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That is all rather immature rhetoric that does nothing for promoting a proper exegesis of the text.

Jude also said: “In the end time there will be scoffers living according to their own ungodly desires.” 19These people create divisions and are worldly, not having the Spirit. I really don't care if people want to believe that the sons of God were angels or not. The message of Jude was not...

I was reading 2 Peter and I noticed how it ended. There are some things hard to understand in them. The untaught and unstable will twist them to their own destruction, as they also do with the rest of the Scriptures. 17Therefore, dear friends, since you know this in advance, be on your guard...

Yes, but the word Tartarus has Greek mythology origins. We have to understand why Peter used that word. We know Peter was not supporting Greek Mythology. He was communicating using something they were familiar with. Remember when Jesus talked about the Pharisees making converts twofold the...

I debated with myself about responding. You see I don't believe that anyone can put a spell on me or cause me to suffer any kind of physical ailment. Unless they hit me in the face with a hammer of course. :) I think that people deceive themselves into thinking these things. It is...

It's about the mood enhancing effect of large spaces using architectural features and interior decoration. The more space you have the more options you open up for creating sanctuaries and spaces to get away from others when you need to. 2500 is tiny. If money were no object 20,000sqft or...

Correction... Those people in that Spirit Filled church AREN'T demon possessed

Generally speaking I think that what you have stated is how it works. I believe that as we learn to operate in the power of the Holy Spirit to witness we will learn how by obeying the prompting of the Spirit when to step out in faith and cast out a demon. And these experiences hone our...

It is much more likely that being locked under chains of darkness means the limitations that they are under after they rebelled. This interpretation does not require theorizing another order of evil beings.

I agree. Most unbelievers are NOT demon possessed. No Born Again Believers are demon possessed. It is common among the homeless street people. The world will only recognize it as mental issues. But they are guessing because they can't prove it most of the time with any kind of medical...

Remember he sent the 70 out to heal the sick and cast out devils also. Jesus said he gave them authority over all the power of he enemy and that they would tread on serpents and scorpions. Luke 10. We see Paul saying similar things in his letters so we believe that Paul understood this to...

If you interpret angels being locked up as not being able to influence people to do evil then you would have to come up with some other theory to explain unclean spirits and demons. If no theory is required, then you simply have created one by default. You have concluded that they are not...

I lean toward that idea of Enochs prophesy being known and handed down but I don't know if there is any evidence to support that. If there were some rabbinical writings that predated the 2nd century BC we about it or some mention of it, I am sure I would have already heard something about it by...

So these principalities and powers of darkness that satan rules over are they not fallen angels?

I still want to know why it sounds right to people that angels were created with sexual parts. There must be angels procreating and making baby angels. Or there was before they fell? Have people really thought this through?

Why are we miscommunicating. Do you believe that this text is about angels that mated with women? Or do you believe that it is referring to all the angels that followed Lucifer in rebellion? If you believe it means those angels that mated with women are you believing it is all the angels...

The theory about angels mating with women is that they were not all of the fallen angels. Only some of them. And then they got locked up. The others are still influencing people to do evil. That's how they teach about it. Is there another theory? It's rather ironic to warn people about...

That kind of talk always accompanies a bad interpretation of scripture. If they got locked up what about the rest of the fallen angels. Are they going to be "good" now and not try that same thing? Can fallen angels control their sexual urges? Maybe the women today are not as fair? Did God...

I would expect his book to give some footnotes as to sources for more details and technical explainations to support this claim of translating this Greek word. Even if I looked it up in a Greek Lexicon I am not sure if I am smart enough yet to understand the questions I should be asking. If...

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