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If God intended to speak of things "near" and things "far" in the same prophecy, then the prophecy does indeed have a "double meaning", and there is no deceit. Don't conflate the reader's confusion and ignorance with God's motives.

Yes, they are... Hebrews 9:16-17 KJV For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. Hebrews 9:16-17 NIV In the case of a will,[d] it is...

I don't have a digital copy, and my physical copy is not with me at present. I'll have to get back to you on this.

John "the Baptizer" was a Nazirite, not a Nazarene. See Numbers 6:1-21.

BOOM! I suspect it wasn't your intent to provide such a thorough shut-down, but you succeeded! :)

Please read Josephus' Wars of the Jews... then consider what Jeremiah was foreseeing. :)

Another translation will likely help explain many seemingly obscure passages. Here's the NIV: This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words. You can check dozens of English translations...

Merriam-Webster doesn't agree with you... occult adjective 1: not revealed : SECRET (emphasis added) deep subterranean occult jealousy 2: not easily apprehended or understood : ABSTRUSE, MYSTERIOUS occult matters like nuclear physics, radiation effects and the designing of rockets 3: hidden...

“Occult” means “hidden” or “secret”; I’m not confused at all.

This is an international forum. not an American forum. What people happened to do with a KJV in the USA has nothing to do with whether it is the best English translation. It isn't, and late middle English is not what 21st-century English readers read.

Really? Where does the Bible say that? One case does not justify making a practice of doing so. Jesus gave us one specific case and told us that the number has one specific meaning. He did not tell us to ascribe meaning to any other number, which is what the "numerologists" attempt to do.

Please provide the source. The writer’s bias is plain. The conclusion doesn’t follow the evidence, but is clearly a personal interpretation.

Yes… aka statistics. 😎

Sadly, that’s the truth.

The thread title caught my attention. ‘The Real Truth…’. What other kind(s) of truth is (are) there? Inquiring minds want to know.

I'm sure you're aware there are very few English versions from prior to the 1600's.

If you're referring to the X's on post 304, it is not the Scripture with which people are disagreeing, but your interpretation thereof. Don't confuse the two. ;)

You're applying a particular nuance of "fond". "Not fond of" in this context does not mean "doesn't like" or even "doesn't much like" but rather, "doesn't like a lot of". The word is most commonly translated "addicted". "Fond" usually means "like a lot". "Not fond", these days, is more...

This thread is about ‘Ball Earth Conundrums’ (sic), not heliocentrism. Heliocentrism is your fussy baby, not mine. I merely responded to a question. As I stated in several previous posts in several threads, the North-centric flat Earth model does not allow the sun to appear at any angle...

Which makes sense on the surface of a sphere. 😎