Princess,Gnostics pursue esoteric knowledge about their origins in the Godhead.  The disciples of Jesus the Anointed on the other hand seek esoteric knowledge that teaches and trains them to be righteous as God is righteous.   Similar but yet hte first is a corrupt copy of the later.On the other hand this interpretation is itself open to i…[Read more]

Irene,Scripture states that God did not speak through Jesus until the last days but instead used prophets and other various ways.  The two eras are worded in contrast in Hebrews 1:1-2. Jesus is not God’s spoken word but he  is the fulfillment of God’s promise of a Anointed for his people, 1 Peter 1:20, and that promise has been his word since…[Read more]

Adam,I hope that you come to understand that one individual can make atonement for another under the law as it is written that the priest make atonement for the people by burning an offering on the altar, Leviticus 4:31.  Now the Messiah is not a priest of the order of the Levites since he is not of that tribe but rather he is a priest of the…[Read more]

Adam,About the date of the Messiah’s return to this world I only know that Jesus himself did and may still not know.  So I find it hard to believe that after stating that he would turn around and say something that proved he did know.  I admit though those ignorant and corrupt men misinterpret scriptures.  That is why only those with a broken spir…[Read more]

Quote (terraricca @ Jan. 27 2011,07:54)Quote (kerwin @ Jan. 23 2011,04:02)Pierre,If you love as God loves you will not sin.  That is the goal of each and every one of God's true people.As to as description of love this scripture does the job.1 Corinthians 13(NIV) reads:Quote 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast,…[Read more]

Adam,I was not intentionally explaining Jesus’ death as atonement as though he does pay the wages of our sins and that is why it is foretold that “But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities”, Isaiah 53:5.  In addition it is self evident that by choosing to suffer death he did close the abyss that separates non be…[Read more]

Adam,You wrote:Quote He will be a warrior and political leader who will establish God's kingdom on earth.Jesus is a warrior and political leader as scripture testifies.  Have you not read that he was appointed to the political and warrior position of King?    David was also a warrior king though his enemies were flesh and blood but Jesus ba…[Read more]

To all,I tested the spirit of the hypothesis of Maimonides and found that he seemed to have dropped the detail that those who rebel are carried along by the spirit of the destroyers.   This would not fit true followers of Jesus as they are instructed that their enemies are not flesh and blood in nature. It is true that Jesus is a stone over who…[Read more]

Adam,You do not seem to understand the Jewish mine set that sees types in scripture and other places. If you did understand it you would not be confused when a Jew applies a type to an event that fits it. In the case of Psalms 40:6-8 the passage is obviously true when applied to Jesus as God does not desire sacrifices but rather desires that…[Read more]

Irene and Gene,Here is something interested as I was looking through the Herodian Dynasty and its relationship to scripture that bears on parables.  It is enough to base a hypothesis on but nothing more without additional evidence.Wikipedia entry for Herod_ArchelausThe beginning and conclusion of Christ's Parable of the minas in the Gospel of…[Read more]

Irene,You wrote:Quote Flesh and blood is no supernatural, you made that up, and not to wise to do….I can say the body is not immaterial, you made that up, and that is not wise to do since that is what I believe and yet if I did it does not explain why I interpret scripture as I do. That is why I choose a different path.Well Scripture states…[Read more]

Irene,One meaning of wretch is “1: a miserable person: one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune “according to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary. Paul was a tormented person, Romans 7:24, before he came to know Jesus because though he in his soul hungered and thirsted for righteousness he could not be filled with it because he was…[Read more]

Adam,You claim that “Sealing of New covenant by the blood of Jesus or the death of Will giver are not supported by Hebrew Bible”. Scripture states:Psalms 40((NIV)6 Sacrifice and offering you did not desire— but my ears you have opened— burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require. 7 Then I said, “Here I am, I have come— it is wr…[Read more]

Pierre,If you love as God loves you will not sin.  That is the goal of each and every one of God's true people.As to as description of love this scripture does the job.1 Corinthians 13(NIV) reads:Quote 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it…[Read more]

Irene,I understand these scriptures differently than you do.  For example I do not see the implied “all” you see in 1 Chronicles 15:40 and so understand it to mean only a certain type of flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven.  I thus find the second part of the sentence to be a qualifier that further defines the kingdom of heave…[Read more]

Mike Boll,Here is some of the context of 2 Corinthians 5:16.  2 Corinthians 5(NIV) reads:Quote 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. 16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so…[Read more]

Adam,I read Ezekiel 40:48 and Jeremiah 31:31-32 and do not see the Torah mentioned anywhere.   What I do believe is that the word of God will be strictly adhered to and that is done by living by the Spirit.  It is a Jewish teaching that the command love your neighbor as yourself is the sum of the Law and Jesus and his students also teach that.  …[Read more]

Irene,I have four translations here that all place the comma before the Today unlike what you chose to do.  Why do you believe these translators are in error?Quote Luke 23:43 (New International Version, ©2010) 43 Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” Luke 23:43 (King James Version) 43And Jesus said unto…[Read more]

Pierre,God commands us to love as he loves.He does not leave us alone but sends his Son to rescue us.Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness that is true and pure will be rescued.Those who do not will not.It is by receiving and living by the Spirit of God that we are rescued from this world.It is by faith we both receive and live by the…[Read more]

Quote (terraricca @ Jan. 20 2011,21:13)Quote (kerwin @ Jan. 19 2011,03:24)Pierre,I am not sure what you mean by saying I excluded the heart of anything God is or does, or says.Perhaps this covers it.The spirit fills the heart with God’s love and also guides the thoughts of the mind with that same love.  In this way it teaches a disciple to obey al…[Read more]