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Your explanation is the ludicrous one.

However, one cannot simply assume that prophecy has multiple fulfillments. Just because we don't see how something has been fulfilled to our satisfaction doesn't mean it hasn't. If we hold to that attitude, we are in exactly the same position as the Pharisees, for whom Jesus 'didn't fit'.

Thanks for your opinions. :)

Your impossibility is my reality. ;) Daniel 12:11 And from the time that the regular burnt offering is taken away and the abomination that makes desolate is set up, there shall be 1,290 days. Compare Mark's record of the Olivet discourse with Luke's, wherein the 'desolation' is connected to...

There is a key bit of information in the middle of the passage quoted in the OP... "then let them that be in Judea flee to the mountains" This happened in 70 AD, just prior to the destruction of Jerusalem by the Roman armies. The Christians who lived in Jerusalem fled to Pella, in the...

That's complete speculation. It was a highly religious culture where mocking God was taboo. Further, had they been drinking mere unfermented grape juice, there is nothing that would have changed their behaviour. They had no way to keep it from fermenting. The fermentation would have begun as...

Lol... I need to proofread. Golf, not gold (gee... what was I thinking?). Models: military aircraft and sci-fi ships (X-Wing, TIE fighter, etc.).

There are many things I like to do in my spare time. I play drums, guitar, and percussion, I build stuff with wood, I build models (1:72 scale stuff), and in warmer months, I play the occasional game of gold (badly). None are likely to become full-time pursuits, though I do hope that one day I...

The writer defines the word in verse 1, explains the importance of it in verse 2, and illustrates it in verses 3-38. He then bookends the chapter with verse 39 (and 40), stating again that they did not (yet) receive what was promised. The definition, on which the rest of the chapter is build...

I don't necessarily disagree, but I think that because of its clarity and brevity, Heb 11:1 needs to be foundational. :)

If I could transport my present purchasing power (not necessarily my job or income per se), I might consider Ireland. However, there are many places I haven't visited yet.

I can't answer your question, as I don't. However, I'm curious: what is your motivation for asking?

By his own argument, if he drinks grape juice at all, then he is a winebibber and a drunkard. ;)

Biblical faith is clearly and plainly defined in Hebrews 11:1.

Useless information... Hmmm... As of this post, I will have made 20,106 posts on this site. Now I'm wondering how many of my posts have been deleted, and whether or not those are included in the number above...

Which part of my previous post did you not understand?

Without resorting to a dictionary, I would define 'virtue' in these ways: - any quality of a person or thing deemed good or desirable for some purpose; - a closely-held personal value; - moral correctness in one's actions, by some moral standard, or adherence to commonly-held mores within some...

Hi and welcome to CC... I'm willing to provide a response to your questions, but I think it appropriate that, because you are doing the asking, that you define "virtue". What you have in mind may be different than what I have in mind, and I would be wasting my time if my concept is...

By ignoring the context of the verse, you have completely missed its meaning. God was warning all Israel of coming destruction because of their sin. It is poetic language, but isn't employing metaphors or signs for the coming gospel of Christ. You have read much into the verse that doesn't...

Is this thread STILL going?