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Really, I can't say I know if dead souls of the saints are disembodied souls or not. I suppose so, since their old bodies are dead, and their new immortal bodies await them at Christ's Coming. I would agree that we have Eternal Life now, and do not have to await our immortal bodies to actually...

Yes, my brother is largely oriented to the *language* or the *text.* He is less interested, most often, in the theology, though he is clearly orthodox in his theology. So I go to him when I want to know something about the language use. But I'm much more oriented towards theology and...

ich sprechen kaum deutsch ;) Even though I'm half-German by ancestry.

My brother reminded me a minute ago that he and I have had this discussion a year back or so, but I completely forgot. He makes a real good argument for "water" not meaning amniotic fluid in this passage. Here are his comments: Yes, it is an ongoing debate. I think it was DA Carson who...

Well, I do agree that Natural Birth is not "how to be born again." But it isn't just because rebirth avoids going through the birth canal a 2nd time! It's also because rebirth avoids the need for water altogether, whether Natural Birth (amniotic fluid) or Water Baptism! The amniotic fluid in...

Never heard of that. Any links to this idea?

Well, that's a good question. When water came out of Jesus' side, was it real water, or something else? I'd have to study this out.

There are indeed two ways to look at "water birth," natural birth or baptismal birth. The reason I choose to accept natural birth is because Jesus is contrasting water birth with spiritual birth. If water birth is spiritual birth, then it cannot be contrasted with spiritual birth. In other...

You could be right, but I question that. If Nicodemus took Jesus' statement about being born of water to refer to natural birth then you can't say it was illogical to be taken that way. And that's what you're saying, that Jesus illogically told someone to be born naturally when that is an...

Way overthought, in my opinion. I do appreciate the confusion--I've had it for a long time, too. But I've come to the conclusion that ritualistic religion is the culprit, and not the Scriptures. The organized church made such a big thing out of ceremonies and sacraments like baptism that it...

Good question. My personal belief is that Satan had already rebelled against God's exclusive authority in heaven, producing a kind of knowledge called "evil." It was an autonomous knowledge, belonging to Satan alone, distinct from the knowledge that comes from God alone. Since Satan was given...

Yea, I'm been suffering this depressing reality for some time now. The bottom line, for me, is that not only does a minority of corrupt Americans rule, but the vast majority of the American public is gullible and lean towards all kinds of freedoms that God never intended to give us. There is a...

That's actually a really good question. There are good times and bad times. And there are better and worse times. The bad and worse times come when a nation turns against God after having known Him. Or they can happen in pagan nations for those who are believers. The thing to know is that when...

I agree with those who think this is naïve. Your heart may be in the right place, because we were told to "love our enemies," and to be consistent in love whether among friends or enemies. But even God, in His impartial love for all, is intolerant of sin, when it is in full-scale rebellion...

The idea of early and latter rains were just part of the harvest cycle. Many saints have thought that it prefigured a larger redemptive program in God's plan for Israel and for the Church. Israel certainly went through several stages of restoration before Christ came. And likewise, the Church...

Totally agree. God's name Yahweh, however you pronounce it, is intended to distinguish Him from all inferior gods, actually to the exclusion of all so-called gods. The tendency today is towards "inclusion," as you say. I've just recently experienced this as I was expelled, temporarily, from a...

Yes, the rebellious, apostate Jews were and are as bad as Jesus said they were, as bad as Paul said they are. I've dealt with a few of these nasty kinds of Jews over the last few years. I know. And yet, the Jewish People are a model displaying God's grace. In forgiving them, and in allowing a...

God's response to Moses' inquiry about His name may indicate that Moses was indulging in an earthly request that does not completely rise to the level of Deity. Moses is the one asking the question, and God is indulging him and his need to identify who He is to those who may question His...

Not sure what you mean by this? Physical Death in the Garden of Eden was God putting Man under a curse. The future was unresolved until Christ's atoning death enabled resurrection from the dead for those who choose the life of Christ over their own autonomous existence. I'm sure Man's eternal...