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Riddle: How is a Jew not a Jew, but a gentile is a Jew?
There is no riddle here.
As with many things in the bible, a visible, physical picture of the spiritual concept comes first. Circumcision of the flesh came before the circumcision of the heart. The ...
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Riddle: How is a Jew not a Jew, but a gentile is a Jew?
We may need to review the origin of circumcision, which is the sign of the Abrahamic covenant.
Genesis 17:9-13 NIV
9 Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your ...
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What does it mean that the Word became flesh?
I disagree with this answer, but only slightly, however, I am open to being corrected.
Jesus was not in Heaven at creation.
John 1:1, 3, 14
1 In the Beginning, the Word was with God, the Word was God....
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Riddle: How is a Jew not a Jew, but a gentile is a Jew?
The answer to this is provided in Rom 9:6-8
... For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. Nor because
they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. ... So it is
not the ...
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1 Cor 15:25 - Does Jesus stop reigning? What's the actual function and meaning of "until" in the context of this verse?
Scripture is straightforward in Jesus rule over the house of Jacob for the coming eons. If you look at the interlinear on Bible Hub, it says for the ages.
There are five ages or eons that are ...
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1 Cor 15:25 - Does Jesus stop reigning? What's the actual function and meaning of "until" in the context of this verse?
Let there be no doubt that the spiritual kingdom of Jesus is eternal as repeatedly asserted in the Bible:
Luke 1:32, 33 - He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God ...
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1 Cor 15:25 - Does Jesus stop reigning? What's the actual function and meaning of "until" in the context of this verse?
Jesus has always been with God from the very beginning (John 1:1-2). It is Jesus who created whatever is created (John 1:3). Even God the Father declares the same truth regarding Jesus, “You, Lord, at ...
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1 Cor 15:25 - Does Jesus stop reigning? What's the actual function and meaning of "until" in the context of this verse?
And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. [...
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In Rev. Ch.5:1-5 John is weeping much and only Jesus is worthy to open the book. If John wrote Revelation why could he not look at it?
The best answer for a scriptural question comes from the Bible itself. The Bereans searched the scriptures daily in Acts 17:11
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received ...
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What makes the prophetic book of Rev.5:1-5 so unique that ONLY Jesus could open it?
The seven seals identify God as the author of the scroll, not John. So nobody in the created world (heaven or earth or under the earth) can open it. The event of the Cross, which makes the Lamb worthy,...
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In Rev. Ch.5:1-5 John is weeping much and only Jesus is worthy to open the book. If John wrote Revelation why could he not look at it?
"If John wrote Revelations why could he not look at it?"
Because the sealed scroll is not the Book of Revelation. In the Book, John writes of several powerful visions and messages from Jesus....
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In Rev. Ch.5:1-5 John is weeping much and only Jesus is worthy to open the book. If John wrote Revelation why could he not look at it?
The question asked is three-fold, (1) "Why is John weeping?" (2) Is it because he wrote the book of the Revelation but could not open, or look at it (read it)?" (3) Is it because only ...
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In Rev. Ch.5:1-5 John is weeping much and only Jesus is worthy to open the book. If John wrote Revelation why could he not look at it?
"Seven" is a number indicating "belonging to God".
The seven seals identify God as the author of the scroll, not John. So nobody in the created world (heaven or earth or under the ...
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In Rev. Ch.5:1-5 John is weeping much and only Jesus is worthy to open the book. If John wrote Revelation why could he not look at it?
The reason John wept is explicitly stated in Rev 5:4 -
And I began to weep bitterly, because no one was found worthy to
open the scroll or look inside it.
That is, John wept because no one was ...
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Could Christ's words "will He find faith on the earth" (Lk. 18:8) parallel Gen. 6:6-8?
None of the above is the absolute answer even though their is relevance; nevertheless since the son of man means to be born of a woman people once again will be looking to the sky for Jesus to return ...
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