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Earl,

I believe it was a physical star, not just a vision given to the Magi. As you properly indicate, Herod would not have seen this star as indicated in Matthew 2:7. This star never appeared to Herod. I believe this star only appeared to a certain group of individuals (Magi?), and the reason I come to this conclusion is from Matthew 2:7 where Herod asks "what time the star appeared," in the Greek text it literally reads "What time of the appearing star."

You might think it's being too technical to be literal, but that's literally how the Greek text reads. It was the appearing and the disappearing star. It is a word that describes what kind of star it was. So literally, in the Greek text, he says "What time of the appearing star?"

I just thought I would share this piece of information with you. I'm not trying to bounce back and forth playing dancing with the stars!

what does this mean?

2 Samuel Chapter 5: 6

Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.

Brother Chris, Did not Christ's blood cover all sins of all the world.

Is there not in the age, we are now in, a FEW being called to the priesthood of God's new kingdom.

The three feast in the OLD, was a shadow, they will be fulfilled in the NEW.

Christ died on passover: FULFILLED

The firstfruits were brought as an offering to the Lord at the Feast of Weeks: being FULFILLED in this age

Romans 11:16 If the FIRSTFRUIT (singular)(Christ as the wave sheaf) be holy, the lump is also holy, and if the root be holy, so also the branches.

1 Corinthians 15:23 But EVERY MAN in his order: Christ the FIRSTFRUITS (plural)(those translated to the likeness of Christ)(made as an offering of righteousness at the feast of weeks); afterwards they that ARE CHRIST'S at his coming (when Christ stands once again in his flesh to JUDGE THE WORLD (the feast of tabernacles, when all rest of the harvest was gathered.

And when Christ has put all things under his feet, GOD WILL BE ALL IN ALL.

I'm not nearly as good at expressing explanations through words as you are, but I know you knowledge of scripture

will compensate for my lack of communication.

God bless you.

How many times will I be forgiving while trying to get myself together ? And what will happen if I'm trying and still don't get it right will I go to hell

Let paul tell us.

keeping mathews 7:13-23. in mind.

philippians 3:1-11. finally, my brethren, rejoice in the lord. to write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.

beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.

for we are the circumcision, which worship god in the spirit, and rejoice in christ jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

"what does it mean to rejoice in christ jesus?

though i might also have confidence in the flesh. if any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, i more:

circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of israel, of the tribe of benjamin, an hebrew of the hebrews; as touching the law, a pharisee;

concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

but what things were gain to me, those i counted loss for christ.

yea doubtless, and i count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of christ jesus my lord: for whom

i have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that i may win christ,

and be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith ( of) christ, the righteousness which is of god by faith:

that i may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

if by any means i might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

philippians 3:12-16.

philippians 3:17-18. brethren, be followers together of me, and

mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.

(for many walk, of whom i have told you often, and now tell you even weeping,

that they are the enemies of the cross of christ:

are these scriptures along with the others i've posted relevant today and everyday all day?

how about everywhere you go?

are they given by inspiration of god, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness?

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In the King James Version there is no incarnation, but here is the definition for incarnation - a person who embodies in the flesh a deity, spirit, or abstract quality. (in Christian theology) the embodiment of God the Son in human flesh as Jesus Christ. John put it this way

John 1: 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2The same was in the beginning with God.

1 John 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

1 John 4:9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

We as christains say the word was manifested in a fleshly form. The word that was spoken to mary was manifested into a flesh and blood as a baby.

God Bless

stay prayed up ready to go up

cowboy

Brother Chris, You can never make the words of God have continuity as long as you believe God is going to send his creation to hell.

The Parable was to the house of Judau, if they didn't understand the gospel they would suffer death, if they understood the gospel they would never see death, but be translated to the likeness of Christ, the kingdom of God.

If the saints are going to judge the world in righteousness, what would be the purpose of that Judgement.

Psalms 94:10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall he not correct? he that teach man knowledge, shall he not know?

Amen and amen BRO. DAN And thank God for this forum .

Brother Chris, man nor anything else can exist without LIFE and there is only one LIFE and that LIFE is Christ.

All creation has CHRIST IN YOU. They believe they have life of and in themselves, their deceived.

If Christ removed himself, man would cease to exist.

Creation's problem is they have no KNOWLEDGE, their void of TRUTH.

Christ came to destroy the works of the devil.

When Christ has put all thing under his feet, God will be ALL IN ALL.

Ephesians 4:6 There is one God and Father of all, and above all, and through all, and IN YOU ALL.

ALL CREATION, but they have no KNOWLEDGE.

Obadiah 1:21 And saviours shall come upon mount ZION to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S.

Isaiah 11:9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the KNOWLEDGE of the Lord, as the ware covers the seas.

Brother Chris You and I and all the elect of God with our brother and Lord, Jesus Christ, are going to CAUSE this to happen when ALL MANKIND is resurrected back to their flesh, and JUDGED by the TRUTH of God's word. And God WILL BE ALL IN ALL.

Earl Scripture for believers is inspiring not a head one up challenge which ends in useless conversation,

so that being said have a nice day peace be unto you.

God bless you

Earl Herod is not going to tell someone to follow something that he didn't believe in that makes

no sense, and the people that were giving him information were sold out religious leaders!

Earl Again you don't read what's written never said physical star, have a nice day. I f you read scripture

the way you read comments it explains a lot.

Brother Rick, if his star was a physical star it would have been visible to all people, Herod would not have ask the wise men to return and tell him where they found the Christ child, he could have followed the star as did the wise men.

Luke 2:9 And when they had heard the king, they departed; and lo, the star, which they say in the east went before them, till it came and stood over where the child was.

I really don't dwell much on this, because either way, It was the WORKS OF GOD.

Amen and Amen Brother Chris!

Brother Rick, I ask you a yes or no question, do you believe the elect are going to judge the world.

You didn't answer my question so I didn't answer yours.

Just reading some of the comments and arguments leads me to believe that Satan is succeeding in spreading confusion around the world and is using SOME that do not even realize they are helping him. Others may intend to do so. The statement says ----in plain words that "No one knows but the Father in heaven when Jesus will return". That's all it says and anything else is merely someone's ASSUMPTION or lie-----which causes confusion.

HI Brother Dan.

Sorry but your comment misses the point.

We ALL Know there's different views.

But all views don't have anything to do with Christian faith.

Infact some views is an offense to the faith.

That's why I posted 2 John 1:10-11.

How do you Interpret that verse?

HERE'S PAUL RESPONSE TO ONE THAT SUPPORTS A WORKS BASED SALVATION.

Galatians 1:6-9.

Galatians 3:1-29.

How do you Interpret this?

And this

Matthew 7:6.

If one is preaching another Gospel How could he be Christian?

There's many views, But one truth.

I certainly don't know it all but I pray to have the courage to apply what little I do know!!

And these verses and many more seems to give value to my point.

God bless.

Earl I ask you to give two specific answers and if what you gave are your answers so be it, still explains

nothing of any profit.

what does incarnation means

Hi Brother Spencer,

Is your interpretation of scripture/doctrine the only correct one? Christians have various views, and many Christians are evolving in their growth in the WORD.

I think this forum is working just fine. Everyone should be able to express their views on scripture as long as it is done in a respectful manner, as is already encouraged, and expressed in the rules of this forum.

God Bless.

Please explain Verse 36

Who is saying this: For he shall give his angels charge over the to keep the in all the ways.

Good Morning Manasseh An interesting thing about Ecclesiastes after everything that is stated about all

Solomon knew and understood in verse 13 of Chapter 12 he ends with Let us hear the conclusion of the

whole matter Fear or respect God and keep his commandments for this is the whole duty of man. Which

Hosea 4:6 if you don't have the knowledge God or disregard it you will be eventually useless.

Hello Manasseh. We welcome all comments centred around God's Word & your question is a very good one.

When we look at both those references you gave, we could see contradictions (as you see also), but then a clearer understanding of them will give us more light. In Ecclesiastes 1:17,18, the author, Solomon, states that he was committed to gaining more wisdom. As a king, this was a very noble thing to desire so that he might rule well & give correct judgements for his people. But in his quest to acquire much wisdom which included learning & understanding what causes men to live foolishly & make wrong decisions in life, he found that his spirit was getting increasingly troubled. So he says, 'in getting wisdom & knowledge comes much sorrow'. Not that there was anything wrong with having more knowledge, but by understanding it better, the sorrows & inconsistencies of life, become more apparent & troubling. So, we have this oft quoted saying, 'ignorance is bliss'. Though not really true, but what it's saying is that 'if you don't know much about life, of people, & life's intricate threads, the less you will burden your mind & heart & fewer will be your pain & sorrows'.

Then in Hosea 4:6, we read, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." If we go back to verse 1, we read this indictment by God against Israel, "there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land." The people were disregarding God, indulging in sins & forgetting His directives to them about their behaviour one towards another. So here, God's people ought to be regarding the Laws He gave them & to show love & respect to one another, but they had forsaken God & His Word to direct them. When that happens, when God's people, then & now, refuse to obey God (i.e. refusing to receive knowledge of what He wants for them), then they will suffer isolation from God. In those days, God's Hand was heavy upon them, today, we will suffer spiritual poverty & feel that God is far from us. Blessings.

Dear all "PAST and MODERN DAY PESTILENCE or PLAGUES".

Soo thru.

I am glad the the Houses of God is filled again. So the plague of viruses have turn some hearths, is it not soo? Ty all for good explanations. Love u all in Christ.

John 1:48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.

Be comforted in the Holy Spirit.

Hi John. No, I don't believe it's right to borrow from your parents, or anyone else, & not pay them back. It can be correct to do so if in the course of that thing being in your possession, that the lender instructs you to not return it back to them. Or, if you do return it & they then give it back to you to keep.

I had one instance of this many years ago; a poor man urgently needed a small amount of money to pay a debt. I knew it was a small amount so even if he defaulted in repaying it, I wouldn't have lost much. After a couple of months, he came back to me with the amount he borrowed, which he had put a little aside from a few week's worth of wages. He was happy to have come back to return the money & I appreciated this poor man's honesty & integrity to do so. He could have easily disappeared from the scene. I thanked him, shook his hand, took the money & then gave the money back to him as a gift. I lost nothing by doing this but wanted him to know that by being upright & honest in his dealings, maybe blessings will sometimes come.

Parents might easily forgive their child's debt to them if the child fails to return the thing lent, but the child will gain more by learning to do the right thing & the parents no doubt will be so happy that their son has indeed learned a valuable lesson as a result of their training him.

Dear Manasseh Dangana on Ecclesiastes 1.

Hoseas task was to explain about the sins of the people, the judgment is fixed and the covenant of God's love is fixed

Ecclleasiastes 1:18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

It is a fact that with wisdom comes responsibility, too know or not too know.

God bless u in Christ may the Holy Spirit lead you to the whole truth.

John 1:48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.

49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.

50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.

51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

Agreed brother Alex. We should finalize this discussion on the relevance of Chanukah seen in other threads. You see it as part of that Old Covenant (which indeed has been done away & replaced by the New). I see it as just a time of remembrance by Israel of what had done for them. I don't consider that this remembrance (Chanukah) has anything to do with the matter of the Law, the sacrifices or the feasts. If it did, I would agree that all that is now done away with & fulfilled in Christ, the Author of the New Covenant & we, who have our hope in Christ, ought not to participate or partake in those festivities. Thank you for your time & GBU.