Since tithing is an OT doctrine, when was it done away with? Didn't it predate the Mosaic Law?

Also remember the offerings Cain and Abel made before the Lord. One was acceptable and the other was not. Why is that. Why did God destroy Nadab and Abihu for offering strange fire before the Lord. Were they not worshipping God sincerely? But that was not what God commanded them to do and as a result of their doing it their way, God killed them. God is sovereign and He is Lord. Does He not have a right to command how He is to be worshipped?

What these guys reject is that ALL men are born sinners. They want to claim that they don't become sinners until they sin (Pelagians). They are not fitted for destruction because of their rejection. They reject because of their sinful nature.

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Three times paradise is mentioned, two of them seem to refer to Heaven itself because it occured after the resurrection, once prior. What is the distinction? Any thoughts?

The souls of the saved are in hell today awaiting the resurrection of their earthly bodies to be cast eternally in the Lake of Fire at the final judgment.

Secondly on another point, if you do a word search, you will find that the word Holy in conjunction with the Ghost, you will find "αγιου" which is not capitalized and not a noun but an adjective: masculine singular genitive from lexical Form αγιος.

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I don't need a 30 minute dissertation, all I want is a yes or no answer. Did it achieve what it was intended for?

And I have been dying to ask you this. Did God have any kind of spiritual relationship with Israel? Perhaps that will define our differences and understanding of the Old Testament.

God just didn't simple invent the Holy Spirit after the resurrection, the Holy Spirit is eternal and had an essential role in the OT saints as well as the NT saints. Just because it is not clearly defined in the OT does not mean it wasn't so. God's plan of salvation has always been the same, through the Lamb that was slain before the foundation of the world. It was as if it was a done deal and that is what the OT believers had faith to look foreward to.

Although he has no problem with a "pretrib rapture" eventhough there is no specific verse containing those words cojointly. He has to get a few words here and a few words there to come up with his conclusion. In that he sees no problem with deductive reasoning, but he expects everybody to have a specific chapter and verse to prove their theology. It is a "do as I say, not as I do".

At least you have provided many good arguments and willing to back them up with scripture. I have a lot more respect for someone like you than many of the others who don't know why they believe what they believe.

I think there is a difference here.

What happened to God's sovereignty? Isn't He capable of transforming the lives of His people by His power. Isn't the same Holy Spirit that guides the pastors and teachers the same Holy Spirit that indwells and resides in the believer.

If the ancient church, the ones founded by Paul and the apostles, didn't need creeds and confessions of faith, but only had the Word of God, not even complete, then why is it necessary today?