Got blocked by @soothkeep He believes the church is in heaven in Rev 4. Further, he stated that every believer in the church is promised a throne in heaven. So I asked: If every believer is promised a throne, why aren't there millions of believers sitting on thrones? (...instead of just the 24 elders) He wouldn't answer but my answer is: Because the church is not in heaven in Rev 4

Question for Calvinism There is hardly a more repeated verse than Gen 15:6: "And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness." (see Rom 4:3, 5, 9, 11, 21-22, 24, Gal 3:6, Jam 2:23) Clearly, faith precedes righteousness. And if that's true, don't we have to come to faith before we are born again (i.e. made righteous)?

Question for Calvinism If God decrees and determines all things, how did Judah burn their sons with fire against the will of God? Jeremiah 19:5 KJVS They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:

Question for Calvinism: Why would a person be accursed for preaching a false gospel? (Gal 1:8-9) If the elect were given a false gospel, they wouldn't believe it. And if the non-elect were given a false gospel, why would it matter? They were never going to be saved anyway

To @JPGolfandTaxes @god_came_down @JustBibleTruth JP Golfer: I never saw a reply to this question ...sorry if I missed it. I first said: "It seems clear that whatever Abraham is inheriting, Israel and New Testament believers are inheriting the same thing" Then:

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Question: Why is the first part of Daniel's 70th week often said to be a time of "tribulation?" Before Antichrist breaks the covenant, it seems there will be relative peace in that region. The Jewish people will be making their daily sacrifices in the temple.

An honest question for Calvinists who don’t believe God predestined some people to hell: Did God determine that sin would be passed down from Adam (such that judgment would come upon all men to condemnation)?

I’ve been asked about the 144,000 servants in Rev 7:4 and 14:1. Though they are of the 12 tribes of Israel, they are Christians — they follow the Lamb wherever he goes (Rev 14:4). To learn about these men, we first need to understand that the rapture is described in both Rev 7:9 (a great multitude before the throne) and Rev 14:14-16 (the harvest of the earth was reaped). So just before the rapture, the 144k are in heaven “before the throne of God” (Rev 14:5). We’re told they are redeemed from among men, firstfruits unto God and the Lamb (Rev 14:5). What this means is they have experienced an early resurrection and are in heaven prior to the rapture. They are about to be taken to the earth to live there during the great tribulation. But they first need to be sealed in their foreheads (Rev 7:3). After being sealed, they are taken to earth, presumably as witnesses for Jesus during the tribulation. Importantly, they will be protected from all the judgments during that time. We see this in Rev 9:4, where the locusts could only hurt “those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.” Finally, I believe the 144k will be taken back to heaven when the great tribulation ends — right before the 7th trumpet judgment (i.e. 7 bowl judgments). This would coincide with the resurrection of the two prophets in Rev 11:12. Importantly, the 144k are not the same as unbelieving Israel described in Romans 11 — Jews who were seeking salvation via the old covenant, who stumbled at Jesus the stumbling block. Those unbelieving Jews would include both men and women, whereas the 144k are only men. Plus, the 144k will be put on the earth after the 6th seal, whereas unbelieving Israel will be put there before the 1st seal. But there are similarities. Unbelieving Israel will live on the earth during the 42 months of antichrist’s power (i.e. the great tribulation), and they will be protected from him during that time. Then at the end of the 42 months, when the fulness of the Gentiles be come in (Rom 11:25), their blindness will be removed, they will see Jesus as the Messiah and the Son of God, and they will be saved and resurrected to be with Christ for eternity. “And so all Israel shall be saved” (Rom 11:26.

Cool Learning on Forgiveness Words used for “forgive” are translated in other verses as: lift up, bear up, leave something, let them alone, let them go, send away, etc (H5375, G863, G630). On the day of atonement, the high priest would sacrifice a bull for his own sins. Then he would take two goats and cast lots to determine which goat would be the sin offering. He would sacrifice that goat for the sins of the people. He would then take the other goat (scapegoat), lay both of his hands upon its head and confess over it the sins of the children of Israel. Finally, he would put the scapegoat into the hands of a fit man, who would take it out and release it into the wilderness. (Lev 16) On the day of atonement, sins were not actually forgiven, they were only covered …for one year. Interestingly, the word for atonement (H3722) was used in Gen 6:14, when Noah was told to pitch the ark within and without. In other words, Noah was to cover the ark with pitch. So every year, on the day of atonement, Israel had to come back to the temple to have their sins covered. Then Christ came and shed his blood for the forgiveness of sins. Hebrews 10:4 tells us that it was not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sin. But when Jesus shed his own blood for the sins of the world, he did not simply provide a covering for sin; he provided a way for total forgiveness. In the new covenant, God says, “Their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.” (Heb 8:12). That is forgiveness—God remembers our sins no more because Jesus took them away. That’s why John the Baptist proclaimed, “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world” (Jo 1:29). For 1500 years, the children of Israel would send the scapegoat out into the wilderness. They had no idea it was a foreshadow of a greater day, when God would place the sins of the world upon Jesus, and by his shed blood, he would take our sins away and leave them in the wilderness, never to be remembered again. Praise God indeed!!

Is it common for Calvinists to equate regeneration with being born again? If so, are they saying people are born again and then they believe? x.com/CauseToKnow/status/202…

We're not predestined to faith but to be 1) adopted as children of God and 2) heirs to the kingdom of God (...when Christ returns) These are promises to Abraham and his seed. “If ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.” (Gal 3:29)

Could use some help. Any idea why only one person’s replies show up in my notifications when there are two people replying on the thread at various times? Thanks

Predestination vs Free Will Adam and Eve were created holy and without sin. They would’ve lived forever in perfect communion with God had they never sinned. Further, they would’ve had sinless children. And without sin, generation after generation of their descendants would’ve been born righteous and had everlasting life. That was God’s will—that all men and women would be born righteous and live forever with him. However, as we know, Satan beguiled Eve, and after she ate of the fruit, Adam ate of it also. And sin and death entered into the world (Romans 5:12). Here’s the important question: Are we to believe that before sin entered into the world, God wanted all men and women to be saved, but then after sin entered into the world, God wanted only certain men and women to be saved? Of course not! “For I am the LORD, I change not” (Malachi 3:6). God’s will is no different now than it was before sin entered the world. That’s why Paul states in 1 Timothy 2:4, God would have “all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.”