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Hello David:

I agree with you. I have noticed Dispensationalism has a negative interpretation and understanding. Maybe I will not use the word. I use Dispensation only on what Paul mentioned 4X on his epistles. But I think we have the same understanding. I am happy to have found someone like you. Agape.

Ronnette Matthias was indeed the twelth apostle which makes the apostle Paul number 13 handpicked and called out in due

time by God through Jesus christ. God knew the heart of Paul that he loved God but paul after being born again was 3years

in a desert place away from man for God to teach Him the mystery of the body of Christ then he went to the church in jerusalem

to talk to the leaders their, thats in Galatians 1. When they saw the witness Pauls walk and talk they sent him to the gentiles

to preach the gospel of grace which is what Jesus Christ taught in practice to the Judeans.

This is a mystery at least while Christ was here in the flesh before the Resurrection ( Matt. 24:36). According to 2 Thess. 2:6 the restrainer is removed; then the man of sin can be revealed; hence all the events of the Tribulation commences at that point. This would signify as I can see the Holy Spirit in the way it manifests during the Church Age; also showing how the Holy Ghost is in some ways dependent in its actions to the Father. The Spirit is said to indicate; as John 16:8-11 sin; righteousness and judgment to come; and seals every believer until the Day of Redemption ( Eph. 4:30).

The offices of the Godhead somehow operate in this manner; despite each member being God. The best way I can see this is that God the Father is not able ever to be in the presence of sin without judgment coming from Him directly. There had to be some separation therefore or when Christ died at the cross the whole universe would have ceased to exist the moment He was estranged for that instant from the Father. It would seem the Holy Spirit; since it came from Christ directly at Pentecost has always been the way the Omnipresent Godhead can be within His chosen vessels. Truly; there was always that presence in Old Testament times; as it will be in some ways in the future Tribulation and beyond but the ministry changes. The results of that can be seen contrasting the promises of Matthew 16:18 and the statements of the saints being overcome in Daniel 7:15 etal.

I am stating all this so that verse about the Son of Man not knowing the Day and hour of His return can be better understood.

Christ learning obedience in a self depreciating manner ( Heb. 5:8) while He took on the form of man with all the limitations so He could be our substitute in life and death in every way; being tempted as we are but without sin ( Heb. 4:15) is also unfathomable in our minds. Nonetheless; Christ alerted to us that He comes a day we don't expect. We should be aware of signs; not overcome by fear

Ok. So, God creates by speaking this something into existence which never existed. And obviously when one speaks, the source of their words are the mind. And when God made or makes, it is out of something He previously created into existence. And create and made in action are different. Makes sense. Would you say that though the action be different, the outcome would be the same due to their common purpose, which is "God's will be done."? What I'm perceiving from this then is the words have the same meaning, due to their common purpose. And also, the only difference being God cannot make anything until He creates it.

Thanks for your input.

Hey Linda,

Yes, it is for real, we will not be in these corruptible flesh bodies, 1 Corinthians 15:53.

Revelation 21:1-3 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

Revelation 22:1-4 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: 4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.

I don't think our human minds can comprehend what it will be like, I know I can't.

God bless,

RLW

John 1:51, Luke 24:51, Mark 16:19, Acts 1:2, Acts 1:9, = Jesus was taken up

There appears to be multiple men with that name: Luke 6:16, Acts 15:27,32, John 14:22, Matthew 13:55, Acts 9:11, Acts 15:22, Acts 1:13,

A guy also from Galilee = Acts 5:37,

Matthew 27:5, Matthew 27:4-10,

It's best to study, keep reading, keep studying

Hello Ronnette I am personally not moved or persuaded when discussed dispensationalism because that is mans idea

or meaning of what God did at the time He wanted to do it. You can put there administration of grace which is what it is.

The only time in the History of the world when by confessing Romans 10:9+10 and believing it in your heart that jew or

gentile could be born again of holy spirit and receive christ in them a resurrected spiritual body. Think about it jesus christ

is seated at gods right hand and we have that spiritual body in us. This is not believed because people say its too good to

be true. But in my mind thats how great and big our father is. Lastly look at 1 Corinthians 2:6-8 if the princes of this world

have known what god was going to do on Pentecost they would not have crucified Christ. Why because when he was alive he

was only at one place at a time, now evertime a person gets born again and really believes its christ in them. Thats how great

what we have is. Incredible but thats the truth of Gods Word.

what problem did lazarus have,and what did his sisters do about it- what other bible stories involve these people?

Ronnette I'm convinced if the body of christ the CHURCH OF GOD in the age of grace would walk and believe and

renew our minds to the doctrine reproof and correction of the church epistles and believe Ephesians 4:1-6 it would be

spiritually a new day and time. There were no denominations in the book of acts and what Paul was always spiritually

fighting was unbelief in the body of christ due to people walking by the flesh and picking each other apart instead of

walking 1 corinthians 13. So we endeavor to walk Agapeo which is the highest calling. Love in Christ

Hi Linda The beatitudes list a number attributes or qualities that people need for God to make himself known. Now

to litterally see God i take you togospel of john 1:18 where it says no man hath seen God but His son our saviour hath

made him known. Also in John 4:24 God is spirit thats why His gift when born again is holy spirt.

Dear Micaiah

Some denominations, like the R/Catholics and Eastern Orthodox churches accept those Books in their Biblical canon either as God inspired or just useful for reading. Thats why they are called deuterocanonical, meaning second in order after canonical books. Some accept all of them, others some of them. But there are churches, mainly in the Protestant branch, as well as the Jews themselves, that have rejected them as not inspired by God. GBU

2 PETER 3:8-9

"But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."

Linda,

I believe it is true, as Jesus would not lie. When we die and live in again in eternity, we will be pure of heart because the sin nature will be removed from us. We will see God in Jesus our Savior.

Dan

You and all others that want to project dispensationalism in a bad light say these things only because you read them from somewhere else. You like most others also don't study the position to actually test my doctrine as we are told to in scripture. I do not believe the things you commented on other than the comment on the different gospels. Different gospels is very clear in scripture. Paul says his gospel was a secret. Paul's gospel is Jew and Gentile on equal ground in a new body, something Jesus didn't teach. I teach the Bible literally and I don't need the word dispensation to do that, but its a Bible word no less. All I try to do is show people there is a different way other than tradition to understand the Bible. Most rely on tradition and theologians. I'm not interested in either. I teach the Bible literally. Jesus said he was only sent to Israel and I believe him. please don't tell the readers what you think my doctrine is. Your comments are about the Acts 28 position of dispensationalism. I am not this. I am a Bible believer. I believe the Bible as written, TO WHOM it is written.

Hi Micaiah.

Part 2.

There are some historical problems with 1 and 2 Esdras. In the narrative of 1 Esdras, the reign of the Persian King Artaxerxes incorrectly precedes those of Cyrus the Great (c. 559-529 BC) and Darius I (Darius the Great, 521-486 BC), although some believe this is simply a literary device called "prolepsis" in which a person or event is assigned to an earlier period or represented as if it had already occurred. First Esdras appears in the Septuagint as an expanded book of Ezra, containing four additional chapters. It is an account of King Josiah's reforms and history of the destruction of the temple in 586 BC and chronicles the Jews' return from Babylonian captivity under Zerubbabel. This book was said to be known by Josephus (born AD 38).

Second Esdras was written too late to be included in the Septuagint and, therefore, does not appear within the more prominent canon (Jewish, Protestant, Catholic, or Orthodox). Second Esdras is also known by many other names, making it difficult to track fully. For example, 2 Esdras contains portions known in some circles as 3 Ezra, 4 Ezra, 5 Ezra, and 6 Ezra. The Ethiopian Church considers 4 Ezra to be canonical, whereas the Eastern Armenian Church labels it as 3 Ezra. Further, some scholars believe these books were written by several authors, including some possibly as late as the second century AD.

Second Esdras is often referred to as the Jewish Apocalypse of Ezra and contains seven visions of Ezra dealing with his angst over the pain and suffering inflicted upon Jews by Gentiles. Some scholars believe the book was written shortly after the AD 70 destruction of the temple in Jerusalem during the reign of Emperor Domitian (AD 81-96). While there is a definite tone of sadness in this work, there is consolation regarding ultimate retribution. There are six Messianic references within 2 Esdras.

To add them you would have to eliminate some of the other books we have due to contradictions.

God bless.

Who is the 12th Apostle? Paul is what the Bible indicated. In whose authority? Jesus Christ.

"And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb." Revelation 21:14 KJV

"And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both (1) Peter, and (2) James, and (3) John, and (4) Andrew, (5) Philip, and (6) Thomas, (7) Bartholomew, and (8) Matthew, (9) James the son of Alphaeus, and (10) Simon Zelotes, and (11) Judas the brother of James." Acts 1:13 KJV

The reason I ask this very important question is to prove what truly the Bible said not what men or any religious sect says so. It is also important who is speaking and who has the ultimate authority in the Bible-Jesus Christ- John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. Please understand the order of the Book of Acts.

Strong Facts:

"But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:" Acts 9:15 KJV

(12) "Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)" Galatians 1:1 KJV

"Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity." 1 Timothy 2:7 KJV

"Let his days be few; and let another take his office." Psalms 109:8 KJV

Romans 11:13

For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:

In my own opinion, I found that all other evidence verses are very weak indeed to call Mathias as the chosen apostle.

Weak Facts:

"And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen," Acts 1:24 KJV

"And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles." Acts 1:26 KJV

Ronnette The scripture you gave answers the question, the one came to fulfill all the law to Israel under John the Baptist,

in the gospel of john 16:13 Jesus christ was instructing them on the future about the gift of holy spirit which would guide them

to the all truth that was given to the Apostle paul of the church of the body of christ jew and gentile baptized by one spirit.

Scripturally water baptism isnt necessary for salvation in the grace administration of pentecost, that being said water won't

hurt anybody.

Mae That is in Gods time table when all other scripture is fulfilled.

I want to speaks on the topic moving forward I need bible portions

If a woman marries and her husband died, and she marries his brother and then he died and again she marries his brother and so on. Up in Heaven which brother would be known as her husband. Or would any of them be

Ronnette,

The truth is out! Do you believe the words of Jesus?

This comes direct from the mouth of Jesus. Mark 16:16 "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned."

Do you believe the words of Apostle Peter? Peter speaks directly about when we are baptized we receive God's Holy Spirit! Acts 2:38 "Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost."

So, Jesus tells us we must believe and be baptized to be saved. The Apostle Peter whom Jesus Christ built His Church on told us that when we repent, and get baptized, we receive "the gift of the Holy Ghost". Jesus gets baptized to show us how it is done - with water! Matthew 3:16 "And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:" What is the spirt of God? It is the Holy Spirit!

As a Christian (A Christ Follower) doesn't it just make sense to follow Jesus words and his actions?

The difference between the water baptism of John and the Water Baptism of Jesus Christ, is that we now receive the promise of the Holy Spirit - per Jesus Christ, and per Peter! From the very beginning of The Church water baptism was the requirement, and is still the requirement today. Jesus and all of the original Apostles (including Paul) didn't change the water baptism requirement.

So, now when we follow the above scripture it all ties together and we comply with the instruction from Jesus speaking to us here; John 3:5 "Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God."

If someone thinks that water baptism is no longer required today, they are ignoring the above scripture and the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

GBU

2Peter 3:9,

Zephaniah 1:15, Ezekiel 30:3, Amos 5:18-20,

Matthew 24, Mark 13,

Isaiah 11:3-4,

Hopefully these are helpful

The only way to grow strong in knowledge of who the Godhead ( Romans 1:20) is by reading Gods Word. The Bible.

We are to desire the sincere milk of the Word. Grow up some and add in the Bread of the Word. Lastly to eat the meat of the Word and become even stronger in our faith.

I began in the Gospels because I had a burning desire to know who Jesus is. I saw Him in a vision when I was saved. But I didn't know who He was to me. My appetite for more knowledge grew and grew; the more I found out, the more I wanted to know everything He had for me in this life I live.

We need to know what the Armor of God is. How to put it on. Our Sword is made bigger and sharper, as we grow up in Gods Word_ the Bible Scriptures. Ephesians 6.

When Jesus was fasting 40 days in the Judean Desert, Satan came and tempted Jesus. Jesus fought back and prevailed by using Scriptures. Our enemies are invisible but we know their around by their FRUIT: chaos, depression, suicide, murders, thefts, violence of all kinds.

Angels are invisible too. They serve only God. But if we need help quick we can ask God the Father for angelic help. You see this in the Lords Prayer: deliver us from Evil__. The Body of Christ needs to rightly divide the Word of Truth concerning angels.

We are only helpless until we understand how it works, through the principles laid down in the Lords Prayer. It tells us what we have in Jesus Christ.

Jesus gave us Power and Authority by going to the Cross for us. His Blood is as Holy and powerful as the day he suffered and died for our sins.

We are blood bought children of the Most High God. We need to find out what it means, and use it against Satan and his principalities, powers and evil spirits.

They should fear every day we wake up. The Word in our mouths will make them flee. If we practice sin, they just smirk at us.

Tip: the Holy Spirit likes that Johnny Cash ding: I walk The Line. He sings it with me.

Streetpreacher

Matthew 4:1, Mark 14:38, Luke 8:55, Luke 11:13, Luke 23:46, Luke 24:39, John 3:5,6, John 4:23,24, John 6:63, John 14:17, 1Corinthians 12:3, 1Corinthians 15:45, Galatians 5:16,17, Galatians 5:22-25, Galatians 6:8, Ephesians 1:17, 1Thessalonians 5:23, James 2:26,

Romans 8, Hebrews 4:12,

Warning, 1Timothy 4:1,

1John 4:1-11, 1John 4,

Hopefully these are helpful in your study of your spirit & flesh; (body)

Why should Jesus have to wait for too long before coming back.. Can somebody answer me please...

Hi Micaiah.

Part 1 of ?

The bible consists of several books as you know. Revelation is just one of 66.

I am not sure you can take Revelation 22:19 and use it as a warning for all the other books.

This warning seems to apply to The prophecy of Revelation.

"And if any man shall take away from the WORDS OF THE BOOK OF THIS PROPHECY, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in "THIS BOOK."

Personally I'm not interested in any of the Apocryphal books because I believe the Lord is capable and did preserve his truth/word in these 66 books line upon line, precept upon precept.

However I have researched as you've asked. Here's what I have been able to find.

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What are the books of 1 Esdras and 2 Esdras?

1 Esdras, 2 Esdras

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The books of 1 and 2 Esdras are not part of the biblical canon. First Esdras is part of what is considered the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical scripture. Second Esdras is an apocalyptic work and is considered pseudepigraphal. Except for some Greek Orthodox, Episcopal, or Lutheran Bibles, 1 and 2 Esdras do not appear in most Bibles. Authorship and dating of 1 and 2 Esdras are somewhat problematic, and some scholars place the writing of certain portions of 2 Esdras as late as the 2nd century AD. "Esdras" is another form of the name Ezra, which means "help."

The Roman Catholic Council of Trent in 1546, which officially recognized several books of the Apocrypha, listed "the first book of Esdras, and the second" as part of the biblical canon. However, these are the books we normally call "Ezra" and "Nehemiah" today and are not to be confused with the pseudepigraphal 1 and 2 Esdras (which appeared in the Vulgate as 3 and 4 Esdras).

Please see part 2.

I went through Genesis 1-2 and circled the words of what God was doing at that time: moulded, formed, etc. The rib God took from Adam (he closed Adam up) and made the woman. I was told that in Hebrew, the word WOMAN, means, MAN with a womb.

If you look at male vs female skeletons, you'll see that mens pelvis's are narrower, their legs are double boned-females having single bones, and the bones of the females pelvis, open in childbearing, so the infant can pass through her body.

It's really interesting. God made us perfect. That's why I don't believe God made mistakes as the transsexual say. If you think of the structural differences: leg bones, one less rib, a skeleton that opens during labor.

It's just my observance. I read pretty much everything, look at pictures. It's cool.

Streetpreacher

Micaiah I choose to believe that the scriptures we have now are what God wanted to be preserved for man to know Him and His son Jesus christ and His gift of holy spirit. The actual main subject matter of Gods word is Jesus Christ and everything God did for

man to make sure His Son would be born to redeem us from the power of the adversary. In psalm 138:2 god said He magnified his Word above all His name. I.E. of all of Gods Creation nothing is greater then his word thats because his word spoke all of

creation into existance. So what we have now is what He God wanted.

Acts 1:11 I was always told that the twelve disciples witnessed Jesus Christ ascend to heaven. Then I read this verse carefully

The angels that were there addressed the disciples and said ye men of galilee, judas was not a galilean he was native to the town

kerioth. Another point of interest is judas hanging himself but it wasn't a tree or rope he suicided by sword which is why Gods

word says Acts 1:18 he fell headlong and his bowels gushed out, thats how they suicided in eastern culture. Gods word is alway

right.

You know Chris, I really do appreciate your response. This controversial topic may or may not be solved in our lifetime but at least we can try to discuss in a Godly way. It just open my eyes in another realm of thinking. Some People read all comments to find answers for their own understanding and edifications. I am challenge to find the truth as well and not because history tells us or some prominent men says so or even the Highest Authority on earth says so or even the Law of the land says so. I am here to find what is God telling us based on what is already written only in the KJV of the Bible. I was suspicious to even use this site as my reading Bible site because it appears more of a Catholic site based on the reading materials. Don't get me wrong I have nothing against any people of any religion, for I am against any Religion who shy away or perverted God's truth. Satan is a very skillful deceiver. We do not even know we are deceived because we used our feelings, corruptible filthy fleshy body to respond to any attack from the truth of God. We all need to become aware that we walk and talk in the Spirit of God, the conversation will be pleasing to all, especially God. The weapon we all have in finding truth is Jesus Christ life, death, and resurrection; and that a person is truly saved and indeed received the Holy Spirit. So we let the facts present itself, and we all stand corrected for the sake of many truth seekers, for surely many also will be lead in God's way of truth, not of men words but of God's magnificent words. Then this site truly created to show the gift of grace and bless God's hope of glory. Not any of ourselves, not of works, nothing that any man should boast, but pure gift of God; so many will be saved through faith. I already know that the creator of this site surely will get as many crowns in heaven because this site brought joy/peace, And I will be so happy for that person (or maybe many people created this site). Agape.