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Thanks Haidabo. Along these lines of queen inquiry, it is interesting to consider the not fallen queen, the queen who might provide a picture of Christ's spouse. Such a queen would be the queen of Sheba. We read: "And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very...

Thanks Haidabo, for your question about the Queen of Heaven. We read about that term in Jeremiah: "to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. " The idea here in Jeremiah is that Israel has strayed from the Lord. In...

Thanks Gideon300, for your post about the 144,000 of the tribes of Israel, and for your post about Romans 11. The Gentiles who are saved have become a part of the term 'Israel' just as the Jews who are saved are a part of the term Israel. Therefore, all are included in the 144,000, which is a...

Thanks reneweddaybyday for your interesting comments. We are in agreement that the New Heavens in 2 Peter 3:13 is the 'third heaven' that Paul speaks of. We got there with different reasoning, but I enjoyed the scriptures you gave and will take a look at them. Best wishes, birdie

Thanks reneweddaybyday for your comment about there being a third heaven. To me, the term 'third heaven' is not talking about there being 3 heavens. There is a popular theory, which I consider to be simply man's thinking (rather than Bible truth), about there being 3 heavens. However, I see the...

Thanks Marston, for your question. The term 'all things' is an interesting term. For example, we read in the Bible: "According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: " So, it...

Thanks Godsgood, for your question about whether God made man physical or spiritual. "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. " We learn about God in John chapter 4: "God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him...

Thanks Wilson411, for your question. First of all, it is important to note that the opposite of this sort of thing that you mention (the occult and so on) is being saved by Jesus. Those who are saved by Jesus are described with the parable word "clean" in the Bible. Jesus said about the...

Thanks Wilson411, for your question. First of all, it is important to note that the opposite of this sort of thing that you mention (the occult and so on) is being saved by Jesus. Those who are saved by Jesus are described with the parable word "clean" in the Bible. Jesus said about the...

Thanks Robertt. For your question about why God created humans. Isaiah tells us that it is for God's glory, and also so that people would know and believe God and understand that he is the only savior: "I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far...

Thanks rrcn, for your mention of Matthew 24:40. Many persons who hold a 'modern view' of a rapture, consider that the one that is taken goes off to be with the Lord forever, whereas the one that is left faces hell and abandonment. However, it seems to me that this may not be the appropriate...

Thanks JesusIsSovereign for your question about how to understand the book of Revelation in the Bible. Chapters 2 and 3 are messages which people have often thought only pertain to individual church groups who existed in certain places (Ephesus, Smyrna, Thyatira, and so forth, respectively)...

Thanks Beckworth. A good time to ask the Lord if you are unsure. Thanks for chatting, and best wishes.

Thanks Beckworth. You have laid out nicely the approach and reasoning many persons take when thinking of baptism. I appreciate that. I see the word 'water' in the Bible as being a picture of the word of God. So, the word water is talking about God's word and not physical water, in the same way...

Thanks Beckworth, for your kind words. I imagine we have a disagreement about what the word 'baptism' means. It sounds like you are thinking that baptism means to be dunked in physical water or some similar form of physical water expression. I see the term baptism as meaning that someone is...