Recent content by JacobGilbert

No, I was not summarizing you. And no, I was not saying something contrary to your OP. Same argument. Just different wording to see a different angle.

We all need Jesus. That is what the entire Bible points to.

That comparison does not hold. “When you enter the land” is a condition God wrote. It is not a blank you get to fill in whenever a command becomes inconvenient. Those laws waited for the land because God said they waited for the land. After Israel was in the land, the house, the priesthood, and...

You’re mixing two different uses of the word “life.” Deuteronomy 30 already tells you which one Moses meant. Live, multiply, be blessed in the land. Length of days so you can dwell in the land. Deuteronomy 32:47 is the same sentence: this is your life, so you prolong your days in the land. That...

Verse 4 does say we esteemed Him stricken. That part is true. Men called Him a blasphemer. Men passed the death sentence. Nobody sat at the tomb expecting a resurrection. All of that stands. Then the chapter keeps talking. “The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.” “It pleased the...

The old covenant is a contract. Read the terms as written. Deuteronomy 28 does not say, “Keep this and you inherit eternal life.” It says life in the land, children, harvest, health, protection from enemies. That is the payout listed in the document. Later Scripture talks about resurrection...

They came because something in them already knew they were dirty and that God was about to move. John wasn’t offering a new religion. He was standing in the river saying the old one had not been lived. People who still had a conscience walked out there to admit it. It wasn’t a practice run...

yes all of that suffering him losing his family his land his health all of that was from burnt offerings you cracked the code.

No one is saying Job’s suffering was for no reason. It clearly had a reason. The book just never tells us the full “why” or what the deeper purpose was. The point of the book is that we trust God even when we don’t get the explanation.

You’re still doing the same thing Job’s friends did. You’re taking something that is true in the book (Job interceded for his children and later for his friends) and turning it into the full explanation for why he suffered. The book never says that. Job 1:5 shows Job was a godly man who...

You’re right about the first three points. God knows everything. He knew exactly what Satan was planning. He’s all-powerful, so nothing happened to Job without His permission. And God Himself said Job was “a perfect and upright man, one that fears God and turns away from evil.” We can’t just...

Ok so when the master returns who is he returning for? Also why are the ones without oil the ones that are cast out?

Yes exactly, part of our walk with Christ is to to fight daily. The ones that walk away give up and just accept that sinning is just who they are and they don't need to repent or change.

I think the key difference is this Hebrews 10:26–31 is warning about deliberate, ongoing rejection of Christ after clearly knowing the truth, basically trampling on His sacrifice and walking away. That’s apostasy. Romans 7 is Paul describing the normal daily struggle of a real believer who...

Brother, with all due respect, I think you’re the one who’s missing it here. Calling a different reading of Daniel 9 a “grave error of eschatology” and acting like anyone who disagrees is disconnected from sound exegesis is pretty bold, especially when plenty of solid Bible teachers throughout...