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You are in good company! James 2:23 (NIV) And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called God's friend. Roman 4:3 (NIV) What does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as...

Re: Babylon the great The Babylonian empire which came between the Assyrian and Persian empires was shorter still!

Re: Babylon the great The Persian empire was shorter (539-331BC). So what does a "short space" mean in Rev 17:10?

Re: Babylon the great 1763 - 2006 does not sound like a "short while" to me.

Re: Babylon the great I think it is difficult to support a fifth kingdom because of the lack of any contextual clues to indicate a subsequent one. This is a point noted by the NIV translators who rendered Daniel 2:40 as “Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom …”. The nature of Daniel's...

Re: Babylon the great You have still not explained the 1000+ years gap that your interpretation puts between the legs and the feet. Nor have you explained that Daniel only spoke of FOUR kingdoms - you are making a fifth kingdom. It seems clear to me that Rome (iron) would continue right until...

Re: Babylon the great It seems to me that Daniel only speaks of four empires. Daniel 2:32 This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. We are told that the gold...

Re: Babylon the great In giving my understanding of The Revelation, I need to comment on the Pope and the Vatican. This does not mean that I am saying that the Pope is a bad man (the last one was a notably good man) or that the people in the RC Church are any worse than those in other...

Re: God is one I respect your right to believe whatever you wish. As Christians we believe that God dwelt in Jesus Christ, and raised Him from the dead. After His ascension, the Holy Spirit was sent to guide us. For many Christians there are three distinct "persons", but I believe they are...

Re: Babylon the great When considering the woman, Babylon, the beast, the image of the beast, and the dragon, all mentioned in The Revelation, we have to consider how they are inter-related. The woman was a city which has the ability to "reign over the kings of the earth" (17:18)...

no ... and welcome to the Christianity forum ... there are all kinds of Christians here ... but I'm the only one that's right ... OK ;)

And yet others described him as worthy - and Cornelius was called devout - I wonder if those who know me would use such words?

I'm more inclined to see the centurion's "I am not worthy" as an expression of humility, since others testified that he was worthy. Are any of us worthy of God's grace?

You make some very good points, Q ... would you like to come and preach for us one Sunday ... a Catholic preaching in a Pentecostal church ... now I'd like to see that! Two of the women were obviously living immoral lives and Jesus corrected both of them. I don't think there is any reason to...

I have tried to answer your question in the previous post (#109)

I agree. Jesus confirmed the OT laws concerning sexual morality, although He made them more than just a matter of the body, but also of the heart and mind: lust is the same as the act of adultery. Jesus confirmed the prohibition against sexual immorality in Matthew 15:16-20 and Mark 7:20-23...

So Jesus' instructions about sexual morality are something the Gospel writers just made up? When Jesus agrees with you, He is right; and when Jesus disagrees with you, He is wrong ... or at least, the Gospel writers got it wrong?

How do you know what the two commandments mean ... in other words, how do you know what Jesus intended when He stated "Love God" and "Love your neighbour". If the Bible is the source of the two commandments, then surely the Bible is the source of the explanation of what they mean, and how they...

If you see Joseph as a foreshadowing of Jesus Christ - sold for pieces of silver, went down to the pit, raised to the right hand of power - the type is further confirmed by the "coat of many colours" (rainbow) which is associated with Christ in The Revelation ... the rainbow being a sign that...

How do we know the will of the Father?