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    Are Daniel 2 and Daniel 7 the same ?

    I think Dan 2 and 7 are essentially the same except possibly Dan 2 focuses on Jesus' first coming whereas Dan 7 on the Second Coming. However, I think the focus of Dan 2 is not the prophecy but how it was that Daniel and friends came to be so high up in the civil service. Notice how few verses...
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    Why did Jesus, being sinless, submit himself to a baptism of repentance of sin by John the baptist?

    I think what Jesus meant by fulfilling all righteousness is not important. All Matthew is claiming is that Jesus was not repenting of any sin and John knew it. More curious is why Mark, knowing the confusion this story might cause, chose to include it in his gospel. Surely not to claim that...
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    Did Adam and Eve even stand a chance?

    It seems to me that the fall of Adam actually contradicts predestination. Because unlike us Adam did not have a sinful nature and thus did not have a propensity to sin. Therefore if God foreknew Adam would eat the fruit, he must have known that Adam did not have the ability to resist Satan. But...
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    A Curiosity

    The time of the end can refer to different periods depending on context. Now if “him” in 11:40 is Roman, then Rome continues to be the subject until 11:45. The latter does sound like a concluding statement. Now since 12:2 refers to the end-time resurrection, the transition from the Roman...
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    Did God change his mind?

    God is omniscient, but it is classical theists that argue God’s omniscience includes every detail of the future. The bible nowhere says it. So it does not contradict scripture to believe the future is not fully fixed. And Jesus not knowing the date of his return is proof. Classical theists have...
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    Did God change his mind?

    Hi there! None of the verses you quoted requires that God foreknows every detail about the future. (He certainly knows the important ones.) Also, many of those verses are just about the present. Instead, the clearest statement that the future is not fully known is Jesus' admission that he did...
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    A Curiosity

    Hi there! No, I do not believe "he" after verse 40 refers to the antichrist. Since the kings of the south and of the north were fulfilled by the historic Ptolemic and Seleucid greek kingdoms, when did they battle the antichrist? They did not. But they battled Rome. Hence "he" in verse 40 is...
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    A Curiosity

    Hi there! I think nothing in Dan 11:32 suggests a change in nature of the "he" from that in v 31. It is still the Greek king of the north. Is there anywhere else in Daniel where a kingdom morphs into another and is still called by the previous name? If not, for consistency sake, the king of the...
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    Did God change his mind?

    I take your reply to mean you think God does learn. I agree. Actually, there is nothing wrong with God learning. If he has given humans freewill, he cannot be 100% sure what humans would choose to do in every situation. E.g. whether Abraham would actually sacrifice Isaac. Thereafter, God said...
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    A Curiosity

    The fourth kingdom is indeed mentioned in Dan 11. It was Rome. It is the "him" in verse 40. Both the Greek kings of the north and south fought against him. But they lost. Hence they are no longer mentioned after v 40. The subsequent verses refer to Rome.
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    Is there a "second chance" for salvation.

    I don't have a firm stand on this but I think it is possible that certain types of people will get a second chance. It seems clear that those in hell whom Jesus went to preach to did get a second chance. "Preach" normally means to share the gospel. They were those whose lives were cut short by...
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    Revelation in order?

    Try dividing the book into two halves with the break at Ch 12. I used to have problems with Rev until I started reading it without referring to other prophetic passages esp in the OT. That way I did not let other material dictate my reading of Rev. It became so much easier to understand then...
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    Open Theism

    Hi there! I don't see anything in the above contrary to OT. I'm not familiar with Pinnock's views but I don't think Boyd would disagree with any of the above. There are critics of OT who like to misrepresent OT - saying the OT God cannot foreknow anything or cannot intervene in human history...
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    Open Theism

    A biblical example of God exhibiting static foreknowledge which you think full OT would not accept.
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    Jesus' Omniscience

    I think that would be lying, which God does not do. So I read it naturally that he did not know. But of course the question becomes why he did not know if he was really God. One can understand that his knowledge should increase with age as he was growing up as a child - otherwise he would seem...