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We owe everything to Jesus, who created us with his spirit by his sacrifice, but also to God the father who so loved us that he sent Jesus to do that

Hi Hitch, Many people on this site interpret the Bible as a surface text that only occasionally needs to be interpreted more like a parable (when it seems really obvious to them that it is a parable). A parable would have a hidden or deeper meaning. Perhaps you are the same as this, seeing the...

Thanks for your questions surrounding Rev 6:6. "And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine." I like that you compare scripture with scripture a bit, which is the...

Thanks Lanolin. I think we have reached an understanding of how we differ in Bible interpretation. When you say God means what he says and says what he means it is your way of saying you believe that the Bible is written as a surface text without a parable or hidden meaning. The meaning is...

Thanks for responding Lanolin. You seem to be implying that I have no reference in chronology? Although I have read the Bible from beginning to end, should I not refer back to any part of it that is relevant? Did God tell us to never go back to relevant parts of the Bible when we compare...

Thanks for those verses about the gospel. I see the gospel as being the entire Bible. There are lots of adjectives that are used to describe an apple; red apple, delicious apple, seed-bearing apple, ripe apple, etc. But it is the same apple, just more understood once we consider its attributes...

Thanks Lanolin. The way to read the Bible is by comparing scripture with scripture. We read about that in 1 Cor 2:"Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. " This means to compare...

The Bible verse about this is: "And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years " The sons of God (meaning saved persons) had mingled with the daughters of men (unsaved) and God made that statement...

Jesus is the bread which came down from heaven. We see in John chapter 6 that fragments of bread are symbolic of believers in Christ. We read, "When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. " Here, we find the same terminology used...

'Jews' is a term denoting believers generally: "But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God "

Did you know that the Bible refers to believers as wise men? "I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. " 1 Corinthians 10:15. "Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your...

Thanks eternally-grateful for seeing a bit of what I am saying. I think you should consider that the literal kingdoms you speak of are pictures of something spiritual rather. For example, we read in Rev 11 that "And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of The Great City, which spiritually...

I really don't think that the iron and clay are talking about Islam. In my opinion, what the iron and clay are representing is a familiar Bible contrast; those who are strong in faith and those who are not; much the same as only part of the virgins were ready at Christ's coming in the parable of...

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. --------------- And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world...

"Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. ... "And when they were come into the...

Thanks for your question. Remember in Luke 26: "And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost. " This scripture seems to show the moment when Jesus' perfect life spirit left him and Jesus became dead...

The thing to understand about this is that it is emphasizing the reality of being dead spiritually and then alive spiritually. Jesus talked about being born again and it confused people because they thought they he meant natural birth again (born again). But the Bible says that the true...

Thanks iamsoandso for your question. When Jesus went to the cross and then was resurrected it was a deadly wound to Satan. If Jesus had not done so, we might even say that Satan would have won the battle between he and Jesus. However, Jesus overcame by the blood of the lamb (his own blood, so to...

Thanks for your question BelieverBill. When the Bible uses the word 'creation' it is usually in reference to saved persons. We read in Ephesians: "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. " When we are...

Thanks throughfaith. This seems to be the area that we disagree about what the term election means. I'll quote you: " Election is to service, calling and purpose, not to salvation. (Isa. 42:1; Acts 9:15; Rom. 11:28)" I looked up those 3 verses and I don't see them as saying that they do not...