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If I "don't get it," then show me from Scripture where I have denied a passage rather than simply asserting that I have. I have repeatedly affirmed that God has not cast away Israel (Rom. 11:1), that the gifts and calling of God are without repentance (Rom. 11:29), and that God will keep every...

I would respectfully suggest that the point still needs to be demonstrated from the text itself. The warning passages certainly speak of people who fall away, but the question under discussion is whether those individuals were truly saved unto eternal life or whether they had experienced the...

You are responding to an argument I never made. I never said Israel vanishes. I never said the Jews lose their lineage. I never said God abandons His promises to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, or their descendants. In fact, I explicitly agreed that God keeps every promise He makes and that Romans 11...

I told beekeeper yesterday that cv5 never confronts education. We won't get scripture for answers just insults. At least thus far. I still pray for him.🙏

Brother, if I stay with Scripture alone, I would say that Revelation 3:12 and Revelation 21 seem to identify the same New Jerusalem, because both passages describe "the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God." What the text clearly shows is not...

Brother, that comparison does not really work. We know the Temple was destroyed because Scripture explicitly prophesied it ("There shall not be left here one stone upon another," Matt. 24:2), and history records that destruction. History confirms what Scripture already said would happen.

The thousand years occur in Revelation 20. The final rebellion occurs after the thousand years. The Great White Throne judgment occurs. Death is destroyed. John then sees a new heaven and a new earth where death is no more and God dwells with His people. Beyond those explicit statements...

Brother, you're making several claims that Scripture itself never actually makes. Jesus is indeed "Lord of the sabbath" (Mark 2:28), but nowhere does He say, "I am changing the Sabbath from the seventh day to the first day." Acts 20:7 describes a gathering on the first day of the week, and 1...

I think that's a legitimate possibility to consider. Revelation 21 starts with language that sounds unmistakably final: "the first heaven and the first earth were passed away" (21:1), "there shall be no more death" (21:4), and God dwelling permanently with His people. Yet beginning in verse 9...

What you are on to is important. Revelation 21 is not as simple as "verse 1 starts the eternal state and every verse afterward moves forward chronologically." John often gets a vision, then gets another vision explaining a different aspect of the same reality. For example, Revelation 17...

That's actually a very important observation, and I think it's one of the places where many prophetic systems end up wrestling with the text. If you read Revelation in its straightforward sequence: Revelation 19: Christ returns. Revelation 20: Satan is bound, the thousand years occur, then Satan...

I agree that Revelation demonstrates God's faithfulness to Israel. The preservation of the 144,000, the tribal references, and the continuing covenant themes all show that God has not forgotten His promises. Where I disagree is that you treat covenant faithfulness to Israel as proof of two...

Brother, the fact that Christians still argue and divide does not prove they are not one body, any more than the fact that Christians still sin proves they are not justified. Paul's entire argument is that believers already are one body in Christ and therefore ought to live consistently with...

I agree that the physical world has not yet been fully reconciled. The nations still rage. Satan has not yet been destroyed. Death has not yet been abolished. The kingdom has not yet reached its final consummation. But Paul does not ground the unity of Jews and Gentiles in the absence of...

I'm sorry you're carrying this hurt. From what you've shared, it sounds like the pain isn't just about the invitation. It's about years of loving, helping raise your grandson, and seeing people who were absent seem to receive a place of honor while people who were faithful, including your...

I agree that the "all in all" of 1 Corinthians 15 is not realized until after Christ has subdued every enemy, including death itself. But that does not mean the unity of Jews and Gentiles in Christ is postponed until then. Paul explicitly teaches that believing Jews and Gentiles are already...

I agree that all believers will ultimately be gathered together in the eternal state. What I do not see is your claim that we are merely spiritually one now and only become truly one later. Paul says Christ has already made both one, has already broken down the middle wall of partition, and...

I agree that the Abrahamic and Davidic covenants were given to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and their descendants. I also agree that God does not fail to keep His promises. Where we differ is that you continue to frame the covenants primarily around ethnic possession, while Paul frames them around...

We agree that believers are no longer under condemnation, that sin is no longer their master, and that the Spirit produces fruit. The point in dispute is whether Romans 6 and 8 teach substantial practical victory over daily sin before glorification. You cite Romans 6 and 8, but what do you do...

You're assuming that because הִפְגִּיעַ (hiphgiaʿ) is Hiphil, a secondary human agent must be the focus. But the text never identifies men as the object of the action. Isaiah says: "YHWH caused the iniquity of us all to meet upon Him." The object is "the iniquity of us all", not "false...