Recent content by rstrats

Good to see that you agree that the 7 must be referring to the third day after the burial in order to conform with the other 5. BTW, I'd still like to know what point I'm missing with regards to the issue.

re: "You entirely miss the point..." And what might that point be? re: "Your fixation on insistence (as always) that all other (around 15) scriptures be interpreted by a literal rendering of this one..." There are 5 verses which say or imply that 3 nights would be involved, i.e., Matthew...

I didn't say it did.

OK, it's been discussed how a lack of the third night of the Messiah's prophesy can be explained. Perhaps now, someone might explain how an actual third night could have occurred.

Was He in the "heart of the earth" during those three hours?

That would be an issue for a different topic. Maybe you could start one.

1. The Messiah said that He would be three days and three nights in the "heart of the earth" 2. There are those who think that the crucifixion took place on the 6th day of the week with the resurrection taking place on the 1st day of the week. 3. Of those, there are some who think that the...

And remember, that "someone new" needs to be someone who believes the crucifixion took place on the 6th day of the week with a 1st day of the week resurrection, and who thinks that the "heart of the earth" is referring to the tomb, and who tries to explain the lack of a 3rd night by saying that...

Since it's been awhile, perhaps someone new visiting this topic may know of examples.

So you're saying that everyone is included in the Book of Life?

But how do they get there after they are judged and found to not be included in the Book of Life?

But not in your post #7 to which my post #58 was directed. You had written that "someone who wants to believe, no miracles are necessary". Regarding that comment I asked if you were suggesting that beliefs can be obtained by simply choosing to have them? You replied "Of course" in your post...

What choices did they have from which to select?

In order to demonstrate your ability to consciously choose to believe things. This was based on your comment that "To someone who wants to believe, no miracles are necessary." However, I may have misunderstood you when you wrote that. I thought by that, that you were implying that beliefs...

What's your point with regard to being able to consciously engender a belief in someone or something?