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What was the reason for the suspension of the “vegetarian mandate” in Gen 9:1-3 after maintaining it for over 1500 years?
This is not really explained. I would go along with your analysis in that in Genesis 1-2, animals are not food. How could they, if there is no death yet? But as soon as we leave the garden, the first ...
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Why are three "Comings" a problem?
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by ...
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Does Hosea 6:2 place the Second Coming of the Christ at 3000 AD?
No, God doesn’t tell us when the second coming will be. He only tells us how we will know the time is ripe, not when the harvest comes.
“Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs ...
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Looking for the Context Surrounding This St. Robert Bellarmine Quote
It comes from a 14 February 1614 letter St. Robert wrote to
A certain Benjamin Antony Carier, canon of Canterbury and chaplain in ordinary to King James I, who considered him to be the most learned ...
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Does the false prophet cause the spirit of Satan to move into the image to give it life?
It is Satan himself who causes the arising of the beast from the sea, the beast from the earth, the false prophet, and the making of the image. Satan gives rise to those means of getting his wicked ...
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Are there any denominations that have commented upon the significance of climate change in regard to these prophecies which point to Christ's return?
If you want an extreme position, the Philadelphia Church of God takes such a position on climate change and weather.
For instance, their 96 page booklet *Why 'Natural' Disasters?'s third chapter is &...
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Absence of Denarius implies the third scroll has already been opened in Revelation 6?
Trying to understand the Revelation in a chronological time-line as you suggest gets nobody anywhere. Right from the giving of the visions to John until Christ suddenly returns, the book of the ...
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How would you come to a pre-tribulational rapture view from scratch?
Well, I wouldn't, but I quite recently learned how that pre-tribulation rapture view came to be presented in certain Christian circles in the second half of the 19th century, gradually gaining a ...
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What was the reason for the suspension of the “vegetarian mandate” in Gen 9:1-3 after maintaining it for over 1500 years?
Issue 1
One reason God might withdraw the vegetarian mandate for Noah is that Noah was the savior of the animals by bringing them onto the ark. His dominion over them was more absolute than Adam's, ...
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Why are three "Comings" a problem?
Three Questions This posting was divided into three questions, which shall be dealt with in order. The solution to this dilemma makes study of eschatology much simpler and more exciting/practical, for ...
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Why are three "Comings" a problem?
The New Testament is clear that the first 'coming' was the Son of God being born into this word via the virgin Mary, and he was mainly known during his earthly ministry as "the Son of Man". ...
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Does Hosea 6:2 place the Second Coming of the Christ at 3000 AD?
Does Hosea 6:2 place the Second Coming of the Christ at 3000 AD?
After two days He will revive us;
On the third day He will raise us up,
That we may live in His sight. -
Hosea 6:2
This verse most ...
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2 Corinthians 5:10 addresses the Judgment Seat of Christ. What is the result of the individuals' judgment?
Is this question not answered in Matthew ch25?
31 When the Son of man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 Before him will be gathered all the ...
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Was Nebuchadnezzar's golden image a foreshadow to the image of the beast?
Well, it is worth noticing that the statue in Daniel ch3 v1 is measured in terms of the number "6"- that is, sixty cubits high and six cubits broad. That.in itself, could bring it under the ...
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How would you come to a pre-tribulational rapture view from scratch?
Your question is the story of my life in the last few years. As someone who is post-trib, pre-wrath the majority of teaching in today's church is pre-trib teaching. I have recently asked my pastor ...
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How would you come to a pre-tribulational rapture view from scratch?
Excellent Question If you read the Bible with no preconceived notions...what kind of reasoning would lead you to believe...? It would be great if everyone who came to the Table of discussion (on any ...
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Are there any denominations that have commented upon the significance of climate change in regard to these prophecies which point to Christ's return?
I do not believe the church recognizes the connection in an official capacity, but many members of the Seventh-day Adventist church see the activism on "climate change," such as the papal ...
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Are there any denominations that have commented upon the significance of climate change in regard to these prophecies which point to Christ's return?
I searched high and low for articles published by Christian denominations linking global climate change with the prophecies in Revelation but to no avail. Ray Butterworth found one by the ...
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Are there any denominations that have commented upon the significance of climate change in regard to these prophecies which point to Christ's return?
Are there any denominations that have commented upon the significance of climate change in regard to these prophecies which point to Christ's return?
Many denominations have spoken out about climate ...
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How would you come to a pre-tribulational rapture view from scratch?
OP: how one would use Scripture to build up the picture of the pre-tribulational rapture, i.e. that Jesus will return in a secret way to gather the church off the earth and we all go into heaven ...
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Bema judgement of bad works
From a Protestant point of view, there are two judgments. One is the great white throne (thronos) for unbelievers. Two is the bema (bema) judgment for believers, which is the question of the OP.
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Did early Christians believe the world was about to end?
Neither of the two verses in the question have Jesus (or anybody else) using the phrase, "the end of the world". People today have all sorts of ideas about what Christians should believe ...
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According to Preterists did "the man of sin" (2 Thessalonians 2:3) become manifest before 70AD? If so, who was it?
Son of Perdition Roman Emperors took away Popes, replaced them in 476AD and named the Vicar of Christ as a replacement of Christ
Rev 1:1-3
1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, ...
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Why are three "Comings" a problem?
Why are three "Comings" a problem?
Strictly speaking, Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Churches do believe in a form of “rapture:” a bodily assumption into heaven of all the faithful, both ...
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What scripture is used to support a "Pre-Tribulation Rapture"?
What Scripture is USED to support a Pre-Tribulation Rapture? This question presents a dilemma of duality in definition, because the word USED could be taken as one of two different meanings. The ...
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