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    What is the Mark of the Beast ?

    This is your own definition. It is not the definition of "First-fruits" as stated in scripture. It took more than just Christ's crucifixion and resurrection to make that possible for us. It took His ascending to the Father that day and "offering Himself without spot to God" and having that...
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    What is the Mark of the Beast ?

    You are still failing to address why the 144,000 were also referred to as "the First-fruits unto God and unto the Lamb". This wasn't just a "KIND of First-fruits", as in James 1:18, but the 144,000 resurrected Jewish tribal members actually WERE the "First-fruits" as well as "Christ the...
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    What is the Mark of the Beast ?

    Sure, I don't mind flipping the discussion over to there. But It is you who is making the misinterpretation of 1 Cor. 15:20-23 when the word is actually "First-fruits" PLURAL. And you can't arbitrarily change it to "First-fruit", because that isn't what scripture says either.
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    What is the Mark of the Beast ?

    Not if scripture doesn't give us any more than the one man Enoch being translated. We can't go any further than scripture gives us leave. That is NOT just "First". Christ was the "First-fruits". That is an Israelite agricultural term in scripture for a harvest, and it wasn't just a single...
  5. 3 Resurrections

    What is the Mark of the Beast ?

    This is SCRIPTURE'S LONE EXCEPTION to the rule - not mine. If you can come up with another example of an individual in scripture who escaped the one-time-only physical death sentence passed upon all men, feel free to submit it here (and Elijah is not one of them, as he died just like any other...
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    What is the Mark of the Beast ?

    There was a single exception to this rule - Enoch who was translated that he should not see death. No other exceptions are mentioned in scripture. Nobody else gets off this planet without passing through the death process of all who are "in Adam". "As in Adam all die; even so, in Christ...
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    What is the Mark of the Beast ?

    It's true...when you and I are making our points from different translations of the scripture, these can vary and our positions will be opposed to each other. I prefer to use the more literal translations when it comes to reconciling the scriptures with each other. It is YOUR position that...
  8. 3 Resurrections

    What is the Mark of the Beast ?

    No, He wasn't. Christ Jesus was the first to ascend to the Father in a resurrected body. That made Him the "First-born" and the 'First-begotten". The word "First-fruits" is not the same title, because it is describing a group "harvest" of resurrected that is the first to rise. The...
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    What is the Mark of the Beast ?

    But I agree with this ranked order of resurrections. "Christ the First-fruits" (as well as the Matt. 27:52-53 resurrected 144,000 First-fruits raised that same day) were ranked the FIRST in order of the group resurrection events. The "FIRST resurrection" of the "remnant of the dead" coming to...
  10. 3 Resurrections

    What is the Mark of the Beast ?

    No, the NT is not exactly "void" of teaching about the many Matthew 27:52-53 resurrected saints. I believe Paul wrote about these resurrected Matt. 27:52-53 individuals. He wrote to the Romans that "ourselves also, which HAVE the First-fruits of the Spirit..." These "First-fruits" of the...
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    What is the Mark of the Beast ?

    SOME of the resurrected 144,000 First-fruits did serve as prophets in the early church, but others served as apostles (meaning "sent ones"), evangelists, pastors, and teachers. We know this because these specific roles were filled by that "multitude of captives" which the ascending Christ led...
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    What is the Mark of the Beast ?

    The 144,000 First-fruits became a subset among the later unnumbered group of saints standing in resurrected righteousness before the throne of God in Rev. 7:9. The 144,000 First-fruits of Rev. 14:4 were the first group of saints to be resurrected from the grave - the Matthew 27:52-53 saints who...
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    The Mark of the Beast Is ‘Active Even Now,’ Pastor Matt Chandler Says

    A born native of Greenville, that is presently bursting at the seams. My son lives towards Columbia. And I have a SIL that originally came here from California. You moved in the right direction - it probably saved your financial hide ;) And I hate to disappoint you, but I'm not a teacher...
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    The Mark of the Beast Is ‘Active Even Now,’ Pastor Matt Chandler Says

    In your own posted comment box, at the bottom left side you can left click on either the "edit" or "delete" icon. Clicking on the "edit" icon will bring up your own comment box, where you can erase sections that you want to either get rid of, or make changes in any way. Once you have corrected...
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    What is the Mark of the Beast ?

    Yes, an unfortunate result, leading to a rather defeatist attitude to one's faith, and a diminishment of the power of Christ to establish His kingdom on earth. It makes a lie of "All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth..."
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