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Given that the law was for a time and it had weaknesses it is no wonder the writer to the Hebrews makes it clear that the New Covenant is better than the Old...Three more verses Heb 10:1 (1) For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never...

Hi Invisibilis. You ask an excellent question which is part of the ongoing religion versus relationship discussion. The history of Samaria as a place where paganism and ignorance had created a "mongrel" belief system, is noted in these OT verses. 2Ki 17:26-29 (26) Wherefore they spake to the...

I prefer to avoid gnostics and the unscriptural notions they dream up. If there is no solid evidence in Scripture it becomes speculative, not that we can stop people from speculating. Unfortunately many speculators (though not all) claim to have superior knowledge and insight, and adopt a...

Yes, your observation is exactly the kind of edification that we are to bring each other. All of regenerate humanity is named in the holy eternal dwelling place of God, from which unregenerate humanity is excluded along with Satan and his cohort. In contrast to those who rejoice because their...

Hi Webers Home. How odd that you should miss the obvious meaning of the roots of mountains being the depths of the sea. There are many underwater mountains, but the point is that dry land, whether mountainous or not, rises up from the sea. There is nothing in Scripture to sustain the speculation...

Well thanks for your reply, ScottA. A lot has been written and said about this verse but the simple fact remains that lightning falls from the sky or atmospheric heaven, so at very least Satan's description as prince of the power of the air is paralleled here.(see Eph 2:2) However, given the...

Hi ScottA, Can you provide any Scripture references to sustain the belief that evil has occurred in all three heavens, namely the air and sky around earth, the celestial realm of outer space, and the eternal dwelling place of God? It may be that the first act of rebellion against God took place...

I hope it goes well with your teaching, Ezra. I am reading through a very large book called "The New Complete Works of Josephus". Flavius Josephus was a 1st century Jew who was a diplomat, general and historian. With regard to Adam and Eve he says the number of their children, according to the...

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From the context we deduce there was a lot of fruitful multiplying by Adam and Eve and their offspring. We are not told the names of others apart from Cain, Abel, and Seth, but we do know that Adam begat many sons and daughters, not necessarily after Seth, particularly in the case of his...

Hi Hobie. If we were to meet in real time and were able to sit down with a cup of tea or some other refreshment I would raise one big objection to your assertion that the Old and New Covenants are the same. That objection would be that the Bible states otherwise. We learn much about the...

I am a spirit, I have a soul, and I live in a body. While one aspect of me is physical and material, another aspect is mental and intellectual. Added to these I have an emotional and sensitive aspect, as well as a social and associative aspect. In preferable circumstances these aspects overlap...

Keep on praying in the Spirit. Give thanks to God for everything. Seek God's Kingdom above all else, and His righteousness. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. All things work together for good for those who...

Yes. In contrast to the intentions of Satan our adversary, God's intentions for us are evident in His grace towards us. Col 1:13 (13) Who has delivered us from the power of darkness, and has translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

Some of us are heading into our sunset moment...there we really are "Golden Oldies".

Mary, we break bread and remember Christ's death in our gatherings. What are you on about? If you are content to passively pew-sit and be pleb under man's domination that's up to you, but many are not and reject it as having pagan origins. Please do some research on Pagan Christianity and come...

Well, VIJ, I tend to avoid butting heads in Calvinism (No freewill) versus Arminianism (Some freewill) debates which is where discussions about God choosing some and not others tend to gravitate. I'm quoting myself from previous discussions here in a sort of "cut to the chase" answer to your...

Have you had a good look at John 15, VIJ? The biological principle of branches either living or dying depending on whether they receive nourishment is a picture of those who abide in Christ or not. The Gardener deems the dead branches useless as they do not produce fruit and then and only then...

I'm not interested in your question about breaking bread in your meetings, do what you will amongst your own, it's between you and God. The early disciples and early Christians did quite a few things that got them told off, one of them being the pursuit of rank and hierarchy, something Jesus did...

The best thing about being foreknown of God in the intimate eternal sense of His knowing us as those who are redeemed by the blood of the Lamb, is that He has predestined us to be conformed to the image of His Son. Really looking forward to that. Rom 8:29 (29) For whom he did foreknow, he also...