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MotoToTheMax · 2025-07-15T20:29:24-0500

Nah, they're going to let it go. By midterms it'll be moved on from just like Jan 6th.

"Doesn't look like anything to me."

keras · 2025-07-15T20:23:26-0500

The simple point to be inferred from this whole issue of the Ten Lost Tribes is that the Jews are not all of Israel. God’s purpose is to let the 10 tribes which were separated in King Rehoboam’s time, to become lost to the world and the two tribes of Judah to remain visible. Deuteronomy 32:26; 2 Chronicles 10:19; Jeremiah 29:18
They both have specific tasks to fulfil, during this period of dispersion, the Church age.

Perhaps one way to identify the other Israelite tribes, besides those of Judah already known, is to look for those who fear, acknowledge and love the Creator God, live by His laws and produce the fruit of good works. James 2:24.
The Caucasian, Western nations (people groups) have been identified by the historical, linguistic, archaeological and genetic research, as having a majority of descendants of Israel/Jacob. They are also the Christian nations, so this is another proof.

According to some records, at least one tribe went eastwards and I think that South Korea, because of their amazing Christian awakening, has quite probably: Israelite origins.
Bible prophecy clearly says that all the Israel of God, who now comprise every faithful Christian, Jew and gentile, will be gathered into all of the holy Land, before Jesus Returns and Gods promises to the Patriarchs will be kept by their descendants by faith. Ezekiel 20:34-38 Genesis 17:6-8

Malachi 3:16-18 Then those who feared the Lord, talked together – the Lord listened. A record was written of those who feared Him and respected His Name.
They will be Mine, says the Lord of Hosts, My own possession for the Day that I appoint, I will spare them. Once more you will see the difference between those who serve God and the wicked apostate peoples.
Malachi 4:1-6 The Day comes; burning like a furnace, all the arrogant evildoers will be as stubble, they will be destroyed in a fiery blaze.
But you, who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings and you will break loose, like calves released from a stall.

On the Day that I take action, you will tread down the wicked, they will be as ashes under your feet.
Remember the Laws given to Moses, keep all My commandments given to Israel at Sinai. Look; I will send you Elijah before the Day of the Lord. He will reconcile families and preserve the Land from the wrath of the Lord.

Reference: Revised English Bible, some verses abridged.

XrxrX · 2025-07-15T20:21:02-0500

FutureAndAHope said:
The law is the knowledge of what is sinful and what is not.

Rom 3:20 .... for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

"Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are in the Law.."

FutureAndAHope said:
We need to know what sin is, so that we can avoid it.

So, a Born Again believer needs to read the letter to know not to murder?
Which of the 613 regulations do we need to "read" to love our neighbor?
Or of the "10"?
"But before faith came, we were held in custody under the Law, being shut up for the coming faith to be revealed. Therefore the Law has become our tutor unto Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus."

FutureAndAHope said:
Rom 6:1-2 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not!

To cast away the law is to cast aside the knowledge of sin.

"For when Gentiles who do not have the Law naturally do the things of the Law, these, not having the Law, are a law to themselves, in that they demonstrate the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them.."
Yet, a believer indwelled by the very Spirit of God doesn't even have this?

FutureAndAHope said:
Sure, no one is "justified" by the law, for we have all sinned, and still do from time to time.

But the call of the whole of the New Testament is to receive Jesus and come out from our sins.

1Co 6:9-11 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

"And such.. WERE.. some of you..."
But you were washed..
But you were sanctified..
But you were Justified..
In the Name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

BCP1928 · 2025-07-15T20:20:05-0500

Hentenza said:
That’s quite the bigot statement to make. I’m Hispanic, I’m not a criminal.

No, it's just a statistical likelihood.

Hentenza said:
Since her district is such a mess and since she in unwilling to do anything about it then that tells you what she will do on the nationwide theater. She can’t take care of her district then she can’t take care of anything else.

com7fy8 · 2025-07-15T20:18:36-0500

God is quiet, not silent. So, we need to get rid of the noisy stuff of anger and unforgiveness and lusts, so we can sense the LORD and share with Him . . . any time.

"'Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.'" (Matthew 11:29)

rjs330 · 2025-07-15T20:18:14-0500

BCP1928 said:
"The left" as you call them make up a big part of "the West" and have every right and duty to criticize what they don't like about it.

I dont care. If they hate the west so badly go live somewhere else. It was rhe west that has provided them with this incredible life they have. Yet they hate it. They want to tear it down. Burn it down. They are in the West, but they want to destroy the west.

They shoild go live out of the west and somewhere else. But the truth is they cant. Because other places are too rotten to live in or wouldn't allow them to behave the way rhey do. Only the west affords them the right to behave the way they behave.

So yes they have the right because they live in the west. They are fools. And we shouldnt cater to fools.

Akita Suggagaki · 2025-07-15T20:15:45-0500

Look out house of cards

bbbbbbb · 2025-07-15T20:11:41-0500

Bob the barker

godisagardener · 2025-07-15T20:10:04-0500

Truly a great loss to many. Praying for his family.

Fervent · 2025-07-15T20:08:21-0500

ViaCrucis said:
That's an interesting thought I don't think I've come across before. I agree, maybe not best to press too much--but that is a fascinating thought if nothing else.

-CryptoLutheran

Yeah, when it occurred to me I was a bit surprised I'd never heard anyone mention the idea. Then again, most of the time when Barabbas is being discussed it is the crowd's response that is the focus.

bling · 2025-07-15T20:07:53-0500

Maria Billingsley said:
Dead can be used literal, metaphorical or spiritual. What I do know is , Peter is not speaking about those who are literally dead and who have already sealed their judgment.

I have to agree this one time with Jeff, that we are talking about physical death, but does not mean the gospel was preached to dead people, but to believers in this life who died and were than dead at the writing.

truthuprootsevil · 2025-07-15T20:07:37-0500

RileyG said:
Only SDA and JW accept soul sleep. No one else does.

Not sure of what you mean by soul sleep but if you mean according to the words oh Jesus when he referred to Lazarus as sleeping, meaning death from the flesh body on this Earth is as falling asleep. Baptist Churches I have attended preach and teach that the soul is sleeping.

Jehovah witnesses are closer to Judaism than they are to Christianity. Because of their disbelief in the deity of Christ, they do not recognize the Son.

Bob Crowley · 2025-07-15T20:05:36-0500

A New Dawn said:
I am not sure why you are focused on exorcisms since this discussion is about John MacArthur’s death. I was just comment that we will all likely be surprised when we get to heaven.

I lifted this from an AI answer to save time. I'm not sure what copyright AI has incidentally since it's not a person.

John MacArthur has expressed strong views against Catholic teachings on Mary, particularly the practices of praying to her and elevating her to a position of worship. He argues that the Bible does not support such practices and that they detract from the worship of God and Jesus Christ.

The reason I got onto exorcisms was a result of my irritation with his teachings about Mary's seeming insignificance as being nothing more than a woman. And I did a have a sense of someone being very embarrassed not long after he died.

I was already aware of his illness due to Michie's earlier post, and I had been wondering how he would fare when he did in fact die. I suspect I was given an answer, and I've had a few messages before eg. my old Protestant pastor (who was not particularly anti-Catholic) appearing in a brief vision sometime after he died in which he said "The Catholic Church is CLOSEST to the truth" with a distinct emphasis on the word "closest".

Then he just disappeared again..

I think we'll leave it at that. As I said I don't think he's lost but I think he might have been somewhat surprised to put it mildly when confronted by Mary in her role as Queen of Heaven, the role of the saints (to quote my old Protestant pastor again - "They're doing something up there"), a nearly unbroken line of popes going right back to Peter (with some in Hell admittedly), and the prayers of the Catholic religious orders ascending to heaven without ceasing. Again to quote my old pastor "I think they (the religious orders) underpin the church".

In other words John MacArthur irritated me quite a bit with his self-righteous anti-Catholic arrogance.

keras · 2025-07-15T20:03:00-0500

Spiritual Jew said:
Why do you ignore that Jesus's resurrection was the first resurrection (Acts 26:23, 1 Cor 15:20)?

Why do you ignore that Jesus began to reign after His resurrection (Matt 28:18, Eph 1:19-23, Col 1:12-13, Rev 1:5-6)?

Why do you ignore that Jesus made His people priests long ago (1 Peter 2:9, Rev 1:5-6)?

Why do you ignore that all unbelievers will be killed when Jesus returns (Matt 24:35-39, 1 Thess 5:2-3, 2 Thess 1:7-10, 2 Peter 3:10-12, Rev 19:17-18)?

Why do you ignore that scripture teaches that all of the dead will be resurrected at the same time/hour (Daniel 12:2, John 5:28-29)?

Why do you ignore that all people will be judged at the same time (Matt 13:36-43, Matt 13:47-50, Matt 25:31-46)?

Your usual avoidance of Bible truths.
All the dead will be raised and judged at the same time. AFTER the Millennium - NOT when Jesus Returns, as Rev 20:4-6 says.

truthuprootsevil · 2025-07-15T20:02:41-0500

RileyG said:
Only SDA and JW accept soul sleep. No one else does.

Not sure of what you mean by soul sleep but if you mean according to the words oh Jesus when he referred to Lazarus as sleeping, meaning death from the flesh body on this Earth is as falling asleep I think Methodist and I know Baptist probably Presbyterians.

Jehovah witnesses are closer to Judaism than they are to Christianity. Because of their disbelief in the deity of Christ, they do not recognize the Son.

RileyG said:
Only SDA and JW accept soul sleep. No one else does.

What are you referring to when you say soul sleep? When Jesus said Lazarus is sleeping. I know Baptist teach preach that the soul only sleeps awaiting judgment Day, at least those I have attended in my years of life.

Jehovah witnesses have their own interpretation of the Bible and do not recognize Christ as Lord and Savior or his divinity, their belief is more closer to Judaism than it is to Christianity.

lucypevensie · 2025-07-15T20:01:41-0500

How can we identify who those individuals are?

Fervent · 2025-07-15T20:00:19-0500

The Barbarian said:
Yes. When you scale up an organism, the strength of bones increases with the square of the length, but the mass increases as the cube of the length. And complications develop for the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to cells, as well as the removal of waste products. And yes, that has a huge effect on the way larger organisms evolve.

Yeah, the oxygen issues are likely the biggest impediment since environmental oxygen is a pretty big selecetion pressure.

FutureAndAHope · 2025-07-15T20:00:15-0500

XrxrX said:
How can a "ministry of death and condemnation written on tablets of stone" apply to a Believer under the Ministry of The Spirit? It can't.. and it doesn't.

The law is the knowledge of what is sinful and what is not.

Rom 3:20 .... for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

We need to know what sin is, so that we can avoid it.

Rom 6:1-2 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not!

To cast away the law is to cast aside the knowledge of sin.

Sure, no one is "justified" by the law, for we have all sinned, and still do from time to time.

But the call of the whole of the New Testament is to receive Jesus and come out from our sins.

1Co 6:9-11 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

rjs330 · 2025-07-15T19:59:42-0500

Kryten17 said:
EVERYONE in Gaza is a hostage. There are horrible people on both "sides". There are decent, innocent, vulnerable people on both "sides". Israelis and Gazans have suffered immensely. No nationality/race/religion/identity/etc should be held accountable and punished for the sins of anyone else remotely associated with their nationality/race/religion/identity/etc.

Yet that is what the Palistitinians have done to the Israelies for decades. The Israelies didn't fight back because they were Palestinians, but because they were attacked. They've been under attack since the beginning.

lucypevensie · 2025-07-15T19:57:31-0500

Tureens of liquid overflowed

LIQD

Hentenza · 2025-07-15T19:57:16-0500

Valletta said:
Revelation shows us what is to be fulfilled. Mary is the actual mother of Jesus. Both Eve and Mary were brought into the world sinless, but Mary never sinned and reflects Jesus, as the moon does with the sun's light. Satan was crushed by Jesus during the time of Mary's life, not Eve's.

Mary sinned. She was a normal human being. Anything else and that would destroy the fact that Jesus was born a human. Again, this IS not the tread for this discussion. Start a thread and I’ll be happy to participate.

lucypevensie · 2025-07-15T19:52:34-0500

Make us fight for it.

FIGHT

Sacred.Beautiful. · 2025-07-15T19:52:27-0500

headphones777 said:
I have lost all my zest for life. The diagnosis of schizophrenia further complicates things and brings my sanity into question. This makes me doubt that the experiences I had in the past were actually from God. Prayer feels meaningless because I feel I cannot feel the presence or hear the inner voice of God. I feel like I don't know who I am anymore. Nothing I do seems to fulfill me. Two of my friends have mental problems and I don't know how to help them, prayer does not work. I feel like I've lost the Holy Spirit despite being baptized because the fruits of the Spirit are not evident in my life, this is only one of the reasons why I feel like that. I don't know why God does not give me the Holy Spirit especially since he promised that he would do it in Luke 11. All I long for is to have a one-on-one talk with God face-to-face, like Moses had in Exodus 33 (it makes no sense that God would speak to Moses that way back in Exodus, yet he refuses to provide a similar means for people like me who genuinely desire God's guidance in their life). Does anyone have advice for me?

Man, I feel for you. And I can really relate. Schizophrenia is a very challenging and mysterious disease.

I recently was in a similar place where I was asking God why it is that I have tried so hard to understand what's really true and yet, it seems that the more I search for an experience of God and for the truth, the farther and farther away He feels from me.
He responded, simply, "I hid My face from you." I think sometimes God does this in order to spur on our spiritual growth.

I would ask, what do you think that you're truly looking for?
And can it be that this is driven by insecurity?

"The only true security in this life lies in the certainty that God is faithful and can never abandon us because his fatherly tenderness is irrevocable." ~Jacques Philippe

As for advice, I would simply say to just be open, with the awareness that God rarely works in the ways we expect.

Best of luck to you.

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