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Sacha,

I agree. Context is always important. For myself, when I study a book in the bible, I like to know who wrote it, when it was written, and why it was written (The purpose of the letter).

Greetings in the Name of Christ! You are perfectly correct. Every human being is born spiritually dead, in that he is disconnected from God because of an inherent sin nature ( 1 Cor. 15:22). God is the only source of life. Therefore, one is considered to be unplugged from God and spiritually dead until he is born again and plugged in ( John 17:3). He is then quickened and made alive. Jesus used a personal pronoun "their" when describing the dead because, until one is born again, he is merely a product a procreation, and belongs to the current world system. God bless and take care.

Greetings in the name of JESUS, Our celebrated King! Your observations in your reply to Darrell were astute. I ask that you consider the possibility that life was, indeed, upon the earth prior to the re-creation which began in Genesis 1:3. The first creation, which is mentioned in Genesis 1:1, was filled with God's pure light and utter perfection (the Urim and Thummim - Exod. 28:30). God is the quintessence of light and perfection. Therefore, everything He creates must reflect His level of creative beauty and flawlessness, for it comes from His being of utter perfection. However, in Genesis 1:2 all light and perfection have been removed from the once perfect creation, and only three elements remain. They are darkness, a voided earth without form, and evidence of a Noahic-type deluge which probably reflects God's judgment.

The word "replenish" in Genesis 1:28 and "fill" in Genesis 1:22 are translated from the same Hebrew word. However, scripture always verifies itself. Therefore, one must look to another verse usage for contextual clarification. God also told Noah to "replenish the earth" ( Gen. 9:1), and it is very obvious He meant for Noah's family to reproduce for the purpose of repopulating the earth because the prior inhabitants had been destroyed by the flood. Adam and Eve were given the same command to "replenish" because, with a high degree of probability, God's judgment in the form of a flood had also been passed upon the earth and its inhabitants.

Greetings in the name of Christ, Our Wonderful Savior! My brother Darrell, you are correct. Indeed, there was life upon the earth prior to the re-creation which began in Genesis 1:3. The first creation, which is mentioned in Genesis 1:1, was filled with God's pure light and utter perfection (the Urim and Thummim - Exod. 28:30). God is the quintessence of light and perfection. Therefore, everything He creates must reflect His level of creative beauty and flawlessness, for it comes from His being of utter perection. However, in Genesis 1:2 all light and perfection have been removed from the once perfect creation, and only three elements remain. They are darkness, a voided earth without form, and evidence of a Noahic-type deluge which probably reflects God's judgment.

As correctly pointed out by one of the responders to your post, the word "replenish" in Genesis 1:28 and "fill" in Genesis 1:22 are translated from the same Hebrew word. However, scripture always verifies itself. Therefore, one must look to another verse usage for contextual clarification. God also told Noah to "replenish the earth" ( Gen. 9:1), and it is very obvious He meant for Noah's family to reproduce for the purpose of repopulating the earth because the prior inhabitants had been destroyed by the flood. Adam and Eve were given the same command to "replenish" because, with a high degree of probability, God's judgment in the form of a flood had also been passed upon the earth and its inhabitants.

I love the explanation you gave us for using the oil of GOD'S people. I agree with this. Thank you.

Revelation 5:v.8-10KJV

8 And when he -the Lamb- had taken the book, the four beasts -living beings- and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.

9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests:and we shall reign on the earth.- GOD's KINGDOM - Luke 20:35-36 and Revelation 11:v.15 to 18

24 ELDERS

Here goes the 24 elders showed in Revelation 4:v.4

They are the 24 messengers of the Word (the Word is God), beginning by Moses:

1 - Moses

2 - Joshua

3 - Samuel

4 - Ezra

5 - Nehemiah

6 - Job

7 - David

8 - Solomon

9 - Isaiah

10 - Jeremiah

11 - Ezekiel

12 - Daniel

13 - Hosea

14 - Joel

15 - Amos

16 - Obadiah

17 - Jonah

18 - Micah

19 - Nahum

20 - Habakkuk

21 - Zephaniah

22 - Haggai

23 - Zechariah

24 - Malachi

And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning

before the throne, which are the SEVEN Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

(What are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.?

Once saved always saved?

Fermented or unfermented, that is the question! Everything God has created is good! The question should be, how much will you drink? Anything that separates us from his love, is not good! His love is constant, share it with all your heart and soul!

Interestingly we are concerning ourselves with the same subject! Perhaps by coincidence, I think not! In the last days the spirit will be more prominent, will have more free course in time! Many who are in the spirit will know these things. Be instant in and out of season, a true workman in the word! Congratulations! The Holy Spirit is within you! Pray without ceasing , all your ways acknowledge Him!

Thank God for the world.

Is there a scripture that says when the End times are nearing 'you won't know the changing of the Seasons', if so what's the scripture?

I love this chapter in Romans! Like the Book of James, this is very much a chapter of "where the rubber meets the road". As Christians, we are called to a life of obedience and holiness. We, being filled with the Holy Spirit, seek to bring honor and glory to our risen Savior, who gave his life for us! We love him because he first loved us and it is never grievous to do his will!

To everyone that is born again! 1 Timothy 2:8 (I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.) God is good, his mercy endureth forever! Romans 5:8

(But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.)

1 John 2:1

(My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:)

1 Thessalonians 4:17

(Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.) Any time we need an uplifting, we should always go to the Word of God, that is where we will find peace, comfort, and the answer to everything that is important. Prayers for all.

Comments by Alex about where the Kingdom of God will be, Its simply gonna be with in us as Jesus said not here nor there but within you, Hebrews 12 : 22 You are come unto mount Zion that City of the living God , That HEAVENLY JERUSALEM . To a hugh host of angels etc .Thus New Jerusalem has to be the kingdom of God WITH IN US. Which is the H.G. Christ in you the hope of Glory. The good seed is the WORD/SEED of the King . Thus we will birth our King via a seed thats y he always refered to himself as the Son of Man, MANKIND is gona bring forth fruit unto God via that good seed the Word of the Kingdom. As we have borne the image of the earthy we must also bear the image of the Heavenly via that good seed . Being Born again of an incorruptible seed etc even by the WORD of God. Unless ya receive the Kingdom of God as a lil Child you will in NO WISE ENTER THERE IN ( A LIL CHILD IMPLIES A BIRTH VIA HIS SEED THE WORD OF THE KINGDOM ) Even in the natural a bride and her BRIDEGROOM are made one. , Husbands love your wives as Christ loved the Church and gave his life for it . She brought forth a manchild ( our good fruit unto God ) which is the H.G. that spirit of truth that is gonna rule ALL NATIONS . We are gonna have a BABY Christ the son of man that Child of Promise th H.G. He is gona tell us heavenly things .

I appreciate this comment very much. God Bless you David! The more I walk with the Lord, I am aware of the daily deepening of the work of the Holy Spirit in all the hidden places of self in me. I choose the fire now rather than the fire then, he fire of the cleansing Spirit. I am being given to see the secret of the beauty of God's will. The term "God's will" used to be such a heavy hammer to me. I was still filled with love of the world and the love of self. Lately, the Spirit is driving home to me, the "heaviness" IS the world spirit, the heaviness IS sin, and death and deception, and the glorious brightness and freedom is GOD'S WILL, through Christ and him crucified... What a grand reversal is taking place on earth!!! and in each of our souls who turn to Jesus. Praise God, for the unspeakable grace of a simple day today loving and doing His will.

Acknowledge whatever you've done, ask God to forgive you, and repent--remember, remorse is not enough. Repentance means never committing that sin again. It may not be easy to stay away from it, so ask God to condition the need out of you. if you do, ask forgiveness again determine not to do it again. When you ask God to forgive your sin, He covers it in the Blood of Christ, and you are free from it. It's the devil who puts the guilt of those sins in you. Say to him, "In the name of Jesus Christ, get behind me, satan!" Cast all your cares upon the Lord, for he cares for you. God bless you!

Again ,with regard to context , please consider why God gave the law to Moses . The children of Israel had been slaves for hundreds of years in Egypt ,they lived under Egyptian laws , a lot of which were based around Egyptian idolatry ,the Israelites were under total subjection by their masters ,probably classed as not much better than cattle ,they had no rights . When God brought them into caanan they were going to be in charge of themselves , it can take many years of trial and error to create any kind of government , God saved the Israelites the stress of having to think about how they should govern themselves , He gave them a good and fair system with Him at the head of them , He told them how they might be good to themselves and each other and be acceptable to Him and He set before them His blessings for their compliance . Any one who didn't like it was free to leave . Context is important , the Bible is talking about real humans , they lived , like we do , in a physical world like we have to for now .

Thank you Jesse , we need to remember that all scripture is very helpful to us all but it doesn't always apply to us as it sometimes only applies to those who heard the words at the time they were given ,I know people who genuinely believe that women should have babies because God told Adam and Eve to do so , context is very important , every scripture is precious to us but we must try to keep it in context .

Hello Veronica. You asked, "why is it that those who are unsaved, enjoy sinning against the Lord so much?".

You've shared some great thoughts & Scriptures there & indeed "the lust of the flesh, & the lust of the eyes & the pride of life" ( 1 John 2:16), is the standard for the majority, instead of doing "justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God" ( Micah 6:8).

As Jesus spoke to the religious leaders, "Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do", it is only natural that those without the God of Heaven will cleave to the god of this world ( 2 Corinthians 4:4) who holds the hearts of men in his grip. As Satan's singular desire was to "ascend above the heights of the clouds (and to) be like the most High" ( Isaiah 14:14), so it is also found in his children that they too would behave like gods believing that no God exists, bar themselves.

One can only imagine that if societal laws didn't exist (however weak & often mis-applied they might be) & without the presence of Christ's Church & the outworking of the Holy Spirit through her, what would be the extent of man's lusts & wickedness & how unrestrained his sins would be, that would speedily bring about another Noahic-type deluge. Yet God's next judgement will be by fire ( 2 Peter 3:7) as His Anger can no longer be withheld. May the life-changing, spirit-renewing Gospel continue to go out, pulling many out of the fiery deceptions & snares of the Devil ( Jude 23). Keep that holy fire burning, Sister.

Hi Rodney, you may be thinking of Matthew 24:29,30, where Jesus was speaking about what would take place in the heavens (the universe & sky) after the Great Tribulation period & prior to His coming again to reign on Earth.

We can hardly imagine what the inhabitants on Earth (i.e. those still remaining on Earth after going through the Great Tribulation) would be experiencing mentally, emotionally & physically. That they stand looking up observing the sun & moon lose their light & the stars disappear - that is, a total constant darkness. And in that blackness of sky & Earth, the Lord of Glory appears in all His Glory & brilliant Light, with trumpet sound. In truth, many will experience heart attacks ( Luke 21:26) as great fear & horror envelopes them. But for those who have put their trust in Christ, His Return with the departed saints, will be their joy full & overflowing, ushering a period of a thousand years of peace & Christ's righteous rule.

How Mini earth ages are there according to the king James Bible

May we desire the holiness, integrity, and truth of God; and not just His daily benefits.

Let our walk in Christ draw others to the saving grace of the Lord Jesus.

Many will not read the Word of God; but let them see it in us, as believers of the Lord Jesus Christ.

God Bless everyone on this forum.

did the wine jesus made from water contain alcohol

Revelation 10:4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, (Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.)

There are some things that no one knows or will know until that great day.

Mark 13:29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.

Matthew 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

Genesis 2:10-14-CJB

10 A river went out of Eden to water the garden and from there it divided into four streams.11 The name of the first is Pishon; it winds throughout the land of Havilah, where there is gold.12 The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin and onyx stone are also found there.13 The name of the second river is Gichon;it winds throughout the land of Kush.14The name of the third river is Tigris;it is the one that flows toward the east of Ashur.The fourth river is the Euphrates.

The river that went out of Eden to water the garden was the river of the water of life, sparkling like crystal,flowing from the throne of GOD.It was an heavenly and wide and larger river, and this river exists until the current time and will exist for ever and ever,to the Eternity.

And the river of life divided in four streams, the water continues excelent, sparkling like crystal, and also gives life because the waters also flow from GOD's Throne to the river of the water of life, and after to the four streams,and the first stream is Pishon, something a rationed water for consumption,destined for a few, and not for all without exception. The majority did not have access to this pure water.I'm talking about the Word of God that was revealed during the Old Testament, from Moses to John the Baptist.Ah, the only peoples that benefited from this water was Israel,all other people did not have direct access to this pure and crystaline water.Read Numbers 20:1-29 and see the events caused because of this water.

The 2nd stream is the river Gichon.This is the water of life pure and crystaline from God's Throne for all nations through JESUS in the New Testament.JESUS said:whoever drinks the water I will give him will never be thirsty again!On the contrary,the water I give him will become a spring of water inside him, welling up into eternal life!"Jo.4:14

The 3rd stream is Tigris.Its water will be given now in this millennial Kingdom.

The 4th stream is Euphrates,after millnnial kin

To whom it may concern,

Why does the KJV translate the last half of Job 17:6 in the past tense, but, other translations in the present?

If you use the past tense, then, Job is referring to how the people previously viewed and treated him.

If you use the present tense, then, it seems that Job is referring to how they treat him now.

Which is correct?

Thank you.

I'm so sorry, it was Hebrews 2:4, not 2:2. That's what I get for trying to memorize scripture. I can be such a dummy sometimes!

Amen Brother Jesse.

Spiritual discernment!!

Seeing the wolf but Knowing the Shepherd voice.

You know sometimes it's not just some deceiving others,

As you mentioned on a separate thread,

There is what we mistake to be the Holyspirit but our fleshly emotions gets us off track as well, It seems sometimes these emotions is drawn to another spirit, We get in trouble when we thrive for some presence or experience and get drawn in by the flesh by some super prayer or message.

But when you try the spirit you should be able to see Love instead of Apathy. Humility with Meekness instead of Pride, There should be some degree of longsuffering, forgiveness, ect.. and separation from worldliness.

We should examine ourselves likewise in this way,

We know the Holyspirit spirit causes us to Agape one another, that special connection is not with everybody.

As Jude said some has crept in from unawares.

This is where fruit is all important.

Now the problem is if by chance you are deceived or perhaps this other person you seem to view as an Apostate or deceived.

"one of you is a true believer and the other is not",

WE NEED TO BE SURE WE'RE NOT THE ONE ON THE OUTSIDE!!

Do we really Agape " totally given over to" the brethren?.

EXAMINE OURSELVES.

I don't think loving to minister is the same thing, Some love the praises.

DO YOU TRULY LOVE ( THE BRETHREN ).



One more thing,

You notice the Lord didn't say you know them by their gifts?

Examine ourselves as well as others by what's given to us. "Fruit"

We should humble ourselves and shine our light on who it was intended for.

The Lord Jesus Christ.

God bless.

My opinion (not based on anything Biblical, but just speculation) is that the ark was destroyed. I think if it existed, people would know about it, and people are bad at keeping secrets, especially for something pricelessly valuable like the the ark. So, I think if it existed, it would have been ransacked by every country and would turn into like a world war. It's fun to believe it might be in a church today, but that doesn't seem like reality and I doubt that church has very good security- certainly nothing like the vatican or even the dome on the rock, but if even the vatican had the ark, I think armies would have marched in and taken it long by now and would have been much bloodshed over it as there was in the past.