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Isaiah gives a bit of a definition of fasting that is different from what has been mentioned so far. In it, we read: "Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?" It seems...

Thanks Runningman. The term Gentiles is not always used to mean believers. We agree on that. For example, 1 Peter 4:3 or Rev 11:2. At those times it is used to mean the unsaved, the heathen. However, in Romans chapter 2, God is simply showing that having the written law is not the issue to be...

Gentiles are definitely highlighted as being believers, right in the same book of Romans in Chapter 15: "And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. And again he saith, Rejoice, ye...

Thanks Runningman. The 'house of Israel' mentioned in the Jeremiah verse is talking about all believers who are saved. It is the same Israel mentioned in Romans 11: "And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness...

With the Lord for one thing: "to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord" This verse shows that the true believers will forever be with the Lord. It also mentions the air. To my mind, the term "air" is a parable word for the kingdom of heaven. The kingdom of heaven is...

"And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. " 'Make to yourselves friends' means to share the gospel so that others will become saved and will become our 'friends', since they have...

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Thanks Magenta for your response. Can you show me the scripture you are talking about here? Post the exact scripture for example.

Thanks Mem for this question. Most all indoctrinated believers have been taught early on by general concensus that Adam was the bad guy who doomed mankind to death and so Christ was sent to save some of the human race from this bad thing that Adam did. However, it is hard to reconcile this view...

I don't know what you are defining numerology as. But if you ask the question, "do numbers have meaning in the Bible?", I think the answer is yes. The sabbath is the seventh day and on that day the law pointed to the believers not doing any work. Yet Jesus came and claimed that his father and he...

It would be easy to read the following verse: "For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive." as saying that every human being died thanks to Adam and every human being will be saved thanks to Christ. However, the word "all" is referring to saved persons, not to all humans...

The Bible is written in parable form (Psalm 78:1-2, Mark 4:34) and if you read the Bible as a surface text you will not understand it and strange doctrines may ensue. For example, consider what the Bible says about someone who is saved: "Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken...

Thanks Carry_Your-Name. The eagle being a deliverer does sound better. The familiar verse about those who hope in the Lord renewing their strength and mounting up with wings as eagles could be looked at somewhat in that light. It could also be emphasizing how God raises a person up to be renewed...

The Ezekiel 1 scripture shows that the four living creatures are associated with the Lord and are a picture of the Lord in his people : "And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an...

Thanks Runningman. To me it looks like all of the scriptures you mention are about spiritual death.

Thanks Runningman for the excellent scriptures you placed here. Keep in mind that scriptures about death and the dead are primarily talking about those who are spiritually dead. They are not addressing physical death. Similarly 'life' is addressing spiritual life, that which never dies in...

Thanks for your question Amanuensis, concerning this scripture: "For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison...

Thanks FreeGrace2 for your comments. I am happy to hear of another person who looks at this the same way. Your comment about Mark 16 having part of a verse missing in the older manuscripts is interesting and something of which I was not aware. I tend to just accept that the King James Version is...

"He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned." This verse from Mark shows 2 things necessary to be saved. Most people can understand what is meant by the term "believeth", which is the first thing. Of course, "believeth" means to believe on the...