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A Unicorn is an Indian rhinoceros, not a wild ox. This is how the Jews translated Rheem into Greek 300 years before Christ. The African rhino has two horns, the Indian has one. Linneaus classified them as Rhinoceros Unicornis. Men domesticated wild oxen and used them to farm with, I don't think anyone ever tried that with a rhino. See Job 39. Funny how 'bible scholars' miss the obvious.

Texsis,

There is a place called Hades that Jesus went to for three days and three nights. And in Hades, there were two compartments, as we know from Luke Chapter 16.



The Old Testament saints were there on one side, and those who rejected were on the other side and were in torment.



So Jesus, when He dismissed His Spirit on the cross, He went down and proclaimed the victory. And when He rose from the dead, many of the Old Testament saints appeared, and they revealed themselves to many in Jerusalem.



According to 1 Corinthians Chapter 15, we know that Jesus revealed Himself to people for 40 days. At one time, 500 people, as witnesses to the resurrection of Christ.

This is an important question and one that can change depending on what dispensation you are in in scripture.

Prior to Abram (Abraham) in scripture there was no difference. Everyone was a Gentile or Nation

When God called Abram in Genesis he made several promises to him that you must understand for the Bible to make sense.

At the calling of Abram God put up a middle wall of partition between him and the Gentiles or "the nations"

This middle wall of partition is up throughout the Bible until we get to Ephesians 2.

Our Apostle Paul is the person that explains how the middle wall came down.

Since most of Christianity does not rightly divide the Bible, the middle wall is a doctrine they probably don't know.

The middle wall was a physical wall in the temple that Gentiles could not walk beyond.

This wall was also a spiritual division God put in place.

Gentiles had to go through Israel to get to God. (study proselytes in scripture)

This middle wall is still up in Matt - John and most of Acts. (It's also up in the Hebrew epistles)

At the stoning of Stephen Israel rejected the final opportunity to get their prophesied kingdom and God set them aside in blindness. (See Rom CH 9-11 for this explanation)

Today God is not recognizing Israel spiritually.

God is dealing with the world in grace.

Your references are from Romans, Paul our Apostle's book.

These verses prove God is not recognizing the "seed" or Abrahams seedline as important today, but HE WILL in the future.

God will finish what he started with Israel after he refines them during the tribulation or "Jacobs trouble" (see Isaiah 60-65)

Today there is only 2 groups, the lost (unsaved Jews and Gentiles) and the body of Christ. (Those saved under the gospel of the grace of God.

After the rapture, God will deal again with Israel when his prophetic timetable starts back up.

God finishes everything he promised to Israel after the tribulation when they are ALL saved. ( Rom 11:26)

Today the saved are the Body of Christ.

And the Word became flesh....

Mk 13:28 are we the generation that should not pass. This is a command Now learn the parable of the fig tree.

You are asking good questions, don't stop. Never stop.

Most Christians will never get deep enough to ask these questions.

My advise is to stop spiritualizing the Bible.

I understand most of Christianity spiritualizes many things in the Bible.

Never use a allegorical interpretation unless it is an obvious allegory.

Like Jesus calling himself a "door" is an obvious allegory.

ONE means ONE, as in "1" or a single thing.

I give you one example to help you understand.

Eph 4:5 = one Lord, one faith, one baptism.

Paul says there is ONE BAPTISM.

You can find at least 12 different baptism's in scripture.

Jesus mentions 2 different baptisms in one verse. (Holy Ghost Baptism and Fire Baptism)

Jesus calls his death a baptism. Luke 12:50 (another dry baptism)

These baptisms are dry and don't involve water.

Paul states there is ONE baptism.

He means exactly what he says.

It's not living water or physical water.

Gal 3:27, I Cor 12:13, Eph 1:13-14, Rom 6:1-6

Paul is speaking of Spirit baptism.

Paul says ONE because its the only baptism active today in the age of grace.

Water baptism is the most divisive and argued over doctrine in the body of Christ.

Paul clears up ALL the argument over water baptism in one verse.

He tells us only Spirit baptism is active today. (No water baptism is active today)

If the church would follow their Apostle instead if Israel's program there would be no argument over water baptism.

Paul is the Apostle for the body of Christ.

I can show you over a dozen verses that tell us today to follow Paul.

The Bible is crystal clear that Jesus was ministering to Israel during his earthly ministry. ( Matt 10, 15, Rom 15:8)

The Bible is also clear that Paul was sent by Jesus himself to be the Apostle to the Gentiles.

Follow your Apostle Paul and let the words say what they say.

One baptism means exactly what it says- ONE

Rightly dividing the Bible is the only way the Bible can be properly understood.

Hope this helps

Steve

Luke 23:46. " And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands ( God the Father is in heaven) I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost."

It would be better to not use "Bible Cheat Sheets", but to change the name to something more Christian.

Since the Whore of Babylon is The Roman Papacy in Vatican City, does that mean the 10 kings are ten nations in Europe? And America is the Beast that looks like a lamb but speaks like a dragon? Watching Prophecy come to pass is awe inspiring. His Word is True and Righteous!

I'm 60 years old I think I asked this question once but I forgot I know my Lord Jesus Christ he wins at the end there's no doubt about that part I've asked questions about the devil and his power what he can do what he can't do multiple answers so I know my Lord Jesus Christ wins at the end no doubt about that I know I said that I just want to make sure that you know that I know that so why is let's say our country is so screwed up is that because maybe the Lord gives us the King James Bible instructions and how we should live and maybe since we're not doing what he says because he is our God Lord Jesus Christ he wins at the end and put would be appreciated thank you

Man, not man and women, was created first. Woman was created from the man, for the man.

There is no man/woman single being hermaphrodite in Scripture. They are completely seperate. In creation, purpose, goals/reason for existence.

I believe you are confused because the Genesis account jumps from a general description of Gods creation of everything including "mankind" ( both man, Adam, and eve, woman, to the specifics of their seperate creation, and the fall.

It's considered that, because they are one. Genesis 9:21-27, Leviticus 18:6,7, Leviticus 18:8, Leviticus 18,

Could also mean "his" belonging to, part of, etc.

Hopefully these are helpful

Hebrews 11,

Where does it say Abraham never doubted? Romans 4:19-21,

Romans 4,

Where does it say Abraham doubted GOD? He harkened unto Sarai: Genesis 16,

Titus 1:15, 2Samuel 22:27,

GOD's WORD is true,

Let us be careful to study

Hopefully these are helpful

Dear "SALLY",

if I understand you correctly: It have not being a rapture, and i belive it will not be like in

movie versions now a days. So everyone who is from Jesus' death now and until He returns is simply in the "waiting room" Paradise. And these will then appear on the last day. Luke 23:43 Afterwards we will always be with the Lord.

So help me the Holy Spirit to be on the path that leads me into the arms of God. Amen

God bless u and yours, love u in Christ. Hope you understand what i mean.

Matthew 17:5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

Who and why are they called the two witnesses?

Lord Jesus took Peter, James and John to a high mountain and He was transfigured before them and then Moses and Elijah was talking with Him ( Mat 17:3). These two witnesses had to see the Lord Jesus physically on the earth so when they return to the earth, they will testify about Him ( Rev 11:7) and turn the heart of the fathers to the children and the heart of the children to the father ( Malachi 4:5-6) in the first half of the tribulation period when they will appear on the holy mount. They all witnessed the voice of the heavenly Father speaking to them, that this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased and listen to Him.

These two were the ones who were given the power for the fire to come down, ( 2Kings 1:10) stop the rain, ( 1Kings 17:1) turn the water into blood. ( Exodus 7:20) They are the two candlesticks having the olive branches by their side emptying the golden oil out of themselves for they are the two anointed ones that stand by the Lord Jesus ( Zech 4:11-14) to testify about Him and restore all things as Jesus said. ( Mat 17:11)



Many say that Enoch and Elijah will come again.

They were taken up to heaven and will come back again and then be killed and after three and a half, Spirit of life from God will enter them and then go to heaven. Well in the time of Jesus many died and rose from the dead again, Mary's brother Lazarus ( John 11:43) the widow's son who rose from the coffin, ( Luke 7:15) Dorcas ( Acts 9:40) and the daughter of the synagogue ruler, ( Mark 5:42) yet they also had a second death in their old age. For then Moses and Elijah will die again and be resurrected again for the Spirit of life will enter them and they will go to heaven. ( Rev 11:11-12)

It's OK dear GiGi, don't worry, i didn't get it as an argument, it actually is a topic I always wanted to discuss with all of you and Doug's post was a chance to start with it, but not right now.

GBU

Some teach that based on interpretation of; Isaiah 42:7, 1Peter 3:18-19, Ecclesiastes 4:14-16, Psalms 142:7, Isaiah 53:7-12, Revelation 1:17-18, Matthew 12:38-45, Luke 11:29-32, Ephesians 4:8-10, Psalms 86:13, Acts 2:27,31, Psalms 16:10, but none of these are clearly stated nor defined so. Jonah 2:2,

Luke 16:22-31,

I guess my question is why?

Jesus has all authority: Luke 12:5, Luke 9:1, Mark 1:27, 1Corinthians 15:24, Matthew 28:18, Job 26:6, Psalms 139, Revelation 1:18,

Revelation 20, 2Peter 2:4,

Let's not divide over these issues, James 3:6,

Hopefully these are helpful in your study

Dear "JOURNEE!" i will very gladly serve you with an answer. But do not understand correctly. Can't see it from Ecclesiastes 1 either. Can you try and word yourself a little differently please. God bless u and yours in Jesus name, love u in Christ. Luke 6:17-19

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Much could be written about the differences in John the Baptist's baptism, Jesus' Baptism, & believers' baptism - each one different & specific in meaning & application. Though to your last point: "if someone is in no position to be baptized - God does not hold him accountable". I believe, according to your belief on this matter, that each one is very much accountable to God, for there has to be a water baptism to secure salvation. Why should God make exceptions - if salvation can only come by faith & water baptism, then the absence of even one of those aspects, negates salvation. If a man is breathing his last breaths on a hospital bed & responds in faith to the Spirit's appeal to his heart, he must straightway be baptized, for if he slips into eternity without it, he cannot be saved.

Rather, the fact of believing & being baptized must go hand-in-hand when a sinner converts. This was always done in this way in the NT & always instigated by the minister of the Lord. If a believer is not baptized today, one must ask, 'why did the minister fail in his duty?' The command was given to the disciples to 'go, teach, baptize', not, 'you new believers, hunt around for someone to baptize you': that's absurd & brings the whole meaning of water baptism into question & disrepute.

Unfortunately, many today see no value in being water baptized because the Church has strayed so far away from its normal & proper practise - what they read in the Bible & what's being practised by the Church do not align at all. Baptism becomes an optional extra, whenever the believer is ready to do it. And it was never an option in the Book of Acts - you believed, you were baptized forthwith - because that was the special significance of baptism. I'll stop here & again thanks & GBU brother.

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Hi again brother Giannis & thank you for your reply. I will restrict myself to the main points.

In your initial post, you shared the Scripture, 1 Peter 3:20,21, & I focussed on it, bringing up the matter of water baptism being an act of having a good (or, pure) conscience before God. That is, water baptism is undertaken not for God's benefit, but for man's: that man visibly partakes in identification with the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for him. In so doing, he has not only done what was required by the Lord but also his 'conscience' remains pure & established in his desire to follow his Lord. I was hoping to discuss further on that Scripture, but I see that no one else has pursued it.

Re: Salvation & Works. When I reflect on this, 'works' is anything that has to be added onto faith to make that faith or salvation workable. So, you might have one who wants to make his faith sure by meticulously adhering to acts of kindness, of helping the poor, spending more time in Church & the Word, & so on. Nothing wrong with those acts, but very wrong if they are done to supplement faith, hoping to guarantee God's Acceptance. So, is believing in the Work of the Cross & in Jesus, even responding in love & thankfulness, a work? I believe not. They are heart/spirit responses to acts of mercy & love - those responses do not contribute to the saving Work of Jesus, rather a response to it. Then is saving faith a work? No - it is a Gift of God to effect salvation's work in a sinner. Is obeying the commandments a work? Under OT economy, yes, for by obedience to them, the Jew endeavours to please God & gain His Favour. Under NT economy, if obedience to the commandments is mixed with faith to secure salvation, then that salvation is spurious, not based solely on faith. Likewise, any act added to faith, even water baptism, cannot secure salvation.

Dear "Cindy holman" i think so absolutely! Otherwise, we may live in a world filled with the love of God so that we will never remember the earthly. I miss my dear all the time. My hope is to meet them again in Jesus holy name.

God bless u and yours in Jesus name, love u in Christ. Luke 6:20-23

Hi dear Texsis, there is already a thread to follow here on this topic. Go there please. But in short, after His death, Jesus went to the realm of the dead and freed the prisoners who had gone before.

God bless u in Jesus name, love u in Christ. Luke 6:6-11

Some preach fasting as a command because Jesus said "when, thou fastest" Matthew 6:16-21,

Sometimes people & Church congregations fast for closeness with GOD, to feel HIS presence, & clarity on direction from GOD: Matthew 9:15, Mark 2:19,20, Luke 5:34,35, Ezra 8:21,23, Nehemiah 1:4, Nehemiah 1, (in context.), Daniel 9:2-3, 2Corinthians 6:4,5

Fasting & prayer to help deliver people from sin, addiction, mental illness, demonic oppression, Matthew 17:21, (context) Matthew 17:14-21, Mark 9:17-29,

1Samuel 7:3

1Corinthians 7:3-5,

Fasting for deliverance: 2Chronicles 20:1-30, Esther 4:3,16, in context: Esther 3:8-15, - Esther 4, Daniel 6:12-23, Joel 1:14, Joel 2:12,

Fasting in repentance, sometimes even after GOD's judgement : 1Samuel 7:2-17, 2Samuel 12:7-23, (do you think it was easier to except it because he was fasting? While others were perplexed?) 1Kings 21, note 1Kings 21:27-29, Jonah 3:5-10, Joel 2:15,

Also Isaiah 58,

Jesus fasted an extreme fast: Matthew 4:2,

When it says in: Matthew 10:8, Luke 10:9, Mark 16:17-18, can we do these things without fasting?

I believe there are too many scriptures about power in fasting, direction, deliverance & repentance to think lightly of.

Fasting is submission, Romans 13:7, Luke 20:25, Matthew 17:25-26,

Hopefully these are helpful

Hi.

Humility is the opposite of pride.

God says He resists the proud, but He is always on the side of the humble. "The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way and the perverse mouth I hate" Proverbs 8:13.

John tells us that "the pride of life-is not of the Father but is of the world" ( 1 John 2:16). Where does the pride of life come from? If there is anything that comes from the devil, that is it.

Even our salvation should spoken of with humility, It is something about which to glorify God. It should humble you being you had no part in it.

Paul writes, "Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus" Philippians 2:5.

What kind of mind did He have? Lowliness of mind. He said, "Take my yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle meek] and lowly in heart. Matthew 11:29.

Pride is destroying the testimony of many Christians and has made them ineffective for God. They go in for show and draw people after themselves but they are building nothing more than wood hay and stubble.

Jesus tought a lesson in Humility in John 13:8-15. ( Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.

If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.

For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.)

Matthew 23:11-12. But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. Galatians 5:25-26.

God bless.

John,

I think that if a believer strives to feed the spirit, keep his/her focus on Christ, remain in submission to Christ, that believer does well.

As far as fighting the devil, my thoughts are that we don't have to fight the devil because he's already been defeated. We are told in Ephesians 6:11 to stand against the wiles (schemes) of the devil, not fight, but stand. Why? Because our position is in Christ at the right hand of the throne of God in the spirit realm!

My understanding of 2 Corinthians Chapter 4 is that the entire chapter is talking about ministry.

I have broken this chapter down into 3 Chapter Outlines in my Bible as such:

2 Corinthians 4:1-6 gives us the philosophy of ministry.

2 Corinthians 4:7-15 talks about the plan in ministry.

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 is the perception of ministry.

But you are correct about feeding the spirit and not the flesh. We are to deny our fleshly desires if we want to be disciples of Jesus Christ. Feeding the spirit is what produces growth in the believer. It also shows our love for Christ!

After Jesus died for our sins on the cross, did He go to hell for the 3 days, He was in the tomb, before He resurrected?

ok. that makes sense. I usually try to check the context of the sentence to see if I can figure out the word that was inteneded when I see a mistaken word.

Thanks, Jesse.

Chris,

Thank you, and amen my brother!

GiGi,

I don't know how the word spreader ended up in my reply to you. Please replace it with already. That's what I typed!