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Topic: Symbolic (Figurative)
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2023-10-24 Genesis Narrative (Non-literal): Caller shares his non-literal (more symbolic) view of the Genesis narrative, based on the cultural difference between then and now. [Matthew 19:3-8, Genesis 2:24, Proverbs 14:12].
2023-10-19 Crowns: What are the crowns in scripture? [Revelation 2:10, Revelation 3:11, 2 Timothy 2:12, Revelation 4:8-11].
2023-10-09 Eucharist-Literal Body & Blood: Could you clarify the Catholic view of the literal body and blood of Jesus in the Eucharist? [John 6:53-58, John 6:40, John 6:54, John 6:63, John 2:19, John 4:15-16, Matthew 26:28, Mark 14:22-24, 1 Corinthians 11:23-25, Isaiah 30:20-21, John 11:11, John 4:32, John 3:4].
2023-09-21 Preterism (Full vs. Partial): What is the difference between a partial preterist and a full preterist?
Revelation Difficulty: Why didn't God make Revelation easier to understand? Rec: book against Full Pretersism "Why Not Full Preterism?" by Steve Gregg. [Revelation 13:18].
Revelation & the Two Witnesses: Would you explain Revelation Chapter 11 about the two witnesses?
2023-09-21 Preterism (Full vs. Partial): What is the difference between a partial preterist and a full preterist?
Revelation Difficulty: Why didn't God make Revelation easier to understand? Rec: book against Full Pretersism "Why Not Full Preterism?" by Steve Gregg. [Revelation 13:18].
Revelation & the Two Witnesses: Would you explain Revelation Chapter 11 about the two witnesses?
2023-09-19 "Time, Times, and Half a Time": What is meant by "time, times, and half a time?" [Daniel 7:25, 2 Thessalonians 2].
2023-09-18 Disagreement with Amillennial View: Caller shares his disagreements with the Amillennial view? [Revelation 20:9, Revelation 20:1-5, Matthew 12:29].
2023-09-14 "Wood, Hay & Stubble": Could you explain this passage about "wood, hay, and stubble?" What is the "fire?" Who is "every man?" [1 Corinthians 3:1-15, Acts 18-19, 1 Peter 2:5, Ephesians 2:21-22].
Trial or Judgment Symbolized by Fire: So, "fire" could symbolize either trials or final judgment? [1 Corinthians 3:1-15, 1 Peter 4:12-19].
2023-09-05 Inappropriate Spiritualism: Inquiry into what is appropriate vs. inappropriate spiritualization in scripture? [Ezekiel 36:34-38, Exodus 12:38, Exodus 19:5-6, Jeremiah 31:31-34, Acts 4:4, Romans 7:1-14, Psalm 50:16].
2023-08-28 "Sons of Oil" (The Anointed Ones): How did the commentators come up with Joshua and Zerubbabel as the "Sons of Oil? [Zechariah 4:14].
2023-08-10 Types of the Church (Rapture & 144,000): Do you think there are types of the church in the story of Enoch and Noah (types of the rapture and the spared 144,000)? [Luke 17:26, 1 Peter 3:20]
Methuselah: What about the meaning of "Methuselah" (“When he is dead, it shall be sent”)?
Church Father's View of Types: What did the church fathers think about "types" in scripture? Isn't it just guessing at the meanings? Rec: Topical lectures: "When Shall These Things Be?"
2023-08-09 Literal vs Metaphor: How do we know when to interpret the Bible literally versus metaphorically? Like the Genesis creation story and when devils and demons are identified? [Hebrews 12:22-24, Isaiah 28:16, 1 Corinthians 10:4].
Climate Change: What is the possibility that humans can change the climate?
2023-08-07 Symbolism of Stars Falling in Revelation: Could you talk about the stars falling in Revelation? [Revelation 6:13, Isaiah 34:4, Isaiah 33:3-4, Isaiah 13:10].
2023-07-31 Rapture or What? (70 A.D.?): Who is the third that will be left alive? Is it the rapture? [Zechariah 12-14, Zechariah 13:7-8].
2023-07-28 "Expositional Constancy"-Mustard Seed: Could you talk about the parable of the mustard seed and how it relates to "expositional constancy?" [Mark 13:31-32, 1 Peter 5:8, Jeremiah 5:6, Daniel 2:37, Isaiah 14:12, Ezekiel 31:6, Ezekiel 17:23].
2023-07-10 Isaiah's Poetic Imagery About the King of Babylon: Can you help me understand the transition in Isaiah between the King of Babylon with masculine pronouns and later switches to feminine pronouns? Any relationship to transgenderism? [Isaiah 14, Isaiah 47, Proverbs 1, Jeremiah 47, Ezekiel 16, Ezekiel 23, Ephesians 4:13, Ephesians 2:15]
2023-07-10 Time of Jacob's Trouble: Could you explain "The Time of Jacob's Trouble?" [Jeremiah 30:7].
2023-06-16 Symbolism vs Literalism: Could you talk about the symbolism in the language ("Bride of Christ," "Body of Christ"), etc.? [1 Peter 2:5, Matthew 7:11].
2023-06-07 Symbolism of the Lamb of the Sacrifice: Regarding the sacrificial lamb ritual - how can we know that there is only one Messiah, since there are two lambs (the scapegoat and the sacrificial) in the Old Testament ritual? [Leviticus 16].
2023-06-05 Rod of Iron: What is the "rod of iron" in Revelation? [Psalm 2:9, Mark 10:44, John 13:14-17.
2023-05-30 Son of God: Is it possible that the declaring of Jesus as "The Son of God" at the resurrection is to confirm the fullness of the replacement of Adam (the 2nd Adam)? [Acts 31, Hebrews 1, Luke 1:35, Luke 3:38, Romans 1:4, Psalms 2:7, Acts 13:33].
"Bone of My Bone" Symbolism: Is there a parallel between the way Eve is created and the coming of Jesus?
2023-05-30 Son of God: Is it possible that the declaring of Jesus as "The Son of God" at the resurrection is to confirm the fullness of the replacement of Adam (the 2nd Adam)? [Acts 31, Hebrews 1, Luke 1:35, Luke 3:38, Romans 1:4, Psalms 2:7, Acts 13:33].
"Bone of My Bone" Symbolism: Is there a parallel between the way Eve is created and the coming of Jesus?
2023-05-30 Millennium & Peaceful Kingdom Imagery: If the millennium is the "church age" and is equal to Isaiah's "messianic age," does the lamb, wolf, and lion peaceful imagery contine on after Jesus' return on the New Earth? [Malachi 4:2, Ephesians 2:11-22, Daniel 7:1-7, Jeremiah 5:6].
2023-05-24 New Jerusalem: Is the "New Jerusalem" already created? Are people already living there? Is it a literal place? [Galatians 4:26, Hebrews 12:22, Revelation 21:21].
The Baptism of John the Baptist: What is the difference between the baptism of John the Baptist and what we do now in baptism? [Acts 19:1-5, 1 Corinthians 10:2].
2023-05-24 Blood Sacrifice: Why did God require a "blood sacrifice," like the pagans? [Genesis 3:21, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 8:20-22, Romans 3:23, Revelation 13:8].
2023-05-12 Seven Spirits: Are the seven spirits mentioned in Revelation related to the seven gifts of the spirits? [Revelation 3:1, Revelation 1:4, Isaiah 11:2, Revelation 5:6, 1 Corinthians 12:8-10, Romans 12:3-8, Ephesians 4:7-16].
2023-05-12 Mark of the Beast & Sealed by the Spirit: What is the application of the Mark of the Beast? Are we sealed with the Holy Spirit? [Revelation 7:1-8, Revelation 13:16, Revelation 14:9, I John 4:19].
2023-05-11 Lame Man Went into the Temple: When the healed lame man went into the temple, would that have been the first time he had been in there? [Acts 3:1-10].
2023-05-05 Four Beasts in Daniel 7: Could you review the symbolism of the four beasts in Daniel 7? [Daniel 7].
2023-04-18 Parable of the Talents: Is it an appropriate parallel to the "Parable of the Talents" to consider it relative to evangelism and the directive to speak and work to bring people to Christ? [Matthew 25:14-30].
2023-04-14 "Parable of the Unfaithful Servant": Could you talk about the "Parable of the Unfaithful Servant" and its relationship to other parables and passages? [Luke 12:42-48].
2023-04-13 Old Testament Prophecies & Non-Literal Fulfillments: You mentioned that not all Old Testament prophecies were fulfilled literally. Could you share some examples of those? Rec: Topical lectures; "When Shall These Things Be?"-#2, "Methods of Interpretation." [Isaiah 9:1-2, Matthew 4:15-16, Ezekiel 34:23, Ezekiel 37:24, Zechariah 11:12-13, Zechaiah 9:9, Micah 5:2].
2023-04-10 Water into Wine Miracle: What do you think is the significance of the first miracle of turning water into wine? [John 21:25, John 15:1, 1 Timothy 5:23, John 2:10, John 2:6].
2023-04-07 New vs Old Earth: Do you think that the Creation Story in Genesis was possibly more symbolic, rather than literal, in substantiating the age of the earth, and possibly to teach children?
2023-03-29 Supernatural Events in Eucharist (Communion): You indicated that nothing supernatural happens during the Eurcharist because miracles are typically observed, but I thought of examples in scripture where there were miracles unobservable. [I Corinthians 14, Luke 22:19-20, Acts 10:15, 1 Corinthians 11:14, Matthew 26:26-28, 1 John 1:7, Isaiah 30:20].
2023-03-27 Taking Communion: Do you need to have clergy present to offer or take communion? [Matthew 26:28, Isaiah 30:20, 1 Corinthians 11:24-25, Luke 22:19].
2023-03-24 Symbolism of the Wedding at Cana: Why is the "Wedding at Cana" (in the seven signs in John), connected to Jesus' death and resurrection? [John 2, John 15, John 1:29, John 1:35].
2023-03-23 "Male Child" Symbolism in Revelation: Is the male child in Revelation 12 representing the strong believers corporately who overcome? Rec: Chapter in "Empire of the Risen Son", Vol 1. [Psalm 2:9, John 12:31, Revelation 12:10, Revelation 12:5, Matthew 28:18].
2023-03-20 Symbolism of the Beasts in Daniel: What do you think of Hank Hanegrasffe's view of the symbolism of the four beasts (Babylon, Media-Persia, Greece, Rome) in Daniel, which he separates Media and Persia? Rec: verse-by-verse Daniel. [Daniel 5:28, Daniel 7, Daniel 2].
2023-03-10 The Trumpets in Revelation: Do you think that some of the trumpets of Revelation have already sounded? If so, which ones? [Revelation 1:1, Revelation 1:3, Revelation 22:10].
2023-03-10 Literally Cutting Off Your Hand: Does the Bible literally mean to cut-off your hand our gouge out your eyes if they cause your to sin? [Luke 6:30, Matthew 5:29-30, Mark 9:43-48, Mark 7:21, Matthew 15:19].
2023-03-06 Antichrist & Dispensationalism: I am having trouble seeing the possibilty of having a one individual as the "one-world" antichrist, so what now? [Daniel 7, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-10, Revelation 13, 1 John 4:3, 1 John 2:22].
USA Prophecy: Is there prophecy about the USA? [Deuteronomy 29:29, Luke 12:48].
2023-03-02 Cursing the Fig Tree: Why would Jesus be upset when the fig tree wasn't producing fruit? [Matthew 21:18-22, Jeremiah 19:10]
3rd Heaven: Are there different levels of heaven? [2 Corinthians 12:1-6, Psalm 115:16, Romans 4:13, Revelation 22:3, Revelation 5:10]
Marriage Annulments: Could you clarify annulment from marriage?
2023-02-27 Marriage Supper of the Lamb: What is the symoblism of the characters in the "Marriage Supper of the Lamb?" [2 Corinthians 11:2, Matthew 22:1-14, Revelation 19:7].
2023-02-24 Kingdoms in Daniel: What are the kingdoms described in Daniel 2? [Daniel 2:44, Colossians 1:13, Mark 1:15].
2023-02-15 Symbolism of the Galilean Wedding (Wedding at Cana): How paralleled are the events of the Galilean Wedding, the church as bride, and relative to end times? [2 Corinthians 11:2, Revelation 11, Matthew 25].
Insight Through Nature: Do you think that one can gain some spiritual insight and parallels from nature and culture?
2023-02-15 Symbolism of the Galilean Wedding (Wedding at Cana): How paralleled are the events of the Galilean Wedding, the church as bride, and relative to end times? [2 Corinthians 11:2, Revelation 11, Matthew 25].
Insight Through Nature: Do you think that one can gain some spiritual insight and parallels from nature and culture?
2023-02-15 Foods That Defile: How can foods that defiled you in Leviticus (Old Testament) no longer defile you in the New Testament? [Leviticus 11:43, Mark 7:15].
Unclean Foods: Were the unclean foods the ones that might be more likely unsanitary or prone to bacteria? [Acts 10:15, 2 Corinthians 6:14, Matthew 15:11].
2023-02-15 Foods That Defile: How can foods that defiled you in Leviticus (Old Testament) no longer defile you in the New Testament? [Leviticus 11:43, Mark 7:15].
Unclean Foods: Were the unclean foods the ones that might be more likely unsanitary or prone to bacteria? [Acts 10:15, 2 Corinthians 6:14, Matthew 15:11].
2023-02-09 Symbolic "Babylon": What does calling someone "Babylon" mean according to scripture? [Revelation 14:8, Revelation 17-19, Revelation 11:8, 1 Peter 5:13].
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