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First of all, those 120 Jews could be from "every nation under heaven", according to not me, but Act 2:5 - "And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven"; second, "Greek saved first" was applied on a NATIONAL level, not an individual level. The gospel...

Nobody goes to heaven. We all go to the grave, i.e. Sheol/Hades, then rise from the dead, like what Lord Jesus had been through.

That judgement is scheduled AFTER his coming, not anytime before. This judgement is set on the Day of Atonement, where one is offered for the Lord and the other is cast into utter darkness. In whatever way you define "rapture", the resurrection must precedes it per 1 Thess. 4:16. Then Aaron...

There will be resurrection, Rev. 20:1-5.

Because our real blessed hope of resurrection is quiety replaced with this rapture. It is strange that resurrection message and rapture message are back to back, 1 Thess. 4:16-17, you only hear 4:17 and very rarely 4:16.

What don't I understand is the stuffs you read into the text. Nobody received the Holy Spirit until Acts 2. Lord Jesus explicitly taught that he must depart so the Holy Spirit can come, Jn. 16:7, was he contradicting himself? Or you? Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage...

He did not dine with Abraham or wrestle with Jacob, that was God the father acting through an angel, not him.

Any flavor of confusion is yours alone. Since Jesus is in heaven, according to 1 Cor. 15:40, he is in a celestial body fit for heaven. However, I was talking about his ministry on earth. When he returns to earth, he'll reappear in his human form, a terrestrial body fit for earth. There are...

A day with the Lord is like a thousand years, a thousand years is like a day, so you tell me how quickly is quickly. Also, consider this a possible translation error. The Greek word for "quickly" is closer to "rapidly", "speedily", "promptly". Lord Jesus compared his coming with lightning...

Define and elaborate "rapture" first.

Because God must die for the sin of mankind in human form, therefore He limited himself in human form. Also, his authority springs from his capacity as Moses's successor, therefore he must come into being in human form, i.e. "from their brethren". I will raise up for them a Prophet like you...

Well, on the day of Pentecost, pilgrims from every nation of the known world were present, they may be identified as Jewish converts, but also Gentiles, so you tell me whether they count as Greeks or not. Afterwards, the Ethiopian eunuch was the first saved, then Cornelius the centurion the...

Here's a speech given by the pastor at a wedding ceremony , it perfectly lays out the nature and purposes of marriage: Dearly beloved, we are gathered here in the sight of God, and in the face of this congregation, to join together this man and this woman in holy matrimony, which is an...

Then may I humbly present you this speech at a wedding ceremony that perfectly lays out the nature and purposes of marriage. Dearly beloved, we are gathered here in the sight of God, and in the face of this congregation, to join together this man and this woman in holy matrimony, which is an...

I assure you, I've never been confused on this. What you call "Christophany" is a vision of Christ, any pre-incarnate appearance of Christ is a vision of Christ. An angel of the Lord, however, is not the same, that was God the Father speaking through a medium to his people, such as the one who...

You know, only in the last book of the whole bible is Christ really revealed with all his glory, that's why that book was titled, REVELATION of Jesus Christ, right? Before that, during his ministry, Christ was only revealed to his disciples, others accused him of blasphemy; before his...

Gospel is preached to the Jews first ...

No, because there's a secondary function, stabalization of society. It is universally acknowledged that singles, especially young single males, are more likely to cause troubles and engage in dangerous behaviors than married or at least coupled men.

I'm afraid whoever clings onto this sales pitch of marriage is in the leagues of the Sadduccess, to whom marriage in heaven no different from marriage on earth, and they attempted to ridicul Jesus from this angle. Jesus schooled them with the real insight of the afterlife, where there will be...

You're entitled to your own interpretation of "in the spirit". I'm just telling you, that per 1 Jn. 4:1-4, unless the figure they encountered was birthed by virgin Mary in Bethlehem, it's a vision of the future Savior. You can call that Christophany, nonetheless it's just a vision.