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- Here's my original statement from post #4 "as of 2014 there were approximately 1.226 billion Roman Catholics worldwide who were taught that nobody, not even Popes, obtain eternal life until they pass on." Pass on refers to passing away. In other words, Catholics are taught that people...

- The living water that Jesus spoke about with the woman of Samaria, isn't for washing, rather, it is specifically for drinking; and it's benefit is eternal life. ● John 4:11-14 . ."Sir," the woman said, "you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water?"...

- ● John 3:5 . . Jesus answered: Amen, amen, I say to you; no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. It is commonly assumed that the water Christ spoke of in John 3:5 refers to the ritual of Christian baptism. There's no excuse for an error of that magnitude...

- ● Lev 16:30 . . For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you; that you may be clean from all your sins before the LORD. I'm going to deliberately misquote that verse in order to bring out an important point, "For on that day shall the priest make an atonement...

Not all Jews regard that day as festive. Conscientious Jews spend the day in prayer, repentance, fasting, and synagogue. /

- Yom Kippur is not a day to celebrate. It's a day to afflict oneself; which Webster's defines as causing distress so severely as to cause persistent suffering and/or anguish. (Lev 16:29, 16;31, 23;27, and 23:32) The penalty for failure to cause oneself persistent suffering and/or anguish is...

Among Webster's definitions of "nature" are: 1) the way that a person or animal behaves: the character or personality of a person or animal, and 2) the inherent character or basic constitution of a person or thing. About 44 years ago I began to seriously consider my afterlife options. I knew...

- If what you say were true, then Jesus would still be dead. According to Ps 16:8-10, Acts 2:25-31, Matt 12:40, Matt 17:22-23, Mark 9:31, Luke 9:22, and John 2:19-22, Christ did not die without hope. He fully expected to recover. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

- ● Matt 12:40 . . Just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Was Jonah alive in the fish? Yes (Jonah 2:1) The whole time? No. At some point in Jonah's nautical adventure he...

The Greek word for "came" is somewhat ambiguous. It doesn't necessarily indicate arrival but also travel. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

- The "things" are described thusly: ● Luke 24:18-21 . . And He said to them: What things? And they said to Him: The things about Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word in the sight of God and all the people, and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him up to...

- According to Matt 28:1, Mark 16:1-2, Luke 24:1, and John 20;1, a number of women came out to the cemetery on the first day of the week. According to Luke 24:1-23, that day was the third day. (v. 21) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

- The day upon which Christ revived was the one that followed Saturday. ● Matt 28:1 . . After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. The language of that text is somewhat vague but it appears that the women left home at...

- I don't know much about "common idiomatic language" but according to New Testament documentation, Christ recovered during the third day rather than after the third day was over and done with. (Matt 17:22-23, Mark 9:31, Luke 9:22, Luke 24:12-21, Luke 24:41-46, Acts 10:39-41, and 1Cor 15:4)...

- What you've stated might be true for your followers, but not for Christ's. If you think about it for a second or two I think you'll come to the realization that in reality, the only plan of salvation that can have even the slightest possibility of succeeding is one wherein one's performance...

- ● 1Pet 3:15 . . Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. That passage should probably always accompany this next one. ● Rom 8:23-25 . .We ourselves, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly...

- ● Gen 8:3b-4 . . At the end of one hundred and fifty days the waters diminished, so that in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. The Hebrew word for "Ararat" is from 'Ararat (ar-aw-rat') which appears three more times in the...

- Ali's estimated worth at his passing was 50 million dollars; but so what? ● Mark 8:36-37 . . For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? If the Bible has it right; Ali's soul was lost even before he...

- ● John 6:53 . . 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. When I was growing up a young Catholic boy back in the decade of the 1950s, we were given the bread at communion, but never the wine. In other words; in...

Christ's prayer with his Father was an honest conversation; and yours should be too. ● Heb 4:16 . . Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. The Greek word for "boldly" is parrhesia (par-rhay-see'-ah) which means all...