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- Here's a passage often utilized by the anti-afterlife people to reinforce their theory that Luke 16:19-31 is a fictional narrative. ● Ps 146:4 . . His spirit goes out, he goes back to the ground; in that day his thoughts do perish. The Hebrew word for "thoughts" in that passage is 'eshtonah...

- As was already stated once before in post #20. the book of Ecclesiastes is philosophical; viz: it's the world's view rather than heaven's view. As was already stated once before in post #20, Jesus Christ's wisdom trumps Solomon's. Though Solomon knew a lot, his knowledge was limited. In...

- ● Luke 16:27-29 . . Then he said: I beg you therefore, father [Abraham] that you would send [Lazarus] to my father's house, for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment. That poor man had no way to contact his surviving kin and let them...

- Nebuchadnezzar's story in the book of Daniel was a real-life event in the life of a real life historical person. Were God to appropriate a real-life event in Abraham's life for a parable, that would be acceptable. But it's totally unthinkable that God would make up an event about Abraham for...

- The Bible says that Christ was restored to life for our justification. (Rom 4:25) The Greek word for justification is dikaiosis (dik-ah'-yo-sis) which essentially means acquittal-- a legal term that can be roughly defined as the act of adjudicating that a person is not guilty. In other words...

- ● Titus 1:2 . . God cannot lie ● Heb 6:18 . . It is impossible for God to lie Were God to appropriate a true-life story about Abraham for a parable, that would be acceptable. But it's totally unthinkable that God would spin fiction about Abraham for a parable because that would be grossly...

- Solomon vs Jesus Christ Back in 2008, a financial crisis called the "housing bubble" collapsed and quite a few people lost their homes, and a whole lot more lost their jobs and their retirement packages. There's a sneaky bubble in the Bible that I've labeled the "Ecclesiastes bubble". Large...

- I think if we let Luke 16:19-31 speak for itself there will be no need for an "interpretation". Luke 16:19-31 is commonly alleged to be a parable; which of course implies that the story is fiction; and some would even say fantasy. But the parable theory has a fatal flaw. Abraham, Moses, and...

- There will be no democracy in Christ's kingdom. ● Ps 2:7-12 . . I will proclaim the decree of Yhvh: . . . He said to me: You are my Son; today I have become your Father. Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession. You will rule them with an...

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- I was working as a welder in a large metal shop located in an old WW2 Kaiser shipyard in Vancouver Washington on the banks of the Columbia River back in 1968, when the blueprint man one day, out of the blue, came by and asked me if I was ready for Christ's return. Well; I had never heard of...

- ● Heb 10:21-23a . . Since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart, in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience Sprinkling was a common ritual in the Old Testament-- sometimes with water...

- By means of the baptism spoken of in post #22, people become naturalized citizens of Christ's kingdom; so that when he returns to rule the world, they will already have a place for themselves in the realm. ● Col 1:12-13 . . Giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the...

- God never sweeps sins under the rug. ● Ex 34:6-7 . . Yhvh, Yhvh God: compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in loving kindness and truth; who keeps loving kindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty...

- The Bible says that Christ was restored to life for our justification. (Rom 4:25) In other words: though his crucifixion was sufficient to obtain forgiveness for people's sins; Christ's crucifixion alone wasn't sufficient to render people innocent. Though pardoned, people would have been...

- ● 1Tim 2:4 . . God our savior; who wills everyone to be saved and to come to knowledge of the truth. Though the will of God is that of a supreme sovereign, it doesn't always get the respect that it deserves because the accomplishment of His will is often thwarted by the rebellious human...

- A portion of the so-called Apostles' reads: "I believe in the resurrection of the body" There's going to be at least two distinctly separate resurrections. There's the first resurrection as per Rev 20:6 and then later on the second resurrection as per Rev 20:11-15. There's quite a bit of...

- ● Gen 2:7 . . Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. Adam's body survived 930 years on just that one serving of life (Gen 5:5). Had he been allowed access to the tree of life, Adam's body...

- ● Matt 16:18 . . The gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against my church. At some time during Jonah's nautical adventure, he went to a place called sheol (Jonah 2:3) which is the Hebrew equivalent of the Greek word haides; translated netherworld in in Matt 16:18. Jonah sited the...

- ● John 6:53 . . Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. The kind of life about which the Lord spoke in that statement is eternal life. ● John 6:54 . .Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my...