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@Jesusthekingofking, thank you for including scriptural references in your thread. Might I ask if you'd be willing to pick one to start with and provide your interpretation of the text and its context? :)

Thank you! Likewise, I appreciate your willingness to define terms and provide a scriptural basis for your arguments. It's always a pleasure when someone takes time to defend and explain their view by the Word of God because it shows a high view of scriptural authority. You've done this well and...

When I was younger, the mark of the beast was supposed to be a computer chip implanted in your right hand or forehead. Now it's a vaccine which is administered into the shoulder intramuscularly. Right or left! I'm in the first wave of people to receive the vaccine and I plan to get it once it's...

I tried to lay that out systematically and concisely in post #48. Briefly, John 6:37-40 shows us that all who the Father gives to the Son will come to the Son. These same will not be cast out or lost and will be raised up on the last day and granted eternal life. The Father does not give all...

The passages I cited in post #48 are not entire chapters. These are the three sections I posted: John 6:37-40 John 10:14-16, 25-29 John 17:1-3, 6, 9-10, 20-24 The first two are concise enough to address. While I commented on selected parts of John 17, the whole chapter is invaluable. I...

David, I too agree that verse 27 refers to the 70th week. What I don't understand at this point is what you think the second half of verse 27 means. However you interpret this part, it seems to be the reason why you think a gap is necessary. And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one...

With all due respect, I put forward an effort to respond to your question in post #43 in which you asked: “Where's the biblical reference for that assertion? Christ died for all, not for a mystical "elect".” In return, you have not engaged with my exposition of John 6, 10, and 17 which were...

Fair enough. I think “plain reading” will differ according to our understanding of the context which is why I appreciate your interpretation. I would agree with you that this passage is an admonition to deny the flesh and live to God by his Spirit. However, while I concur that Paul is speaking...

zippy, I think the interpretation I offered is bolstered when examining the broader context of John’s first epistle and the themes he develops throughout. In the second chapter, John warns of the antichrists that have come into the community of believers only to fall away. He tells his audience...

I appreciate your desire to make sense of Daniel's prophecy. I think there's a big hermeneutical difference between us which is leading to a very different interpretation of Daniel 9 as well as other eschatological passages (e.g., Revelation 13:5). Unpacking all of our hermeneutical principles...

To add to what @jeffweedaman said in post #40, how have you reasoned to the conclusion that "after" must mean "immediately or directly after"? Regardless, the whole point is that the Messiah was cut off after the 69th week had ended. This means that the Messiah was cut of in the 70th week which...

Yes. God decreed the fall to display his own glory. Our first parents being seduced by the subtlety and temptation of Satan, sinned in eating the forbidden fruit. This their sin, God was pleased, according to his wise and holy counsel, to permit, having purposed to order it to his own glory. -...

For context, this is in response to what @jeffweedaman wrote: In what week do you think he atoned for our sins? keras, Daniel says that the anointed one is cut off after the first 69 weeks, meaning during the 70th (not at the end of the 69th). And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one...

No. @Tree of Life provides the best answer in post #5.

@zippy2006, @fhansen, and @Hmm I intend to respond to your posts when I have more time. I've been very busy the past few days. Thanks for your patience! :)

No. And I'm quite disturbed that nearly half of the votes (at the time of this post) coming from members of a website called Christian Forums would say yes. Jesus explicitly tells us that unless one believes that "I am he" they will die in their sins. I told you that you would die in your...

In verse 16a, I think John is referring to a believer in Christ (hence "brother") who falls into sin. He exhorts other believers to lift this brother up in prayer, asking God to forgive him and restore him into fellowship. In verse 16b, contrast is made with "sin which is mortal" (RSV) or "sin...

John's gospel is illustrative of this point in several places. John 6:37-40 (ESV) 37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will...

The context is of the utmost importance! Mind you, I'm not asking what the text says, but what the text means. Deducing meaning requires an interpretive process. Your reasoning through the context of a passage helps me, who cannot read minds, understand how you've come to your conclusions. This...

Thank you for sharing. Would you provide your interpretation of these verses in their context so I can understand your conclusion?