Luke 13:3 being ripped out of context to teach Repent Of Your Sins

[tdidymas]

I've never claimed the devil made anyone do anything

The devil sins. Does that mean the devil made someone sin? No. The devils sins in people

That's why we don't count sins against people, 2 Cor. 5:19 but we do count sins against the devil and his messengers "in" people.

When anyone resists the disclosures of the Word, it's the DEVIL in them, deceiving, blinding and stealing from them, the people

You can believe anything you want, I disagree, and I think your interpretation of that verse is way off.

 

[Guojing]

This is apocalyptic language. It is not literal.
I have nothing more to add to this conversation.
Adieu to you.

Thus, what you should have actually concluded

This is my opinion. You may certainly choose to understand that verse literally but I do not want to

 

[Guojing]

How about the following verse:

Revelation 12:14 But the woman was given the two wings of a great eagle so she could fly away into the wilderness to the place where she would be taken care of for a time, and times, and half a time, safe from the presence of the serpent.​

Do you believe that this woman literally was given two eagle's wings?
I don't.

That is irrelevant to my point about Rev 20:7, but yes, its need not meant literally eagle wings. That is an opinion

When the thousand years is over, Jesus will return for his second coming. All the dead bodies of the people in their graves will rise at this time and this is shortly before Jesus and his righteous saints in heaven return to earth.

John 5:28 Do not be amazed at this, because the hour is coming in which all who are in their graves will hear · his voice​

and will come out—those who have done good, to a resurrection unto life, and those who have practiced evil, to a resurrection unto condemnation.​

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Revelation 20:4-5 And I saw thrones, and seated on them were those who had been given the authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God. These had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.​

(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were finished). This is the first resurrection. ​

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The rest of the dead do not rise until Jesus' second coming.​

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1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.​

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We disagree. That is fine with me. ​

1 Thess is about the rapture of the Body of Christ, which is different from the 2nd coming of Christ for the nation of Israel, which is the subject of Rev 20.

 

[JulieB67]

That's why we don't count sins against people,

You might not, but Christ certainly does.

Revelation 3:3 "Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon you."

Revelation 3:4 "Thou hast a few names even in Sar'-dis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.

Revelation 3:5 "He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will
confess his name before my Father, and before his angels."

This has everything to do with people, seeing how Satan is not written in the book of life.

 

[Jan001]

Prophetic language is not meant to be a literal language. Some events may overlap. Some events may be almost the same as other events even though they are used comparatively.

Jesus said:

Matthew 12:40 For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so for three days and three nights the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth.

However, Jesus was literally in the grave from Friday shortly before sunset until very early Sunday morning, which is only two nights, a part of two days and one full day.