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How do Theistic Evolutionists interpret Genesis 2:7 in light of Ezekiel 37:1-14?
Theistic evolutionists do not hold that God couldn't have created life on earth over a short span of time; rather, they hold that the evidence He has left for us to examine suggests that He didn't.
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Is Ezekiel 29 a failed prophecy?
What you have missed is conceiving Egypt as maintaining a substantial continuity as a kingdom beyond the last native ruler of Egypt (Nectanebo II). But that's not what happened. Although around 525 ...
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Question for those who hold to the immortality of the soul
On the subject of the immortality of the soul, Martin Luther has this to say :
For since we call it a sleep, we know that we shall not remain in it, but be again awakened and live, and that the time ...
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What is the Ezekiel War Theory?
John Hagee, the author of the book Jerusalem Countdown that forms the basis of that movie, is a dispensationalist, non-denominational pastor. His book follows in the tradition of Hal Lindsey's The ...
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Did any Early Church Father interpret Ezekiel 44:2 to be about Mary?
Keep in mind, the early church fathers tended to focus on fighting the heresies of their day. They didn't write much about Mary's perpetual virginity (and thus link Ezekiel 44:2 to Mary) until the ...
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How can Jesus bear our sin if he was righteous Ezekiel 18:19-20
Ezekiel 18 (Personal Responsibility) is talking about a completely different thing than 2 Cor 5:16-21 (The Ministry of Reconciliation) since Ezekiel is discussing whether there is inherited sin from a ...
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How to reconcile Matt 12:25-26 to Ezekiel 30:10-11
Just this morning I read this explanation about Satan's empire, based on that Matthew text. This lengthy quote from the book really does clarify what's going on with the issues raised.
"It ...
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Is there any biblical basis to support a premillennialist view that animal sacrifices will be reinstated in Jerusalem during the millennial kingdom?
I am a Premillennialist scholar, believing Christ will reign for 1000 years on earth, but I believe there is significant biblical evidence that there won't be animal sacrifices nor a temple in the ...
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How can Jesus bear our sin if he was righteous Ezekiel 18:19-20
Perhaps by turning the question around the other way, the answer might emerge.
How can Jesus bear our sins if he was a sinner?
In Ezekiel chapter 18, all the people under consideration are sinners. ...
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How do Theistic Evolutionists interpret Genesis 2:7 in light of Ezekiel 37:1-14?
First, I like to point out vers 1:
The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley;[1] it was full of bones.
God is not ...
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Do the Jehovah's Witnesses believe the new covenant is for gentiles?
Yes, Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that the New Covenant is open to Gentiles. However, they believe that only 144,000 persons since the time of Jesus can be sealed and anointed by Jehovah’s spirit, ...
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Question for those who hold to the immortality of the soul
A particularly good answer has already been given to your main question - but comments prompted you to refine your question further with this "Can anyone expound upon the meaning of the verses ...
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Seem we have to atone our sins ourselves as per Ezekiel 18?
I am crucified with Christ [Galatians 2:20 KJV]
says the apostle Paul, who also tells 'all who are in Rome, beloved of God' to :
... reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive ...
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Is Ezekiel 29 a failed prophecy?
The following is from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible:
Verse 13. Yet thus saith the Lord God, at the end of forty years,.... Reckoning from its devastation by Nebuchadnezzar to the
taking of ...
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What historical periods do the 390 year and 40 year periods refer to in Ezekiel 4:1-8?
The two periods are a bit of a mystery because the passage does not tell us when either the 390 years or the 40 years began, and we are not told anywhere else in Scripture either. Ezekiel was ...
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How do Protestants interpret Ezekiel 18:20-32?
This passage is about repentance.
Though a soul start ever so badly, he will be fully forgiven immediately upon his repentance; and though a soul start ever so well, he will be rejected if he ...
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How to reconcile Matt 12:25-26 to Ezekiel 30:10-11
I think there are two parts to the answer. First, it helps to consider who Satan is and what he wants to achieve. He's a murderer (John 8:44), he comes to steal, kill and destroy (John 10:10). When ...
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Seem we have to atone our sins ourselves as per Ezekiel 18?
The text you use as your source certainly shows that death is the result of sin. Building on that source, another text gives further information relevant to that fact. It is in Romans chapter 6, where ...
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How do Theistic Evolutionists interpret Genesis 2:7 in light of Ezekiel 37:1-14?
The simple answer is that TE has no need to deny that God can do "miraculous" things. Rather, TE takes the stance that "science" (that is, materialistic interpretations of ...
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What is the Spirit/Breath in Ezekiel 37:9-10 the spirit in the Trichotomist theory?
The Trichotomist theory is the belief that human nature consists of three parts; body, soul, and spirit. The link below gives an article called “Reformed Basics on Dichotomy and Trichotomy” by R. ...
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How can Jesus bear our sin if he was righteous Ezekiel 18:19-20
After Adam and Eve sinned, God made skin clothes out of lambs and covered their nakedness. Nakedness in spiritual context refers to sin. This was a foreshadow of God's plan since the beginning to send ...
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Did any Early Church Father interpret Ezekiel 44:2 to be about Mary?
OP: Did any Early Church Father interpret Ezekiel 44:2 to be about Mary?
It sort of matters what "early" and "church father" mean, but the answer is yes, some did.
From John of ...
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Seem we have to atone our sins ourselves as per Ezekiel 18?
You are misquoting the verse to start with. The whole chapter deals with a false perception of that children may safer consequences for their parent's sins. God through Ezekiel explains that everyone ...
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Question for those who hold to the immortality of the soul
Sorry, I completely misunderstood your question in the previous answer. I'm used to people using mortality of the soul to argue for annihilation instead of hell. The Hebrew word nephesh1 and Greek ...
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According to Dispensationalism is "the land" of Ezekiel 37:24-28 interpreted as "Heaven"?
It's my understanding that Dispensationalism sees this section of Ezekiel as the millennial reign. I suppose the rules are Torah.
They and their children and their children’s children will live ...
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According to Preterism is the land mentioned in Ezekiel 37:25 "Heaven"?
Preterist often see a spiritual fulfillment of Ezekiel 37. Preterist Don Preston writes;
Paul, who preached nothing but the hope of Israel, wrote to the church at Corinth (comprised of members of ...
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Ezekiel on Egypt's 40 year desolation
I have found secular history's time lines to be problematic in several areas. But there is enough information to be able to rely upon the prophesy of the 40 year desolation of Egypt.
Adam Clarke's ...
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How did the four living creatures become associated with the Gospel writers?
When I reflect on the symbols of each, I see a differing connection, than does St. Jerome, as many of The Saints and writers above, mentioned.
St. Matthew, I see, is the Lion. His Gospel was written ...
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Does God punish people for their ancestors' sins or not?
The consequences of one's sins can affect one's children, grandchildren, etc., but that doesn't mean that God is directly punishing them.
I recently talked with someone that casually commented that ...
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What is the basis for the claim that Ezekiel 44 is about Mary the Mother of Jesus?
Why would someone conclude that this passage (Eze. 44:2) is about Mary, the Mother of Jesus?
The reason Eze. 44:2 is compared to the idea that Mary remained a virgin even in the act of giving birth ...
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