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We can end the thread here--it was just a quick question. Thanks for your thoughts.

Sounds like a total copout, a hermit's existence. To not participate in the instruments of justice in the world is to neglect some of the most basic commands of God. Are we our brother's keeper? Of course we are! Are we to submit to our government? Certainly there are different kinds of...

Some truth in that for sure. Hosea 8.4 They set up kings, but not from Me [therefore without My blessing]; They have appointed princes, but I did not know it. But God certainly does control who gets in power, whether it is His wish to bless people or His need to curse people... Dan 2. 19...

I have the same sense, and yet I do fear God--sometimes He wants us to be restrained until the right path is made clear to us. So I'm personally hesitant about declaring God wants this or that. Personally, I'd love to see somebody's air force bear down on that caravan of tanks coming down...

2 of my grandparents families came from Ukraine--Germans who lived in Ukraine, late 1800s. Undoubtedly I have relatives there. I don't want them to be slaves or worker drones.

I'm interested in a biblical approach, but it could've been, yes.

You do not believe God is in charge? Are you a liberal? A Christian? John 9.33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.” Job 1.9 “Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied. 10 “Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the...

Putin is not in charge in the Ukraine situation. But how far should NATO go? We don't want WW3, but it may be inevitable at some point in history. Can we speed this along, or must it happen only in God's time? Should we be afraid of precipitating WW3, or being that it is in God's domain, should...

I'm just giving you a very common definition off the cuff--if you have a different prophetic system you may apply the word "eschatological" differently. In general it applies to the "endtimes," depending on how you view that. When a person wishes to distinguish between an eschatological Coming...

Well yes, biblical prophecy is both moral and instructs us about what we can expect in the future, as it regards our Salvation. But no, I'm not changing the significance and content of the Olivet Discourse. It being prophecy does not change whether it applies to things present or things future...

No, absolutely not. I've never said that. In fact, I've intentionally declared that that is *not* my position. In the OT Prophets the "day of the Lord" is used not just for the eschatological return of Christ at the end of the present age, but it is also used for historical judgments, such as...

"Eschatological" refers to the Last Days of this age, such as the 3.5 years of Antichrist, the Return of Jesus to bring his Kingdom to earth, the Millennium, etc.

Thanks for the focus on holiness--we completely agree on that. I don't have a problem debating--just have to quit if the kitchen gets too hot! ;)

Yes, I think it can be taken both ways, that he is "among us" and "within us." Means the same thing. The image in my mind is of the tabernacle being placed, by God, in the midst of Israel travelling through the wilderness. God wanted to be "among them," as well as *in their midst." Means the...

I believe that in his Olivet Discourse Jesus tried to focus his disciples away from the eschatological Coming as something to practically prepare for and instead focus on current issues that make one prepared for the Kingdom by moral means. In other words, Jesus made current issues the decisive...

I agree to some degree. The trouble is, American politicians see their jobs as career jobs, when they were originally meant to be a temporary service that is interested in the nation's affairs, as opposed to one's own affairs. I don't think anybody cares if a career is made out of politics as...

Some wonder what the difference is between the righteousness of the non-Christian world and the righteousness of the Christian world? Some even believe that the pagan world cannot have any righteousness at all, since it is compromised by self-interest. And some believe that even Christians have...

Yea, all good points. I live in WA State, and we have a blowhard governor Inslee, who also likes to slap mandates in an undemocratic fashion. Trouble for him, though--our State Congress has decided to legislatively limit his "emergency powers." And now he is considering lifting the mask mandate...

It is embarrassing to listen to Joe Biden anymore--he is so awkward and has so much trouble speaking. It was unfit to run for President, and in fact, hardly ran, hiding in his basement, and addressing maybe 10 or 20 people in his campaign stops. It shows the power of corrupt people who band...

It's all very discouraging, isn't it? On the other hand, it appears the Democrats' conspiracy tactics to steal elections is coming undone and getting exposed. If so, there may still be hope for us.