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A person asked: Seeing many people today dispute the doctrine of the rapture, would anyone here therefore like to explain the prophecy of the rapture which is revealed in the law? I watched yet another movie last night in which the "Rapture" was referred to as the hope of the Church. It is...

Hosea 9. 10 “When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the desert; when I saw your ancestors, it was like seeing the early fruit on the fig tree. But when they came to Baal Peor, they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol and became as vile as the thing they...

On another forum, this video opposing the Pretrib Rapture was posted. I thought I would re-post it here for your consideration. I'm certainly not calling Pretribulationists or believers in the Pretrib Rapture "heretics." Even if this video is strongly opposed to Pretribism, I would not refer to...

There is not much doubt in my mind that the following prophecy has to do with the time of Israel's final deliverance. Can you imagine a prophecy 2500 years old applying to our own time? It seems unimaginable, and yet it appears to be true! Zech 12.1 A prophecy: The word of the Lord concerning...

Matt 24.29 Immediately after the distress of those days ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’ Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will...

It's surprising, from an historical pov, that so many on these forums and elsewhere utterly reject any notion of God making covenants with nations today. Clearly, God made a covenant with the nation Israel during the period of the Mosaic Law. That covenant failed, even as the original promise...

Putin is not in charge in the Ukraine situation. But how far should NATO go? We don't want WW3, but it may be inevitable at some point in history. Can we speed this along, or must it happen only in God's time? Should we be afraid of precipitating WW3, or being that it is in God's domain, should...

I believe that in his Olivet Discourse Jesus tried to focus his disciples away from the eschatological Coming as something to practically prepare for and instead focus on current issues that make one prepared for the Kingdom by moral means. In other words, Jesus made current issues the decisive...

Some wonder what the difference is between the righteousness of the non-Christian world and the righteousness of the Christian world? Some even believe that the pagan world cannot have any righteousness at all, since it is compromised by self-interest. And some believe that even Christians have...

I apologize if this isn't particularly relevant to biblical discussions. It is, however, relevant to my own participation in them. I've been completely immersed in the current unraveling of the Russian Hoax scandal in the US. Before and during the Trump presidency there was an active conspiracy...

A brother posted that he thinks most Christians will be killed off by the time of Antichrist's reign, whether by war, natural disasters, or persecution. I don't know what his position is on the timing of the Rapture of the Church. I find that interesting not because I 100% agree with it, but...

For those of you who think that as Christians you won't have to see the Antichrist, think again. What you're witnessing right now is the beginning of what I think is the beginning of the end of European Civilization as we knew it. The Antichrist spirit has been taking over, and it has been...

A racist God? I've heard non-Christians accuse Christianity of being bigoted because our beliefs view gays as sinners, or non-Christians as lost. Things like that. And then there are legitimate Christians who read about God killing everybody in the Flood, and killing all of Israel's enemies in...

Blueprint for the end. Daniel 7 provided a blueprint for NT history, and Jesus confirmed it in his Olivet Discourse. The idea was that a 4th Kingdom, the Kingdom of Rome, or the "Roman Empire," would be the final great power on earth to play a role in final judgment on earth. Jesus saw the...

Name It and Claim It. Where have Prosperity Preachers gone wrong? They have brought Christianity into disrepute by claiming things that are luxurious and over-the-top, making Christianity out to be a fraud, corrupt, greedy, and deceitful. When things "claimed" do not materialize, they simply...

On another forum, it was suggested that Feasts days might predict the time of the 2nd Coming. I answered as follows.... I think the Law was bound up in Christ's earthly ministry, and not in his 2nd Coming. For that reason, Christ fulfilled Passover, which was under the Law, by dying *apart from...

Growing in the Spirit. I recently had a fellow Christian argue with me that Jesus never "became sin." He was concerned to say that Jesus was not flawed, and never knew sin. However, in explaining to him the necessity that Jesus did in effect "become sin" by being willing to suffer punishment...

A different view of Dan 9. I'm seeing the 70 Weeks of Dan 9 a little differently than I have been. And I think it may make reading it a little more cohesive and readable, which should be what an account is all about. Dan 9.24 “Seventy ‘sevens’ are decreed for your people and your holy city to...

The Law was temporary and fulfilled in time. Matt 5.17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will...

God does not expect us to be perfect. But He does expect us to have a perfect standard, upon which to rely. Christ is that perfect standard, who has given us his Spirit. And if we live a life relying on that Spirit, it proves that we have accepted him as the right standard of righteousness. The...