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The purpose is that the near-term eschaton promised by Paul was becoming harder and harder to believe with the passage of time and the destruction of the Temple was a blow to Jewish Christians and a cautionary tale to all about the fate of messianic movements. Mark sought to revive faith in what...

The meaning is very clear. Some of those who heard the words of the living Jesus would see the Son of Man return before they died. This is in perfect sync with the current generation not passing away until they saw ALL those things including the Son of man returning. But the exact hour and day...

And incorrectly predicted the return of the Son of Man and ALL the other things before the then current generation passed away, before all of his listeners tasted death. Jesus was not asked anything. It is all one continuous speech. Mark 13 24 “But in those days, after that tribulation, the...

The words are very clear. ALL of these things, including the return of the Son of Man, were to happen before the then current generation passed away, while some of the hearers of the living Jesus had not yet tasted death. The end of days was supposed to happen in the 1st century. It didn't. You...

No equivocation that I see. 'This generation' fits right in with 'not taste death'. The meaning is very clear. Jesus says that ALL of this, including the appearance of the Son of Man, will happen in the current generation.

Not the day or the hour is what he said but definitely before the current generation (ca 30 AD) all died.

In physics, you can talk about four dimensions in Relativity Theory or about 11 dimensions in M-Theory. But no physical theory taken seriously today has five dimensions. Klein theory did but it is long obsolete. However, since this is the New Age forum...

After describing all the events including the Son of Man coming in the clouds. Jesus says "Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place." (Mk 13:30) All of these things, which includes the end of days, are to happen before everyone who heard the words...

The most likely interpretation stills seems to be that Mark meant "the whole multitude of men living at the same time" and that this corresponds to those who heard the words of the living Jesus that some of them "would not taste death" before the Son of Man returned. That is, an end of days no...

Had a Malamute once. Like a Husky but bigger and even more independent minded. Luckily I got him as a puppy, found abandoned in the street in the winter, and raised him with love so he was mostly just a big teddy bear.

Many years ago, Saratoga Springs bottling company got in trouble because what they were selling was not mineral water from the Spring but tap water from the town of Saratoga Springs, which has some mineral content. Since the spring water is not carbonated nobody knew the difference until someone...

Mr. Bojangles is not exactly a ‘little known song’ of course. It has been covered well over a hundred times. Here is a laid back but heart felt version from David Bromberg who played with Jerry Jeff for a couple of years.

Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.

Randi was a very good magician, doing escape acts in public and lots of stage performances when he was younger. He was so good in his performances that he was 'accused' of really having paranormal powers, although Randi always insisted it was just tricks.

Getting into the Halloween spirit I guess. https://www.thedodo.com/daily-dodo/dog-gets-pumpkin-stuck-on-head

I am not aware of Paul saying that. Did you means these? 1 Corinthians 5 11 And such were some of you. [sinners] But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. 12 “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things...

In Thelema, 'Do What Thou Wilt' does not mean 'do whatever you fell like'. It means to find your True Will, your purpose in the universe and live according to that. Finding your True Will might be thought of as a kind of enlightenment. Love is an important element in this. "IT IS WRITTEN that...