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That, Carlos, is a great introspective question for every believer & it is indeed the time for its careful consideration. I would hope, nay, believe, that every lover of the Lord is actively awaiting the Lord's Return. Even leaving the sequence of eschatological events aside to which we are at odds with, the glorious hope & expectation for the Lord's Return ought to be our longing, & from all that we do on this Earth, it should reflect this joyous hope.

I think the leaving behind of material possessions & affiliations will be relatively easy for most; but the leaving behind of loved ones who have not heard the Gospel or accepted the salvation offer from the Lord, will be the pain in our hearts both now & at that time. This is another reason that should urge us to be looking out for their souls by sharing of the Word, in testimony & in much prayer.

Terry, I can't offer any one Scripture to answer your question but the two that come close to that, would be Romans 13:1-5 (speaks of our subjection to our governments & their laws) and Acts 5:29 (when apostle Peter retorted to the High Priest that they would obey God rather than man). So we should be obedient to the government, yet if its laws contradict God's Laws, then our obedience is to the Lord first & foremost. And those occasions would be, when the government forbids the preaching of the Gospel, our attending Church or other laws that work against Christians for the working of their faith. And this evil will ultimately be manifested at the appearing of the Anti-Christ.

Some countries are already facing some persecution now as non-Christian governments oppose the work of Christians. And of course, we see much of this now in the laws from our Western governments as they pass anti-Christian legislation & laws which go against the teachings from the Word. We are grieved by what we see & feel helpless to make a change (even our Christian politicians don't seem to be proactive in this), therefore we are cast upon Him for Strength, Grace & the knowledge that He will bring all sin to light, with many of our government heads facing the greater judgement for their wickedness. The Bible also speaks about those who have the rule over our souls (i.e. Church leaders) as they too will be held accountable for the quality of their leadership & care ( Acts 20:28 & Heb 13:17). So each of us will be accountable, but more so to those who have been placed in power & authority over us.

thank you

I now know that the Adam made used the leaves to make a covering and that God used skins to do so.

Thank you and please comment to me again of you think that I have what God made wrong.

Matthew 9:6 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.

Acts 1:25 That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression FELL, that he might go to his own place. (Jesus didn't fail but Judas fell)

John 15:6 If a man (abide not in me), he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. (Jesus said this John 15)

2 Peter 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; (The angels were in heaven but were cast out.)

John 6:67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?

you seem to be very intelligent but it is so difficult to answer all your questions at the same time and non productive as generally try to explain many things at the same time is confusing; and often you need to use references to verses and I i'm not use to do that; however some of your questions, the first are science, very general science in fact; and of course I have heard of these things but never in the manner or forms of questions as you have put it;Take the first question for example:

If the Moon is a light, as God proclaims it to be - how come NASA claim they have been walking around on it!? You must be joking. It reflex light; and so it gives light; and everyone knows it is solid; as for NASA, ask them, However, there is nothing wrong with jokes but i never seen joking on so many questions especially all at the same time of seriously looking for serious information on the Bible; and it seems to me, not the thing to do; as for those other questions; I couldn't refer you to appropriate verses.

Please Pray for me

Because there may be a time when some Christians will be on the front line in defense of righteousness and human life.Being prepared shows forethought with purpose and resolve.Man's responsibility to execute judgement/and govern was first in Genesis 9:5&6, death to murders of human life.

Amen. Thank you so much.

George, you are right, from what I can also find, the names of those months are not given, only their number.

1. The 4th Month: Tammuz ( Jer 39:2; 52:6,7)

2. The 5th Month: Ab ( Num 33:38; 2 Kings 25:8-10; Jer 1:3; Jer 52:12-30)

God's days are not ours. 7 days to God could be millions of years to us. There were a lot of years before man came. There were a lot of years before Christ came. The earth is not Just 2000 years old. That's why there is B.C. and A D..

In the Bible you have to remember these are early, early times. What was lawful then was made unlawful soon after. Just keep reading.

Why there are different versions of the same story Because there are different writers of the same story with their own versions of what they learned, heard, and saw. They all had their own opinion and love of Jesus. They all had a different part in His life. So they all had a different story to tell of events in Jesus' life.

Common sense is a valuable tool when reading the Bible. It is our "given" knowledge. Simple knowledge of knowing right from wrong or good from evil.

If you read your Bible with a open heart, mind, and soul it will all be clear to you. You will see the AWESOME love God has for us in spite of us. He has never failed us. He has always just been a prayer away. We slipped away many a time BUT He has always been there waiting patiently for us to come back to Him. He doesn't cause bad things to happen. We do when we try to live on our own. God,like a good father waits, sometimes He sends nudges to remind us He is here ready to help us. He isn't pushy or commanding. He made the laws. We obey them or not, if we don't we are hurting us and Him( for He is Our Father). He cries for us. He waits for us but He never punishes us. We do that to ourselves. He protects and loves us and comforts us and He is there we just have to call out, have faith, to know, and believe.

I want to know any where in the Epistles where the word of God is directly refereed to as food.

Are You Listening?

In this chapter we see how the people refuse to turn to God because their hearts were wicked. No matter how God warned the people they refused to repent because they would not listen to God. In making application we see that the Lord is speaking but we fail to listen. How about you? Do you listen to the Lord? Let us learn from our text today and the example of Israel to see that the Lord is speaking to us through His word so we need to listen to receive His instruction, blessing, and favor.

Do you have a Scripture verse that says this? I realize that some people might say it, but there are many people that say that some don't have it. So, just wondering what you are referring to specifically.

Cindy writes: "We don't repent of anything. We change our mind from unbelief to belief. Repent does not mean to stop doing anything. It means to believe."

So in Revelation 2 Jesus told the BELIEVING CHURCH OF EPHESUS to repent of their unbelief?

This is what you think?

John the baptist and Jesus told the believing pharisees to repent of what?

What is the difference between Teaching and Ministering that is discussed in the book of Roman's Chapter 12 vs 7

Kind Regards

D.J., I notice you are engaged with others & understand that you would prefer these comments be closed since no more can really be added, however, I would just offer a few thoughts hopefully without much repetition.

In reference to the 'Races'. If the Bible tells us that the sons of Noah were Shem, Ham & Japheth who survived him, then we have to assume that the races (the Gentiles from Ham & Japheth) were the ones to populate the other parts of the world. How some of those Gentiles then developed features that presumably were far removed from their forefather, the Bible does not explain. However, I realize that you have that explanation: that there was a dual creation that had taken place (& you cited Scriptures which I couldn't find relevant) that would account for these other races. Though again, how certain developed characteristics very different from the original 'mold' can only be speculation.

And then you state that at the time of saving of Noah & his family, that this other creation of humans had a representation as well in the Ark (including the giants who had to be there to account for giants mentioned later on), so that they might all be saved. So, focusing on this 'other Creation of humans': as you know, I find no reference to them in the Bible, though you clearly see in the Scriptures this event taking place. Would you know where God had placed these other people, maybe somewhere near Eden; did Satan come to them to tempt them as well; if so, what was the result of that temptation; if not, then do we have a pure race living amongst us; & finally, why were these important facts hidden from our knowledge, since their presence & activity in the World would have a direct bearing on Gentiles? So, even with a dual Creation, we still get questions that really can't be answered as there is simply no answer to them, only speculation. For this reason, as stated earlier, I rather rest on revealed Truth & leave the unknown/unanswered to God. My thanks again.

1) Is it a sin to drink wine.

2) Is true that it is a sin not to Tithe.

3) What does the scripture that says 'I have come not to replace the law and the prophets but to fullfil it etc mean?

Kind Regards

Hello, the Bible gives the history of people, which includes the good and bad of what they did. Are you assuming that because the Bible covers history that it somehow recommends advocates for it? If so, that would be a false assumption. People did much evil then just like people do much evil today and the Bible talked about it. There's many stories of hope and encouragement like Paul converting from a murderer to a loving person who spent the rest of his life trying to help others. So, the Bible is not 'bad' because it accurately covered the life of people just as it would be strange to claim a that a history book is 'bad' for including true events, or that a documentary is 'bad' for accurately covering events. Some people write biographies that show unpleasant experiences in their own life, does that mean the biography is bad because it's reflects reality? I hope I have sufficiently explained the reason why the Bible should not be to blame for the evil that people did- that's not fault of the Bible for being true.

So Abraham is not the father of all nations. According to verse 4 above, God told him he will be the father of many nations. So,the rest of the bible follow the path of Abraham's lineage.

Why is their incest in Genesis? I think it is disgusting and it makes me worry about whether Christianity is bad.

I love listening to Psalms and Proverbs and answering question with my sister and not only Psalms and Proverbs but all the chapters in the bible.

Why do we say god gave us common sense?

There are two different repents in the Bible. Buying a Greek lexicon would help you a lot. Every verse about salvation repent is metanoia. Means change your mind. Someone already saved it means to change direction. You can't mix the second with salvation because it adds works which perverts the Gospel. We can't add our works to Jesus' works.

We don't repent of anything. We change our mind from unbelief to belief. Repent does not mean to stop doing anything. It means to believe.

When he stated "From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I, he was saying no matter where God was he would cry out and give his heart to the Lord. This is what we need to do everyday, choose the Lord Jesus before it too late. God is good, we have to really think about what is being said before a statement of untruth is made. God is Good, there is no person that is higher than Gods word. We can not go over, under, or around the truth of the word of God, the Lord Jesus will prevail. He loves us and will keep us in perfect peace as long as our mind is on him.

Cindy - so you claim repent does not mean to turn from sin?

Jesus told the BELIEVING CHURCH IN EPHESUS TO REPENT

Repent of what? their unbelief? a believing church repent of unbelief?

Revelation Chapter 2

1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;

2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.

4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

except thou repent.

except thou repent.

except thou repent.

except thou repent.

telling the BELIEVING CHURCH to REPENT OF WHAT?

UNBELIEF?

DJ I agree with your assessment of the sons of God. However please know that Gentiles can mean foreign nation, it merely means NATION. in Hebrew it is the word Goy and it means nation, no more and no less. In the Greek it comes from the work Ethnos, which is where the word Ethnic comes from, as in Ethnic group.

It can mean foreign, heathen and the same word is also used in reference to Israel . The King James translated Nation and gentile differently using the same exact word. they were not consistent in their usage of the translation of the same word. Imagine if they wrote that Abraham would be the father of many gentiles. No in that instance they used the word nation, but the same goy word was used.

Gentile does not mean non Jew even though the owners of the publishing houses want us to believe that is what it means.

Genesis 10:5 By these were the isles of the (Goy) Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their (Goy) nations. Gentiles and nations is the same exact word in the Hebrew and Greek.

My grand children live in a very dysfunctional home. they are not taken to church ,nor are they taught about God. They are hooked on the games on their tablet and computer so much so that they spend like 12 hours a day on them. The games are not all age appropriate for them. they play all night , sleep all day. Do no chores , I believe the electronics are an escape for them . an escape from the coursing, yelling ETC. I, THE GRANDMOTHER , WOULD LOVE TO TAKE THEM AND TRY TO BRING THEM UP IN THE FEAR AND ADORATION OF THE LORD. I ASK YOU TO PRAY THAT God will open the door for me to be able to work with the children, to give them the love I so want to give them and allow me to teach them about how much God loves them, how precious they are. I am so concerned about their out come as they grow older if someone doesn't take them under wing please pray for the chains of bondage be broken for these children.

9-10 and the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.

Note: remember verse 4 has declared these plagues on Babylon the great because of the fornication or sinful relationships between Babylon the great and the kings of the earth. As seen in 9-10 the destruction of her is quick, 1 hour.

during this event notice the kings of the earth are spared, never-the-less they are standing at a safe distance watching the smoke and burning coming from Babylon the great.