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Actually, it didn't take "a long time for him to die". John 19:31-34 - "Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the...

What makes you think Sunday was the 7th day of creation? The Bible calls the day Jesus was resurrected the first day of the week", not the 7th. You do believe that Jesus was resurrected on Sunday, don't you? Mar 16:2 - And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the...

Neither is Sunday ever called "the Lord's Day". There is, however, only one day of which Jesus said he was "Lord": Mark 2:28 - "Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath." Luke 6:5 - "And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath." Taking into...

If you are still reading the comments on this forum, I want to tell you that the place to start your way back is "Jesus loves me, this I know!" He has never stopped loving you, has never stopped wanting a relationship with you, and has never stopped looking out for you. You say you haven't...

If you are still reading the comments on this forum, I want to tell you that the place to start your way back is "Jesus loves me, this I know!" He has never stopped loving you, has never stopped wanting a relationship with you, and has never stopped looking out for you. You say you haven't...

All sin is "between" the sinner and the Lord, but where in Scripture does God approve of killing the child for the sins of the father?

You've definitely given me some food for thought here ... certainly a broader approach to the subject than I've heard before ... and it is much appreciated. You may well be on the right track ... I will give the material you have presented some serious study. Thank you.

Yes, Daniel 7 does give that sequence very plainly. Daniel 8 (specifically v 9) not so much. Here "the little horn" is said to come from "them" ... obviously referring back to verse 8, and most logically taken to mean the 4 horns of an empire that, if we compare it with Daniel 7, is Greece...

You are going to have give me a few months to digest all this information before I can honestly tell you if what you have shared "helps any". :~) But thank you very much for your input. You have, though, verified that you hold to the traditional SDA interpretation of "them" referring to...

I tend to agree ... but what is the issue, then? Do you have an explanation?

Does anyone have an answer or explanation for the difference between where the "little horn" comes up from in Dan. 7 (from among the ten horns of the nondescript beast said to be Rome), compared with Dan. 8 where it comes up from among the four horns of the goat said to be Greece, OTHER THAN...

Thanks for your response. I had the same reaction ... I'd read Dan. 8 many times, too, and never saw it until just recently. I will take your advice and repost it in Traditional Adventists ... although I'm thinking I may just get the same "traditional" Adventist answer! :~)

I agree that the "little horn" does come up, as you say, from within the surviving 7 horns ... according to Daniel 7. But in Daniel 8, the "little horn" is said to come up from among the 4 horns of the goat, which I've been given to understand is equivalent to the leopard with four heads in...

Does anyone have an answer or explanation for the difference between where the "little horn" originates from in Dan. 7 where it comes up from among the ten horns of the nondescript beast said to be Rome, compared with Dan. 8 where it comes up from among the four horns of the goat said to be...

Isn't love supposed to be the reason we do anything for anyone? Since when is loving God and loving others about getting rewarded? Doing something for someone with the goal of getting rewarded is wages at best, and selfishness at worst. Salvation isn't earned ... it's a gift. Our love...