brideofjc

The problem with the way that TWI did this was to not make it openly available to learn Greek and/or Hebrew. I suspect (though not sure) that the Research Center participants didn't really know the Greek or Herew except to look up the respective words in various concordances. Therefore, most of us (I know that I was guilty of it) stood in awe and wonder that "at last, people who know Greek and Hebrew)" Uh-Huh! Ditto for your last statement.

Who says that He fathered a child with Magdalene? Gnostics was it? Hmmm. You should probably think about your sources.

NO! It's called CULTURE. Although if you read the Scriptures, you will find that WOMEN followed him on the road as well as the men. Joanna supported Him financially and she was married to an important person and was therefore rich. The person has to desire to be saved. Telling the person that homosexuality is a sin is LOVE. Especially, if it keeps them out of damnation at the judgment throne.

He is holding a Bible, not the superimposed title that was put on to the book. Let's keep the truth visible here. If you wish to make a joke, then say that is what you are doing.

You can still ABUNDANTLY SHARE with others....even if it isn't in a church setting.

I will get back to you.

Mary Magdalene was not the woman who was caught in adultery and almost stoned in front of the Lord Jesus. That was a misinterpretation and it has held on for millenniums. It wasn't just pork, there were other unclean things and the purpose of these things was to teach between holy and unholy since Adam/Eve lost the Holy Spirit after they sinned and therefore could not receive this information via the Spirit anymore. You have to be MARRIED in order to figger out the birds and bees? :blink: There isn't any contradiction and it is very logical indeed. Blessings

Praise our Lord Jesus Christ...whether we see Him with our own eyes or we are raised from the dead... HE IS COMING BACK!

I see that Ckeer beat me to the image of the signet ring. Also, when they carved pictures or letters into stone. This was considered to be permanent in their minds, never to be effaced and thus the image or type is created.

Amen!

He who gives of his bread to the poor is blessed. I don't have my Bible here right now, but I believe it is in Proverbs. Indeed, God loves a cheerful giver.

Hey G2ME....sure there is!!! Ho Kronos Ex-ete Ton Ther-on Tou Krap-atou Gay???? "Time to have beast crap on earth???" As close as one gets without my UBS4 available right now! Could use some tweaking Im'm sure!

When is love real? When you are love and are loved by the Lord Jesus Christ!

MIS - BE - GOT - TEN.......God MIS - sed (when He made just one man) and so He BE God and GOT - TEN (men) and W( r )O - lled them into one and said, "I have just made and "Wo(lled)-men!" Sorry, I couldn't resist! Excerpt from BOJC Theological Dictionary "flatus." Hmmmm....which end? Is FLATUS for upstairs? Flatulence is definitely downstairs! This is when it pays to have very heavy drapes in the parlor....as long as your toes don't stick out. Course the other female may give you away with the sway of the drapes along with her tail. Never ever sign anything! Allegiance to God only!

You are absolutely, unfortunately, very correct about what you have just said. This is why even George Washington had his wife, Martha burn every letter he ever sent to her after she had read it. I have also had my journal stolen from me and used against me, so I quite understand where you are coming from on this matter. I have had to learn this lesson from the hard road taken and a gem that I just recently heard...one of those God moments....a coach was saying to a student...."keep your game plan to yourself." I took that personally for myself as well. As far as teachers....again, unfortunately you are right having been in the break room with them at times...I have heard comments about students that would make the hair rise up on most parents' heads.

You should try showing them Romans 16 - Paul is addressing heads of church fellowships in Rome. Junia was an apostle and phoebe was a deaconess. Your so-called leadership is very wrong on these points. Youre right....some of the worst gossips are really men. Besides grunting...whatever else do you think they are doing when they are bowling, hunting, fishing, throwing darts etc etc What was worse, when they got to the name of Junia...some MALE translator actually had the hutzpah to give it a male ending in the Greek so that it would agree with his personal doctrine on the WOG. The error has been discovered and it is correctly listed in the Greek NT. I think it was the church father, Jerome who did this lovely booboo.

That's because Disciples are a very liberal church. Because I am a woman, I tend to be liberal in this particular area if not in others. :)

YES, INDEED IT DOES! Take for instance if a cop breaks the law by raping a woman, his fellow cops will cover up his dirty deed. Or the higher authorities will put out the word that nothing is to be done because they don't want the police force to look bad....especially in an election year.

Truly a possess-O but not in O-R-E-O! :blink:

Sounds like the leader's wife should try having a conversation once in a while with her husband!

It is a thought from Romans, Twinky. I didn't write it, but the HS through His revelation to Paul as he penned it. Scary isn't it? It won't be the body that cuts bits and pieces off of itself, but the judgment of the Lord Jesus Christ...it will be God who cuts out the pieces. Perhaps this will be how the body will finally be mature. I have often wondered how the body of Christ would ever be fully mature with so many so-called Christians content to remain sucking on bottles rather than craving the meat of the HS. So it is most definitely a thought for prayer and meditation with the Lord Jesus Christ leading us.

Well, I'm not dispensationalist by far. I categorically believe that there isn't any separation between the Gospels and the church age. This was TWI doctrine and also to be found in the Scofield Bible, which I won't even buy a copy of because of their doctrinal notes. If there is a "parenthetical clause" that we are living in, well....parenthetical clauses and/or sentences can be easily removed from the whole and you would still have the context of the whole, with or without. I refuse to be pidgeonholed into a parentheses Plus, then why do we preach the Lord Jesus and His death and resurrection, if He only came to the Jews? Then He cannot be our Messiah if we separate such things. Dangerous indeed. For if He isn't my Messiah, then I'm not saved and neither are you, nor anyone else. The Gospel that Paul was teaching was indeed the mystery that had been made clear to him that the Gentiles would also be included. However, this was also known in the OT, they knew that the Gentiles would see a great light, etc. However, they probably didn't forsee that the Gentiles would have the exact same calling as the Jews, but most likely thought that there would still be a difference between the two, with the Jews being closer to God. This is why they had a court of the Gentiles that was separate from the Jewish court. The 12 apostles also saw the risen Christ and they watched as He ascended up into heaven and the Lord Jesus told the 12 apostles that He would be with them until the end. I see no difference at all. If you also recall, Paul made it very clear that the Gentiles were grafted into the natural olive tree. Furthermore, (truly scary) God could CUT US OUT if we didn't remain with Him. This is another reason that I do not believe in eternal security per se. What scripture do you use to support that the Holy Spirit will revert back to "on and not "in", if there is one, could you please refresh my memory? The parable of the 10 virgins is for us too, Sunesis. Oil is symbolic for the Holy Spirit. The aspect of it running out is because the believer's love grows cold and they cease to be close to the giver of the Holy Spirit, namely, the Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord Jesus is coming for those who believe on Him. For those that lived and died before His earthly ministry, they will be blessed with eternal life because they looked forward to His coming and so remained faithful. Those that remain faithful after His earthly ministry will receive eternal life based on their belief that He died and rose for them and His blood cleansed them of all of their iniquities, transgressions and sins. I know you are pretty knowledgeable of the Scriptures, but I would also encourage you to look beyond the dispensationalist views, there's far more wealth of wisdom in the entire Christian story, rather than being satisfied with a parentheses. Blessings!

Hi Sunesis: You really do not have to twist anything at all to make it fit. The Lord Jesus came to Israel to fulfill the prophecies concerning Him, which He did. I forget which post said it...that Israel was never called to evanagelize...that's not true...they were supposed to do it...they just never did. Well, some did. Israel was supposed to receive her Messiah...and if they had....they would as a whole have spread Christianity around the world faster than we have. The initial church was Jewish and then began to include the Gentiles, which was already prophesied as well in the OT that the Gentile nations would also hear the Gospel. As far as being Body or Bride....I believe that when you get born again you become the body... as you mature and grow and enter into the Kingdom...I say enter into the kingdom after being born again (read the Gospels), which is why the Lord Jesus said that "few there be that find it..." and He was speaking to COVENANT PEOPLE! The Lord was not speaking to Gentiles when He said that. My personal take on it, is as you get deeper and deeper with the Lord, you step out so to speak and become the Bride. I do not personally believe that everyone in the body of Christ will be the Bride, but those "few there be that find it." If we look at the analogy that Christ is the second Adam, the first Adam's BRIDE was TAKEN OUT OF HIM. So I also believe that the the second Adam's BRIDE, will also be TAKEN OUT OF HIM, i.e. out of His Body. Note also that the parable of the ten virgins, only five of them were ready...But they were all in "competition" for the Bridegroom. In 2 Cor 15 it speaks of an "out-resurrection" i.e. a resurrection of the resurrected if you will....this I believe will be the BRIDE and it will be the BRIDE that will rule with the Lord Jesus during His Millennial reign. THANK YOU!

I guess that would depend on which Rabbi you were reading. Various readings from the First century world regarding the treatment and the general train of thought concerning women were not as great as apparently R. Kochba thought of them. :unsure: