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You know, don't take this for more than it's worth, but the road to hell is paved with good intentions (so to speak). :) I think you should dig deeper, Cristo Rei, and you will find that in the Bible, there are a few instances where lies are indeed spoken by various folks (not God), and God...

God only endorses perfection, bbyrd, and that's because He is perfect. As Jesus ~ Who was without sin, and that would include lying ~ said in Matthew 5:48, "your heavenly Father is perfect." So, why not? Because then God would not be God, basically (which is of course not the case). And at...

Well, He was there in the beginning, meaning, obviously, that He was there before the beginning, and there is no specification regarding how long before Creation He was there, and the silence concerning that can be readily understood that He had no beginning. Agree. Agree. Not the Father; the...

No. "You shall not bear false witness" is not a suggestion, it is a commandment. :) That's amounts to a lie, also. She did, but that God brought about good even through it should not in any way be construed as an endorsement by God of lying. No, it wasn't, Lambano. God gave Satan...

So, reformed1689 said, "God did not pay for all sin." This is true in one sense but untrue in another. And I'm pretty sure he/she is well aware of that. It's true in the sense that Christ's atonement was sufficient for the world, but is not true in the sense that Christ's atonement was not...

One of the most theologically in-depth passages in all Scripture is John 1:1. This verse is a Christian gem. It’s a verse you could quickly coast over, yet it’s stunning how much truth is embedded in such a few words: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was...

LOL! I think that depends on what you mean by "learning." :) Welcome aboard, but be careful of fake news perpetuators. Don't be this guy: :) Grace and peace to you.

Partial preterists hold that prophecies such as the destruction of Jerusalem, the Antichrist, the Great Tribulation, and the advent of the Day of the Lord as a "judgment-coming" of Christ were fulfilled circa 70 AD. Amillennialists do not hold this at all. Partial preterists also hold that the...

Why? It's all above... :) Even Farouk pitched in, and admirably so. :) I gave you both... More than once... See above... :) It's all above, really, Ronald. To this one particular thing, where you say to be known by God is to have God intimate with us, I mean, this is fine, and I agree...

Yeah, you think not. I get it. But it does... :) Short and long. To us... :) But with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. Nothing you say matches what Revelation 20 says. So you think. And that's... okay. :) I agree, actually; yeah, that's...

Okay, well then we agree, it seems, that this sinless, deathless reality ~ even Paradise (restored) ~ is in the future. But when it comes, it will have no end. We disagree on the nature of and the timing of God's millennium. As I said to ewq1938 above, God's millennium is described in at...

They are concurrent. These time periods are one and the same: "Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And in this way all Israel will be saved..."...

LOL! No... :) So you think. No, Revelation 20:1-3 corresponds to His first coming and life on earth, Revelation 20:4-6 corresponds to the current church age, and Revelation 20:7-15 correspond to what will be at the end of the age... and then Revelation 21, all things are made new and...

That's actually, from a worldly perspective, regarding the world, true. But yet there is still blessing to be had in it. And Jesus will rectify all that once and for all at the end of the age. He will separate the wheat from the tares. Everlasting joy shall be upon our heads, and we shall...

Ah, you don't want to answer the question... :) Okay, never mind; withdrawn. :) Yeah so you're just talking about worldly things. You're just talking about what you perceive to be a difference between A-mill folks and Post-mill folks, but how do you ~ as a Pre-mill, futurist, post-trib...

Really, the answer to this question is yes. :) Not to be cryptic, of course, but, well, pessimistic about what, and optimistic about what? Grace and peace to you.

We were represented by Adam, the head of the human race. You were, in every sense of the word. He was representative of all of us. Adam was representative of all of us from the time he was created. Well, okay, close, in a sense, but far away in at least a couple of others. :) Grace and...

Disagree wholeheartedly. As a wise man since gone to be with the Lord once told me, time and truth are on the same side. :) LOL! Again, time and truth are on the same side. Grace and peace to you.

Sure, well, both the pre- and post-trib classifications fall under pre-millennialism. The whole pre-mill schema, regardless of sub-classification, is terribly convoluted, which should tell you something. :) PinSeeker. Yes, I know it's correct, which is why I said it. And it was in response...

Right; in no way did I insinuate such. Yes, but the issue is what you think it means to be known by God, Ronald. Not at all. You seem to be avoiding that clear concept. By 'inclination,' Ronald, I mean precisely that it is our nature. Because we are born sinners, because it is our nature...