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Hm. I don't completely disagree... The rich man in the parable has indisputably died, and the time period of the parable is prior to His return and the "GWT event" you refer to, the final Judgment, executed by Christ Jesus. So the rich man is in Sheol, the figurative realm of the dead, and...

So, back to Revelation 12, again... IN CONCLUSION :)... yes: the 1260 days is the entire inter-advent period. It begins immediately after Christ’s ascension. It continues throughout the period of Satanic assaults on the church, that is, the whole period until the Second Coming. During the...

Regarding Revelation 11:2-3, The 42 month timeframe is a limited time of distress and intense conflict between God’s people and their opponents (13:5). It is also described as 1260 days (11:3; 12:6) or a time, times, and half a time (three and a half years; 12:14). (In a symbolic context like...

Yes. Let me elaborate. :) In Revelation 12:1-6, a woman appears arrayed in cosmic light. The imagery calls to mind Joseph’s dream (Gen. 37:9-10) and the picture of Jerusalem bringing forth the Messiah and His remnant (Mic. 5:3; Isa. 54:1-4; 66:7-13). The Old Testament saints collectively...

The lake of fire is a real place, for sure, but should not be seen as woodenly literal. It is a figurative representation of the place where the unrepentant will be in eternity ~ with the devil and his minions ~ totally immersed in God's judgment, finally rendered at the Judgment, which will be...

Quite the contrary is true. As I said, good works and obedience are the natural result of, once given, the unconditional grace of God unto salvation. Having said that, who is responsible for the working of faith in an individual, Robert Derrick? Who? And who is ultimately responsible for...

I don't think that's the assertion TEXBOW is making, teamventure. Jesus emptied Himself only in the sense that he laid aside for a time His status as the second person of the triune Godhead for the sake of reconciling man to God the Father by His work in the cross and resurrection. So during...

God enables some to choose Him; He has mercy on those whom He will have mercy, compassion upon whom He will have compassion. He changes the heart of those whom He chooses. The heart drives the will. Those whose hearts are changed do not fail to choose Him, because no longer are they dead in...

Obedience proceeds from the heart to which faith has been given. Agreed. The latter precipitates, without fail from the person because of the former. Agreed. But here not so much. :) The heart infused with faith results in obedience. This really makes no sense. In any case, boasting in...

The Lord knows the condition of our hearts because He (for those He purposes to save) is the One (by His will and the work of the Holy Spirit) Who changes it. Our works are the outward result of our having been born again of the Spirit. As Paul says in Ephesians 2, it is by God's grace that we...

1. Do muslims goto Heaven? Yes and no. God saves sinners. He can change hearts regardless of tongue, tribe, or nation, and will... as God the Father wills, because of the work of God the Son on the cross, through the power of God the Holy Spirit. So: Yes, in the sense that anyone can have...

Well yes you do, although you may not think of it in exactly those terms, but you point it out in your very next sentence: "What I do know is that God's call to the world is to believe in His Son..." But He does issue an inward call via His Holy Spirit according to the will of the Father to...

All does mean all, but 'all' can mean every person or only all of a specific group depending on the context. In John 3:17, John is certainly affirming that Christ's sacrifice is sufficient to save all, but he is not implying that it is meant to be effectual for all. It is helpful to focus on...

If you were to change 'should' to 'could,' then I would agree. Yes, if God were to have mercy on everyone, then they would. But He doesn't. He's very clear about that, saying, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, compassion on whom I will have compassion." Will you answer back to God and...

No, Robert Bruno is right; saving faith is the gift of God. As Paul says: "But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ ~ by grace you have been saved ~ and raised us up with him and...

"God foreknew from the beginning of time who would by faith believe and who would not." God's foreknowledge is not mere knowing what will happen in the future. It cannot be, because in that sense, God foreknows everyone and what they will do, whereas Paul, in Romans 8:29, is talking about a...

I'm not sure what a "grace-hater" even is, but I surely don't understand how anyone can be presented with the following scriptural passages and not completely buy the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints (emphasis mine, and this is surely not anywhere close to an exhaustive list): "Truly...

Not nearly in or anywhere close to the same sense as God's commandments. Grace and peace to you, Truther.

And I just can't imagine that you can't imagine, given that you have such a very, um, er... "creative"... imagination... :) Hey, just one thing: the prophets and apostles gave exhortations, not commands. :) Grace and peace to you, Truther.

LOL! Sure, we all need to read the Word of God many times over. "Acts skipper." That's quite funny. You Acts skipper, you. LOL! Well that's kind of the problem; I don't "surmise" what you apparently think I surmise. You're putting words in my mouth, which is... uncool. No, "we folks"...