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So sorry to hear abut your marital problems, fellows. My prayers are with you. Concerning definitions of "Hades" and "tartarus" based upon Greek Mythology, they are wrong when it comes to the scriptures. The Holy Spirit uses words of the world (that is, Greek), but sanctifies them as we can...

Bick here. First, I don't see that the Church Body of Christ is the bride of Christ. Think about this: in Rom. 8:14, 23; Gal. 3:36, 4:6 and Eph. 1:5 we are told we are sons of God with all the privileges God provides. My friends, we cannot be sons and a bride. The "bride of the Lamb is...

In the accounts the Lord warned about Gehenna, he said one could be judged by the Sanhedren, the highest court in Israel. Live human beings on the earth would be judged, not "lost souls" in some "hell. To say that Jesus used it as a symbolic description of hell does not make sense, to me. Why...

Yes, the dead in Christ rise first, then we will be changed, but it happens instantly, "in the twinkling of an eye". 1 Cor. 15:51-52. But if the Church body of Christ will be reigning with Christ for the millennium (the age to come), what does it mean when Paul reveals to us in Eph.2:4-7, that...

Hi, Bick here. By "hell" I assume you mean the Orthodox view that the souls of all evil persons will, apon death, wind up in the flames of hell. There is no such place! We are told "God breathed into man's nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Gen. 2:7. Many verses tell...

Bick here. My research shows me the concept of "conscious eternal punishment" was introduced into Roman Catholic theology by Augustine of Hippo (St. Augustine) in the 4th century A.D. Augustine was a serious student of Plato and other Greek philosophers, and he embraced the idea of "immortal...

I resent the word "spouting." edited violation of 2.2 reba

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Apart from God's grace, His favor, no one would be saved. "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus." Rom.3:23 NIV.

Bick here. Yes, indeed. All humanity will be judged for their deeds: the church body of Christ, the saved of Israel and all others. But what our apostle Paul says, "The wages of sin is death," Rom. 6:23, not eternal punishment in hell. And, as I read literal translations, such as Young's or...

Of course it is! It is a large valley north of Jerusalem where the armies of the earth will be gathered to battle Almighty God and His people, Israel, as we read in Rev. 16:14-16. Believers in the church body of Christ will already be caught away by Christ to be with him in the heavenlies.

Bick here. Since "eternal" is a translation of the Greek word "aionion" (age-lasting), and we know we die and do not live "forever", what do you think "perish" means?

Bick here. Indeed, we are to reckon ourselves to be alive unto God and His grace, yet dead unto sin (Rom. 6:11-12). Concerning Jesus words to forgive "seventy times seven", sort of a metaphor for "innumerable", I understand that after mankind are judged for their deeds before the great white...

Jesus came to Israel acclaiming "Repent for the kingdom is at hand" (John 4:17). This was the Messianic Kingdom, the hope of Israel. I understand the parable of the ten virgins to be a warning to Israelites to be prepared in their hearts, and not give up, be ready for Christ Jesus glorious...

There are a number of men named "Jesus" in the Bible; I assume you mean Jesus of Nazereth. He was born through miraculous birth through the virgin Mary. He was the ancestor of King David, and the rightful heir to Israel's throne through Joseph, Mary's husband, the royal lineage, and through...

I would encourage anyone to go reasons.org to get the latest scientific analysis of the beginning of the universe, and how the Genesis account is right in line.