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I don't think it makes any difference where the temple was. Paul (temple) and John (new Jerusalem) made it clear that believers are the stones of God's temple with Jesus as the cornerstone and capstone.

Why do you add the words in parentheses? It's David praising and calling on the Lord for deliverance with, yes, echoes of the future Messiah, Jesus. But it is not divided up the way you have done it. You have read into it what is not there.

Because of my wrestling with the concepts of the Old and New Covenants, I've come to the conclusion that there are continuity and discontinuity between the two covenants. That is, Jesus' coming has done away with the Old Covenant's external form, that is, the law as Israel's commandments (the...

Pride is self-centeredness that is the essence of sin. Adam and Eve tried to lift themselves up to God's level by eating the forbidden fruit. Pride elevates us to think and do what WE think is right rather than what GOD thinks is right, as revealed in the Bible.

You've a lot to the story that isn't there. Jesus wants us always to be ready for his Second Coming. It's a parable with one point; that is it.

Read the whole Bible, and you will find his commandments.

In addition, we are adopted sons and daughters of the Father and adopted brothers and sisters of Jesus, who is the eternal Second Person of God. We "partake" of or experience God in our lives, but we don't become God.

Read the context of that verse. God through Paul tells us to put on his power through Jesus by the Spirit like armor to defend ourselves against the devil and his attacks and influences. John tells us in his first letter that there are three influences in our lives making us sin: our own flesh...

Jesus is God along with the Father and the Holy Spirit as the ONE God in three Persons, an amazing Mystery who is beyond human thought.

Explain number 3 better. What do you mean by forgiveness? Is it justification, that is, God's declaring us "not-guilty" and right with him, as our Judge, or what? I think Paul in Romans 3 makes it clear that God the Father justifies us when we first believe, but we continue to sin and need daily...

I completely agree with you only on the basis of the Bible, not people's interpretations of it!

Here is what I know about the Second Person of God before he joined humanity: Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Joh 1:2 He was in the beginning with God. Joh 1:3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made...

"Consistency" to my reason is not the goal; the truth of the Scripture as God's revelation is our goal. We accept the mysteries about God.

Yes, the Bible reveals God those ways. Therefore, I believe the same truths, which reveal God as a mystery that my puny mind cannot comprehend or fathom completely. As a result, he is worthy of my belief, worship, and service.

God is one God, who has revealed himself as one God in three Persons. Read the Gospel of John all the way through, and you'll see that truth. The first commandment simply calls us to worship and serve the one God instead of the many false gods who are fronts for the devil and the demons. Then...

You're taking these verses out of context to prove your point. The great city on seven hills, Babylon, in Revelation is Rome, for example. It is symbolic, I think, of the evil empire or governmental structure that influences people to depend on it instead of God.

What do you mean that you "have taken little other personal responsibility"? The whole Christian life, during which God calls us to take responsibility, involves overcoming the old-nature qualities in our lives with the new ones God wants us to develop. See Colossians 3 (verse 1 bases our...

I completely agree with you. I wonder how God talked to you.

The geneologies in the Bible often skip generations to show the ones they are most interested in according to the theme they are dealing with; it's not modern history, though it is true, inspired history. Furthermore, the word "day" in the Bible often means a longer period than 24 hours. I don't...

Why don't you summarize the first several verses? Why do you leave them out?