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    The Need to Practice Rapture

    Christians of all end-time opinions have one common need I believe. That is the need to PRACTICE being snatched away by Jesus. This is not invitation to argue about pre-trib, post-trib, middle trib, no-trib, rapture as to time. The thread's purpose is our need to be - Taken by Jesus from...
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    Practical First John 3:1-10

    Let's discuss this the practical good points of these verses for Christ's coming. First enjoy the reading of section. Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and we are. Because of this the world does not know us, because it did not know...
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    Bored with the church enamored with Israel

    I notice that many dear Christians seem to have rather given up on the church and are enamored with prophecy about Israel. When the kingdom of God in the millennium is brought up they run to Daniel and the OT and go on and on about promises to Israel. When Revelation or Matthew is discussed...
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    A Rapture Causes the Great Tribulation

    One common occurence imo for Christians is to fail to see how God's move on earth in His people causes prophetic events to happen. It is not prophecy alone but some of His people wisely cooperating with His will and effectively praying for God to do what He promised. An example in the OT is...
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    Where is "go to heaven" in the Bible?

    Where in the Bible do people get the concept of God wanting the saved to "go to heaven" forever? I say the degree that people do not see what the church is is indiicated by how strong is their belief that God wants them to "go to heaven" to be in heaven forever. Demonstrate that "going to...
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    One is taken, One is left

    Concerning Selective Rapture upon the church in the end times: This thread is a challenge to those who believe there could be no Christians left in the fulfillment of these passages. If you cannot believe that the two in each case refers to two eternally saved Christians, prove why. The...
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    Why is earth's AGE important to you?

    Why is the age of the earth an important matter to you (if it is)? What is the most important thing that knowing the age of the earth will tell you?
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    Eating Jesus is the way

    By "Eating Jesus" I mean taking Him in. Christ is so available for us to contact and enjoy, If we turn our hearts towards Christ to take Him in we will live BY Him. We will have something more powerful and roight than living by ethics, We will have a perfect Person within us, living again...
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    Coming back to Christ our First Love

    No one knows how often we Christians have the need to come back to Christ. We often must be freed from distractions which subtly carry us away from Christ. When bad and evil things distract us from Christ it is easier to detect. It is more difficult to discern when something good has distracted...
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    New Jerusalem Tour

    Revelation 21 and 22 are devoted to the sign of New Jerusalem. She is the final destiny of all the saved and the climax of God's work. It is for New Jerusalem that everything God planned and did in the Bible and in the universe. She is something all believers should see so we may know what God...
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    Rapture of a "critical mass"

    In nuclear engineering a brief explantion of "critical mass" triggering an event like an atomic explosion is - In nuclear engineering, a critical mass is the smallest amount of fissile material needed for a sustained nuclear chain reaction. In the Bible there is such a similar matter with...
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    Does God Want Man to be God?

    Does God want man to be God? My answer is yes but not in His Godhead. I mean there are attributes which God will not bestow upon His creatures. He alone is an object of worship. He alone is the Creator of universes. Other noncommunicable attributes would probably be: His omniscience. His...
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    Introduction

    Greetings to all on the Forum. My tag is oikonomia. My God is the man the Lord Jesus Christ. I have since 1974 always meet with local churches practicing the local ground. Before then I met with a number of denominations and "free groups." I am a retired computer programmer with a BS in Computer...