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  1. BobRyan

    NT Wright refutes claim that early Christians expected immediate End Times

    "Wright strongly emphasizes that the term "anastasis" consistently refers to bodily resurrection throughout the ancient world, both in pagan and Jewish literature, according to For His Renown. He argues that to interpret "resurrection" as solely spiritual or non-bodily in Revelation 20 would be...
  2. BobRyan

    NT Wright refutes claim that early Christians expected immediate End Times

    Rev 20 4 Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on...
  3. BobRyan

    Anyone have good arguments against Calvinism.

    As I understand it - all of the following views are "optimistic" in that their view predicts that things just keep getting "better and better" over time. Partial Preterism full Preterism Amill post-mill The two pre-mill views do not do that. Historic Pre-mill Dispensational pre-mill
  4. BobRyan

    What denominations believe in the Rapture?

    God is in Heaven - (so then the Trinity) (of course God is also omnipresent) Matt 6 "Our Father who IS IN heaven" John 14:1-3 "In My Father's house are many mansion I GO to prepare A PLACE for you and If I go I will come again and RECEIVE you to myself" does not say "I will come back to once...
  5. BobRyan

    Anyone have good arguments against Calvinism.

    "MANY are called - few chosen" Matt 22:14 2 Peter 3 "God is not WILLING that any should perish but that ALL should come to repentance" Nothing about "arbitrary selection" in 2 Peter 3 And yet as Matt 7 points out "the MANY" are on the wide road that ends in destruction and the FEW are on the...
  6. BobRyan

    Anyone have good arguments against Calvinism.

    Notice it does not say "IF I CAUSE you to believe you are saved" Rev 3 "I STAND at the door and knock - if anyone hears My voice AND OPENS the door - I will come in"
  7. BobRyan

    Anyone have good arguments against Calvinism.

    Calvinism is a great foundation for OSAS (probably the one and only logical one for it). But OSAS fails here John 15:1-5 salvation revoked Matt 18:32-35 - forgiveness revoked Ezek 18 - forgiveness revoked Rom 11 - salvation revoked Heb 6:3-8 salvation revoked Gal 5:1-4 fallen from Grace -...
  8. BobRyan

    What is your opinion? - The intended readership of Hebrews.

    Now lets see if response to the facts pointed out in using that text -- need to be completely ignored to get around them.... proof by cliche is not as compelling as you may have at first imagined. 1. The were Jews and gentiles as the context shows. 2. They were most certainly in a position...
  9. BobRyan

    NT Wright refutes claim that early Christians expected immediate End Times

    Paul warns the Christian church that certain things must happen BEFORE "our gathering together to HIM" 2 Thess 1: Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, 2 that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be...
  10. BobRyan

    NT Wright refutes claim that early Christians expected immediate End Times

    N. T. Wright is a partial Preterist so in his view a lot of Bible focus sort of stops at 70 AD - destruction of Jerusalem (I think some Preterists call that the second coming but Wright does not apparently). I think that a straight forward reading of the Bible supports pre-millennial positions...
  11. BobRyan

    What is your opinion? - The intended readership of Hebrews.

    That idea appears to fail in Acts 17:11 there we see both tradition and Magisterium of the non-Christian Jewish synagogues in Acts 17 - had already condemned the teaching of the Christians and declared both Christ and Paul to be heretical. "They studied the scriptures daily to SEE IF those...
  12. BobRyan

    What is your opinion? - The intended readership of Hebrews.

    In the book of Acts both Jews and gentiles are in the synagogue for worship "every Sabbath" Acts 18:4 and in Acts 13 it is gentiles - not Jews - asking that more Gospel preaching be scheduled for them in the Synagogue "the next Sabbath"
  13. BobRyan

    What is your opinion? - The intended readership of Hebrews.

    Heb 10 - writing to Hebrew Christians says of the animal sacrifice and offerings "He takes away the first to establish the second". Where the "second" is the High Priesthood of Christ and the blood of Christ as the atoning sacrifice - rather than animal blood. that is applicable to all...
  14. BobRyan

    Jesus claimed He came to fulfill the Law, Did He?

    We all agree that the Bible speaks truth when it says "do not take God's name in vain" Ex 20:12 We all agree that complying with God's Word is not betrayal against God and trying to be saved by works. It is not confusing in the case of "do not take God's name in vain" It is also not confusing...
  15. BobRyan

    Jesus claimed He came to fulfill the Law, Did He?

    Heb 4 quotes the Psalms saying that it was set as "TODAY" in David's day - referring to the day of salvation --- not referring to the 7th day Sabbath.
  16. BobRyan

    Jesus claimed He came to fulfill the Law, Did He?

    The Creation Sabbath of Gen 2 is being used as a symbol of New Canaan - heaven, heavenly Canaan -- just as in Gal 4 Jersualem above "is our mother". Gal 4 24 This is allegorically speaking, for these women are two covenants: one proceeding from Mount Sinai bearing children who are to be slaves...
  17. BobRyan

    Jesus claimed He came to fulfill the Law, Did He?

    Under the Ex 20 covenant it was a sin - to take God's name in vain. And it is STILL a sin to do that - even for you, even for any christian that you meet. So then read Eph 6:1-2 for the details Indeed under the Gen 2 Old Covenant of "obey and live" it would be sin. Under the Rom 3 Law that...
  18. BobRyan

    What denominations believe in the Rapture?

    True about the SDA denomination. We teach (as a denomination) that there is a post-trib rapture to heaven. Then 1000 years in heaven- then a literal second Coming to Earth after the literal 1000 year millennium.
  19. BobRyan

    What denominations believe in the Rapture?

    True of Dispensationalism - but not sure if it is also true of the rapture doctrine
  20. BobRyan

    Pope Francis

    Here is a key point of agreement. No Christian - not even a Catholic Pope can contradict the Word of God and then claim that the Word of God loses and the Pope wins in that conflict.
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