Who are the Elders in Revelation 4? (By Chris)

February 8th, 2010

In Revelaton Chapter 4 there are many different opinions on the identity of the 24 elders. Pre-tribbers believe they represent the church or a blend of both Jewish Elders and Christian Elders. As a post-tribber who has done some study on this I believe these elders are the heavenly council, angels who are always in the presence of God in His heavenly temple.

What do you think?

Arab media: 2 Israeli Navy ships passed through Suez Canal

February 8th, 2010

Two Israeli missile boats reportedly passed through the Suez Canal Thursday morning, according to Arab media reports over the weekend.
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Syria signaling to Arab world readiness to fight Israel

February 8th, 2010

Let my people go...
Syrian President Bashar Assad on Sunday vowed to stand by Lebanon’s side against any Israeli “aggression,” in an escalating war of words between Damascus and Jerusalem. Assad made the remark to the speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, Nabih Beri, in Damascus, according to the official Syrian news agency, Sana. Read the rest of this entry »

We have a chick! (by Menorah guy)

February 5th, 2010

baby chicks 007

It hatched this morning. 5 more to go!! Praise Yah!

Go to church or the Devil will get you!

February 2nd, 2010

Is it reasonable to assume that one that thinks that you can “go (verb) to church” has already been “gotten” by the devil at least in that regard? Please do not read this as me saying all “church folk” are of the devil Oh yeah, dig the sling blade and the tail thing…totally on target.Church Sign

An examination of the Pauline Epistles. Are they Scripture? (By David)

February 2nd, 2010

To carry over the discussion on the thread, “What does the future hold…,” We were discussing the Pauline Epistles and in a lesser degree all of the Apostolic Writings. Are they Scripture? Are they the “Word of Eloheim” What weight should we assign them in our walk with Messiah? It is understood that this is very controversial and could get heated. Let’s not allow that to happen. To insure that it doesn’t, I, as the author of the thread reserve the right to delete all or part of any comment that is insulting to others in any way. If Scot does not agree with this “right” or practice, let him say so up front and I will allow him the right (which is his anyway) to govern the content himself.

Korban Pesach @ Passover of 2010 according to KorbanPesach.org

February 1st, 2010

Wow…so surreal. Apparently they are planning on going forward this year. I know that other organizations have attempted to follow through but from what I understand this is sanctioned by the Sanhedrin. Anybody know?

http://www.korbanpesach.org/En/1.htm

What does the future hold for us individually? (David, for Lisa)

January 30th, 2010

Lisa made the following request for a thread to be started. This is a pretty heavy subject, let’s do our best.

THREAD REQUEST:
Would like to ask if, at some point, a thread could be started about:

Is EVERY believer going to get a glorified body at the 1st resurrection? If so, please give scriptures that indicate this clearly. What did Yeshua mean when He said, ‘Many are called, few are chosen?’ (I can tell you what I think I have learned about this thus far…)
After pondering who gets the glorified body, then please tell me who is the Bride. Who are the Wedding Guests. Who are the multitudes. If everyone gets a glorified body – then who are the people giving marrying, giving birth and living to 120 year and then dying (if not cursed) in the New Kingdom (it’s in Isaiah: 65)?
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Apologetic Defense for the Mosiac Law

January 29th, 2010

Shabbat Shalom and greetings from snow covered Black Mountain, NC!  We just received another blanket of flaky falling sky, which is not manna the last time I checked, and so I’ll be spending the next several days waiting inside for our roads to be cleared.  In the mean time I thought I would post a link to a very long (14 pages if you printed it out) study of “The Mosaic Law: Its Function and Purpose in the New Testament”…which basically goes onto to say it doesn’t have one.   http://bible.org/article/mosaic-law-its-function-and-purpose-new-testament

I received this from a fellow brother in the faith whom I met recently at Scot’s presentation here in Asheville who received link from someone he loves very much, but who is strongly set against “this cult” that we seem to know as Truth.  Ironically, this entire study could have very well be written by Pastor Chris, but since it is such a clearly laid out path to pave over Torah, I thought we would have fun dissecting it together.  My hope for this exercise is that the folks like me who are newer to this aspect (or deepening) of their faith, would be able to see in clear cut ways where the “typical logic” of “most Christians” fails them when looking at this particular subject.  This author seems to have a “better than average” understanding of history and Biblical language, but still manages to miss the mark.  Can his entire conclusion simply be from his vantage point of the law being a negative or nuisance we need to be freed from, or are there larger flaws in his arguments?

I’m eager to read your thoughts and comments…and again, please stay on topic.   If we could site which verses and part of the article we are refuting that would greatly help the newcomers like me to track with you.  If it gets waaay off topic, which I know it won’t, I may have to delete your tangents to keep the others from following your bread crumb rabbit trails :)

-Derek

Evolutionist/Sumerian or Tanakh, The Truth Revealed (David)

January 28th, 2010

Does the age of the manuscripts have more weight than the content? This is a continuation of the discussion found in “An Interview With a Baptist Pastor.” (requested by Scot)
Also, a continuation of the trinitarian discussion as a secondary topic.

An Interview With a Baptist Pastor (Requested by Miryam)

January 18th, 2010

This is a thread requested by Miryam. Please keep this post kind and civilzed even if you disagree with the views of the Pastor during the exchange here.

Have fun :)

The Epistle to the Galatians

January 18th, 2010

This post is set apart for the discussion of the “hot spots” pertaining to Galatians. I have found that a passage usually contains clarification within itself regarding areas that may be difficult. Let’s keep that in mind as we progress. I will post a few “points of contention” and you guys see what you can dig up as well! It is important to remember that these are personal letters from Paul regarding dynamics that were already in play, context is everything.

You have heard it said:
“you are no onger under the law”…what is being dicussed here? If Messiah came to deposit in us His Spirit and His Spirit lead His flesh to obey His Father…How could His Spirit in us produce anything different? Isn’t this the meanining of what the same author says in Romans 8:3-4

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Your thoughts…talk amongst yourselves!

The coming Strong Delusion (by Larry as requested by Lisa)

January 14th, 2010

This is a huge subject and many are not prepared. Talk amongst yourselves.

2Thess 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Read the rest of this entry »

Devastation in Haiti – PM says 100’s of thousands dead! Terrible.

January 13th, 2010

Haiti's Presidential Palace (Unbelievable)

Tikvah means hope…

January 12th, 2010

Tiki with the bling in her ears...our dog.