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Jesus is not going to contradict what he taught about the finality of hell and he did teach a lot about it. The statement about the Keys of death and hell needs to be analyzed to find out what it means. I don't think there is anything about these keys that suggest that anyone in the...

Why do they look? Probably like what you expect in a courtroom judgment scene. A declaration that their works reveal they deserve this judgment and the fact that they rejected their opportunities to repent and be added to the book of life is made loud and clear that they missed that grace that...

Old Testament Survey and New Testament Survey books are very helpful in this regard. I used to think negative about them because of the name. I was ignorant and thought they were just giving people brief information about each book of the bible. Boy was I wrong. They bridge that gap of...

Yes. Those that were disobedient while the Ark was preparing in the patience of God. They did not take advantage of that preaching from Noah and repent and so they were killed and reserved in prison of hell until the final judgment. They were preached to by Christ in the sense that Noah was...

I am taught by others who present a good case for their interpretations using rules of hermeneutics almost daily as I study using many bible helps, commentaries and references. It would be foolish to hold on to a view that I had that was proved wrong by these agreed upon rules of...

If it ended at 19 maybe. But it says 20who in the past were disobedient, when God patiently waited in the days of Noah while the ark was being prepared.

This is a good one. I lean toward it being a cultural custom he uses to make a rhetorical point but not a Christian custom or any kind of NT command because of this... for her hair is given her for a covering. 16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the...

In my observation when the interpretation is wrong the person doing it does not know what the word hermeneutics means and they get irritated when you use that word. So I have concluded that most of the errors these people make is because they don't follow rules of interpretations and one who...

I think that the context would lead one to consider having been killed for their faith suffering from the judgments of the wicked men who put them to death. I could be wrong but that is what comes to my mine when I first read it. I haven't really considered other interpretations before today...

Yes I agree with that in the context of John 5 he is talking about being born again. Like hearing the Gospel and the teachings of Christ and believing it and being given life. And yet I also do think there is the prophetic application of the resurrection from the dead. That which we see an...

What about this mysterious passage. If they appeared to people in Jerusalem and were recognized then that would mean they were holy people who had recently died. Maybe the were raised from their sleep in the way that Lazarus was. Maybe that is all that it means. No going up with Jesus is a...

I like the way your write. :)

Yes, Cain and his kids built it. Why would one man need a city. The city was the dwelling place of his clan which was large after a hundred years no doubt. I would assume that the writer of Genesis is saying that the Land of Nod was what his readers understood at the time of writing. That...

Our goal as the reader is to identify what the author intended to communicate to our understanding. "what it says" = "what he expected us to understand by the use of those words and sentences" This is an interpretation based on following agreed upon rules of reading comprehension...

I don't know that postmortem evangelism means. You would have to explain your theory and why you think these scriptures you posted support it.

This is a great topic to discuss. I find it rather difficult to interpret also. Luke highlights a collection of things Jesus said related to preparing for the coming judgment. The urgency to prepare for that day. This parable seems to teach that people are being really dumb for not preparing...

None of these verses teach postmortem evangelism. 1 Peter 3:19 we are discussing, does not say they got saved or had faith. 1 Peter 4:6 Is about those who had been killed for their faith. They loved not their lives unto death knowing they have a better resurrection. Luke 12:5 But I will...

This is where we would need to see of there any other scriptures that support the idea that the disobedient in hell get another chance to receive Jesus. I suppose we also need to stick to only this select group of disobedient while the Ark was preparing. Not all the disobedient from the...

OK. Stick with that and don't try to tell folks it does not mean what it says and you will do fine.

There is another theory. That Cain already had a wife when he left and went east of Eden. That she left with him but is not mentioned. That is plausible.