And you said that you follow CHURCH FATHERS ??
I don't recall that I said that. Since you've previously mistaken me for Valleta, you could here be mistaking me for what someone else said.
When it says in 1 Cor 11:1 which says : You become imitators me , just as I also am of Christ , NOT CHURCH FATHERS !!
Hold on.
I'm still not saying that I said that I follow the church fathers. I follow the Holy Spirit of the Bible, and I follow Jesus of the gospels, and the apostles epistles.
I follow the church fathers to the degree that they follow Paul who follows Christ. To the degree that a church father translates accurately the Greek text to Latin, and the Latin text, or Greek text to English. And to the degree that Bible scholars of integrity who are expert in Greek use "critical text comparison" accurately.
I follow certain ministers of the gospel that God has led me to.
As demonstrated in our post discussions, I've not found very much of what you've said to agree with so I certainly will not follow you and your [!!] statements.
As there is NO Greek word as RAPTURE in the bible .
Do you know that large caps is equivalent to shouting, which is rude at times of discussion. For emphasis, use 'bold', or 'italics', or 'underline'.
I have explained about the word 'rapture' several times now. So I won't go over it again.
These things I've known for a very long time before you came along. If you think to teach me, not only are you 'johhny come late', but you are inaccurate... so, no thank you.
And their is no Greek word that says when you DIE you go instantly to heaven and I have read and 2 Cor 5:6 !!
dan p
Congratulations that you read it. However, there is NO one Greek word that can be translated into an entire sentence to say.. "when you die you go instantly to heaven".
The verse that has it is actually 2Cor.5:
8 where Paul said, "to be absent from from the body [died] is to [instantly go] be with the Lord [in heaven]."
NLT "Yes, we are fully confident, and we would rather be
away from these earthly bodies, for then we will be at home with the Lord."
BLB "Now we are confident and are pleased rather to be
absent out of the body, and to be at home with the Lord."
"Away, and "absent" is the Greek word that describes "die and go [instantly to] be with the Lord". in heaven."
Strong's Greek: 1553. ἐκδημέω (ekdémeó) -- To be away from home, to be absent
1553 (ekdēmeō) is always used positively, of the desire to be absent (away) from the {our physical body} restrictions of this world and going on to enjoy God's manifest glory. {heaven}
Paul says as much in -
Phil.1:23 NLT "I’m torn between two desires: I long to
go and be with Christ, which would be far better for me.
Phil. 1:23 BLB "I am torn between the two. I desire to
depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed."
Do you follow Paul who follows Christ, or do you follow someone else?