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Hello,

A sluggard is one who is lazy, slothful, idle. Also, can be someone who is villianous or up to no good.

The tabernacle; signifies the dwelling place. The Most High; in O.T. times; would be within the Ark of the Covenant; which would be in the inner court; surrounded by the outer court; and other areas further out including the areas of animal sacrifice. Hence; Christ went outside the gate after making the sacrifice for us. Sobering thought. It is important to see that the Lord would only dwell according to certain parameters as to the furniture (the shewbread being next to the ark; and carvings of Cherubim). Besides these guidelines; He chose who would be able to be in the inner court; the lineage of Levite priests; as well as the King who would build the tabernacle and when. The overall design in the inner sanctum was rather simple even in Solomon's temple despite the ornate design and complex manual for construction of the rest. God Himself warned Solomon; in fact not to hoard gold; silver; and horses or start being seduced by foreign gods (related to all the amorous behavior with foreign women). One of the earlier altars that David purchased after the plague hit was Ornan's threshingfloor in 1 Chronicles 21. This was done in ad-hoc fashion; as an immediate end to an ongloing plague by the angel had to be offset. Now; of course God's tabernacle dwells with men; as His Spirit has taken up residence in a Christian and among those gathered together in His name. This caused the death of Ananias and Sapphira much in the same way that those carrying the Ark were slain in the Old Testament when they erred in picking it up when it dropped. The Ark also blessed the residence where it sat after that event; and also caused plagues among those who took it (the Philistines). We should keep in mind the admonitions of the candlestick being removed in Revelation as well. He who destroys the temple God Himself will destroy. ( 1 Cor. 3:17). That could be viewed as self-destruction; or perhaps the effect of martyrdom although the soul would go on to be with the Lord.

Dear Donna,

I will continue to pray for you and the things you mentioned. Thanks for filling us in a bit on your siuation.

Also, are you saying that you and GraceAmbassador (who posts on here are the same person)?

Dear April, I agree in prayer for all of these requests.

Lord Jesus, April is in need of Your protection and deliverance from those who are acting against her for so long. Cause these actions to be thwarted and stopped. Provide all that is needed for April to move and be in a better position to care for herself and grandchildren. Deliver her children from the slavery of drug and alcohol abuse. Release their bodies, and minds from dependency on these things. We ask these things in Your name Jesus. Amen.

In light of much of today's erroneous doctrine; particularly occurring among female megapastors (sometimes in conjunction with their husbands) we can perhaps better appreciate Paul's admonition that a woman not teach or exercise authority over a man ( 1 Tim 2:12). There were certain protocols or roles that exemplify the elder/pastor; deacon; and Bishop as to personal behavior to qualify for the position and the way the job was to be carried out. In 1 Cor. 11 verse 2:16 we see that women WOULD pray and prophesy (apparently related to public worship). The instruction for head covering indicates submission to men and relates to their role with the church; some of which seems rather mysterious related to the angels and glory. As for a Deacon; apparently Romans 16:1 indicates that indeed Phoebe was in such a position AND commended by Paul. Since this word also translates "servant"; the role could signify a different sort of role here. It should also be remembered that the admonitions seen in the above verses and elsewhere mention the church as the emphasis; there are other verses indicating the way a woman is to submit in silence outside the church with their husbands. Given the instructions of women Titus 2 indicates women are to teach what is good and other verses (including some in the Old Testament Psalms and Proverbs) show wisdom given from mothers as well. There is an exception somewhere where a woman instructs a man (I believe it is Lydia and Barnabus) in the matter of the Holy Spirit and correct teaching since his understanding of the role in the time of John the Baptist.

I can't seem to find it; but again this would be a private matter outside church worship. However; a believing wife could explain the way of salvation to her husband; provided she is still submissive in any way that would not damage her living for the Lord. It would seem the best way to reach another spouse generally is by example of behavior of a believer to the nonbeliever.

I totally agree. I'm even super careful about letting someone lay hands on me. I need to test their spirit first.

Hello Learning,

No, Jesus' brother, (Judas or Jude) is not the same person as Judas Iscariot (who betrayed Jesus). Also, there was another apostle named Judas, but he was not Judas Iscariot nor Jesus' brother. Judas must have been a common name back then.

Dear Grace!

How are you? haven't heard from you in some time. I have been praying for you. Glad to have you back!

May I suggest a King James Bible, with a strongs concordance,.. or maybe the companion Bible, but please be careful on what you purchase,. There's a lot of false copy's and scribes, obviously sent by the dragon an his followers,.. I can assure you, there's a millennium, but you shouldn't listen to me , or any other person, Jerimiah chapter 17 until you ask your Heavenly Father,. Proverbs chapter 1 James chapter 5 ,..

Also 2nd Timothy chapter 2

Peace

What Bible verse and what passage is it that when he says do not move your neighbor's property line and do not hold a grudge against your neighbor who spits on or like gets on the property line

Florence,

Prior to the flood, people live nearly 900 years. After the flood, only Noah (and maybe his wife) lived that long. His children (and daughter in-laws) lived around 600, After these people who were born prior to the flood, the average lifespan of people began to fall with each generation. By Abraham's time (10 generations or so later) the lifespan had fallen to about 150 years or so.

I believe that God had his reasons for the long life spans and for shortening them after the flood. But we do not know the environmental or genetic factors that led to these long life spans prior to the flood.

Hello SolaScrip

We welcome you to this forum. Good to have your input.

While I do not wish to comment on the millenium doctrine you are speaking to in your post, I just wish to add this:

For me, I agree that much of Revelation is allegorical, reflecting truths that can be found in prophecy elsewhere in the Scriptures. Some of the truths of Revelation may become more easily understood as the time for these things to happen draw very near. I, myself, don't speak much about these things, because I am not very scholarly on this portion of Scripture yet. So I prefer to learn from others. I am trusting that God will help believers endure through any hardship that comes our way, even the end time persecution and martyrdom of myriads of believers. I do think that believers need to wake up a bit from being lulled by the ease of life in many developed nations. We need to gird up our loins, be strong in the Lord and prepare ourselves to face these things, because I believe we are headed in that direction across the world. So, instead of doing the "name it, claim it, prosperity stuff" I choose to live simply and pray for the Lord to lead me through the years ahead. This said, I am 65y ears old and recently retired. I have lived most of life already. I am looking forward to eternity. My attitude may be different than those who still have their whole life ahead of them with young families, etc. For me, I may have 20-25 years left to live unless the Lord returns before then. Or I may be die sooner than either of these time frames. So, I am looking for Christ's return eagerly. We are called to live upright and godly lives in this wicked age in anticipation of Christ's return. I wish to live this way. Don't want to be ashamed at His appearing.

Sola Scrip-I am looking forward to hearing more from you. Again, welcome.

Please Lord God allows this mother and daughter relationships be restored for Rosalind. Please Holy Spirit guide them in their communication to be heard and understood by one another that peace with come upon them as a testimony for Your Glory I ask in Jesus Christ name

Rebecca, I'll be praying for you from now till the 21st. Jesus sat next to me during a dental surgery when I was so scared. The Lord will show up for you you'll see.

Im sorry SolaScrip I Didn't mean to affend you, Obviously one would curious to hear your take with such bold entrance.

Thanks for you view.

God bless.

what was ukraine called in Jesus's day?

Couldn't tell you exactly when, but it is believed by many that the Catholic Church is responsible for changing the baptismal formula. We have one single solitary verse in scripture that states "father, son and holy ghost" in Matthew 28:19, but interestingly all of the descriptions of the actual baptismal events, in the chapters after, use the name of Jesus Christ.

Did Jesus really tell His disciples to do it one way and every one of them completely ignored His Command and did it differently for every baptism ever recorded after in the Bible? Or has somebody changed the verse in Matthew to read something that Jesus never spoke there?

It is a fact that there are no accounts of baptisms anywhere in scripture that use the Trinity formula of 'father, son and holy ghost.'

God, please keep me and my love ones close to you . Thanking you worshiping you and showing my love for your grace . I am Blessed . God is good to those humans on earth . But I am a Christian and you are my savior amen

God has not given us the spirit of fear my child and God told me at this moment to tell you that. He is going to meet you in the operating room before you get there . Angel's will be there as well if you happen to see a flash it is a Angel watching over you. I have seen angel's before . In Jesus name I pray that all is well again I say all is well Amen.

Richard, if you're replying to my comment about the Millennium, if you could reply to my specific comment, we could keep all this specific discussion in one place.

The book of Isaiah doesn't mention a 1,000 year period of time anywhere. Specifically not in chapters 31 or 33. We must confirm these doctrines with specific verses and passages to prove they are legitimately Biblical doctrine. We must be clear and honest for all those Christians who are learning about the Bible and what it says and doesn't say.

This doctrine of the Millennium is taught by many famous pastors and preachers, as well as many churches and seminaries. We must hold all of these men and institutions up to the Light of God's Word. We must prove their teachings to be Truth or false. There is no support anywhere in scripture for the concept of a Millennium period of time outside of Rev. 20:1-6. There are chapters and passages that are very vague that are used as evidence for lots of things, but upon closer inspection, they do not support the concepts they are being used to support.

Dear Suze,

Thank you for your question. Besides the reply link in email, when signed into the account for commenting its easy to track a conversation, get a notification of a reply, and know who to reply to. The discussions work the same way as before, but are just on this new page instead: Link - also found by clicking "view new replies"

May God bless you!

I have always wanted to know,did these people in the Bible live several hundreds of years of age?

Ezekial 40 is speaking of the measurements of a temple. Nothing at all about the Millennium time frame reign of Christ on the physical earth.

Be more specific with specific verses instead of entire general chapters if you wish to continue discussing please.

Thank you.

Why and when did the early church deviate from calling the name of JESUS over the person who was being baptized as in the Book of Acts?

Thank you for all your enlightening comments and advice

I am asking all my prayer warriors to please come together and pray for me and my family. I have to have major multi level reconstructive back surgery on February 21st at uva. I have severe scoliosis and kyphosis which has caused severe curvature of my spine. I went from 5'6" in height and now I am down to 4'9" and its compressed my organs to the point the dr said i would slowly crush to death, if i don't have the surgery so i know God is with me always and I pray He touches my surgeon's hands and guides him through this 9hr operation, but most of all to comfort me cause I am so scared. I have faith and i know He will bring me through it, i just need to feel His loving arms around me so I don't have to worry and it does give me a peace of mind just knowing God will be right there with me praise Jesus!

Hey it works ! I clicked on the link in my mail and it brought me straight here to you . Thanks for the advice , it works ! Yaaaaaay .

Between your post and mine, what I stated was very matter of fact and impersonal. Yours was defensive. I certainly didn't call you out personally and if what I posted was perceived as a threat to you, you did not have to reply.

The Isaiah passage you quoted was very long and general. It does mention the New Heaven and New Earth, though. That is not part of the Millennium doctrine, it is said to come after that time frame. The Millennium doctrine claims that the earth will remain as is for the 1,000 year period and not be destroyed, or made new, until after that time period. Also, New Heaven and New Earth can imply a heavenly/spiritual time, which supports my position that the Millennium is not supported by any scripture outside of Revelation.

In the Rev. 20 passage, thrones are mentioned as well as souls of the beheaded. This strongly implies a heavenly/spiritual dimension, not physical. Beheaded souls cannot be alive in the physical. The mention of thrones echoes Daniel 7:9 which speaks of a heavenly/spiritual realm of existence where the Ancient of Days is upon the throne.

Revelation is highly symbolic and non-literal, even the intro says so. John himself states that he was "in the spirit" on three, or more, occasions. There are some things in Revelation that are backed by multiple other scriptures outside of the book itself, but the Millennium reign has no support at all. The rest of scripture makes the case clearly that Jesus will return, gather His people and the Wrath of God destruction, and wiping out of sinners, will ensue. It is then that the New Heaven and New Earth will begin. Not a thousand years after, and not before the Wrath of God destruction and final judgment of all sinners.

Matthew 24:29-31

Isaiah 13:9-11

Revelation 10 describes all time ending, long before Revelation 20 - which tells us we cannot take Revelation literally or in a linear perception.

I will have to address the other contradictions in my next post. No more characters allowed

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