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Well, to answer your question, I would say yes, he was able to prevent the spread of the Gospel to Nineveh. We don't read of any Ninevites actually believing because of Jonah's preaching, right? They repented, by decree of the king of Nineveh, as we read in chapter 3, per Jonah's word... the...

Hmmm… I’m not so sure about that… By “it,” do you mean the resurrection Paul speaks of in Ephesians 2? If so, then do you not understand Paul to be telling living people ~ who haven’t yet physically died ~ that they have been resurrected? Because… he is… So the resurrection he is speaking of...

Not in your case... :) Disagree. :) And it's not an implicit thing, as you seem to imply here; it's quite explicit. And disturbing, from a Christian point of view... And even beyond that, you seem to be implying that they somehow deserve being belittled (as if that could really happen...

Right with you up to this point... No, the 1000 years will be over at this point, else he would not yet have come down from heaven. Right, because they are the ones resurrected to eternal life, but in addition to all who have not been saved, as they are the ones resurrected to judgment...

Right; agreed. She would not know what God said in Genesis 2 otherwise. Agreed. It's a fleshing out of what it means for Satan to be bound from deceiving the nations, and that fleshing out is according to what Jesus says in Matthew 12 and Mark 3. So no, I don't do what you think/say I do...

Now, this is very interesting... I'm going to quote exactly what you quoted, David. I'm not sure what version you're using, but that matters not here. You quoted Jesus (as John did) as saying, "the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice." It says, "the...

I mean, you think I do, that's very clear. :) But that's... okay. :) That's... what I said. Interesting. That's what being his being bound means; Satan is bound, meaning that his power to influence the nations is suppressed. Nobody is "changing words in scripture." At least... not I... :)...

David, all we know is that when Satan is loosed, he is loosed from being bound ~ unable to prevent the spread of the Gospel to the nations. So, all we know is that he will be able to do this. "Billions of people Satan deceives after the thousand years"...? There's nothing in God's Word that...

The bottom line is that God created man with body and spirit united and without sin and in communion with Him. This is the state Adam and then Eve were in before the fall in Genesis 3. And this is the state we will all be in in the new Heaven and new Earth. Grace and peace to all.

Ahhh… Yes, I understood your, um… point. Yes. I did. :) Grace and peace to you, CadyAndZoe.

Okay, I’ll accept that, but it is what it is. The resurrection being specifically spoken of is our spiritual resurrection, Fullness Of The Gentiles. Those who believe in Him are given new life spiritually now because of Christ’s physical resurrection. Paul is not speaking in a figurative or...

Right. So we’re good on that, at least… ;) Hmm, so we’re seated like Christ is seated in the heavenly places, not with Him? I mean, that’s very opposite what Paul says, there. We are seated with Christ in the heavenly places”… those are Paul’s exact words; it is a present reality. But I agree...

Since I would be in the group of people you’re speaking of here, I’ll address this, if I may. :) Even within this group speaking of spiritual death, it is entirely likely that different folks have different understandings of spiritual death, so it really is not possible to make general...

There’s a lot here to address, FOTG, and maybe I’ll get to it here in a bit, but… why didn’t you answer my question (post#330)? :) Grace and peace to you.

Right… I… didn’t say he was… Yes, ours. Ah, he’s assuredly not talking about the event documented by Luke in Acts 1 (Christ’s ascension). He is saying, though, that we have been raised to where He is and seated with Him. And I’m going to ask you the same question I asked Fullness Of The...

Just one thing to… all this… :) Sorry, just having a little good-natured fun with you… :) Okay, so, you say that in Ephesians 2:4-6, Paul, in saying we have been raised, is indeed speaking of a resurrection. And it is we (believers) who have been resurrected. That’s great! I wholeheartedly...

“Only…” As if it is some mere thing… :). when Paul says the natural man is spiritually dead in his sin/trespass, he means is saying he is in a state of spiritual alienation from God. Life is communion with God, and apart from communion with God there is no real life. One can be breathing...

Well, it's encouraging that you say you're not sure. No one is sure of everything, right? :) If they say they are, then that's a good enough reason to... well, stay away from them... :) I don't really know if I'm speaking to what you say here or not, but I am ~ obviously ~ in the...

We disagree. I'm... not even sure I can make sense of what you say here. :) I would rephrase it this way, that the most important resurrection event, other than Christ's physical resurrection (two millennia ago), is the spiritual resurrection of the saints ~ which occurs at some point in...

Great. Okay, sure... Hm. The rest of the mankind, even while physically living, is dead. The are dead in their sin. They are, at any particular point in time, headed toward the second death (and the first, of course, along with everyone else, even us who are in Christ), Right, but we all...