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It's not simply a question of being dead, it's a question of what it means to be dead in trespasses and sins. That is vastly different than simply being ordained to physical death. How is "you" (all of us) "who were dead in trespasses and sins" dead, yet made alive (quickened) through Christ's...

I agree with much of what you've said here, but a question comes to mind. From where can faith to believe Christ for eternal life come from for those who are "dead in trespasses and sins"?

According to you not according to the Apostle Paul who clearly says all people of faith, whether they be Jew or Gentile are the Israel of God. Not an ethnic people, but the people of God.

How can Paul be speaking of an ethnic people when saying all Israel shall be saved, since they are only saved through Gentiles grafted in together with them? That makes "all Israel" all people of faith, not the ethnic nation called Israel. Paul is speaking of the Israel of God that is both Jew...

Yes, Paul is indeed speaking of how believers shall be raised after they have physically died. But what you miss is that Paul is speaking not only of our physical resurrection that shall come when the last trumpet sounds, he also tells us that believers shall at the moment of death depart from...

Yes, I agree His disciples were "this generation" that shall not pass until all these things shall come to pass. They are the beginning of a "chosen generation" and holy nation, the people of God. 1 Peter 2:9-10 (KJV) But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a...

The fig tree symbolizing Israel in unbelief is pretty commonly accepted throughout Christendom. The nation of Israel in unbelief was cursed forever and would never again have life....EXCEPT for the remnant saved according to election of grace. That remnant that was in unbelief when Christ...

How is 1948 when Israel was permitted to return to their homeland proof of life beginning to be seen on the fig tree? Since the fig tree symbolizes Israel in unbelief, why is there no evidence of them beginning to grow in 1948? Surely you don't believe the parable of the fig tree was a symbol...

Yes, which is why Christ says, His Kingdom is NOT now of this world but is within you. IOW Christ ushered in His Kingdom that is not now physical and shall never be on this earth, because His Kingdom is known and entered when we are born again of His Spirit within us. Christ wants us to...

Globalists! Those whose main goal is to bring down the American way of life.

Rather than answer all of your previous reply point by point, I hope you don't mind if I try to explain what I believe the Bible teaches us about our spirit from another path. It seems that our differences in understanding spiritual life may be what is dividing us. First, I don't believe the...

Look up the definition of "breath of life." You'll discover our breath of life is the spirit in mankind. God formed man from the dust of the earth, and breathed into him the breath of life and man became a living soul. That equals body + spirit = living soul. The breath is our intellect...

When reading the description of all that follows with the opening of each seal its hard to imagine they do not represent what has come to pass, what is coming to pass and what shall come to pass since the fall of mankind at creation. For instance it would be hard to prove the seals representing...

I believe the parable of the fig tree beginning to show signs of life began to occur when some of Israel in unbelief heard the message of the Gospel, and by grace through faith believed in Christ for eternal life. The parable was given that the disciples might know that the Kingdom of God was...

If everybody shall be saved there would be no purpose for the lake of fire that is the second death. Why would some need to die twice if all shall be saved?

Aren't you forgetting the purpose for human lineages? Human lineages contain both those who shall be saved as well as the reprobate. If the wicked are destroyed before those coming from the same line who shall be saved, the Kingdom of God will not be complete. The lake of fire is called the...

The life we receive when we believe is called eternal for a reason. Just because our body is destined to die, does not mean that we die, because our spirit lives even though our body dies. Christ knowing that all of humanity is under the curse of death, and that we shall all one day physically...

Have you ever considered that we, who believe, have been saved through Christ's resurrection?

When you say "everyone goes to heaven" are you saying the spirit in every man returns to God in heaven who gave it? Ecclesiastes 12:7 (KJV) Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. Since it is the spirit of everyone that goes to...

I don't disagree! My purpose with the thread is to seek to have better understanding of the spiritual Kingdom of God that Christ came with when He came to earth a man. We enter the Kingdom of God through His Spirit within when we are born again. I believe that's why Scripture says we are...