Are you saying that, the purpose of the verse that says "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come", is, to say, to look after your hearts, because, otherwise when Christ comes, they cannot recognize Him?
Watching is not looking at sky. It's looking after your heart.
Philippians 1
9 And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,
10 so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
11 filled with the...
PAUL vs. JESUS: A List of Contradictory and Incompatible Statements
1. On the time of the coming of the Lord:
Paul says:
Rom.13
[12] the night is far gone, the day is at hand.
Jesus says:
Luke.21
[8] Take heed that you are not led astray; for many will come in my name,
saying, . . . `The...
Weren't you just stressing quantity?
If atheists are hated, does that mean we have The Truth?
I observe that Christians are no better at loving
their neighbor than are heathens. In fact, Christians
are the ones helping Israel commit genocide.
There is a difference between: Quantity and Quality.
Remember: 'few' would follow Jesus - Matthew 7:13-14 and MANY would prove false - Matthew 7:21-23
So, as Jesus said 'you would be hated' (Matt. 10:22; Luke21:17) then popularity would Not be the measure of faith.
Rather, having the same...
Please provide scriptures that directly say God is sending the same man Jesus Christ who walked the earth 2000 years ago.
The scriptures clearly say that Jesus' work was finished here and He was no more in the world.
(John 14:19, John 16:10, John 17:4, John 17:11, John 19:30)
There is no...
I don't anything about Baha, please provide scriptures of his Eminent return that directly say God is sending another Messiah other than Jesus Christ. And I personally know of NO Christians who believe anything other name/Spirit/person than the promised Return Of Jesus Christ. ALL are hoping...
Hope you are well, metis.
I’m reminded of something Jesus said to the Pharisees, that they did not “know….the power of God.”
The same God who created life, along with the rest of this magnificent & organized universe, is certainly capable of keeping His words intact throughout the centuries...
No. The plain reading of the Tanakh and the NT refers to prophecies of the words. And the words do exactly as said, they position themselves accordingly.
Prophecy is very plainly speaking the positioning of the words.
Like here is an example to consider:
So here we have three certain words...
Right, 1st Corinthians 15:24-26 ( Jesus' coming Millennium-Long Day ) did Not happen yet.
Jesus will Not come back as a man - John 14:19 - but will govern over Earth from Heaven - Revelation 20:4-6
Under Jesus the global international scope of Matthew 24:14; Acts 1:7-8 was just getting started...
Advanced scientific knowledge in the Bible
The Bible describes the flood. – Gen 6-8
The Bible describes the 6-day recent creation. – Gen 1
The Bible describes the Law of entropy. – Hebrews 1:10-11
The Bible describes the great heat needed to dissolve the universe. – 2 Pet 3
The Bible...
Yes, many bad things happen Not due to human behavior, but often people cause their own problems and for others.
God's priority was as described in the beautiful paradisical Garden of Eden.
Earth was never meant to be a stopping-off place to anywhere else.
When Adam broke God's Law that was as...
Blood ultimately represents Nitrogenous Bases. That is how Rib and Blood are related. The 'Life' is in the Blood...
Leviticus 17:11
"For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an...
There are few rules that you miss.
-The law of the flesh and the law of the spirit
-the sign in the flesh and the sign in the spirit
-faith in the flesh and faith in the spirit
Read:
-Romans 3:19-20 , 8:2-17
-Galatians 3-23-26
The flesh and the Spirit are not only opposed to one another; the...
I was explaining the logic of the silver fig, along with gold apple, and brass pomegranate. They are symbol alignments.
Are you able to follow this line of thought as to how one word means another.
Figs means Stars:
And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her...
I think Jesus was talking about the destruction of Jerusalem, the spirit of truth and some future return. Warning his apostles to get out of Jerusalem without second thoughts when they saw trouble coming was prudent. The destruction of Jerusalem did in fact happen in that generation. I also...
No, I definitely don't think everything recorded in the bible is a completely, word for word, exact recollection of what happened. But when it is repeated in the Bible so many times it's quite clear that the end of the world was in fact expected by Jesus' followers, as well as Jesus himself...
All God's children are Eternal. Could God really be at a Higher Level frying the kids? No!! What are a few wayward kids to a Being capable of creating Universes? I don't see the problem.
What one needs to concentrate on is one's own choices. That is what generates the lessons God sends. People...
I find the wicked are Not eternal - Psalm 37:38; Psalm 92:7; Psalm 104:35; Psalm 145:20; Proverbs 2:21-22
Jesus told us what would be the ' pangs of distress ' as recorded at Matthew 24:6-8 see also Luke21:11
Christian armor is Not carnal but 'spiritual armor' - Ephesians 6:11-17
Christian...
Pangs of Distress??? What is there to be distressed about? God has fixed it all ahead of time for we are all Eternal!!
People sharing their views is part of the system. On the other hand, it is up to each to decide for themselves what the best choices really are. God isn't going to tell anyone...