Question: In the Megiddo literature the teaching is that not all of us are the children of God. We believe we are. We will always love our child no matter what, and we believe God does the same. God will punish out of love. I would appreciate your comment. –from J. & D. J., Indiana … [Read more…]
Question: I have been reading Paul’s book, Letters to the Young Churches. Each time I read it new information jumps out and is easier to understand. I do, however, wonder if you would inform me as to one thing. When he says God still has a plan for Israel, is this referring to the people … [Read more…]
Question: Why are the sealed ones said to be 12,000 from each of the 12 tribes of Israel? Doesn’t this sound like they are all Israelites? Answer: In New Testament times, the only readily identifiable segments of Israel were the two tribes known as Jews (Judah and Benjamin), who had recently rejected Jesus’ teaching and … [Read more…]
Question: I want to ask you if I understand your position correctly. I am a subscriber to the Christadelphian Tidings magazine and have read with considerable interest the ‘debate’ between yourself and Mr. Heaster on the subject of the Basis of Salvation. My understanding is that you believe that the work of Jesus Christ consisted … [Read more…]
Question: Question 1: Romans 11:28 says that God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable-He never withdraws them once they are given, and He does not change. Then read verses 30 through 32. It seems like the Jews will get another chance, especially verse 31: “Even so have these also now not believed, that through your … [Read more…]
Question: In my New International Version of the Bible, Matthew 5:3 reads: “Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Then in a footnote is this comment: “…poor in spirit. In contrast to the spiritually proud and self-sufficient, theirs is the kingdom of heaven. The kingdom is not something earned. … [Read more…]
Question: You say you believe in “Jesus Christ… who shall shortly return to be king of the whole earth” and you write of your “devotion to the cause of Christ.” My question: How can you publish, as fact, that Jesus Christ is a yet future king, when Scripture plainly reveals that He is right now, … [Read more…]
Question: How can you publish as fact that Jesus Christ is a yet future king, when scripture plainly reveals that He is right now, and was in the first century, a king? I would appreciate your comments in light of the texts that follow. (The italicized Scriptures were submitted by the reader, below each is … [Read more…]
Question: Jesus is the king. He taught the disciples of his kingdom and in Acts 1:4 Jesus commanded His disciples to wait for the promise of the kingdom. Then, in Acts 1:6 they impatiently ask him “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” According to His response, when Jesus left this … [Read more…]
Question: In Daniel 2:1-45, God revealed to Daniel the interpretation of King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. The dream included this fact: that the kingdom of God (v. 44) would be established in the days of the 4th kingdom (the first being Babylon, the second the kingdom of the Medes and Persians, the third being the kingdom of … [Read more…]