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Thanks Intersection, for your question about how can someone be elect before they believe in Jesus. In my opinion, the term 'elect' in the Bible is talking about all those who are the true believers in Christ. I don't see the Bible calling them 'elect' before they are converted to Christ. The...

Thanks Godsgood for your mention of this verse. 'Little children' is a phrase used to describe all true believers. Even in the verse you quoted, we can see that. That is because the verse says that when one is converted they become as 'little children'. Even if they are older than children...

Thanks hornetguy. Yes, just a disagreement on the meaning of baptism. I appreciate your discussion anyway.

Thanks hornetguy. But you have to interpret Jesus' command correctly. You believe the command to be baptized means to be dunked in physical water. I believe the correct meaning of the command is to be washed free from the stain of sin. I believe physical water doesn't wash you free from the...

Thanks hornetguy for your response. It may be that the waters of baptism for you means the physical waters. I consider the following verse to show that baptism is not about the physical water or dirt: " "The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the...

Thanks hornetguy for your response. Here is what Strong's Concordance says baptizo means: to dip repeatedly, to immerse, to submerge (of vessels sunk) to cleanse by dipping or submerging, to wash, to make clean with water, to wash one's self, bathe to overwhelm Did you leave out some of that...

Thanks LeeLoving for your question about baptism. The word baptize means to be washed. You can look that up in a concordance. However, it is not talking about physical washing, like by physical water. It means to be washed free from the stain of sin. When we put our trust in Jesus, when we...

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. " " We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I...

Thanks CS1. When the Lord himself descends from heaven in 1 Thes he has the voice of the archangel. That is his voice: We read, " For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: "...

Thanks, Magenta for your comment. I was aware that it is Gabriel. I was saying that Gabriel was possibly Jesus. I was considering this in reference to GWH asking about it. I do not hold that Gabriel was Jesus but that it is a possibility. I do hold that Michael the archangel is likely Jesus...

Thanks CS1 for your comment. I, too, believe that Jesus is from everlasting since he is God. I take the very interesting position that the 'angel of the Lord' in the Bible is Jesus. I also believe that Michael the archangel in the Bible is Jesus. So, in that sense, I do not see him as a created...

Thanks GWH for your comments. I don't see angels as becoming less important. The saints, who are angels, are still important. However, if you mean not to worship the saints, the angels, then I completely agree. We worship God and not each other. Since I believe Jesus is the angel of the Lord as...

Thanks CS1 for your input. Do you consider Jesus to be a created being?

Thanks GWH. It seems like we are understanding each other pretty well since you are a good communicator. I see your hypothesis, I think. I agree that the Old Testament provided pictures of Jesus. For example, a high priest was a picture of Christ, but, despite being so, unfortunately, any high...

Thanks GWH. I see the Bible as one book, both Old and New Testaments, and do not see see the Holy Spirit as necessarily being absent in the Old Testament. However, the trinity notion, which you must agree is a part of the Bible, and I'm sure you would agree is a part of the New Testament, holds...

Thanks for your specific reference to Zechariah 1:11. What are you asking about this verse? Are you asking whether the angel of the Lord is Jesus here? In verse 9 of that chapter we read, "Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee...

Thanks GWH. The angel Gabriel in Luke 1 is called an angel of the Lord. The angel of the Lord is usually a picture of Jesus in the Bible, and it is possible that that may be the case for Gabriel. We read about the angel of the Lord who blessed the lads in the Old Testament and who redeemed. This...

Thanks GWH. There are many points from verses 1-13. Are you interested in a particular one. Verse 6, for example, says: " And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. " That means that when God brings Jesus into the...

Thanks GWH for your question about Hebrews 1:14: "Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? " Many persons read this and think that this means that angels don't have a physical body, because they are called 'spirits' in this verse. It...

Thanks Sacredwarrior for your question about the temple mentioned in Revelation 11:1-2. We read: "And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. But the court which is without the...