@Carmel,

How do you come up with this stuff?!? Either the words written mean exactly what they say or they don’t; if they don’t what they say, then everything in the bible must be thought of as an interpretive literary work that can mean anything the reader wishes. I say the first option because my God wasn’t maliciously hiding anything or try…[Read more]

@Berean,

You quote a verse and now I have three questions for you:

What does it mean??

Who is speaking and to whom are they speaking about in this dialog?

What is the entire context of this section (Isa 53:1-9)?

@Carmel,

You: THAT YOU ARE A STUPID PERSON WITH EVERY RESPECT!

Me: Be thankful there are rules on this website and I respect my fellow man, whether we agree or not, to not drop to worse than childish levels because we disagree. In nothing you wrote did you substantiate your position; all you did was, as Paul, twist God’s words to mean what you w…[Read more]

@Carmel,

The book of Hebrews is so corrupt it must be removed; anyone who uses it continues to push its corruption.

Every letter Paul wrote is a lie, he admits to robbing the early church, twists God’s words to make them his own, hates the Jewish people, whined about all of Asia rejecting him (doesn’t Jesus say to Ephesus they did well in…[Read more]

@Danny,

You reject God saying human sacrifices are detestable to HIM and also accuse God of doing exactly what HE commanded mankind to never do.

You reject God saying everyone is responsible for their own transgressions and accept Jesus taking on your sins.

You reject God’s saying no one can atone for another man’s sin, but believe Jesus ato…[Read more]

@Carmel,

GOD WAS ALONE BEFORE CREATION — you know this how? What about the angels?

MAN WAS ALONE IN HIS CREATION — was he, wasn’t God there too?

GOD MADE A HELPER FOR THE MAN LIKE HIMSELF — because HE said it wasn’t good for man to be by himself, without a compatible mate.

ANOTHER HUMAN BEING THE WOMAN — would be a mouse…

OUT OF THE MAN…[Read more]

@Carmel,

What is the point you are trying to get at?

If God was alone before creation, then Jesus couldn’t possibly preexist. hmmmm!

@Danny,

You: God decided to save us THROUGH HIS SON. Do you have a problem with that?

Me: This “saving” you speak of was through the death of “His son” but creates an issue with God’s word since HE doesn’t accept human sacrifice, HE says every man will be held accountable for their sins, and no one can atone for the sins of another.

W…[Read more]

@Gene

You’re missing the point, in the Tanakh God speaks through HIS prophets and is always prefaced by a variation of “declares the Lord.” Where is this in the NT? For Jesus to claim what he speaks comes from God is not provable; I can say the spirit lead me to tell you to walk and not drive to work today. From my statement do we have any pro…[Read more]

@Carmel

I have no idea what translation you’re using, but throw it away; it’s corrupt. Gen 2:18 in every translation I reference it says “I” will make him a helper – no “us.” This means God alone is going to do this. Besides, do you really believe the One who created light, time, celestial bodies, placed this planet at the right distance fr…[Read more]

@Danny,

You: YHWH without his Son Jesus Christ doesn’t work. You need them both.

Me: Really!! So God, the Almighty, the creator of heaven and earth needs help?!? Somehow in the realm of christianity, the creator of light and darkness isn’t able to save the very beings HE created? The One who created everything you see when you walk out your doo…[Read more]

@Jodi,

You: What you are saying is simply not true, to the point it make me think you haven’t read much at all about the bible.

Me: Is this like me telling you to read the prophets and you becoming offended?

You: Does not God destroy the wicked throughout the OT? Does he not punish and kill unbelievers, those who don’t put their trust and faith…[Read more]

@Jodi,

I have asked many questions; they may not have been specifically directed at you, but do remain unanswered.

You say I’m “misinterpreting” the scripture because I say the NT doesn’t align with the Tanakh. I’m reading the words that are there. Let’s take a look why I say the book of Hebrews must be stripped from the bible and tell me if i…[Read more]

@Jodi,

Please head over to biblehub and read the commentaries on 2 Pet 2:4.

I do agree commentators can and do inject some personal bias into their understanding; however, when there are multiple commentators who agree this passage is a reference to heavenly angels are we to ignore the teaching in favor of our personal religious…[Read more]

@Gene

Are you going to continue to ride the coattails of Jodi or are you going offer your own thoughts?

@Jodi,

You: First of all you need to stop saying things like “is there a passage in the Tanakh (OT) that says…” and such the like. It’s pointless to someone who believes that the OT and the NT is God’s word. Do you do the same from one OT book with that of another, why not? Do you question what Isaiah says, if you can’t also find it written…[Read more]

@Jodi,

The Isa 45 passage you site is Isa 46:10, (clarity for others). What is this chapter about, what is God saying through the prophet? In verse 10 God explicitly states HE knows the outcome of everything. HIS plans will be accomplished no matter what and verse 3 tells us who HE is speaking to “Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the r…[Read more]

@Danny,

Back up one verse to John 8:56 “Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day. He saw it, and was glad.” When does Abraham ever talk about expecting a “messiah”? The Jewish nation wasn’t even formed at that time; there was no sinful nation that required a messiah. So what was Jesus speaking of?

If you’re going to claim Jesus saying “I a…[Read more]

@Jodi,

So we can safely say and be in agreement angels cannot sin and all angels are simply messengers of God doing only what HE commands.

Looking again at II Pet 2:4, even though it says angels (heavenly hosts as confirmed thru a few commentaries), your faith however tells you these “angels” are prophets. Reading the passage, Peter is using a h…[Read more]

@Jodi,

You quote II Pet 2 and verse 4 you state:

“Verse 4 is not talking about celestial messengers it is talking about God’s messengers the prophets who sinned.”

Except when looking up the word angel the Greek ἀγγέλων means “a messenger, angel” and according to Strong’s the understanding of this passage is “Certain of the angels have proved fa…[Read more]