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How can the world have sin if Satan is defeated? That's a good question. A good analogy I read: Hitler has been dead since 1945, yet we still have Nazis running around. People pointed out above that Satan is the father of sin. Is it not true that once the father (of anyone or anything)...

jenlu: I'm only guessing-maybe some others could help me out. I think the answer is in Gen 37:2 which reads: [When he told his father as well as his brothers his father rebuked him and said, "What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down...

I beg to differ. The short version of a very long story: When I was in junior high my folks took our family out of a very "mainline" reformed denomination and to a charismatic (and I mean charismatic with a capital C!) church. Their enitire doctrinal paradigm shifted-especially in...

Wow guys I just had an epiphany. You know-sort of when the light bulb goes on. RE: The sun, moon, and stars as Jesus referred to them in Matthew 24 compared to the story of Joseph in Genesis. Look at these two passages next to each other: Genesis 37:9 9 Then he had another dream, and he...

Wildfire: Let see if I follow your logic. Since we have the King James Version of the Bible should we just stop studying the original Hebrew and Greek? Is it just a waste of time. If there is a discrepancy between the original Hebrew or Greek and the KJV should we automatically accept the...

Didn't St. Paul use the King James Version as well? :D Thanks to the internet it's now very easy to compare and contrast various translations (and it's kind of fun sometimes too). The following link is one such website that allows you to do this: http://bible.gospelcom.net/ I found...

Is a false doctrine heresy? It's a matter of perspective. The person believing the doctrine in question wouldn't consider it false. So it's one person's word against another. Who gets to decide? Any lay person? A small group of message board operators? A council of long since dead...

"Preterists/ Are we living in the garden of eden?" No. This is Iowa. But seriously, if you are truely interested in how Preterists arrive at their conclusions I would suggest the following link. I think it's pretty well done anyway...

The smoking gun in this whole thing is the temple (or the lack thereof). That generation did see temple destroyed-the temple is the central theme of the Olivet Discourse.

Denomination? Or cult? Or have you backed off your statement from a couple of days ago that Preterism "is a cult of the worst kind"? Seriously, I'm curious about this. As for doctrinal implications. As I learned last night, Preterists are not in 100% compliance with Nicene Creed...

Doesn't most every religious perspective, eschatological or otherwise, developed a strain of cult-like combative adherents? Most cults making news these days are of the extremist future (but near) end times variety. We've got a lot of them running around up here in my part of the country...

Re: Do Preterists believe in the Physical Resurrection of Jesus? Yes

Apparantly there is actual physical evidence of emporer worship. The following is from this link which was provided at the start of another thread in this forum (Definition Preterism from Liberty University) thanks to whoever provided it: http://www.liberty.edu/courses/theo250/preterism.html...

Thanks for sharing that. It lays things out in a very efficient and well documented manner. If the "Great Tribulation" as prophesized by Jesus in Matthew 24-etc. and John in Revelation hasn't happened one would have to at least admit that there are some incredible coincidences between Biblical...

I would agree with P70 above, the act of worship of the beast is the sin. Even if you see the Mark of the Beast as still future, realize barcodes, computer chips and the like aren't sinful, but acknowledging a human world leader as god is. I stumbled on the following in John 19. I think...

"The Holy Spirit is signifying this, that the way into the holy place has not yet been disclosed while the outer tabernacle is still standing, which is a symbol for the present time . Accordingly both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make the worshiper perfect in conscience, since...

What constitutes a "cult of the WORST KIND"? It seems to me most cults profess extreme doomsday endtimes beliefs-far beyond anything I've seen presented in this forum. I posted a couple of questions just a little ways above. Things that have perplexed me. Perhaps a scriptural answer would...

As I stated above I see a paradox here. We as Christians believe Jesus dwells within in us, right? We Christians often hear people say, "I accepted Jesus into my heart." So if Jesus is already dwelling within each of us why do we still need to see him with our physical earthly eyes? What's...

A most excellent question indeed. But I can't help but wonder: Isn't Christ's return documented with each new Christian? I have a simple little tract I carry around with my Bible. It's a tract about how to have eternal life in heaven. It takes you through the steps to pray the sinner's...

Okay I see what you're saying-but if I were to try to defend this position I would need some scripture stating that another temple is going to be rebuilt. I have no doubt there are lots of people trying to get the temple rebuilt, and it's possible that they will be successful someday-but does...