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. The Flood was a miraculous event. Had Noah built the Ark as frail and fragile as a house of cards; God could've easily made it survive. Fortunately Noah didn't have to go on safari to round up his passengers. The Bible says two of each "shall come to you." which implies of course that species...

. ● Rev 13:7-8 . . And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them; and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the...

. In the story told at Luke 16-19-31, the beggar Lazarus died and was carried by angels to the afterlife. Curiously, the rich man's transportation isn't specified. One of the most disturbing scenes I've yet to observe in a Hollywood movie occurs in "GHOST" starring Patrick Swayze and Demi...

. ● Rev 13:5c . . and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. Prophetic months aren't the same as calendar months. Prophetic months are thirty days each; so that forty-two such months add up to 1,260 days, i.e. 3½ prophetic years, e.g. Rev 11:2 & Rev 12:6 Prophetic months...

. ● Rev 13:5a . . And there was given unto the Beast a mouth speaking great things That's pretty much describes the rhetoric of most every politician, viz: promises of a better world under the auspices of their own administrative practices. ● Rev 13:5b . . and blasphemies In this scenario...

. ● Rev 13:4 . . And they worshipped the Dragon which gave power unto the Beast: and they worshipped the Beast, saying: Who is like unto the Beast? Who is able to make war with him? * The Dragon is identified at Rev 12:9 as the Serpent, the Devil, and Satan; so there can be no doubt who this...

. ● Rev 13:8 . . All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast-- all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the world. Jesus wasn't a stand-by paramedic sent to an unexpected train wreck, rather; he was designated, and scheduled, to...

. ● Rev 6:7-8 . .When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say: Come! . . . I looked, and there before me was a pale horse. Its rider was named Death, and hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill...

. I would like it very much if my friends, associates, and loved ones down in Hades were allowed visitor days in the afterlife because after they're transferred to the lake of fire depicted at Rev 20:11-15, I may never get to be with them ever again. Christians are sometimes asked how they can...

. ● Rev 6:5 . . And when He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying: Come! And I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. Scales (a.k.a. balances) were mechanical devices used in the application of commercial weights and...

. ● Rev 6:12 . . I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red Astronomically, that depicts a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse simultaneously; which nature by itself cannot produce due...

. ● Rev 16:12 . . And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. That is curious because in modern warfare; rivers, and even oceans, present no obstacle to military aircraft...

. When I was a developing Christian back in the decade of the 1970's, a radio Bible teacher recommended a book by J. Dwight Pentecost titled "Things To Come" (ISBN 0-310-30890-9) It proved an excellent resource at the time because I was very interested in Israel's future and all the end time...

. ● Rev 16:8-11 . .Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, causing it to scorch everyone with its fire. Everyone was burned by this blast of heat, and they cursed the name of God, who sent all of these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory. . . .Then the fifth angel...

. ● Zech 1:5 . .Where are your forefathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever? My own father is gone, and the great preacher Billy Graham; he's gone too. My favorite rock and roll guitar player during the years I was a teen-ager was Chuck Berry. He's gone. When I was a sophomore in...

. • Rev 8:7 . .The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up. There's quite a bit of destruction depicted...

. Rev 16:17-18 predicts a global earthquake so powerful on the Richter scale that cities all over the world will collapse at once. Something like 2,829 lost their lives when the World Trade Center was demolished by a terrorist attack in 2001. Well that was only a few acres of New York City...

. ● Matt 24:21 . . For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now-- and never to be equaled again. Some of the individual events in the book of Revelation may not seem all that significant by themselves, but when the entire scenario is compiled, the...

. ● 1John 4:10 . . . God loved us when we didn't love Him, and sent His son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. The Greek verb for love in that passage speaks of benevolence sans any particular affection and/or fondness. This is the manner of love we're required to extend to everyone...

. Easter sunrise services are neither prohibited nor required in the New Testament; thus they fall into the category of debatable practices which, for Christ's followers, are regulated by the principles discussed in the 14th chapter of Romans. For example: Jesus and his men drank the fruit of...