Ed J.No truly righteous man would touch the evil thought of them being equal to God in authority. Such an arrogant idea would be blaspheme to them.Remember Paul is using Jesus’ actions as an example for believers to follow.

Adam,By using the Aggadic Midrashim method of Jewish interpretation the writer displayed he is either a Jew or familiar with Jewish practices.  It also makes it likely the intended audience are Jews or at least familiar with Jewish methods of interpretation.  The Aggadic Midrashim method of interpretation is perfectly accepted in some Jewish t…[Read more]

Adam,As I stated previously if you apply the Aggadic Midrashim to the words of Matthew then you will understand where Mattew, a Jew who obviously adhered to that teaching, is comming from.The fact that the particular scripture is true about an event is enough for that scripture to be applied to that event even though the litteral or implied…[Read more]

George,I know very little about the rapture though it is my understanding it is the event when the believers are caught up to meet the Lord. The transformation may happen at that time or more likely at the same time the dead rise to life. I see nothing you said that leads me to conclude there is no rapture as whether it is air or heaven is…[Read more]

Pierre, It would seem you are applying the definition of “to learn by experience” to the verb form of the noun and thus are saying that Enoch did not learn of his death by undergoing it as he was unaware he went through it. Even then it would be the experience of death and not dying he would be unaware of. For a person to be unaware of death the…[Read more]

Ed J.The Authorized King James Version translated by the heretical Christian Sect of the Church of England does not obviously have credible translators. I don’t trust the heretical Jewish sects that Adam does either. King James, the head of the Church of England, gave the 47 translators, who were all members of his church, orders designed to i…[Read more]

T8,It was an irrelevant question since Jesus stated the truth was hidden from those who do not believe and revealed to those who do. The Jews in question were unbelievers. I instead answered the real point which is what Jesus intended and not what those that did not believe heard. Jesus spiritual words which are heard by the spiritually…[Read more]

Mike Boll,I am going to have to disagree with you about the Jews clearly understanding Jesus since they stated “How can this man give us his flesh to eat”, John 6:52. The Jews were obviously not thinking in spiritual terms and thus misunderstood the teaching of Jesus. Had they been thinking in spiritual terms instead of the terms of this wor…[Read more]

Adam,I looked at the NIV translations version of Matthew 2:16-18 and Jeremiah 31:15 and the words it uses in both cases are “no more”.  That would tend to show the GNB mistranslated the word(s) in Matthew to “dead” probably going by the immediate context and not by the original source.Your source is either not aware of longstanding Jewish methods…[Read more]

Pierre,I believe James is speaking to adults but all human beings are subject to temptation whatever their age, provided they have any desires at all. I am positive even children are tempted by evil but because of their lack of mental and/or moral abilities due to development they are not held accountable for their actions. It is at the same…[Read more]

Pierre,You choose to believe that Enoch died even though scripture does not explicitly state Enoch died as you choose to believe that that Hebrews 11:13 is precise while Hebrews 11:5 is figurative.    The word “Translated” does not mean “moved out of death’s path” unless you mean “to convey to heaven or a non-temporal condition”.  Another meanin…[Read more]

Mike Boll,Is Jesus literally “bread” or is he speaking figuratively?If he is not then why would you think he was speaking literally when he said he came down from heaven?He is the bread that feeds those who hunger after righteousness and he came down from heaven because he was sent by God for that purpose. I am not talking a physical location but…[Read more]

Mike Boll,Jesus did ask the Pharisees whose Son is the Messiah and they answered correctly that the Anointed One is the Son of David. His question is related to the scripture he quoted but he was not stating that the Christ is not the Son of David. He was thus stating that in addition to being the Son of David the Messiah was something more.…[Read more]

Quote (Baker @ Nov. 24 2010,09:50)I am still having problems writing, so all I am going to say to Kerwin, Adam and Gene, your understanding is sin sch……….You don't make sense……..I hope you get well.

Just Askin,Phantasms have body and they are spirits. Scripture describes them whether they are invisiable or viisiable. The accounts of visiable phantasms were mistaken as Jesus was actually alive but we do learn that the belief in visiable phantasms existed.In all cases this type of spirit that phantasms are part of have a body that can be seen…[Read more]

Gene, Could you please comment on what I stated to Pierre in my previous post about the spirit, soul, and body being separate parts of the whole?I agree the soul comes into being when the body comes to life but I do not believe it is a combination of body and breath of life. I am not sure the spirit and breath of life are the same.

Pierre,I favor the belief that man is made of body, soul, and spirit which is given life by the breath of God.  What you call the inner soul is what I call the soul.  I believe that the soul ascends to the third heaven and so may be said to return to God to await judgment but I am reluctant to say that is what spirit is being talked about in s…[Read more]

Mike Boll,You state that scripture declares Jesus is the Son of David according to the flesh and this is true. If you look at Romans 1:3 you will see it states the same about him being the Son of David according to the human nature. Human nature and flesh in this sense are synonyms.According to 2 Peter 1:4 we learn that believers share in the…[Read more]

To all,See Romans 1:2-4 where the human nature is contrasted with the Spirit of holiness. That is where I and Mike Boll see two natures mentioned.  This corresponds to the sinful nature (flesh) and Spirit mentioned in Galatians 5:16-24.2 Peter 1:4 tells us believers share in the divine nature.If believers do the Jesus the Anointed does and thus…[Read more]

Pierre,What is God's desire, i.e. will, for mankind?