All this I have read, and I have understood, and I have kept in my heart. Some time ago I was curious about the book of Enoch, whether authentic or not I know not; but I stumbled across a passage in the book of Enoch speaking of "One Like the Son of Man", whom God had elected, and to whom He...
Anger? Maybe you're right but I certainly didn't mean it like that. As I've said, I'm quite new to these kind of discussions. Maybe it's just my zeal that makes it come out that way. I certainly didn't join the forum so that I can make enemies, I was merely interested in other people's views...
in Genesis, it is written:
I'm not that well informed in Greek Mythologies, but couldn't these have been your Herculeses and the likes? Half-man half-god? The book of Enoch actually has more detail on this, but is there any possibility that these people/creatures indeed did exist and were...
I just spotted another "misintepretation" because my Bible says, Psalm 110, A psalm of David. Fact is, you always have an answer for everything, that is the whole point of a debate isn't it?
It's the similar thing that happened, when Jesus was crucified; when they buried Him, it so happened...
I wouldn't know what the Hebrew word for virgin or youth is, I'm not Hebrew, never studied Hebrew, and I doubt that I ever will. If I went as far as trying to find Hebrew meanings I'd get no where. My faith in Christ is about living it, not being a professor or guru, but that His words and His...
So the one that speaks of virgin birth or a Son whose name shall be called Immanuel (which means "God is with us"), doesn't speak of the Messiah?
And David saying, "The Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand..." doesn't? This Messiah whom David called Lord?
I think either way, you won't...
Sorry guys, as you can see, I'm quite new to this. It's not often you come around people who would like to discuss religion so because of this, I get/got carried away a bit.
But I'm glad to share views and I respect every persons' views. And my English may not that good so I may occassionally...
So since you do not believe that Jesus is the Messiah, what do you say about all the signs or the prophecies about Him in the Old Testament that we saw manifest in the New Testament? Here's a few off the top of my head:
1.) That He would be born of a virgin
2.) That He would be born in...
Well in that case, suit yourself Mr. "I know it all". For a "christian", you sure have skipped a lot of verses while doing you "bible thumping". You certainly missed the one that says, "Let no one perceive himself to be wise in his own opinion." You contradict yourself, because how can you say...
Well, is this not what we learn of you in your own writtings? Did you not kill your own prophets? One said, "it is the cycle", but in fact it is the nature of mankind. You, who were not a people at all, whom God Himself made a people for His own glory, and made you like the sand of the sea in...
Yup, spoken like a Jew. Proud in heart and self-righteous according to customs of man. But this is what I understand: that when God said to Abraham, "In your seed all nations of the world will be blessed", He had us gentiles in mind. For you claim to be children of Abraham, but not in faith. I...
I agree though with all of you that, salvation is through the following of the law. but it is also written that love is the one law on which all the laws hang. And Christ is the fullfillment of that Law, that's why we say He is the Messiah. The Jew who had the Torah was found wanting when...
Was Muhammad the Son of God? Did he rise from the dead? Was he crucified? No. When Abraham took Isaac to sacrifice him, was he not foreshadowing the ultimate sacrifice of God? Why would God have asked Abraham to do such a deed if He wasn't trying to communicate some deeper message to us all...
What did David mean when he said:
"The LORD has sworn
And will not relent,
“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”
That this Messiah, would be He through whom the people will appeal to God for mercy. That He stands between God and the people. That no...
He says in the Book,
Matthew 11:
Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Isaiah 2 says:
Now it shall come to pass in the latter days
That the mountain of the LORD’s house
Shall be established on the top of the mountains,
And shall be exalted above the hills;
And all nations shall flow to it.
3 Many people shall come and...
Is Christianity based upon Pagan ideas?
I don't think so; in fact I think that many Pagan ideas are based upon Christian ideas. Why?
A lot of the laws or writtings we find in the Book are either describing to us the nature of things, or shadowing things that are to come and were set so...
I guess so. I don't believe in atheists. There's but one God who made the universe and the people in the world, believer or unbeliever, theists or atheists. Some say they're atheists because they refuse to be subjected to ideas religious institutions normally subject people to. But whether they...