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. • Heb 1:3a …The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His being, That verse depicts the Son as a characterization; viz: a tangible representation of something and/or someone intangible. The ramifications of that verse are as disturbing as they are astounding...

. Mary was led to believe that baby Jesus would be hers. • Luke 1:31 . . And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son The Greek word for Mary's conception is the very same word for conception in Luke 1:24 and Luke 1:36 speaking of Elizabeth's baby John. Well; I have even...

. Eve was made with material taken from Adam's body rather than from the dust as his body was made. So then, Eve was the beginning of Adam's biological posterity. From thence; every human being that ever descended from Eve is biologically related to Adam the same as she was. Now, unless...

. Jesus is often claimed to be a self-existent eternal being right from his mother's womb, but no, he wasn't. The Word of John 1:1 had to give all that up as the flesh of John 1:14; and the wording of his prayer in the 17th of John shows him praying to have his pre-human divine characteristics...

. This is off the subject but I think it's something that needs saying from time to time. Internet forums have given many of Christ's obscure followers a convenient venue for sharing their time-won knowledge and experience with a worldwide audience. For the world's sake, I highly recommend...

. Jesus and the other two guys were discussing his impending demise (Luke 9:30-31). I strongly suspect that Peter and his friends overheard their conversation. _

. • John 1:14 . . So the Word became human and lived here on earth among us. Most Christians readily attest that Jesus (a.k.a. Y'shua) is both God and Man, but typically without knowing why he's God, nor knowing how he obtained divine status. Well; the thing is; Jesus could not be a high priest...

. • Rev 22:16 . . I am the offspring of David The Greek word translated "offspring" is genos (ghen'-os) which basically refers to kin, viz: one's relatives. Christ's relationship with David gets down to the nitty-gritty in Rom 1:1-3 where it says: "Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the...

. • Matt 17:9 . . And as they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying: Tell the vision to no one until the Son of Man has risen from the dead. The Greek word translated "vision" is basically a spectacle which may, or may not, be a tangible reality; e.g. Acts 16:9-10...

. Re: For those who think Jesus is God - Why is that important? • Ps 110:4 . .The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind; "You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek." High priests are taken from among men. (Heb 5:1) So then we can be reasonably certain that...

. • Heb 6:4-6 . . For it is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age, if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance, because...

. It's commonly proposed that the five unwise girls were stupid for not bringing along enough oil for their light sources. That may be true, but I rather feel that their stupidity was scarcely related to the oil and mostly related to abandoning their posts. Had they stuck to their guns (so to...

. • Ps 110:4 . .The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind; "You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek." On the page of scripture, Mel had neither father nor mother,. And as far as the Bible is concerned, he produced no descendants to follow in his footsteps. The thing...

. Some believe Jesus is Adam's biological progeny, others do not believe he is Adam's biological progeny. Some believe Mary was Jesus' biological mother, others believe she was his surrogate mother. Some believe Jesus was born divine, others believe his divinity came later. _

. Most Christians readily attest that Jesus is fully God and fully Man, while in reality they believe that he's some sort of divine hominid because real men are not eternal beings. Real men got their start with Adam on the sixth day of creation. While true that the Word spoken of by John...

. Well, since my baby left me, I found a new place to dwell. It's down at the end of Lonely Street at Heartbreak Hotel. Although it's always crowded, You still can find some room For broken-hearted lovers To cry there in their gloom. That song, by Elvis Presley back in 1956, was very popular...

. • Heb 2:9 …But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. Most Christians will readily attest that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully Man; while in...

. • John 10:34 . . Jesus answered them: Is it not written in your law; "I have said you are gods" • Ps 82:1-6 . . God presides in the great assembly; He gives judgment among the gods . . . I said; "You are gods" The Hebew word translated "gods" in that Psalm is 'elohiym (el-o-heem') the very...

. Although church attendance is oftentimes thought of as worship, in reality it's not quite. • John 4:21 . . Jesus declared: Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. * Jerusalem is the Temple site-- the very hub of worship...

. The Bible's writers have exercised a great deal of care tracing Christ's biological ancestry to Adam and Eve, and yet there are actually folks out there who honestly believe they can sweep all that tracing aside by quoting 1Cor 15:45. • Rom 1:1-3 . . Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of...