Quote (trettep @ April 04 2005,15:39)Nick and Cubes:  Were your baptized with physical water?If so, the person that baptized you obtained the authority from whom? and how do you know?PaulI was baptized with H2O (water) into the death and resurrection of Christ.  This happened many years after my actual conversion experience (the time when I b…[Read more]

Quote (trettep @ April 04 2005,01:54)Now read further.  Who is the audience.  Are they ALL Jews? Are they Gentiles?  If you think the message in Acts 11:16 is for Gentiles then this my perplex you because during the Pentacost if you read further you will see this:Act 2:41  Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day the…[Read more]

I don't get to watch movies as much now, but I remember some old favorites.  I like musicals and one of my favorites besides Sound of Music is My Fair Lady with Audrey Heburn.As a teenager my favorite scenes in Sound of Music were the scenes with Maria and the kids and that crazy song she sings when getting on the bus to meet the family; as an…[Read more]

Quote (trettep @ April 04 2005,00:12)I used to think the same.  But it appears clear that they new the Gentiles could be baptized.  Phillip baptized the Ehiopian if you recall.  Also, we must understand that the Holy Spirit is poured out.  Interesting term for the Holy Spirit – “poured” out.  Just like water is.  Also, in Acts 11:18 the inter…[Read more]

Hi Trettep,I feel I must say it again, so please bear with me.Acts 10: We are being told of the account as it unfolds.Acts 11: Peter is reporting what happened to the Jewish Christians after the fact:Acts 11:2-4 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, saying, thou wentest in to men…[Read more]

Quote (trettep @ April 03 2005,23:22)Quote (Nick Hassan @ April 03 2005,22:41)Hi cubes, Have you read Acts 10 47-48?That was before Peter remembered.  There was many water baptisms before that.PaulDear Trett,In context of Acts 10 & 11, I believe that Peter was recounting what happened, including his remembrance of what Jesus said. In other…[Read more]

Taken from this website I found on google:Quote Titus pressed the siege of Jerusalem, which was crowded with people because of the paschal festivities, cutting off the water and food supply. The besieged were terribly hard pressed by these tactics, as well as by the insufferable heat. Those who tried to escape were captured and crucified before…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ April 03 2005,22:41)Hi cubes, Have you read Acts 10 47-48?Hi Nick,Thank you. I read Chapter 11 and then decided to read chapter 10 for the actual account (not the recount by Peter), but had to tend to Linear and Mongo and didn't even realize I hadn't finished reading when I returned. That was the critical information I…[Read more]

Just thought some related links can be helpful for a balanced view. Here's what I got on google's “destruction of the Jewish temple.”http://www.google.com/search?….+temple

Quote (trettep @ Mar. 31 2005,21:05)Thanks Nick.  That is well spoken.  I commend you for not debating the issue and understanding my position as well as I do yours.PaulHi Trettep,I read Acts 10 & 11 today and it would appear that Cornelius and his family and neighbors were not necessarily water baptised as you say:My thoughts are:1. How do we k…[Read more]

Quote (Is 1:18 @ April 03 2005,04:13)Here Jesus was most definately referring to the 70AD sacking of Jerusalem by the Romans. Interestingly, the temple caught fire in the seige and the Romans had to literally seperate the bricks to collect the gold that had melted between them. Luke records this statement too and goes on to explain why (this is a…[Read more]

Quote (Is 1:18 @ April 02 2005,21:16)Hi Cubes,I think you are right about 2 Thess 2:Quote 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first,…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ April 02 2005,21:10)Hi cubes,One thing about hidden prophecy is that we may only fully understand it in retrospect.We must remain open to spriritual understandings and we would be foolish to cling to only a literalist viewpoint.It has always bemused me that life seems to carry on as relatively normal such that most will not be…[Read more]

Quote (Is 1:18 @ April 02 2005,08:02)Hi Cubes,Im in the middle of writing you a post but in the meantime I wanted to ask you 3 questions:1. Do you accept that the tribulation will be seven years in duration (years in the literal sense)?2. Do you accept that the AOD will occur in the middle of this period?3. Do you accept that the tribulation will…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ April 02 2005,04:49)By the way cubes,try this on for size.The rebuilding of the temple in three days in Jn 2.19: Could it fit with the 1day =1000yrs. 2000yrs ad + 1000 yr millenium =3000 =3 daysand The “death of the two witnesses” could it be the great apostasy?Worth looking into. My ponderings are a little slow in nature.3…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ April 02 2005,04:31)Hmm cubes, The scripture in Mk 14 and again in Mk 15 is hearsay. It is the reported words of those who were manipulating those words against him.If the body of Christ is the third temple then mass apostasy must occur. Such a thing is mentioned in 2Thess 2.Hi Nick,I didn't read the chapters of Mark 14 & 15…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ April 02 2005,03:04)Here is a question that just occurred to me cubes, Jesus referred to his body as the temple. We too are together a temple then.Could this temple BE the third temple?I don't know how the AOD could fit but I'll throw it in anyway?Hi Nick,That very thought was occurring to me as I posted the 2nd message.…[Read more]

Mar 14:58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands. Jhn 2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.Just noticed a difference b/n these two verses and that of Matt 24:1-2. In these verses that speak of…[Read more]

Quote (Is 1:18 @ April 01 2005,08:19)Where did Jesus referred specifically to the 2nd Temple of his day? I don't recall Jesus referring specifically to Solomons temple in this context.Cubes, I hope by comparing Matt 24:15 & Daniel 9:27 I have shown you that the seven yr period described in Dan 9 has not yet occurred. If you dispute this, then…[Read more]

Thanks, Bic, for your contribution. The good news is even if we don't understand the blueprint and itinerary to our resurrected lives with Yeshua, that still wouldn't affect our salvation and the great things the Father has laid in store for us. That is awesome, Nick.