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Jesus was standing with considerably fewer followers for many in their doubt had deserted him but instead of compromising he then challenged his closest followers: "Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?" John 6:67 If those had also left, Jesus would have walked on alone. There...

What you have proven my friend is that when faith was required, you along with Thomas, fell short.

"Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed." John 20:29 "...The just shall live by faith" Rom 1:17 And then is the "evidence": "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things...

Perhaps as a result of a person's negative faith he will never ever encounter a true prophet during his lifetime: "according to your faith be it unto you".

Thank you, but I really did not take it badly. I do recognize that people understand things differently for different reasons [disagreement?] as well as that they may focus on different things in their own pursuit of God's truth. Only God is always qualified to judge our errors. Sometimes He...

I do hear you my friend, but you do not hear me. You are foolish to say that you know me and act as if you know so well the Way of God because of your experiences, your studies and your knowledge of the scriptures. Don't let what you have received and direction God may have given you cause you...

They are not the same, but God is the same and what happened to the people actually living in the times described in the OT is related to while different than what is happening to us. I was simply trying to convey that while I see in them types and shadows to help us understand where we are and...

The question I would ask would be did God not have a plan which included every "if", "and" or "but"? Was anything created by anyone but Him? Was not everything He created included in His plan? Was anything "there" naturally before God created it and put it "there"? Did God not know before He...

You should know that I do NOT disagree with all you have said and I do understand more of what you said than you seem to think, but you are missing the most important message of our Lord. You certainly do not understand where I am coming from...nor where I am. All the scriptures are dead...

The ones prepared in Exodus for the tabernacle had only two wings, but look at Ezekiel: "This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims. Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of...

Well if the cherubims are angels...? "And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be." Ex 25:20

Every time one receives his/her wings a bell rings [paraphrased from "It's a Wonderful Life"].

But if in spite all of his hypotheticals the scripture contains truth...? "And he is before all things, and by him all things consist." Col 1:17 It seem then that if God could and would die everything else would cease to exist.

"Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it."

"Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God"

Platitudes? I guess you know what that means? Platitudes: "a remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful." And you have effectively said that about what is written in the scriptures. Hmmm? "Empty phrases"? Lots of...

God certainly chooses to call us as He chose to call little Samuel but then we must choose to answer as little Samuel chose to answer. Later God chose Saul to be king of Israel and Saul chose to answer God's call until he later chose to receive rather the praises of men. So Saul gave up his...

If you read my initial post #14 on this topic, I made it clear that I was speaking about two questions posed by the OP. What is it that should be most needful to followers of Jesus: what is going to be happening on and to the larger chunk of earth called planet Earth and those dwelling on it...

Isn't that what I said? "We do not know what it meant to them more than whatever we are able to read in the scriptures.". You read it in the scriptures and then drew a conclusion, did you not? I have seen and heard your conclusion before, but even if I might come to the same conclusion, I am not...

I do understand our differences. Remember that the first Adam was a son of God as per Luke 3:38. However I believe that when he disobeyed God as a dead person he was no longer a son. I don't believe God has any dead sons. I also believe that Jesus is the Tree of Life but who is that really...