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It does not say He would force anyone to repent. He did what was necessary to provide the opportunity for redemption for their sins through repentance. They are all responsible to decide to accept what He did for them or not. You are denying what Acts 3:24-26 clearly says. Acts 3:24 “Indeed...

A "free will" inclination that someone cannot possibly overcome to make any other "choice" but to not repent and believe? Your definition of "free will" makes no sense at all because "free will" implies that a person is fully capable of making a choice between at least two options. In your view...

So, you believe everyone has a legit opportunity to repent and continue living their lives physically, but you don't think everyone has the opportunity to repent unto salvation. It's interesting how you don't bother to clarify what you mean. Why would God only care about people repenting just so...

It's not up to you to decide who is thinking rationally and objective or not. LOL. Who do you think you're kidding with this nonsense? Why can't you just be honest? Why is that so hard for you? I don't. Do you? LOL. He cared enough to put in his input and I cared enough to say it's not his...

You must have forgotten how to read. I'm talking about His body, not His Spirit. Are we waiting for the second BODILY coming of Christ or the second Spiritual coming of Christ?

Why did you say "no gap" when you do believe there is a gap after the middle of the 70th week?

What are you talking about? Is Jesus bodily everywhere at all times? No. He is coming again bodily, so He will bodily leave heaven when that time comes. Why are you (seemingly) not differentiating between His deity and His humanity?

You add a gap between the middle of the 70th week and the second half of the 70th week.

Right. A 490 year time period was given during which all of the things described in Daniel 9;24 had to be fulfilled and during which the covenant referenced in Daniel 9:27 had to be confirmed. There is no basis whatsoever for inserting a gap of time within the 490 years anywhere.

I don't see any reason to see the great city Babylon as referring to a literal, earthly city any more than I think we should understand Babylon as being a literal woman/prostitute even though it is also described that way. I see it as the exact spiritual opposite of the holy city, the new...

This comment illustrates your lack of attention to detail when it comes to how you look at scripture. While it's true that Jesus is the light of the world (John 8:12), I am sure you were thinking of the following verse when you made that comment. John 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the...

Do you understand that the Father and Son do not sit on literal thrones? Scripture says that heaven itself is God's throne. Isaiah 66:1 This is what the Lord says: Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be? Are...

I fully agree! And I don't even need to be a Calvinist in order for that to be the case. :p

Exactly. How can the day of the Lord refer to "an era of time" when Paul clearly said that upon its unexpected arrival as a thief in the night it will bring "sudden destruction" from which unbelievers "shall not escape" (1 Thess 5:2-3)? How does a sudden event turn into an era of time (1,000+...

This is not true. Yes, we allow the NT to shed light on the OT whenever possible because that's a wise thing to do. Who can deny that? Do you not ever do that? But, you act as if we Amils completely ignore the OT. No, we do not. We just make sure that our understanding of it doesn't contradict...

There are several passages in the NT which do not indicate any mortal, unbelieving survivors of Christ's return (Matthew 24:35-39, Luke 17:26-37, 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3, 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10, 2 Peter 3:7,10-12, Revelation 19:17-18) but somehow Zechariah 14 trumps them all? Why wouldn't you...

This is utter nonsense. The day of the Lord and the day of Christ are used synonymously and interchangeably in scripture. 1 Corinthians 1:7 So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: 8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in...

Agree. But, how do we get someone like her, who thinks that the kingdom of God is a different kingdom than the kingdom of heaven and that the day of the Lord, the day of God and the day of Christ are all different days, to understand any of these things? It's virtually impossible.

Who said any of that is part of His kingdom? No one. I know we will inherit the kingdom of God in its fullness bodily when Jesus returns, but do you not think you are in God's kingdom now spiritually? Have you not been born again? John 3:3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see...

Excellent. Well said. The person whose argument you are refuting (destroying) clearly only skims the surface of scripture rather than actually making the effort to dig deeper to find the truth as you clearly have done. It's sad that someone can deny all the mountains of evidence that you are...