Who is the revived Kingdom, the Roman Empire or the Islamic Caliphate?
Revelation 17:10-11
And they are seven kings; five have fallen,
these 5 are: Egypt, Assyria, Babylonia, Medo-Persia and Greek
one is,
The Kingdom in the time of John was the Roman
the other has not yet come; and when he...
Matthew 22 reads and I quote:
22 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
4...
There are many witnesses to the crucifixion, even the Jews recorded the death of Jesus in their Talmud. The Old Testament also prophecied the crucifixion. Jesus himself said that he would die on the cross as ransom for everyone who believes in it. So much evidence, but 600 years later a god...
Do they follow it?
For about a century, Jehovah's Witnesses were known as Bible students.
It was not a name they gave themselves, but as they were keen students of the Bible, the name was stuck on them. Though they called themselves Christians.
Over time, they accepted that they could be...
Revelation 3:14-22
14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art...
At the top, is the Prophetic and the Apostolic.
The Prophetic is referring to the people that can hear from GOD inaudibly, decipher and assimilate what they heard accurately, and then teach the people. Elijah (EL-YAH) which are triplets; three distinct persons which operate by the same...
Matthew 9:17 reads:
17 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
If we look at this with the understanding we have today, we will completely miss the...
This is continuation of our study; a deeper look into the events of the Garden of Eden.
in Genesis 3, it is written:
And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live...
It is written in Genesis 2:
21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
23 And Adam said...
But those who die in the LORD will live; their bodies will rise again! Those who sleep in the earth will rise up and sing for joy! For your life-giving light will fall like dew on your people in the place of the dead! Go home, my people, and lock your doors! Hide yourselves for a little while...
14 of the top 16 countries where Christians are most persecuted are muslim countries; could words like these be to blame?
Quran Surah 5, Verse 72
Those who say "Jesus is God" are disbelievers; they will not enter paradise, but hell. These evil people will have no helper!
Quran Surah 9, Verse 5...
Isaiah 35:4-6
Say to those who are timid of heart: Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God is coming, revenge is coming, the vengeance of God! He himself is coming and will save you. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be opened; then shall the lame leap...
Jesus, the Creator of ALL things
John 1:3+10
All things were made through him, and without him, nothing was made that has been made.
He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn’t recognize him.
Romans 11:36
For by him, and through him, and for him are all...
A man claiming to be BUDDHA the Magician is starting to stir up some people into believing that he is the God of the bible, he claims that "God" is just another word for "Magician", in a little 20 page pamphlet he gives an "example" of his Magic Spells, I'll just quote one of the parts from the...
Ah yes, three things destined to provoke ire when mentioned in the same sentence
Right up my alley
So, this thread is an offshoot from this thread:
Why Didn't God Leave Huge Quantities of Secular Evidence For Jesus...
My discussion partner in the other thread doubts it is...
He cited one example among others insinuating Bible contradicted itself. According to Matthew, Jairus said his daughter died, see Matthew 9:18-10, whereas Mark 5:21-24 quotes him in a sense that she is dying right the moment when they...
There are many discussions and social media shout outs about these two books and various people say various things. This thread is opened in hope of understanding certain points of view and of course some deeper analysis of the topic.
There are several points taken into consideration. How...
Time is an illusion, many sages say. After all, why do we see the number 2020 on the calendar and not 2010 or 2022, if we exist and are alive not only today and now? Therefore, the wise men should be put on a scientific track: time is real, but the passage of time is an illusion.
A fairy-tale...
Rev 16:13 And I saw three un-clean inspired expressions that looked like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon and wild beast ...14 They are, in fact, expressions inspired by demons and [they] perform signs, and go forth to the kings of the entire inhabited earth, to gather them together to...
Another view on Bible violence (applies to any Scripture):
Hypothetical:
1) God exists and one goal of humans is to live a humane life
2) God is Loving, Just and Omnipresent, Omnipotent, Omniscient
3) God inspired to write the Scriptures (as an example I use the Bible)
In short:
* All our...