Quote (david @ Dec. 08 2006,09:05)Says M’Clintock and Strong’s Cyclopaedia (1881, Vol. III, p. 774): “In constructing their genealogical tables, it is well known that the Jews reckoned wholly by males, rejecting, where the blood of the grandfather passed to the grandson through a daughter, the name of the daughter herself, and counting that daugh…[Read more]

Quote (david @ Dec. 08 2006,09:05)Quote How is it possible that Jesus is of the Seed of David?The geanology provided at the beginning of the epistles shows the direct connection coming from David thru Joseph. The problem I am having is how does that work if Jesus was not conceived by Joseph's seed but by the Holy Spirit. So how does christianity…[Read more]

Quote (WorshippingJesus @ Dec. 12 2006,20:49)Quote Hi W,You lost me with the bolded part.  Could you please clarify or elaborate?Thanks The topic was about…I said…”How could anyone but God answer Stephens prayer “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit”?”The response was…Quote Nah, W.  Because the Father sent him.Deut 18:15f and John 3:15fDeu 18:18…[Read more]

Wow, you guys!  And better still, let's praise the Lord for he is good!Amen!About 2-3 years ago, I happened to be reading from the minor prophets.  Had just finished Esther, Ezra and Nehemiah and was reading through Daniel, appreciating the greatness of God all over again and wondering how we could ever come to know such closeness with God as D…[Read more]

Quote (Is 1:18 @ Dec. 10 2006,02:59)Quote (Cubes @ Dec. 03 2006,16:36)Quote (Is 1:18 @ Dec. 02 2006,14:03)Hi Cubes and David,Cornelius fell down to worship (proskuneō) Peter in Acts 10:25, but Peter made it clear that it was inappropriate to proskuneō him as he was just a man. Acts 10:25-26And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell…[Read more]

Quote (WorshippingJesus @ Dec. 11 2006,20:14)Quote Nah, W.  Because the Father sent him.Deut 18:15f and John 3:15fDeu 18:18  I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. Deu 18:19  And it shall come to pass, whosoever wi…[Read more]

Quote (WorshippingJesus @ Dec. 11 2006,01:04)Quote Hi w,You ask”How could anyone but God answer Stephens prayer “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit”?”A typical greek trinitarian question.Logic is not helpful compared with scriptural truth.Your logic is. Stephen called to Jesus.So Jesus must be God.Very thin logic.Stephen is a branch of the vine tha…[Read more]

Quote (Debra @ Dec. 09 2006,03:05)Hi everyoneThis morning when I looked up the sky was filled with a smokey haze,and the sun bright red, it's an eery sight. The local Christian radio station has been calling everyone to pray for rain, I'm asking if you could do the same. The Dandenongs, where I live is dry and dusty, the fires are burning all over…[Read more]

Hi Deb,I'm praying too.Please keep us posted.

Quote (WorshippingJesus @ Dec. 07 2006,04:58)Quote Hi W,If you are not in him yet you should be. So you are in the Father and you share his deity?Hi W,From the Living God, through Christ, essentially, Yes.  Especially, if you hold that Jesus is God! Again, after all, how can the head be a different species from the body? Or the groom from the…[Read more]

Quote (Casey S Smith 29 @ Dec. 06 2006,23:28)Ok…I have concluded that the discussions on this site are futile. All of you think what you think and no one is budging or even considering the other's position. What I find funny is that people like Isaiah and myself are willing to lay aside our doctrinal bias in attempts in really comprehending why…[Read more]

Hi Nick,I don't know for sure who they are. They may not even be human, as you speculate. But my guess is that (if human), they either comprise of those righteous ones from Adam I – Isaac who were technically not Israel/JEWISH, though there is no indication that these added up to twenty-four.Or they may be a combination of righteous Jewish…[Read more]

Hi Is,BTW, thanks for the greetings to Spheres. I shall pass it on. He considers you a champion for your common cause and a brother in arms. Of course you know I wish you'd choose the winning side and abandon the pursuit of the ever elusive and evasive Trinity.

Quote (Is 1:18 @ Dec. 06 2006,12:20)Quote (Cubes @ Dec. 05 2006,22:10)Hello Is,Not so fast, buddy!    Not sure I understand what you mean by “context” entirely.But I would say that it is important to know WHO is proskuneo'd and WHY.  Whether or not such a person IS the Most High God or UNDER God.  It determines the degree and spirit in which the…[Read more]

Amazing, Nick!I suspect that these wonderful blessings happen to us often than we take time to notice. Or if we do, we may not appreciate them and write them off as coincidences.

Quote (Is 1:18 @ Dec. 05 2006,23:57)Quote (Cubes @ Dec. 03 2006,16:36)Considering the data in ALL of scripture, YES.Hi again Cubes,Sorry it's taking me a while to respond to posts these days (busy times)…I guess the only real way to determine whether “proskuneō” is used to denote worship appropriate for the One true God is the context in which…[Read more]

I thought to share this when it happened, then talked myself out of it because it seems so coincidental and insignificant… but I am still personally impressed  so have decided to share it to the glory of God.In my desire to make nutritious school lunches for my first grader, I thought to add humus, a middle eastern food to the list of menus.…[Read more]

Every so often, scripture and reality so converge in alignment as to make one marvel anew at the awesomeness of God all over again!Hsa 3:4   For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and teraphim:  Hsa 3:5   Afterward shall the ch…[Read more]

Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed man the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul…. Gen 2:18 ¶ And the LORD God said, not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him Mat 19:4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made at the…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Dec. 05 2006,03:28)Hi cubes, Lovely work thanks. The other sons of God watched God create earth.Job 38″ 4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. 5Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? 6Whereupon are the foundations…[Read more]