If you can disprove total depravity you may have an argument.
@JacquelineRPrice4 сағат бұрын
Dallas is in the Midwest?! Don't say that around any Texans!!!
@user-rx6eg8bl1sКүн бұрын
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@sokoyagbemiga84122 күн бұрын
Melchizedek knew God.
@Floridacoastwriter2 күн бұрын
Dr. Michael Heiser writes a much better account on the story of Noah than Walton does. I stronger suggest his books rather than Walton's. I have both author's complete sets. Dr. Heiser is a strong believer in the INERRANCY of Scripture, unlike Walton. Heiser is considered a more conservative theologian than Walton in every way possible.
@Floridacoastwriter2 күн бұрын
Dr. Michael Heiser writes a much better account on the meaning of the tower of Babel than Walton does. I stronger suggest his books rather than Walton's. I have both author's complete sets. Dr. Heiser is a strong believer in the INERRANCY of Scripture, unlike Walton.
@Floridacoastwriter2 күн бұрын
I wish I had a dollar for every person I've talked to who absolutely finds Walton's views of Genesis way 'off the mark.' Many have complained his presuppositions are weak, dubious and highly debatable. He appears to be trying to add metaphysical philosophy to biblical theology and the mix is a disaster! His 'Lost' books are just that; lost in a mire of confusion and contradiction.
@Floridacoastwriter2 күн бұрын
I greatly respect author Dr. Walton’s brilliance and creativity, but his proposed solution to the question of Origins, in "Lost World" only leads to a more serious set of problems. Still, this controversial book still has merit worth considering. Here me out; To be blunt, Walton's philosophical approach is a rather dangerous way of looking at the world. The history of the church includes well-meaning scholars who introduce ideas that undermine Biblical authority. This is the case with the gifted Old Testament professor Dr. John Walton. I was required to read this book for my Master's degree class. While his approach was indeed 'innovative' many of my fellow students were upset over his conclusions and complained to the Professor of the class that it seemed Walton was casting doubt on the infallible authority of Scripture. He introduced some bizarre terms like 'function over form' meaning creation was not so material as it was functional, which made absolutely no sense to most of the class members! For example, Dr. Walton asserted that ancient Near Eastern people focused more on how things functioned than their material nature. This meant that when Genesis 1 describes God forming land, sea, and animals over a series of days, it is not referring to material substances like dirt, water, and flesh appearing at specific times and places. Rather, it reveals the function of these things within the ‘cosmic temple’ of the world. This unusual construction enabled Dr. Walton to conclude that Genesis 1 “was never intended to be an account of material origins. Rather it was intended as an account of functional origins…. If the Bible does not offer an account of material origins, we are free to consider contemporary origins on their own merits, as long as God is seen as ultimately responsible.” Since then, Dr. Walton has continued to apply his ‘lost world’ methodology to other parts of the Bible. In additional books, he redefines the nature of Biblical revelation, that Adam and Eve were ‘archetypes’ instead of the first biological humans, and that the Genesis flood was an unidentifiable local event hyperbolically described as a global catastrophe. Dr. Walton reminds me of the third-century theologian Origen to whom he sometimes refers. Origen had one of the most creative theological minds in the early church. Nevertheless, his creativity led him to advocate views that were rejected as dangerous to Christian theology. These statements reveal a modern form of Gnosticism. By ‘Gnosticism,’ I’m referring to a philosophical view of the world that thinks special, hidden knowledge is necessary to understand what is true. For Dr. Walton, this knowledge is found in his ‘lost world’; it can only be recovered by scholars like himself. Such knowledge provides true insight into reality. According to Dr. Walton, Biblical truth is not dependent on real history. Instead, “truth is found in the narrator’s interpretation, which we accept by faith, regardless of whether or not we can reconstruct the events. His interests are not concentrated on human history but on God’s plans and purposes.” This is the goal of gnostic thinking: the separation of human history from God’s plans and purposes. Gnosticism consistently seeks to substitute Biblical history with its own history. In the early church, it looked to the religions of Persia and the philosophies of Greece to provide a spiritual history of the world. In the modern era, it looks to the religion of evolutionary science and the philosophies of the Enlightenment to create a materialist history of the universe. At its heart, however, Gnosticism is at war with God’s real actions in history. It is a heresy that stands in opposition to the Biblical view that teaches a direct connection between God’s original acts of creation and His absolute control of every event in time. Dr. Walton’s gnostic interpretation of the Bible inserts a gulf between events and the interpretation of those events. He must do this, however, to replace Biblical revelation concerning origins with the contemporary evolutionary history. Authority is therefore taken out of the event and placed only in the interpretation. If events such as the creation of animals or the flood actually happened as the narratives describe them, an evolutionary history of the world is impossible. Dr. Walton may deny this sort of historical substitution is his intent, but the structure of his books, the repetitive comments within them, and his professional associations tell a different story. He has published an extensive corpus of material that provides clear insight into his views. The result of accepting Dr. Walton’s gnostic worldview is the slow destruction of the historical foundation upon which Christianity is based. Although he believes he is providing a solution to the origins debate by disconnecting the Biblical text from real history, he is simply falling into the errors that have beset Gnosticism since the first century. Yet Dr. Walton is a professor at one of the most respected evangelical colleges in the world. Such a position gives him remarkable credibility to spread his “new analysis of the meaning of Genesis” to Christians everywhere. As a result, some will be swayed by his methods to adopt his modern form of Gnosticism. The solution is only found in the Christian worldview. To accept it, however, means the rejection of the neo-Kantian view of reality. It also means the rejection of Dr. Walton’s division of physical and metaphysical as he defines them. That is concerning indeed. I suspect something similar is going on with Dr. Walton. He clearly is a brilliant man and an exceptionally creative thinker. He has developed a unique interpretive structure to solve a particular problem, one he brings up over and over again in his books: the “perceived origins conflict between the Bible and science….” The goal of his work seems to be to solve that difficult problem. The problem becomes a tsunami in the making when one goes to metaphysical philosophy with a non-Christian worldview like that of Kant, that John Walton seems to be drifting to as we speak. "The Lost World" is a book one should read with an open Bible at hand. We live in a day and time when even the most celebrated intellectuals, especially among the academy, are not neccesarily the most beneficial for our faith and walk with God. Discernment has never been needed more than today. Make doubly sure you ask for it when you read "Lost World." You may discover, as many before you, that the only thing which is truly "lost" is the desperate attempt to spin biblical theology of the creation accounts in a way that depresses rather than impresses the average reader.
@parisreidhead3 күн бұрын
the king coming in rescue (rapture) or Wrath on his horse with sword is not to be compared to a triumphant entry ... utter nonsense!
@JudeSpurlin-pg7ri3 күн бұрын
The truth of the pre-tribulation rapture of the Church which is the body of Christ was revealed to me through the letters of the Apostle Paul, namely, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians and 1 Corinthians.
@JudeSpurlin-pg7ri3 күн бұрын
Failure to recognize the scriptural truth of the pre-tribulation rapture results from the failure to rightly divide the Word of God. The whole Bible is written for us and our learning but not all scripture is written TO the grace age believers. The Pauline epistles are written To the grace age believers for our doctrine and the rest of the Bible, including the accounts of the earthly ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ, is written to Jews under the law.
@donotcompromise3 күн бұрын
Paul was speaking as if he was Adam???? I don’t see it, sorry.
@quinnlane72573 күн бұрын
My 1990 Collier encyclopedias under the article of anti masonry say that every person who has banned The Lodges in their country were just simply anti-semitic and that's why😂😂
@heknows54183 күн бұрын
No rapture, be it unto they according to thy faith
@Iansaidit4 күн бұрын
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@gitfiddler7164 күн бұрын
This is the first time i have ever heard a pentecostal describe the baptism of the Holy Spirit as a baptism of LOVE! Thank you. 🙏🏻
@vincentrogers64854 күн бұрын
(from the christian pov) should be added to the title
@krosanknight4 күн бұрын
#stoicism
@JamesHolmez4 күн бұрын
So you Worship Jesus instead of God the Father. Jesus is a seperate Being that was created. And also, not to mention, you Christians worship an idol, the cross. Would you wear the thing that killed your loved one?
@JamesHolmez4 күн бұрын
Jesus Prayed to himself, to save himself. Cmon now 😂😂😂
@JamesHolmez4 күн бұрын
I see. Just cause the Mason's hold an arian perspective and don't teach trinitarian doctrine, they're evil? 😂😂😂 The Trinity is bunk anyway but you do you boo
@rogerjohnson8336 күн бұрын
There is a pretrib rapture. STUDY TO SHOW YOURSELF APPROVED !
@makeitdontbreakit6 күн бұрын
Her gifting is evident!! Excited for this sermon series
@J.F.3317 күн бұрын
I am not a Dispensationalist at all, but we need to make sure we are not misrepresenting Dispensationalism by falsifying information. Darby and his friend Benjamin Newton thought Margaret MacDonald’s visions were demonic. It was Edward Irving who thought her visions were genuine.
@williambrewer7 күн бұрын
Jesus gave the generation - his own.
@jeremynethercutt2067 күн бұрын
This is posted before I watch the video . I do not believe in a rapture- out of this world- my God and my Lord, I believe you are coming in the clouds and there will be a great resurrection and we will greet you. We will be ready for you we will treat you like the king and the Lord that you are in the air with your majesty with your power elevating us to yourself only to enter in your glory with you. It is all your glory. Oh Lord and I praise God that he is coming back is, but I absolutely do not believe in rapture for Christians to leave this current atmosphere world or anything like that that’s not quite what I see in the text.
@ILTSC437 күн бұрын
You are a child you speak foolishly
@1oxyoke7 күн бұрын
I have watched several videos by Withington and he has yet to get anything right. In all of church history, no theologian has ever interpreted Romans 7 the way Withington has interpreted it. I think Withington is trying to out do N.T. Wright's goofy theology. Historically, Romans 7 has been interpreted two ways. First, as a saved person struggling against the flesh or the sin nature. The other interpretion is it is a Jew under the law who delights in the law of God with his mind because it is holy and good but cannot obey the law from his heart because of his sinful nature. Obviously, it is not about a saved person but it is about a Jew under the law. Romans 8:3 sums it up by saying For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:" See the writings of Arminius and Godet.
@lloydcrooks7127 күн бұрын
My issue with calvinism is it makes the gospel irrelevant to salvation the basis of Salvation would be the eternal calling of God rather than the hearing of the gospel
@MistaSCARY8 күн бұрын
The Bible
@TheCreoleVegan8 күн бұрын
Very Interesting young brother I am currently sharing my #Wisdom,#Knowledge,#Understanding with a young lady born of the Anxiety generation .,,,Millennium meet a Baby Boomer born before The internet and social media aka social messy…Roman 8:28 All things work together including inter generational connections. She is the daughter I never and I am the grandfather still doesn’t have.
@FrankUnknown9 күн бұрын
I was baptized by a woman, and took Eucharist from her, and I felt the Holy Spirit descend upon me like a physical thing. I have to believe that ordination of women is valid, because I've directly experienced the sacraments through women.
@viennehaake91499 күн бұрын
No scholars describe a covenant very well- think of your HOA covenants- its an ongoing relationship of agreed upon rules, a relationship.
@mochamarie97419 күн бұрын
Thank you!!!
@cliftonashlock49149 күн бұрын
We are confronting a lifelong journey of study and understanding. By faith, or perhaps with an assignment in our course we begin this journey. Having been touched and directed by the Holy Spirit, we do so with enthusiasm, faith, and great caution. On. the other hand, perhaps we are fearful. What many of us have realized is that it's a wonderful journey that speaks to our soul.
@jamestweedy96310 күн бұрын
Luke 17:20-2120Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming in ways that can be observed, 21nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ for behold, the kingdom of God is with in you! John 4:21-24 21“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. Matthew 12:28 28But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. Mark 1:14-15 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” John 18:36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.” John 15:18-19“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you John 17:16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world John 17:14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world John 15:19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Revelation 5:4-10 and I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. 5 And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”6 And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7 And he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne. 8 And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sang a new song, saying,“Worthy are you to take the scrolland to open its seals,for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for Godfrom every tribe and language and people and nation,10 and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God,and they shall reign on the earth.” Revelation 20:11-15 And I saw a great white throne and the One sitting on it, from whose face the earth and heaven fled, and no place was found for them. 12 And I saw ((the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened.And another book was opened, which is the one of life. And the dead were judged out of the things having been written in the books, according to their deeds. 13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it; and death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them; and each of them were judged according to their works.14 And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone was not found having been written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.)) Revelation 11:15-19 And the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were great voices in heaven, saying:“The kingdom of the world has become that of our Lord and of His Christ,and He will reign to the ages of the ages.”16 And the twenty-four elders sitting on their thrones before God fell upon their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying:“We give thanks to You, Lord God Almighty,the One being and who was,that You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.18 And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath came,and the time for the ((dead to be judged,and to give the reward to Your servants, the prophets,and to the saints,and to those fearing Your name,the small and the great)),and to destroy those who are destroying the earth.”19 And the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail John 5:28-29 Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming in which all those in the tombs will hear His voice, 29 and will come forth-those having done good to the resurrection of life, and those having done evil to the resurrection of judgment. 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 because the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we, the living remaining, will be caught away together with them in the clouds for the meeting of the Lord in the air; and so we will be always with the Lord.
@kiwihans10011 күн бұрын
Isaac Newton in universally recongnised as one of the greatest minds of any human being! Read now what he said about the 'trinity'; 'For Newton trinitarian doctrine was incomprehensable & false, defended by obstruse metaphisical arguements and imposed upon the heathen either by force or by diluting it with pagan pracitices . He placed great store by the simplicity of the basic tennents of Christianity and stressed that onlt a very few beliefs about Christianity were necessary for a saving faith.'
@chryssesandchaos12 күн бұрын
I'm Asian, but when I was a kid, I heard about this rapture thing. As I was growing up, I read the bible, of my own accord, or perhaps I was being called to know God? So anyway, of course there are many things there that I struggle to understand as a child, I interpret things how a child would, but in spite that, there really was no verse in the bible that made me think "oh this is the rapture". As grow older and begins to understand more, the more I know there is no such thing. I can understand why some would think that the verse from 1 Thessalonians, would make them think of the rapture, except, you cannot just rely on one verse in the bible, specially if it's related to the End Time prophecies, they have to be aligned to the other End Time prophecies, like in Daniel and Revelation, which does not predict any rapture like event, our ending has been written by God way before and God does not really change his plans. If you would believe that God will change plans or his mind, then you might as well believe Islam teachings, that God ended up hating the one race he chose and promised to preserve and now wants them annihilated from the face of the Earth. I digress, but you get the point, I hope.
@firestarter105G12 күн бұрын
In the book of Revelation, a "woman" represents a church.
@BobSmith-lo1il12 күн бұрын
I will admit that many in the church today have not the faintest idea what the Rapture is for, thus they anticipate it for the wrong reasons. The central point in all eschatological understanding must be the WEDDING OF THE LAMB AND HIS BRIDE. Jesus told us that He would go to His Father's house and prepare a place for us, then return for us and take us there. John 14:1-3. So we know that the wedding takes place in heaven. The rapid snatching away (Gr. harpazo) that the Bible speaks of, is simply the transportation for the ones still alive on earth. Logistically speaking, this is the only way to get them there. At Christ's ascension ( which is the 3rd recorded rapture) the angels told Jesus' followers that He would return exactly as He departed: 1. Visible only to His own people 2. No horse 3. In the clouds 4. Accompanied by angels The snatching away of the Bride for her wedding, has very little to do with escaping tribulation, because that is not the primary purpose. The most effective way to deceive people: 1. Claim that the theological point originated with a specific man. 2. Dissociate the teaching from Scripture 3. Discredit the man, and thus the teaching. I first heard of the catching away of the saints from Jesus in Matt. 24, then I heard it from Paul in 1 Thess. 4
@dennistsyts12 күн бұрын
He’s assuming that Paul is assuming that the gentiles are assuming… this is not a way to study the scriptures. The word of God is accurate and precise. There should never be any “assumptions”
@firestarter105G13 күн бұрын
There is NO rapture. If there were such a thing, God most certainly would not " rapture" a church that openly teaches to disobey his commandments, have substituted His Holy days for pagan holidays, and has substituted His Holy name for that of a pagan God. And then vilified and belittle anyone teaching the truth.
@ivtch5113 күн бұрын
Like what was said about we are in a seam of history. One of my major faith challenges has been Historical Textual Criticism which makes any literal reliance on scripture suspect. I think most churches have got away from facing this by side-lining and ignoring it.
@rickhall51793013 күн бұрын
It's always girls having visions 😂😂😂
@dps619814 күн бұрын
Not from God.
@johncollier317514 күн бұрын
Calvin's beliefs are shown to be true in the account of Paul's conversion on the road..
@johncollier317514 күн бұрын
Saul/Paul's free will was putty in God's hands.God does the choosing, why didn't Jesus appear to Saul's companions ? It's all there in this story of Paul's conversion
@marysachs746815 күн бұрын
I pray I will overcome, survive and be found lookin up when Yeshua returns
@marysachs746815 күн бұрын
Thank you for speaking the truth! It is very unpopular. I have said and heard others in regards to a pre-trib rapture… “I just don’t see it”. I have also noticed a theme in the biggest preachers of pre-trib, they all get very stern even angry that you would believe anything else. I wonder what their followers will do when they find the mark is being pushed on them and they are still here. Will they believe it’s not “the” mark and take it because they are still here? I keep planting seeds. Thank you for doing the same so learned and eloquently. ~bitter-truth
@julielawing77715 күн бұрын
May The LORD bless all that you put your hands to... And may it all be for His Glory and Honor in Christ Jesus's Name The Lord Jesus Christ has delivered me from drug addiction, homelessness, abusive relationships, evil spirits (yes they're real) , sexual immorality, swearing, lying, stealing, laziness.. and even more. I give all the glory to Him. All praise and worship belong to God. He is real. He is bigger than any problem you face. He will meet you where you are at. Even right now. (Romans 10:13) For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Currently I'm experiencing a demonic attack. But I am standing on The Word of God which says I have authority over devils and we are commanded by Christ Jesus to drive/cast them out. So I'm will continue to drive them out in The Name of Jesus Christ. Friends I implore you to do the same. The devil doesn't want us thinking it's real. We have authority over it! All of them. Keep strong in The Lord. Jesus Christ is LORD to the glory of God The Father. I bless every reader of this comment in The Name of Jesus Christ
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If you can disprove total depravity you may have an argument.
Dallas is in the Midwest?! Don't say that around any Texans!!!
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Melchizedek knew God.
Dr. Michael Heiser writes a much better account on the story of Noah than Walton does. I stronger suggest his books rather than Walton's. I have both author's complete sets. Dr. Heiser is a strong believer in the INERRANCY of Scripture, unlike Walton. Heiser is considered a more conservative theologian than Walton in every way possible.
Dr. Michael Heiser writes a much better account on the meaning of the tower of Babel than Walton does. I stronger suggest his books rather than Walton's. I have both author's complete sets. Dr. Heiser is a strong believer in the INERRANCY of Scripture, unlike Walton.
I wish I had a dollar for every person I've talked to who absolutely finds Walton's views of Genesis way 'off the mark.' Many have complained his presuppositions are weak, dubious and highly debatable. He appears to be trying to add metaphysical philosophy to biblical theology and the mix is a disaster! His 'Lost' books are just that; lost in a mire of confusion and contradiction.
I greatly respect author Dr. Walton’s brilliance and creativity, but his proposed solution to the question of Origins, in "Lost World" only leads to a more serious set of problems. Still, this controversial book still has merit worth considering. Here me out; To be blunt, Walton's philosophical approach is a rather dangerous way of looking at the world. The history of the church includes well-meaning scholars who introduce ideas that undermine Biblical authority. This is the case with the gifted Old Testament professor Dr. John Walton. I was required to read this book for my Master's degree class. While his approach was indeed 'innovative' many of my fellow students were upset over his conclusions and complained to the Professor of the class that it seemed Walton was casting doubt on the infallible authority of Scripture. He introduced some bizarre terms like 'function over form' meaning creation was not so material as it was functional, which made absolutely no sense to most of the class members! For example, Dr. Walton asserted that ancient Near Eastern people focused more on how things functioned than their material nature. This meant that when Genesis 1 describes God forming land, sea, and animals over a series of days, it is not referring to material substances like dirt, water, and flesh appearing at specific times and places. Rather, it reveals the function of these things within the ‘cosmic temple’ of the world. This unusual construction enabled Dr. Walton to conclude that Genesis 1 “was never intended to be an account of material origins. Rather it was intended as an account of functional origins…. If the Bible does not offer an account of material origins, we are free to consider contemporary origins on their own merits, as long as God is seen as ultimately responsible.” Since then, Dr. Walton has continued to apply his ‘lost world’ methodology to other parts of the Bible. In additional books, he redefines the nature of Biblical revelation, that Adam and Eve were ‘archetypes’ instead of the first biological humans, and that the Genesis flood was an unidentifiable local event hyperbolically described as a global catastrophe. Dr. Walton reminds me of the third-century theologian Origen to whom he sometimes refers. Origen had one of the most creative theological minds in the early church. Nevertheless, his creativity led him to advocate views that were rejected as dangerous to Christian theology. These statements reveal a modern form of Gnosticism. By ‘Gnosticism,’ I’m referring to a philosophical view of the world that thinks special, hidden knowledge is necessary to understand what is true. For Dr. Walton, this knowledge is found in his ‘lost world’; it can only be recovered by scholars like himself. Such knowledge provides true insight into reality. According to Dr. Walton, Biblical truth is not dependent on real history. Instead, “truth is found in the narrator’s interpretation, which we accept by faith, regardless of whether or not we can reconstruct the events. His interests are not concentrated on human history but on God’s plans and purposes.” This is the goal of gnostic thinking: the separation of human history from God’s plans and purposes. Gnosticism consistently seeks to substitute Biblical history with its own history. In the early church, it looked to the religions of Persia and the philosophies of Greece to provide a spiritual history of the world. In the modern era, it looks to the religion of evolutionary science and the philosophies of the Enlightenment to create a materialist history of the universe. At its heart, however, Gnosticism is at war with God’s real actions in history. It is a heresy that stands in opposition to the Biblical view that teaches a direct connection between God’s original acts of creation and His absolute control of every event in time. Dr. Walton’s gnostic interpretation of the Bible inserts a gulf between events and the interpretation of those events. He must do this, however, to replace Biblical revelation concerning origins with the contemporary evolutionary history. Authority is therefore taken out of the event and placed only in the interpretation. If events such as the creation of animals or the flood actually happened as the narratives describe them, an evolutionary history of the world is impossible. Dr. Walton may deny this sort of historical substitution is his intent, but the structure of his books, the repetitive comments within them, and his professional associations tell a different story. He has published an extensive corpus of material that provides clear insight into his views. The result of accepting Dr. Walton’s gnostic worldview is the slow destruction of the historical foundation upon which Christianity is based. Although he believes he is providing a solution to the origins debate by disconnecting the Biblical text from real history, he is simply falling into the errors that have beset Gnosticism since the first century. Yet Dr. Walton is a professor at one of the most respected evangelical colleges in the world. Such a position gives him remarkable credibility to spread his “new analysis of the meaning of Genesis” to Christians everywhere. As a result, some will be swayed by his methods to adopt his modern form of Gnosticism. The solution is only found in the Christian worldview. To accept it, however, means the rejection of the neo-Kantian view of reality. It also means the rejection of Dr. Walton’s division of physical and metaphysical as he defines them. That is concerning indeed. I suspect something similar is going on with Dr. Walton. He clearly is a brilliant man and an exceptionally creative thinker. He has developed a unique interpretive structure to solve a particular problem, one he brings up over and over again in his books: the “perceived origins conflict between the Bible and science….” The goal of his work seems to be to solve that difficult problem. The problem becomes a tsunami in the making when one goes to metaphysical philosophy with a non-Christian worldview like that of Kant, that John Walton seems to be drifting to as we speak. "The Lost World" is a book one should read with an open Bible at hand. We live in a day and time when even the most celebrated intellectuals, especially among the academy, are not neccesarily the most beneficial for our faith and walk with God. Discernment has never been needed more than today. Make doubly sure you ask for it when you read "Lost World." You may discover, as many before you, that the only thing which is truly "lost" is the desperate attempt to spin biblical theology of the creation accounts in a way that depresses rather than impresses the average reader.
the king coming in rescue (rapture) or Wrath on his horse with sword is not to be compared to a triumphant entry ... utter nonsense!
The truth of the pre-tribulation rapture of the Church which is the body of Christ was revealed to me through the letters of the Apostle Paul, namely, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians and 1 Corinthians.
Failure to recognize the scriptural truth of the pre-tribulation rapture results from the failure to rightly divide the Word of God. The whole Bible is written for us and our learning but not all scripture is written TO the grace age believers. The Pauline epistles are written To the grace age believers for our doctrine and the rest of the Bible, including the accounts of the earthly ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ, is written to Jews under the law.
Paul was speaking as if he was Adam???? I don’t see it, sorry.
My 1990 Collier encyclopedias under the article of anti masonry say that every person who has banned The Lodges in their country were just simply anti-semitic and that's why😂😂
No rapture, be it unto they according to thy faith
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This is the first time i have ever heard a pentecostal describe the baptism of the Holy Spirit as a baptism of LOVE! Thank you. 🙏🏻
(from the christian pov) should be added to the title
#stoicism
So you Worship Jesus instead of God the Father. Jesus is a seperate Being that was created. And also, not to mention, you Christians worship an idol, the cross. Would you wear the thing that killed your loved one?
Jesus Prayed to himself, to save himself. Cmon now 😂😂😂
I see. Just cause the Mason's hold an arian perspective and don't teach trinitarian doctrine, they're evil? 😂😂😂 The Trinity is bunk anyway but you do you boo
There is a pretrib rapture. STUDY TO SHOW YOURSELF APPROVED !
Her gifting is evident!! Excited for this sermon series
I am not a Dispensationalist at all, but we need to make sure we are not misrepresenting Dispensationalism by falsifying information. Darby and his friend Benjamin Newton thought Margaret MacDonald’s visions were demonic. It was Edward Irving who thought her visions were genuine.
Jesus gave the generation - his own.
This is posted before I watch the video . I do not believe in a rapture- out of this world- my God and my Lord, I believe you are coming in the clouds and there will be a great resurrection and we will greet you. We will be ready for you we will treat you like the king and the Lord that you are in the air with your majesty with your power elevating us to yourself only to enter in your glory with you. It is all your glory. Oh Lord and I praise God that he is coming back is, but I absolutely do not believe in rapture for Christians to leave this current atmosphere world or anything like that that’s not quite what I see in the text.
You are a child you speak foolishly
I have watched several videos by Withington and he has yet to get anything right. In all of church history, no theologian has ever interpreted Romans 7 the way Withington has interpreted it. I think Withington is trying to out do N.T. Wright's goofy theology. Historically, Romans 7 has been interpreted two ways. First, as a saved person struggling against the flesh or the sin nature. The other interpretion is it is a Jew under the law who delights in the law of God with his mind because it is holy and good but cannot obey the law from his heart because of his sinful nature. Obviously, it is not about a saved person but it is about a Jew under the law. Romans 8:3 sums it up by saying For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:" See the writings of Arminius and Godet.
My issue with calvinism is it makes the gospel irrelevant to salvation the basis of Salvation would be the eternal calling of God rather than the hearing of the gospel
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Very Interesting young brother I am currently sharing my #Wisdom,#Knowledge,#Understanding with a young lady born of the Anxiety generation .,,,Millennium meet a Baby Boomer born before The internet and social media aka social messy…Roman 8:28 All things work together including inter generational connections. She is the daughter I never and I am the grandfather still doesn’t have.
I was baptized by a woman, and took Eucharist from her, and I felt the Holy Spirit descend upon me like a physical thing. I have to believe that ordination of women is valid, because I've directly experienced the sacraments through women.
No scholars describe a covenant very well- think of your HOA covenants- its an ongoing relationship of agreed upon rules, a relationship.
Thank you!!!
We are confronting a lifelong journey of study and understanding. By faith, or perhaps with an assignment in our course we begin this journey. Having been touched and directed by the Holy Spirit, we do so with enthusiasm, faith, and great caution. On. the other hand, perhaps we are fearful. What many of us have realized is that it's a wonderful journey that speaks to our soul.
Luke 17:20-2120Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming in ways that can be observed, 21nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ for behold, the kingdom of God is with in you! John 4:21-24 21“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. Matthew 12:28 28But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. Mark 1:14-15 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” John 18:36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.” John 15:18-19“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you John 17:16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world John 17:14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world John 15:19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Revelation 5:4-10 and I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. 5 And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”6 And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7 And he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne. 8 And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sang a new song, saying,“Worthy are you to take the scrolland to open its seals,for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for Godfrom every tribe and language and people and nation,10 and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God,and they shall reign on the earth.” Revelation 20:11-15 And I saw a great white throne and the One sitting on it, from whose face the earth and heaven fled, and no place was found for them. 12 And I saw ((the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened.And another book was opened, which is the one of life. And the dead were judged out of the things having been written in the books, according to their deeds. 13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it; and death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them; and each of them were judged according to their works.14 And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone was not found having been written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.)) Revelation 11:15-19 And the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were great voices in heaven, saying:“The kingdom of the world has become that of our Lord and of His Christ,and He will reign to the ages of the ages.”16 And the twenty-four elders sitting on their thrones before God fell upon their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying:“We give thanks to You, Lord God Almighty,the One being and who was,that You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.18 And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath came,and the time for the ((dead to be judged,and to give the reward to Your servants, the prophets,and to the saints,and to those fearing Your name,the small and the great)),and to destroy those who are destroying the earth.”19 And the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail John 5:28-29 Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming in which all those in the tombs will hear His voice, 29 and will come forth-those having done good to the resurrection of life, and those having done evil to the resurrection of judgment. 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 because the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we, the living remaining, will be caught away together with them in the clouds for the meeting of the Lord in the air; and so we will be always with the Lord.
Isaac Newton in universally recongnised as one of the greatest minds of any human being! Read now what he said about the 'trinity'; 'For Newton trinitarian doctrine was incomprehensable & false, defended by obstruse metaphisical arguements and imposed upon the heathen either by force or by diluting it with pagan pracitices . He placed great store by the simplicity of the basic tennents of Christianity and stressed that onlt a very few beliefs about Christianity were necessary for a saving faith.'
I'm Asian, but when I was a kid, I heard about this rapture thing. As I was growing up, I read the bible, of my own accord, or perhaps I was being called to know God? So anyway, of course there are many things there that I struggle to understand as a child, I interpret things how a child would, but in spite that, there really was no verse in the bible that made me think "oh this is the rapture". As grow older and begins to understand more, the more I know there is no such thing. I can understand why some would think that the verse from 1 Thessalonians, would make them think of the rapture, except, you cannot just rely on one verse in the bible, specially if it's related to the End Time prophecies, they have to be aligned to the other End Time prophecies, like in Daniel and Revelation, which does not predict any rapture like event, our ending has been written by God way before and God does not really change his plans. If you would believe that God will change plans or his mind, then you might as well believe Islam teachings, that God ended up hating the one race he chose and promised to preserve and now wants them annihilated from the face of the Earth. I digress, but you get the point, I hope.
In the book of Revelation, a "woman" represents a church.
I will admit that many in the church today have not the faintest idea what the Rapture is for, thus they anticipate it for the wrong reasons. The central point in all eschatological understanding must be the WEDDING OF THE LAMB AND HIS BRIDE. Jesus told us that He would go to His Father's house and prepare a place for us, then return for us and take us there. John 14:1-3. So we know that the wedding takes place in heaven. The rapid snatching away (Gr. harpazo) that the Bible speaks of, is simply the transportation for the ones still alive on earth. Logistically speaking, this is the only way to get them there. At Christ's ascension ( which is the 3rd recorded rapture) the angels told Jesus' followers that He would return exactly as He departed: 1. Visible only to His own people 2. No horse 3. In the clouds 4. Accompanied by angels The snatching away of the Bride for her wedding, has very little to do with escaping tribulation, because that is not the primary purpose. The most effective way to deceive people: 1. Claim that the theological point originated with a specific man. 2. Dissociate the teaching from Scripture 3. Discredit the man, and thus the teaching. I first heard of the catching away of the saints from Jesus in Matt. 24, then I heard it from Paul in 1 Thess. 4
He’s assuming that Paul is assuming that the gentiles are assuming… this is not a way to study the scriptures. The word of God is accurate and precise. There should never be any “assumptions”
There is NO rapture. If there were such a thing, God most certainly would not " rapture" a church that openly teaches to disobey his commandments, have substituted His Holy days for pagan holidays, and has substituted His Holy name for that of a pagan God. And then vilified and belittle anyone teaching the truth.
Like what was said about we are in a seam of history. One of my major faith challenges has been Historical Textual Criticism which makes any literal reliance on scripture suspect. I think most churches have got away from facing this by side-lining and ignoring it.
It's always girls having visions 😂😂😂
Not from God.
Calvin's beliefs are shown to be true in the account of Paul's conversion on the road..
Saul/Paul's free will was putty in God's hands.God does the choosing, why didn't Jesus appear to Saul's companions ? It's all there in this story of Paul's conversion
I pray I will overcome, survive and be found lookin up when Yeshua returns
Thank you for speaking the truth! It is very unpopular. I have said and heard others in regards to a pre-trib rapture… “I just don’t see it”. I have also noticed a theme in the biggest preachers of pre-trib, they all get very stern even angry that you would believe anything else. I wonder what their followers will do when they find the mark is being pushed on them and they are still here. Will they believe it’s not “the” mark and take it because they are still here? I keep planting seeds. Thank you for doing the same so learned and eloquently. ~bitter-truth
May The LORD bless all that you put your hands to... And may it all be for His Glory and Honor in Christ Jesus's Name The Lord Jesus Christ has delivered me from drug addiction, homelessness, abusive relationships, evil spirits (yes they're real) , sexual immorality, swearing, lying, stealing, laziness.. and even more. I give all the glory to Him. All praise and worship belong to God. He is real. He is bigger than any problem you face. He will meet you where you are at. Even right now. (Romans 10:13) For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Currently I'm experiencing a demonic attack. But I am standing on The Word of God which says I have authority over devils and we are commanded by Christ Jesus to drive/cast them out. So I'm will continue to drive them out in The Name of Jesus Christ. Friends I implore you to do the same. The devil doesn't want us thinking it's real. We have authority over it! All of them. Keep strong in The Lord. Jesus Christ is LORD to the glory of God The Father. I bless every reader of this comment in The Name of Jesus Christ