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    As mortals how can we ever understand the nature of an infinite God? Even if we live forever into the future we are still created beings...
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    Davidstarr replied to the thread Bible newcomer perplexed.
    I agree. Acts 17:11 is even an example of how some of the early Christians would search the scriptures DAILY to find out if what they...
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    Don't forget #8 Jesus' throne is "for ever and ever". Heb 1:8 "But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a...
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    Davidstarr replied to the thread Bible newcomer perplexed.
    There are several other texts in scripture that show death to be a complete state of non existence. The bible calls it sleeping in the...
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    Zech 7:13 comes to mind - "Therefore it is come to pass, that as He cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear...
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    Davidstarr replied to the thread Rome's challenge..
    Again you ignore verse 4. Taking the 7th day of rest our of the context of verses 1-11 is the ONLY way you can redefine the text to mean...
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    Davidstarr replied to the thread Rome's challenge..
    Just like in verse 4 the text (1-11) is talking about the 7th day sabbath of rest from our 6 day work week.
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    Davidstarr replied to the thread Rome's challenge..
    That's what I have been saying. The original Greek says this rest in Heb 4:1-11 is the 7th day sabbath. Verse 4 identifies this rest as...
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    Davidstarr replied to the thread Rome's challenge..
    woulda, coulda shoulda. irrelevant "Let us labour" (in verse 11) is a phrase from the Greek. It means "endeavor with all our...
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    Davidstarr replied to the thread Bible newcomer perplexed.
    I have said nothing to try to disprove resurrection or judgement or conscious punishment. I believe those things will happen. I have...
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    Davidstarr replied to the thread Rome's challenge..
    I never said Heb 4:4 was a command to keep the 7th day sabbath. You are deliberately being obtuse. I said it shows the context of Heb...
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    Davidstarr replied to the thread Bible newcomer perplexed.
    The dead are in a state of: Perpetual sleep, do not awake - Jer 51:57 Have no thoughts - Psa 146:4 Have no emotions, no knowledge, no...
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    No he doesn't say they are nations already existing on earth . The only references you can give are AFTER the 1000 years are over....
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    Davidstarr replied to the thread Rome's challenge..
    You (like others I have spoken with) keep leaving verse 4 out of the context in Heb 4:1-11. This way you can redefine the entire text to...
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    Nope there are two MAIN resurrections when the dead are brought back to life again. PLUS some special resurrections mentioned in...