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Mark 16:16 says: "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. " That does not mean whoever believes and is dunked in physical water will be saved. The word 'baptize' means to be washed (free from the stain or penalty of sin). So, when we read: "He...

One of my favorite ways to see that those who are true believers in Christ have victory over the penalty of the law is in Rev. 12: "And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet ". I see this as a picture of the true believers who are...

Thanks for posting about the Passover. It is fun to look at ceremonies from the Bible since they provide illustrations of God's plan, if correctly interpreted, to know what they represent. In Christ, remember, we do not have to do certain ceremonies in order to please God. If we are already in...

"For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself," Hebrews 6:13. It seems that God can swear by himself. I tend to think of this Rev 10 messenger as a picture of Christ.

Thanks for posting Luke 4:18. For some reason, when people read the word 'healing' in the Bible, they think of it always as physical healing. In fact, it is too common for people to think physical about many verses of the Bible that are meant spiritual. This verse is a good place to see that...

"Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? " When Paul was converted, his sins were washed away, and he received new life in Christ. This occurred so that he could be a light to those who were dead in their...

Thanks Komentaja, for your question. Mormans have a misunderstanding of this to mean that someone who is already physically dead can be baptised by proxy (or at least that's my understanding of the Mormon approach). However, this is not what the verse means in my opinion. When the Bible mentions...

Thanks for your question TheNarrowPath. What does this scripture mean: "Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. "? To me, this means that there are those who are not...

Thanks Walter for your question and statements. Jesus goes by a lot of names in the Bible and each one shows a different aspect of him. For example, the title King of Kings shows an aspect of Jesus that can seem different in aspect from the Lamb of God, which is Jesus also. Even the title...

Yes, the Bible is completely true altogether. However, there are a lot of cases where people say they understand what the Bible is saying and it is not saying that. This is often not because they are dishonest but because they genuinely misunderstand what scripture is saying. Obviously, a...

Thanks everyone for your comments. When the word calls Jesus the beginning and the end in Revelation 1:8, what is the beginning referring to specifically, and what is the end referring to specifically?

I know that scripture says that Jesus is of the order of Melchizedek and talks about him in Hebrews 7:3: "Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. " This is interesting...

Thanks Laftur. I like the way you compare scripture usages of the word 'finger'. Jesus is referred to as God's 'hand' in the Bible since he sits at the right hand of God. Thanks Lafftur, for your post. The ground in the Bible is a picture of the hearts of men. We learn in the parable of the...

Thanks presidente. It seems we simply disagree in many areas. There are many who see things as you do. It seems to me you label things as arbitrary or without basis or grasping at straws as a convenient dismissal when they have full basis. However, we appear to have a different notion of how to...

Again, you are assuming that 'Jew' here includes Gentiles. If Paul says that a genuine Jew has to be circumcised in their heart, that doesn't mean that Gentiles who are circumcised in the heart are also Jews. Gentiles weren't Jews to begin with. Thanks presidente. Here is what you say about...

Thanks presidente for your comments. When verse 28 talks about Israel being enemies and then being election it is talking about the two different Israels, that is why it uses the the phrase but as touching the election to show the difference. The enemies mentioned are the Israel that is hardened...

Have you considered the fact that God uses the term Israel in two different ways in this single verse: "For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel " Here, in chapter 9 of Romans, Paul uses the term Israel in the phrase 'not all Israel to describe cultural physical Jews' but in the very...

I meant to say 1 Thes 4 instead of Romans 11

I see the Bible as talking about two groups, the saved and the unsaved, and it uses a lot of different words to describe these two simple groups. Israel is one of those words that is used to describe saved persons. Jews and Gentiles are included in this word Israel. In one place in the Bible...

I see blasphemy against the Holy Ghost as being no different from being unsaved generally. Jesus comes, and the gospel is given (and that is by the Holy Ghost) but some do not believe. These are the unsaved and they have commited blasphemy against the Holy Ghost by not believing the gospel, not...