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? Could you explain please Consecrated Life?

I see. When do you think the book of Revelation was written? I believe most scholars have it as 95AD.

In looking into this subject I realize I don't know enough Jesus includes his return in the 'all these things' - but you didn't mention it - can I ask why? Matthew 24:30 “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth[c] will mourn when they see...

As noted in the OP, adulterers wont inherit the kingdom of God. Paul actually says: do not be deceived. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes...

Could you tell me how this relates to the OP? It remains curious how we read of many, many instances of men sinning in the OT along with God's punishment, yet despite the command not to commit adultery, we do not see the same pattern with polygamy. It's casually stated as if nothing untoward...

If we assume Paul wrote Hebrews then he commends them and others for their faith. However, Paul also said (quoting from Psalm 14): As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God. All have turned away, they have together...

Thanks for this Free. The problem with linking polygamy with wickedness as with Lamech is that it does not hold for King David. God considered David a 'man after his own heart' who 'had done nothing wrong except in the case of Uriah the Hittite'. Acts 13:22 After removing Saul, he made David...

According to christianity.com a concubine is defined as: 'A woman acquired by a man as a secondary wife. Her purpose was to provide a male heir in the case of a barren wife, to provide more children in general to enhance the family’s workforce and wealth, and to satisfy the man’s sexual desires...

https://christianforums.net/threads/why-arent-christians-defeating-the-pornographers.103480/#post-1853964

Indeed - perhaps it would be worth starting a dedicated thread on it? We know that Jesus considered looking with lust as adultery of the heart - so without explicitly citing pornography as sinful, it's clear that he thought it was. Are you implying that the reason that Christians have not...

You said that, 'rejecting what Christ taught is the abomination that causes desolation.' How does Matthew 24:15 still make sense if that is correct? “So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader...

Interesting thanks - but that still leaves us with no answer, surely? The skeptic will continue to point to these verses and claim them as reason for doubt. Jesus predicted more than the destruction of the temple - he specifically references his return.

Under Darwinism (and without God) there is no objective standard. I hope it is true but I remain skeptical because of verses like Matthew 24:34 I don't understand how this clarifies Jesus's explicit reference to what surely must be a specific point in time? Unless the apostles or whomever...

Though I remain an unbeliever - I can certainly agree that we are all naturally selfish (though this of course requires an objective standard that only a God could establish). The sacrifice of Jesus as told in scripture (as you allude) to is an inspiring story. I do hope that it is fact. I can...

I am pretty sure we are on the same page (in the sense that this is the only way to uphold Jesus's divinity and not render him a false prophet). Even so, every time I get to v.34 - Truly, I tell you, this generation shall certainly not pass until all these things have happened - my logical mind...

I will reply to your previous post o Ted - I am trying to understand your perspective on this. I am still confused though (maybe we all are). Just to be clear - are you saying that the great distress of Mat. 24:21 has already occurred? Jesus clearly links the abomination with such a calamity...

Where in scripture is it defined that way please?

I'm not following you Ted. In Matthew 24 we read: “So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand— then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let no one on the housetop go down to...

If Jesus was referring to the generation that saw the 'abomination that causes desolation' - that they would not pass away till all was fulfilled - then does this not exclude the Dome of the Rock which was originally built in the 7th century AD?

Surely the specifics Daniel 11:31 is germane? “Forces shall be mustered by him, and they shall defile the sanctuary fortress; then they shall take away the daily sacrifices, and place there the abomination of desolation”