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There is no debate...God is indeed willing: 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

If I explain the truth of the passage, saying it is not about Peter but about God the Father, then it is not about me either, nor about you - but only the Father and his being the source of our spiritual blessing in building his Church. Nowhere did I refer to me, but you refer to me and to you...

This is an area of great misunderstanding. It would be best to handle such a relationship by applying the golden rule: Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you. In other words, under the circumstances, being civil is important, being kind, being respectful, being fair...all the...

The first heaven is the heaven wherein this current war is waged. The new heaven is made new again, having no more sorrow and pain and sin or death or evil. It is heaven after the judgement.

Well...that is the common belief, but it's wrong. When we all look back at our lives, we each will say "_____" was the worst thing...and we'll be right, because it's personal. As the apostle Paul said, "each in his own order" (in his own time).

Hard to say... Are you really old? Do you feel ill or anything?

First, it helps to understand what "right now" is. Right now is not a universe unto itself with all the wonders we think we know. No, right now, is a manifestation...a mere image of a reality we have yet to know. We, seemingly, are born into this image, as an author writes a character into a...

Yes, that is exactly what it's like - because, that is what it is. This is a big misunderstanding. In the world we [all] in our own lifetime have tribulation...the greatest of which is personal. So, everything Jesus said is true, just not in the way it is understood. There are wars and rumors of...

It is pretty obvious that Paul was completely up on all the news and happenings surrounding Jesus, and did not believe. Then chronologically, he would have instantly by his supernatural experience come to "know" that he had been all wrong about Jesus, and right then and there he called him Lord...

"You" or "who" is not the object of Jesus' statement, but rather the "key" or "keys" are the object, and the subject is "how" he builds his Church, which he said is by the spirit of the "Father."

Yeah, great point(s). The apostles and even disciples of that time had the Bridegroom, so essentially that means the same thing (as receiving the Holy Spirit). As for Paul, he saw and heard in person and in spirit, making his position more than belief, but rather knowledge obtained first hand.

"I and the Father are One." "If you have seen me, you have seen the Father."

Perhaps, we could here from those who "know" and have experience God first-hand, the way in which they came to "know." For me, it was like Paul on the road to Damascus. But I also know there are those who have come to know God by other miracles, some audibly, some with signs and wonders, and...

Yeah, thanks. This was never meant to be a thread for debating the terms among fellow followers of Christ. But rather, to make the distinction between other competitive "belief" systems - to say that Christianity is the exception, and is backed by "known" facts witnessed first-hand by real...

This is a misunderstanding. You reason with the reasoning of a man, as a man. And just as God is higher than man, so are his ways. What is impossible for men by his own understanding and logic, is possible with God. So, then, if we are told that God is One, and Jesus explains that he and the...

Amen...that is absolutely correct. Convenient how the meaning Peter's name (Simon) is Rock, isn't it? As if to send strong delusion. 2 Thessalonians 2:11

Hmmm... No Sir, it is not the Church who speaks, but the Church that is spoken to. Him who speaks, is the Holy Spirit.

You say that like the clock has not been ticking...and just started. Dude...your time, my time, your grandfather's time - these are the end times, not some grand finale. Has the end not come for those who have gone before us? Of course it has - the end is the end. Our time will come too..."each...

The mistake, is thinking it is a one time grand event. It's not, but rather "each in his own order" (in his own time). And what day and hour in our own lifetime can we not know? Anyone?