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Marisa,

It is a great comfort knowing that Jesus is with us and on our side of what lies ahead for mankind. We can rest in His power and care for us. This does not mean that we will not have trials nor persecution. He has stated that such will come our way. But we can be assured that He will bring us into the life to come where we will be eternally safe, blessed, and loved by the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. How good it is to be saved! How gracious is our God to bend low to rescue us from sin and evil. How merciful is our God to forgive us our sins and give us eternal life instead of eternal death!

God bless you today, Marisa. It is good to hear from you on this forum.

Hello Jennifer, I hope you are doing well. I pray today that God will strengthen you in all ways.

Dear Father in heaven, how wonderful You are! Your care for us is beyond measure. We thank You for watching over us. Please help Jennifer throughout her day, giving her strength and stamina to accomplish all she needs to do. We ask that You path the way for her to get her errands done without too much busyness going on around her. We ask that You give her a calm and steady mindset as she goes out and about today and that she will not feel too rushed or overwhelmed by her tasks nor people around and about. We ask this of You, Father, in the name of Your Son, Jesus. Amen.

Dear Lisa, I will pray for Garrett today.

Heavenly Father, We Praise You for You are good and merciful. We ask that You will make Garrett free of cancer and therefore that his tests today will show that he is does not have cancer. LORD GOD, bring healing to Garrett for whatever is causing him concern to seek a doctor. We ask this of You Father, in the name of Your Son, Jesus. Amen.

Luke,

With all due respect sir, "Caught up to meet Him" is not called a "fly by." It is what many believers call the rapture of the church. It will not be a bad day for those who believe in the rapture. The bad day will be for those who are left behind!

Are you referring to the apocrypha as pagan books? If so, evidence is needed. I believe that all books in the KJV 1611 are the word of The Most High God

Ed,

I can say with complete confidence that the answer is yes, a murderer can be forgiven. Jesus says all manner of sin can be forgiven, and since murder is sin, it would be included in "all manner." The only sin that a person can never receive forgiveness for is when God sends His Spirit to testify to that person, showing them their sinful state, and their need to be redeemed, their need to surrender their life to Christ, if a person rejects that testimony, they will never be forgiven for that.

In Luke 23:34, when Jesus was on the cross, He said, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." The fulfillment of that prophecy is from Psalm 22:18. But Jesus is saying Father forgive them for they don't know what they're doing. We know in Ephesians 6:12, Paul said that we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against evil spiritual forces in the spirit realm. It is not people. It is Satan using people.

In John 15:18, Jesus said the world hated me so you know the world is going to hate you. And this prayer of Jesus "Father forgive them for they know not what they are doing" was actually answered in Acts Chapter 2, the very first sermon given by Peter after the coming of the Holy Spirit.

Peter said this Jesus (whom you crucified). He is talking to the very people that were there when Jesus was crucified. Were they forgiven? I would say yes because we are told that several thousand souls were saved. The Lord's prayer "Father forgive them for they know not what they do" was answered!

And on Pentecost the gospel was preached and they received the very one that they crucified as their Savior.

Henry

Thank you for your thoughts.

I believe the Bible, every word.

You said,

"In reference to any temptation or provoking remember James 1:13

God can't be

Tempted neither tempts he any man."

I believe James 1:13.

I also believe my Lord when He taught us how to pray saying to our Heavenly Father,

And lead us not into temptation ( Luke 11:4) ( Matthew 6:13)

And when God told Moses He would harden Pharaoh's heart that Pharaoh would not let the children of Israel go( Exodus 10:27)

And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said. ( Exodus 7:13)

The Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart until the destroying angel came and killed all the first born of Egypt.

And the Lord did so to shew his power by Pharaoh. ( Romans 9:17)

Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. ( Romans 9:18)

Henry, why would our Lord tell us to pray to our Heavenly Father saying,

...and lead us not into temptation?

Why would the God of Isreal harden Pharaoh's heart until He destroyed all the first born of Egypt?

If the Lord does not tempt us, how did He harden Pharaoh's heart?

Do you see the contradictions?

Nevertheless, God will have mercy on whom he will have mercy and, whom he will he hardeneth.

Ed. You decide God's word says that king David was man after his own heart

And he is responsible for murdering Uriah Bathsheba's Husband. So biblically

I'd say yes a person can be forgiven for murder.

Revelation 10: Concluding thoughts

Therefore; there is no more holding back judgment (See Jeremiah 15:1 for example). The "plumbline" is drawn ( Amos 7:7-9).

There is a distinct time frame where God says "enough" and Christ is set free with the righteous angels to procure judgment.

We see in the following chapters that in fact He uses Satan by giving him what he always wanted; control over the entire world.

Geographically; he doesn't gain all the territory; but surely with technology and his minions can enforce his mark worldwide through the 10 nations or regional confederacy that rule with him for "one hour". ( Rev. 17:12). It is an interesting sidenote; which I pointed out before about some who fight in the Ezekiel 38 war AGAINST Antichrist. Since one sixth survive it is possible that they did NOT recieve the mark of the Beast and have a chance at surviving into othe Millenium. In Isaiah 49:23 we see kings and queens being "nursing fathers" and mothers as it were (part of that obviously symbolic). In Jeremiah 31:16-17 we see further confirmation of this. This isn't the main point of the passage; but it shows how God may use captivity and even kidnapping to ultimately preserve the lives of children into the Millennium; the alternative being killed in Israel by Antichrist.

We need to see several larger themes here. God is using all this so that FINALLY as Christ is returning the nation will repent; and that in weeping. (see Zechariah 12:12). It seems hard to believe that the nations get it in regard to Christ and God in the sixth seal; and Israel remains blind that long. Romans 11:25 sheds some light on this; in regard to the "fullness of the Gentiles" which could be indicative of the Church Age ending; complete with the Rapture/Resurrections discussed previously.

Altogether; He uses Satan's own planning to draw men to the snare and trap of Armageddon where things come to a swift conclusion. No more delay can occur or no flesh would live ( Matt. 24:22

Revelation 10

There is; no doubt an air of mystery (with a literal use of that word in verse 7 explaining the concept of "time no longer" in verse 6.). Given that we still have literal sequential fulfillments to come; surely it doesn't mean that the law of physics related to time and space are no longer in effect. The 1000 year reign to come surely verifies that fact. The most common explanation is that there is no longer any DELAY for these events to happen (see also Habukkuk 2:3).

The "mystery" here has been explained as the end of the church age; or the Rapture of the Church. I would say that it is better explained as the end of the "firstfruits" that are translated from the earth which actually began with Christ Himself; and a portion that came out of their graves after the Resurrection; those raptured and resurrected before the first seal; the 144,000 and the 2 witnesses. This could include the great multitude martyred who no man can count either. Whether some of these martyrs are lukewarm of the church left behind to be tested doesn't need to be argued here. The basic point is that there are faithful of both the Church Age and after (in the case of the O.T. saints another "dispensation" as it were. It is good not to be too bogged down with dispensational time boundaries; we see those saved by grace throughout history.

What we do see in the next few chapters is a shift to the religious and political nations and the Antichrist directly. Clearly some are hidden; and make it to the 2nd Coming. Once the 2 Prophets are martyred there is no more room for witnessing; and in fact God uses angels to preach as men are greatly scattered and no doubt barely can speak out against Satan's man as the beheadings ramp way up. God hiding His people in the wilderness shows that flight is the best option; and God's Word backs that up. We also notice once we get to the Bowl judgments that no man is able to enter in the Temple in heaven to pray ( Rev. 15:8)

Luke we are living in this world simply b/c the Kingdoms of this world are gonna become the Kingdoms of our lord and his Christ...Revelations 11:15...The Kingdoms of this world have become the Kingdoms of our lord and his Christ and he shall reign for ever and ever....But the Kingdom does not come till the woman births the manchild which is the H.G. THE Children of Promise...That are gonna become as the stars of heaven in multitudes...The Kingdom does not come till the Woman has given birth to the manchild the spirit of truth...Rev.12:10 kjv

......When ISAIAH saw the kingdom coming, he said unto us a child is born...unto us a son is given...Which is the H.G. the Child of Promise... Isaiah 9:6 kjv....An Israel of God...That was the great Promise that Christ wd be multiliplied as the stars of heaven...Thus the sower and his seed sown in the heats of humanity...ok lemme go...Unless you receive the Kingdom of God as a lil Child you will in no wise enter there in....ok Gbu Luke

Ed. The answer to your question is yes and the proof is king David had Urriah

Bathsheba's Husband murdered. Now he paid for the sin by losing the child but

God says He still was a man after His own Heart.

TY so much I'm new trying to get started with help my brother inlaw and wife give to us during bible study weekly

How old is the earth?

I really love this chapter because it really talks about the coming of our Lord and Savior and what is to come on this planet Earth. Let us trust in the lord at all time the lord is with us every step of the way if we believe. Amen God bless

How does Jesus use the immediate examples to explain the kingdom!

When walking through the gates, into the city, describing the needle that the camels go through , we see Him while He is walking and talking to His disciples. As if He see's us who will soon be reading His words! The majesty of His eternal presence found in His words of God. If we seek out the truths that are in it, it becomes a well of water, springing up into eternal life, it just keeps flowing.

With the evidence of who God is, it can be difficult if we depend on ourselves expecting God too do what we expect and want. "With man it is impossible, but with God all things are possible!"

Our flesh constantly looking for or asking another question, that is outside His spirit that must dwell in us. This indwelling miracle, must come from Him, this is the grace found in Him!

Can you see Him walking and talking too you as He turns the next corner?

Remember all things are possible with God! Trust in Him always, waiting and watching!

Repent and be Baptized

Dr. Lyle Lee on Romans 7

Romans 8:3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

Hello Oakley....There has to be an intimacy with Jesus and a seed has to be sown in our hearts....Thats y he has to KNOW us..There cannot be a heavenly birth without an intimacy....He wants to KNOW us...Thats y the sower wants to sow his precious seed in our hearts ....That a Child might be born in us...Which is the H.G. the Child of Promise....As that which is born of the spirit is spirit which is the H.G. our new heart and new spirit...our new innerman....The Kingdom....Unless ya receive the Kingdom of God as a lil Child you will in NO wise enter there in....He had to breathe on them b/f they cd receive the H.G....His breath was his Words his Seeds an intimacy...If he does not know us there will be no fruit unto God as Romans 7:4 says

......Thats y they refer to the H.G. as the Promise,..Simply b/c the H.G. is the multiplication of Christ Jesus via his seed sown in our hearts...The babes and sucklings he mentions which is the H.G. that has to be born in us via his seed..The living WORD.

.....Remember HANNAH ...Said for this Child i prayed and God has granted me my petition....Pray for the gift of the H.G. the Child of PROMISE....Peter was saying being bornagain of an incoruptible seed even by the Words of God that liveth and abideth forever.. 1st Peter 1:23.....And only Jesus can sow that precious seed in our hearts....ok GBU

Uh! The (angels)(celestial bodies)came in unto the (daughters) (of men), and they (bare children) to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown, doesn't do it for ya?

If you have to ask the answer is no. Baptism doesn't save ,it is the outward show that you have repented of your sins and are following Jesus Christ, My experience was a soul cleansing, it was physical ,it was a washing , after I felt a burden had been lifted .True repentance is needed for salvation,Jesus wants us to acknowledge our wrong ,our sin when we are truly sorrowful he will hear our prayers and redeem us.

Luke 10:18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven

19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. (Seal of God) = TRUTH

20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

21 In (that hour) Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.

Revelation 9 IN THAT HOUR

3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

4 And it was commanded them in order that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing,

neither any tree; but ... those men which have not the seal of God upon their foreheads.

If you have the seal = truth, these ScorpiOns are commanded/by GOD to NOT hurt you during (THAT HOUR).

Tempted above what ye may be able to bear.

Revelation 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon (all the world), to try them that dwell upon the earth.

11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

Revelation 2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death

Too bad this gets Misinterpreted:

1 Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

No,

1 John 3:15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

Exodus 20:13 Thou shalt not kill.

11 But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and take his life that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:

12 Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the kinsman avenger of murder, that he may die.

Give us this day our daily bread.

Jesus is called David's Son, Gods Arm. The Father was hiding His presence in heavy darkness on the cross at Calvary that Day, reconciliating with Himself the world.

Jesus, by Faith alone, always kept the closest loving relationship, full submission and self denial towards The Father.

Prior to Jesus's birth, Gabriel anounced to Mary that her son would be saint, meaning blamelessly without sin. Jesus is God's Lamb, without default or blame. Jesus never compromised with satan's mind and principles, even under the most extreme suffering, and instead said: Father forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing. Jesus, as second Adam, was The Begotten Son Of God, and recieved beauty and harmony of body and mind, similar to Adam, without a sinful nature. Jesus vanquished satan's temptations as a man of sorrows just by faith in God. The Messiah, during his entire mission, was dayly assisted by two angels, present at Joseph's tomb on ressurection Day. Jesus didn't experienced a putrid state or body corruption. Jesus died right before sunset at the nith hour, was asleep resting in the tomb during Sabath and ressurrected on the third day right after Sabath. Mary od Magdala was present at the tomb site, very early sunday morning while was stil dark, and Jesus manifested himself to her, after having been assisted by two angels and packed his mortal sheets. Jesus ressurected with a glorious body like we also wil have when He wil come on His second coming in Glory. Jesus said he wasn't a spirit, asked for food and eated it, after ressurection. Jesus said Mary don't delay me for I haven't ascended to my Father. Jesus took care on clarifying the inconscient state of the dead, comparing death as being asleep. Jesus died as Lazarus whom jesus declared being dead. Satan's lie until today is that we don't die.

If we don't die, then why did Jesus came to deliever us from sins condemnation or second death? Jesus declared Lazarus dead, and called him to raise up from death! Amen!

Ecclesiasticus 32:4, in context Ecclesiasticus 32:3,4,5,

During music don't talk too much, there is a time for wisdom

Ecclesiasticus 40:20,

Hopefully these are helpful

Son, Daughter of GOD: John 1:12, 1John 3:1,2, Matthew 5:9, context Matthew 5, Matthew 13:38, John 12:36, Luke 12:32, context Luke 12,

Romans 8:14, in context please read all of Chapter Romans 8, explanation of the answer of your question in detail.

Hopefully these are all helpful

Hi Ed,

Matthew 12:31 says all sin can be forgiven (for those genuinely following Jesus), but someone who commits blasphemy against the Holy Ghost will not be forgiven. I believe this includes absolutely everyone, including Christians. Matthew 7:21.

They seem to be Zechariah 1:8-10, Zechariah 6:2,

Possibly Revelation 6:4, context Revelation 6, & context Zechariah 1,

Please pray for wisdom James 1:5,

They seem to be walking to & fro, Zechariah 1:10,11,

Bay horses are reddish brown, Grizzled- speckled , Zechariah 6:7

2Chronicles 16:9, Zechariah 4:10,

But also Job 1:7, Job 2:2,

Psalms 139, for encouragement

Hopefully these are helpful