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I don't know what you are saying. Do you seriously think that people who go to hell get a second chance? I really doubt that you believe that. If you are born again and have the Spirit then I am confident that you know that know one in hell gets a second chance. I don't think that the verse...

To know the answer to how it was to be understood I would want to analyze the Greek. But I can't so I depend on experts who can. I think that Karen Jobes has more to say about it than what I posted. #82 I would need to search the Technical commentaries that break down and discuss the Greek...

5They will give an account to the one who stands ready to judge the living and the dead. 6For this reason the gospel was also preached to those who are now dead, so that, although they might be judged in the flesh according to human standards, they might live in the spirit according to God’s...

Maturity is when we can read these helpful books in our journey to discover authorial intent and learn how to make our own decisions on the correct interpretations when there is more than one presented. And still keep reading what else the author has to say on areas we can agree about. Wayne...

I don't think we are arriving at different interpretations. I don't disagree with the points you make about the motivation of Love vs fear. I believe born again Christians don't live in fear of hell. They rejoice that they are saved from it. You haven't actually given an interpretation of...

That is good. You should love God with all your heart, mind, body and strength and this should be your ever waking motivation. However, when Jesus says, to fear him that has the power to cast into hell it was in contrast to the fear of man. They were going to face these choices and Jesus...

It means that to follow Christ requires the faith that is willing to be put to death by men who want to kill you for being a Christian. But if that happens don't be afraid of these men who only have power to kill your body and after that there is nothing that they can do. If you are dealing...

I like to talk about "Truth Streams" that flow throughout the bible. Identifying these is a sure bet that you are hearing what God intended to say to us by giving us the Bible. I realize that many people in the church don't like the word Theology because they define it as something that...

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

I have a book called Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem. It is fun to read and keeps me learning the Word the whole time I read it. I have tried to read Institutes of Christianity by John Calvin. It is supposed to be a Systematic Theology book but it is so full of philosophical reasoning that...

6 And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 7 keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty... The Mercy of God...

100% agree. There might be some allusion to dominions as that also refers to our inheritance, however the interpretations about the four evangelists or a select 24 individuals from Jewish stock would make it mean 26 specific Jews and they sing that they are redeemed out of every tribe...

I like how Karen Jobes has explained it in her commentary on 1 Peter; Part 2 Most contemporary interpreters no longer claim an association between 4: 6 and 3: 19 (Achtemeier 1996: 291; Bandstra 2003: 123; Dalton 1965: 42– 51; Dalton 1979; Davids 1990: 154; J. H. Elliott 2000: 730– 31; Hillyer...

I like how Karen Jobes has explained it in her commentary on 1 Peter; Part 1 The fact that some of those to whom Christ was preached have died is therefore no basis for judging the value of the gospel. God will judge rightly. The Christian dead may have indeed been judged by human standards in...

5Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. 6For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. Using the rule of immediate context I see that...

Yes, I would think there were specific banners related to their tribes that were recognizable. But does the scripture record what they used on their banners? If we use Jacobs blessings and guess that is not authoritative to say that is what was on these banners. If the first descriptions...

I would guess the dark one because it doesn't appear to be looking at me. LOL

glass eye? Is there a story behind that?

That sounds like good stuff. Well if it is true we should be able to find evidence of it in ancient Rabbinical literature. Then we have to date it. I don't know about this but it sounds good. I would want to know when was the first time it was recorded that these were the banners? If it...

2 Peter and Jude have a lot to say about how God has cast some into hell to be reserved until that final judgment of the Lake of Fire. This is another of the great body of scriptures that teach a finality for these in that condition. There is not a ghost of a hint that any of them will escape...