέρα· καὶ...

Spiritual Israelite, I would just recommend you reading carefully my original post. Nowhere in Greek literature does APOSTASIA mean rebellion. It can be used in that context, but the lexeme itself does not carry that meaning. That is why I suggested that you read 20 uses of APOSTASIA in...

Tony, The APOSTASIA in and of itself does not refer to a falling away from the faith. In Acts 21 the context is falling away from Moses, but the modification of "falling away from Moses" is given because APOSTASIA does not mean that by itself. You will not find one use of the word APOSTASIA, in...

would like to show you something behind the scenes with the following observation. The debate of the meaning of APOSTASIA in 2 Thes 2:3 must take into consideration 1 Tim 4:1 where Paul uses a verb, not a noun as in 2 Thes 2:3. Here are both verses as Paul wrote them: 2 Thes 2:3 μή τις ὑμᾶς...