Quote (mikeboll64 @ Aug. 18 2012,02:55)Quote (kerwin @ Aug. 17 2012,02:03)To all,Does Ecclesiastes 9:5 prove the dead do not have a chance to enter heaven as it explicitly states “neither have they any more a reward”?They have no more day to day earthly rewards.  They don't enjoy a big feast anymore, nor do they enjoy romance with their wives, or…[Read more]

Mike,Quote No Gene, because that would require John 1:14 to say, “the Word came to be IN someone who was already flesh”. But 1:14 clearly does NOT say that, does it?God prepared a body for his Christ.

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Aug. 17 2012,06:09)Quote (kerwin @ Aug. 16 2012,01:45)Jehovah told us he would make the Word flesh when he stated he would print his law on the hearts of his people and place it on their inward being.  Jesus is the first he  has done this with…………So in your understanding, the Word didn't BECOME flesh as the scripture s…[Read more]

To all,Does Ecclesiastes 9:5 prove the dead do not have a chance to enter heaven as it explicitly states “neither have they any more a reward”?

Mike,I believe that the soul is the life God breathed into Adam. I also believe that the soul is made of spirit. As the soul is spirit it is sometimes called spirit instead of soul; but it is not the only spirit. I believe that the soul returns to God but I also believe it descends to Sheol/Hades. This seems a contradiction and your…[Read more]

Quote (jammin @ Aug. 16 2012,20:24)kerwin,do you exist in the form of MAN?phil 2.6 talks about nature or form. that is Christ form, God.Jammin,Both Jesus and I are in the form of humanity, as to the flesh. This is because there are many humans. There is but one true God and he is Jehovah.

Quote (jammin @ Aug. 15 2012,15:52)Quote (kerwin @ Aug. 15 2012,13:56)Quote (jammin @ Aug. 14 2012,06:12)really??? you just cant accept the truth mike. i told you to make your own bible LOLcommentaries also say that it refers to his (christ) nature as God (phil 2.6)how about you boy? ill wait for your translation that says individual being or…[Read more]

Wakeup,Jehovah told us he would make the Word flesh when he stated he would print his law on the hearts of his people and place it on their inward being. Jesus is the first he has done this with and the one by whom he does it to the rest of his people. That is why the human Jesus is the Mediator between God and humanity.

Gene & Wakeup,* It is written that Adam became a living soul not that he became a soul.* The departure of Rachael's soul left her without the breath of life.* Soul is translated to life in Leviticus 17:11 of the KJV and other translations.

Mike,Quote What?  When did I state that?     And how would that fit in with your claim that the “souls” of Paul and the elect will be clothed in a heavenly tent?  Are those “souls” dead because they are no longer “encased in flesh”?As Ed has rightfully pointed out, scriptures list the soul, body, and spirit as separate things.  Jesus himself says…[Read more]

Happyman,God speaks of a time when prophecy will cease and his prophets will claim to be servants of the land when accused of being prophets. We are told that in the end times the faith of the very elect would fail if it was possible.We are taught to come near to him and he will come near to us.God has given us more technology than the people of…[Read more]

Quote (jammin @ Aug. 15 2012,11:24)kerwin,i do not need to make my own bible bec i give what is written in the bible and not only my opinion.believe what the bible says. do not include your imaginationJammin,You choose versions that in your lack of understanding you believe support your teachings. Of course your understanding is foolishness as…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Aug. 14 2012,07:09)1 John 5:77For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 8And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.Footnote from the NIV of this verse:Late manuscripts of the…[Read more]

Quote (jammin @ Aug. 14 2012,06:12)really??? you just cant accept the truth mike. i told you to make your own bible LOLcommentaries also say that it refers to his (christ) nature as God (phil 2.6)how about you boy? ill wait for your translation that says individual being or species in phil 2.6you may ask for help boy LOLJammin,You do make your own…[Read more]

Journey42,Breath of life = Soul as the soul is the life of the body.Genesis 35:18King James Version (KJV)18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.The soul itself became living when housed in flesh, therefore the flesh gave it life.

Quote (Wakeup @ Aug. 12 2012,00:54)Quote (kerwin @ Aug. 11 2012,18:42)T,Conceived does not mean carry in a woman’s womb.  It means that a child comes to be.  It is the female form of beget according to ancient Greeks. John the Baptist rebuked those coming to him declaring God can make children for Abraham out of the stones.  Whose fleshly sire…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Aug. 15 2012,05:58)Quote (kerwin @ Aug. 13 2012,22:31)To all,Adam's soul was breathed into the body God prepared for him and he became a living soul.That's not quite what was written, Kerwin.  Read it again.Mike,As you state, Adam's soul was not living until encased in flesh.

To all,Adam had a body prepared for him as his body was created of flesh and then God breathed Adam into it. This is clear from Genesis 2:7In a like manner Jesus also had a body prepared for him.  That body a descendant of David.A soul is the breath of God.Some seem to believe that Jehovah created a being composed of spirit and called it's kind…[Read more]

Quote (kerwin @ Aug. 13 2012,05:18)All,Jesus' soul came from above and was placed in the flesh that was prepared for him by Jehovah.The flesh was prepared when Mary conceived the body of Jesus by the power of Jehovah acting through the Holy Spirit.Paul speaks of his and his listeners soul with the plural pronoun “we” instead of the words “our…[Read more]

All,Jesus' soul came from above and was placed in the flesh that was prepared for him by Jehovah.The flesh was prepared when Mary conceived the body of Jesus by the power of Jehovah acting through the Holy Spirit.Paul speaks of his and his listeners soul with the plural pronoun “we” instead of the words “our soul”.2 Corinthians 5King James Version…[Read more]