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You can read a description in Revelation chapter 1.

James 5:16

In response: Alex on John 2:

"There is none righteous, no, not one."

Then how can "The effectual fervent prayer of a 'righteous' man availeth much?"

And why was Abraham considered a "righteous" man?

In Reply on the meaning and/or use of the word "rapture

Read Romans 24 you'll find your answer. 37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,

39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

In Matthew 16:24, Jesus instructs his disciples "take up his cross and follow me". I would not think that this expression would become popular among Christians until after Jesus' crucifixion, with Jesus being the example of bearing the cross. I understand that the expression, "cross to bear" became popular in the 1500's, and the King James Bile was produced in the early 1600's.

Is there any evidence that this expression was used during the time of Jesus' life on earth?

One possible explanation is that Jesus used this phrase to foretell his future crucifixion. I can understand that explanation, but I do not thing that it makes a strong argument.

Any and all comments are welcome...thanks!

"The lion, the symbol of courage; the ox symbol of strength; the man the emblem of love; the eagle with her soaring vision is the type of wisdom." [A B Simpson]

This is a wonderful biblical website with tremendous content but we live in perilous times and time is fast approaching that government totalitarianism and censorship will take all Christian content off the enternet. Appreciate what we have demonic principalities and powers are coming after Christians.

Gal- 3:26 - 29. God Bless you and your family!

Have you considered how infant baptism keeps the relationship quite close?

He who would succeed in winning souls needs to be wise. It needs wisdom to succeed in the business of life. It needs a far higher and nobler wisdom to win Souls. It is an exceedingly difficult thing to win men over from the ranks of sin and Satan to the ranks of God and His Christ.The would-be soul-winner needs to be theoretically wise. He needs to be well informed. He cannot know too much and must be well informed on some very important matters, e.g., the sacred Scriptures, human nature, etc.He needs to be practically wise--wise in action as well as in thought. He should deal largely in the most attractive and pathetic truths. He should carefully choose the most appropriate seasons. He should cultivate the most loving spirit and the most kindly manner. He should be much in communion with God.

in the book of jude 1 verse 14 we heard about the prophecy of Enoch, but we don't know what he prophesied because it is not in the bible, so where is it?

God cannot be received by this present world and so-called world evangelization (global unity) is a deception at the highest level and the workings of the spirit of this world ( John 1:5,10; 8:23; 14:17,22; 15:19,20; 17:9,14,16,25; 18:36; Rom. 8:7; 1Cor. 1:20; 2:4-8, 12-14; 1 Thess. 3:3; 2 Tim. 3:12; James 4:4; 1 John 2:15; 3:1; 5:4,19; 2 John 7.

Seek, and ye shall find ( Matthew 7:7).

How do we discern the Lord's body

On JOHN 1:12

By nature every person is born in sin through the sinful seed of their natural fathers and conditioned therein ( 1 Peter 1:23). For that reason and in order to become a son of God, which are born of God, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God, a person must be 'Born Again' ( John 1:12,13; 3:3-7; 1 John 3:9; 5:4).

By attending a man-made institution a few hours a week ( Acts 7:48; 17:24), does not mean that a person can make a claim that they are followers of Christ and 'Born Again'. That is falsehood, as in truth they follow after an image of a false god and a false Christ ( Matthew 24:24; Mark 13:22; Gal. 4:8; Rev. 12:9). This is how Satan has transformed Himself into an angel of light ( 2 Cor. 11:13-15).

Only through 'True Repentance' will God be able to reveal Himself, and adopt you as His sons and daughters ( Rom. 8:15,23; 2 Cor.6:18; Gal. 4:5; Eph. 1:5; Hebr. 12:5; 1 John 3:1).

The word 'Repent' means a lot more than what people by nature have been conditioned to believe. It is the key principle of all the teachings of Jesus Christ and the axiom (basis) of the Word of God and a prerequisite and primary requirement for the salvation of mankind. It actually means the changing of spirits - to turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God ( Acts 26:18).

For a better understanding and the 'spiritual truth' of what it means to repent, and learn how and by whom mankind has been deceived ( Rev. 12:9), and what people must do to be reunited with the true and living God, we invite you to seek Him according to the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive ( John 14:17).

You need not that any man teach you ( Isaiah 54:13; 6:45; 1 John 2:27), It is only by revelation of God that you will come to know Christ ( Daniel 12:4,9; Amos 3:7; Matthew 16:17; Luke 2:26; Romans 16:25; 1 Cor. 2:10; Gal. 1:16; Eph. 3:3,5; Rev. 1:1). It is a narrow way that leadeth unto 'Life', and few there be that find it ( Matthew 7:14).

Great news and we find that its by *GODS* grace that saved us, and hungering and hopefully baptized we are filled with the holy *GHOST* Acts 2:38 or a type Acts 19, and Jude 20,*WHO* indeed brings forth fruit as we yield to *HIS* behests, and *HE* communicates to us from the THRONE, not speaking of *HIMSELF* but presents the perfect picture of humility in glorifying *JESUS* the *WORD* *WHO* in turn has asked us to ask our *FATHER* *WHO* is not far from anyone of us. *HIS* Eye is in every place beholding the evil and the good. Innumerable holy Angels, 2 to 1 of the fallen ones, who are used and revel in mischief to Psalm 119:67 :-) Fresh manna daily as we read Earths greatest Treasure, THE WORD OF *GOD* which shall be quickened to the true seeker for sure. *G* B U EVER, so rejoice in thanks and praise. X Ed.

mark of the beast in todays time

The Protestants will not reunite with the Catholic Church by the end of this year..or anytime soon. You can count on that with absolute certainty. Within the same certainty, Mike, that you speak with.

I don't think we could get this idea of DNA mixing with human genes at any other time than right now. Considering what is going on with this vaccine and what it contains. Somehow it makes this verse seem to imply something totally different than the way it was perceived even 6 months ago. Kind of brings a whole new meaning to this verse.

Willful, continuous, unrepentant sin.. to sin unto death

Dear Adam,

I'll try to be respectful, but I'm 70 and don't have many seconds or filters left... but I'll try.

You will make a good Catholic. My guess is that if you were born in the first 1400 years of the Church you would have been one.

I don't think my first questions were loaded at all. I was just trying to show that we solicit intercessory prayer from others (Adam, would you please pray for my mom who is on her deathbed? for example) so there are times that we use alternatives to solicit God's help other than only going right to Him. Intercessory prayer is all over in the bible. Anytime someone comes up to Jesus to have him help someone else, that is intercessory prayer and Jesus honored that.

Apostolic succession (Priesthood in the order of Melchizedek) is the line of bishops stretching back to the apostles. All over the world, all Catholic bishops are part of a lineage that goes back to the time of the apostles, something that is impossible in Protestant denominations.

The role of apostolic succession in preserving true doctrine is illustrated in the Bible. To make sure that the apostles' teachings would be passed down after the deaths of the apostles (before the, Paul told Timothy, "What you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also" ( 2 Tim. 2:2).

Lots of untruths about the Church. We DO NOT PRAY TO statues or People. Statues are a physical representation of a spiritual person and we honor (not worship) the person and ask for their help as an intercessor. There are statues in the public sector but we do not worship them either. Humans are visual creatures - statues, icons, pictures give us a representation of who we are asking for intercession. Pictures in wallets perform the same function.

Blessings to you Adam

Because all the things that Moses said to him that was going to happen, happened.

KJV. Got a lot of thee's n thou's' in it but I think most people know what they mean.

I want to see you vote against bible prophecy

Wash your hands and everything else you should do. Don't tempt God.

We are seeing evil on an apocalyptic level arent we??!?

Yes. Babtizeing dont save you. You are saved by grace through faith. But you should be babtized. It shows the death, burial and resurection of Christ. Show that you are going to follow Him.

It is my opinion that the riders on the four horses of Revelation chapter 6 are angels or spirits that go out from standing before the Lord of all the earth, Zechariah chapter 6. Each rider has the power to orchestrate what happens on the earth according to God's will. It is my opinion the rider on the white horse will give power to a specific leader to wage war and conquer many nations. Is this the Antichrist? No one can really say without more scriptural evidence. The rider of the Red horse is given power to take peace from the earth. Men will kill one another. These two may indicate a world war. During and immediately after war comes famine. The black horse represents famine, starvation. A measure is the amount a man can eat in one day. A penny was translated from denarius which was a silver roman coin. When Jesus walked the earth, a denarius was a days wage. If you do the math, a family would have to choose between eating or paying their bills. A large family would starve either way. The rider on the pale horse is death. Notice it says they have power over a fourth of the earth to kill with sword, white and red horses, hunger, black horse, death, the pale horse, and with the beasts of the earth. There are four horses and four beast that that introduce them. The fifth seal shows under the alter the slain souls from the early church to 3 1/2 years of Great Tribulation. The six seal is the Second Coming of Jesus. See Matthew chapter 24:29, 30, 31... Cecil Gary

Yes, type setters are human too.

return with him to Jerusalem! Not to Jerusalem, But to Paradise to be judged for all things done good or bad. Then if we are worthy, its on to Heaven.

most churches today worship on a Sunday the day that Christ rose from the dead. Sabbath is Saturday. But, really we should worship him everyday.