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  1. Andrewn

    Finally, Someone in the West has a Backbone

    Boko Haram (ISIS Nigeria) has been operating with impunity in Nigeria and neighboring countries for decades. They kill Christians, drive them from their farms, kidnap girls, and destroy churches. The failed government of Nigeria has allowed all kinds of criminal activity to flourish. Christians...
  2. Andrewn

    Trump announces strikes on ISIS targets in Nigeria

    Finally, someone in the West has the backbone to stand up to ISIS!
  3. Andrewn

    Finally, Someone in the West has a Backbone

    https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-launches-christmas-night-airstrikes-isis-terrorist-scum-nigeria-after-killings-christians
  4. Andrewn

    Hell doesn't exist and there is no eternal suffering, instead bad peolle just cease to exist

    If my cat or my dog made a mess, how much punishment do they deserve? Very little, if at all. I would be an evil person if I tortured them. Despite our errors and addictions, we trust ourselves and others in the loving hands of God and Christ.
  5. Andrewn

    Hell doesn't exist and there is no eternal suffering, instead bad peolle just cease to exist

    A hellish experience of some sort likely exists. The important question is whether it is endless / everlasting as commonly taught. It is unlikely that a just God would punish limited people with unlimited torture.
  6. Andrewn

    Hell doesn't exist and there is no eternal suffering, instead bad peolle just cease to exist

    One word I glossed over in Rev 20:4 is the word soul / psyche / nefesh. "I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus . . . ." Does this mean a resurrection of the natural (psychical) body has happened at this point for both the saints and the unsaved? This seems to...
  7. Andrewn

    Hell doesn't exist and there is no eternal suffering, instead bad peolle just cease to exist

    This subject is very complicated but here is what I think today: 1) The apostle Paul defined resurrection in the following way: 1Co 15:44 It is sown a natural (psychical) body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural (psychical) body and there is also a spiritual body. So, the first...
  8. Andrewn

    Hell doesn't exist and there is no eternal suffering, instead bad peolle just cease to exist

    I think so, too. You and I share many views, even though our Christian backgrounds might be quite different.
  9. Andrewn

    Hell doesn't exist and there is no eternal suffering, instead bad peolle just cease to exist

    I quoted from the CSB. The word “now” is not present in the Greek and was added by the CSB translators to align with their theological beliefs. You can also find it in some other translations of the same ilk, like the NIV and NLT. "Those who are dead" are clearly those who were dead when Christ...
  10. Andrewn

    Hell doesn't exist and there is no eternal suffering, instead bad peolle just cease to exist

    Do you believe the general resurrection takes place at the beginning or at the end of the Millennium? The common / dispensational view is that it occurs at the end of the Millennium. But doesn't this make the Millennium pointless?
  11. Andrewn

    Hell doesn't exist and there is no eternal suffering, instead bad peolle just cease to exist

    1Pe 4:6 is even clearer: 6 For this reason the gospel was also preached (εὐηγγελίσθη) to those who are now dead, so that, although they might be judged in the flesh according to human standards,they might live in the spirit according to God’s standards.
  12. Andrewn

    Hell doesn't exist and there is no eternal suffering, instead bad peolle just cease to exist

    Perfect. It sounds like you believe Christ continues to preach the Gospel in Hades / the spirit prison. It was not a one-time event. Would you please explain your beliefs regarding the Millennium? In those verses in Ecclesiastes, I understand the word "ruach" to mean "breath" rather than...
  13. Andrewn

    Hell doesn't exist and there is no eternal suffering, instead bad peolle just cease to exist

    Christ shared the Gospel with the spirits that were in prison before his death and resurrection. In “The Great Divorce,” C.S. Lewis suggests that Christ might still be reaching out to those spirits that continue to go to the prison or Hades. If this were the case, those who may end up being...
  14. Andrewn

    Hell doesn't exist and there is no eternal suffering, instead bad peolle just cease to exist

    Thank you for the explanation. I'm trying to think how this scenario would fit with my understanding that distinguishes the soul / psyche / nefesh and the spirit / pneuma / ruach 1Pe 4:6 For this was the reason the Good News was proclaimed even to those now dead, so that though they are judged...
  15. Andrewn

    Hell doesn't exist and there is no eternal suffering, instead bad peolle just cease to exist

    Your belief in Annihilism of the soul / psyche/ nefesh is more biblical than ECT. Do you believe this annihilation is immediately after death, or is it at the Last Judgment? And if at the Last Judgment, what is the condition of the psyche until the final judgment, unconscious or being in some...
  16. Andrewn

    Hell doesn't exist and there is no eternal suffering, instead bad peolle just cease to exist

    When the Lord Jesus uses words like "Gehenna" or "Outer Darkness," do you understand this as a metaphor for what certain people deserve or as a temporary post-mortem hell / hades / purgatory?
  17. Andrewn

    The Ancient of Days

    The Son of Man in the book of Enoch is identified as Enoch himself, isn't it?
  18. Andrewn

    The Ancient of Days

    I was pretty sure someone would post about the icon “The Hospitality of Abraham.” :) I’ve long since set aside the idea that this icon represents the Holy Trinity. Abraham was visited by Christ, God’s Son, along with two angels. God the Father is invisible. No matter how much convincing there...
  19. Andrewn

    The Ancient of Days

    Yes, I agree. And He cannot be shown in any pictures, even though He is often depicted in the Catholic Church.
  20. Andrewn

    The Ancient of Days

    @Chesterton Notice that in the proper iconographic depiction of the Ancient of Days, you will see the same nimbus (halo) and inscription (IC XC) as you would on any image of Christ. This is because the two are one and the same, and should be designated as such. The Ancient of Days, our Lord...
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