Recent content by Willis Deal

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    Jesus-could he be cloned??

    That theory of cloning the shroud is a bit too far out, and it doesn't fit the scenario spoken of by the bible. My understanding of the word 'sea' in this instance is symbolic of people, and doesn't refer to a literal body of water. In any event, the figure in the shroud cannot be cloned...
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    Bible 100% True

    Psa 12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
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    Pre, mid, or posttrib rapture?

    Wrath of God: Rev 6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: Rev 6:17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? Rev 11:17 Saying, We give thee...
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    Pre, mid, or posttrib rapture?

    We are not the only saints who ever were or ever will be. The trib saints are exactly that, those people who are righteous during the tribulation period. Has nothing to do with the rapture. All of the saints of the first century are now dead. Who then are the saints of the fifth century? If...
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    Sabbath

    Jesus observed the sabbath as God intended it to be. In all manner concerning the law Jesus was perfect. However, the Jewish pharasees and religious leaders had added quite a bit to sabbath law making it virtually impossible to keep. For example, it was forbidden to do any work on the temple...
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    Are there certain sins, too terrible for God to forgive even a Christian?

    TH, I would like to share a story with you. As a youngster my Uncle was bullied by a certain other boy. One day my grandfather was passing by the school and this certain boy had my uncle down on the ground pounding on him. My Uncle cried out to his father 'He's hurting me dad'. His father...
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    The Ark of the Covenant

    RT, You've hit on a point that also came to me last night. The ark was once captured by an enemy army and caused so much trouble that they sent it back to Israel. This causes me to doubt that the ark fell into enemy hands at a later date, and I also doubt the ark would have been moved very...
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    The Ark of the Covenant

    OR Jesus was showing that OT prophecies have multiple fulfillments :)
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    Pre, mid, or posttrib rapture?

    I favor pre-trib because scripture as I understand it rules out a post trib. Mid trib has support, particularly if you view the events in revelation as being chronological, but I see the trumpets and vials being concurrent (happening about the same time) and that signicantly weakens the mid...
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    Poll: What's your millennial view?

    Sounds familiar, maybe seven day adventists or some such. I don't agree.
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    The Ark of the Covenant

    Yet another abomination of desolation was performed by Antiochus Epiphanes when he urinated in the temple and sacrificed a pig. As in Davo's example this is not found in the bible but from secular sources. Lots of information on Antiochus on the web if you care to look.
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    The Ark of the Covenant

    davo, The earthly temple, ark, etc. were copies of heavenly things. The ark seen in Rev is the heavenly ark of which the earthly ark was a copy. In other words, Moses ark was a physical symbol of the true ark in heaven.
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    Where should my thoughts be today?

    Catchup and bonkers, the greatest danger to face people in the last 2000 years has not been that the Lord would return, but that they would be unprepared to stand before God. The endtimes is a very complex subject and there are many different beliefs, but one thing upon which we CAN agree is...
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    The Ark of the Covenant

    I believe the ark of the covenant will be found but from the bible I can only find one verse that even hints of such a thing. It is possible that a replica will be made to take the place of the ark but I believe the actual ark will be found. If I am correct there is really no need to worry...