Recent content by Lovette

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    Please help me to understand

    Since "Jews" were from every nation under heaven defined by the bible itself, how do you know the 120 in the upper room were all natives and not "from every nation under heaven"? There were plenty Samarians, Canaanites even Romans accepted Jesus as the Messiah, who are you to exclude them all...
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    Please help me to understand

    First of all, those 120 Jews could be from "every nation under heaven", according to not me, but Act 2:5 - "And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven"; second, "Greek saved first" was applied on a NATIONAL level, not an individual level. The gospel...
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    Future sins forgiven?

    Nobody goes to heaven. We all go to the grave, i.e. Sheol/Hades, then rise from the dead, like what Lord Jesus had been through.
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    The rapture is close?

    That judgement is scheduled AFTER his coming, not anytime before. This judgement is set on the Day of Atonement, where one is offered for the Lord and the other is cast into utter darkness. In whatever way you define "rapture", the resurrection must precedes it per 1 Thess. 4:16. Then Aaron...
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    The rapture is close?

    There will be resurrection, Rev. 20:1-5.
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    The rapture is close?

    Because our real blessed hope of resurrection is quiety replaced with this rapture. It is strange that resurrection message and rapture message are back to back, 1 Thess. 4:16-17, you only hear 4:17 and very rarely 4:16.
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    Please help me to understand

    What don't I understand is the stuffs you read into the text. Nobody received the Holy Spirit until Acts 2. Lord Jesus explicitly taught that he must depart so the Holy Spirit can come, Jn. 16:7, was he contradicting himself? Or you? Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage...
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    Is marriage really a "foretaste of heaven"?

    He did not dine with Abraham or wrestle with Jacob, that was God the father acting through an angel, not him.
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    Is marriage really a "foretaste of heaven"?

    Any flavor of confusion is yours alone. Since Jesus is in heaven, according to 1 Cor. 15:40, he is in a celestial body fit for heaven. However, I was talking about his ministry on earth. When he returns to earth, he'll reappear in his human form, a terrestrial body fit for earth. There are...
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    The rapture is close?

    A day with the Lord is like a thousand years, a thousand years is like a day, so you tell me how quickly is quickly. Also, consider this a possible translation error. The Greek word for "quickly" is closer to "rapidly", "speedily", "promptly". Lord Jesus compared his coming with lightning...
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    The rapture is close?

    Define and elaborate "rapture" first.
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    Is marriage really a "foretaste of heaven"?

    Because God must die for the sin of mankind in human form, therefore He limited himself in human form. Also, his authority springs from his capacity as Moses's successor, therefore he must come into being in human form, i.e. "from their brethren". I will raise up for them a Prophet like you...
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    Please help me to understand

    Well, on the day of Pentecost, pilgrims from every nation of the known world were present, they may be identified as Jewish converts, but also Gentiles, so you tell me whether they count as Greeks or not. Afterwards, the Ethiopian eunuch was the first saved, then Cornelius the centurion the...
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    Marriage question

    Here's a speech given by the pastor at a wedding ceremony , it perfectly lays out the nature and purposes of marriage: Dearly beloved, we are gathered here in the sight of God, and in the face of this congregation, to join together this man and this woman in holy matrimony, which is an...
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    Is marriage really a "foretaste of heaven"?

    Then may I humbly present you this speech at a wedding ceremony that perfectly lays out the nature and purposes of marriage. Dearly beloved, we are gathered here in the sight of God, and in the face of this congregation, to join together this man and this woman in holy matrimony, which is an...