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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...

Thanks Beckworth, for your comments about baptism, and for noticing the diversity associated with it. In my opinion, people can learn from the many descriptions describing a single type of thing. In my opinion, just because the gospel is described using a number of descriptors in the Bible...

Thanks so much greenonions, for pointing out that the Bible is describing spiritual things by the physical descriptions in the surface text (Psalm 78:1-2, Mark 4:34). The book of Ezekiel was written to a rebellious house in hopes that they might hear. The temple is a picture - a picture of...

Thanks LeeLoving for your question. Paul was saying that he received the gospel, meaning he believed the good news and was saved. The good news is that Jesus defeated death. He defeated death for our sakes, so that death will not be our final sentence, but instead we will live (in Christ, and...

Thanks so much Koberstein, for your comments. It gladdens my heart to see someone who recognizes that the Bible is written in a fashion that has the deeper meaning, a parable meaning, for the physical situation given in a surface text. For example, I see the story of a blind man being healed and...

"Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed."

Thanks LeeLoving, for your comments. Jesus, who knew no sin and was completely without sin, became sin. We read, "For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. " So, Jesus went from being a someone with no sin whatsoever to...

Thanks Hakawaka, for your very good question about what are the reasons that God elects someone to be saved. In my opinion, it does not at all depend on the individual's own greatness, whether that be their own humbleness or generosity or any other seemingly wonderful thing. In fact, in the...

Thanks Robertt, for your question about how long it took Adam to name all the animals. Are you aware that the Bible makes the claim that it is written in parable form? We read about that in Psalm 78: " Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my...

Thanks Intersection, for your question about how can someone be elect before they believe in Jesus. In my opinion, the term 'elect' in the Bible is talking about all those who are the true believers in Christ. I don't see the Bible calling them 'elect' before they are converted to Christ. The...

Thanks Godsgood for your mention of this verse. 'Little children' is a phrase used to describe all true believers. Even in the verse you quoted, we can see that. That is because the verse says that when one is converted they become as 'little children'. Even if they are older than children...