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Topic: Symbolic (Figurative)
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2020-06-03 Two Resurrections & Premillennialism: How many resurrections are there and do the Premillennialists use this to support their position? [Revelation 20, John 5:24-29, Acts 24:15, Ephesians 2:1].
Hour May Not Mean an Hour: Does the word used for "hour", always have to mean an hour, exactly or can it not mean "time"? [John 5:25].
2020-05-28 Mark of the Beast: Could you explain the spiritual, rather than literal, characteristics of "the Mark of the Beast" on one's forehead, in Revelation? [Revelation 13, Deuteronomy 6:8].
2020-05-19 Demon Possession: Caller comments about demon possession.
Partial-Preterist & Timing Past or Future: How does a Partial-Preterist determine when something in Revelation is about the past and when it is about the future. [Revelation 12, Revelation 20
2020-05-14 Revelation & the Mark of the Beast: Would you help me sort out Revelation 13, particularly about the "mark of the beast"? [Revelation 10-13, 14:1, 2 Thessalonians 2].
2020-05-14 Pour Out My Spirit On All Flesh: Do you think that the verses about pouring out my spirit on all flesh is for the future? [Joel 2:28, Acts 2:17].
2020-05-08 End Times Timeline & Dispensationalism: Why don't Dispensationalists pay attention to who the epistles were written to, and the timeline references in scripture about "this generation", "soon" and "shortly come to pass"? [Revelation 1:1-3, Revelation 22:10, Matthew 24:34].
2020-05-05 Steve Gregg's Shift to Amillennialism: Could you give me a couple of scriptures that helped to shift your thinking to Amillennialism?
Millennium in Revelation: Doesn't Revelation talk about the millennium pretty clearly? If so, how do you see that? [Revelation 20, Luke 10].
2020-05-05 Defining the meaning of "Last Days" by Scripture: Can you help me how the scriptures be understood differently than relative to the end times? [Isaiah 2:2, Isaiah 11, Isaiah 35, Isaiah 42, Isaiah 54, Micah 4:1-4, Ezekiel 39, Joel 2:28, Hebrews l:1, I John 2:18, James 5:3, I Peter 1:20, Hebrews 12:22, I Corinthians 10:11].
2020-04-21 The Papacy & the Rider on the White Horse: Did the reformers believe that the rider on the white was the Pope or papacy? [Revelation 6:1, 13].
Pre-Tribulation Rapture: Does the phrase in Revelation 4 about the trumpet saying, "come hither" or "come here" refer to the rapture? [Revelation 4:1, 1:10, 19:7, I Thessalonians 4].
2020-04-21 24 Elders & the Church: Comment regarding the 24 elders as the church. [Revelation 4 & 5].
Revelation About AD 70, Instead of End Times: What is the main thing that causes you to believe that Revelation is primarily about AD 70 instead of about the end times? [Revelation 1:1-3, 22:10, Daniel 12:4].
2020-04-13 70 Weeks of Daniel: Were the 70 weeks of Daniel fulfilled in the time of Jesus? How do I refute that the one week has been delayed to Dispensationalists? [Daniel 9:24-29].
2020-03-26 Hell-Which View: Would you articulate your own stand of the 3 views of hell? Do you believe that hell is eternal?
Importance of Understanding Hell: Isn't our understanding of hell far too important not to know? [2 Thessalonians 1].
Death and Hell: Is there anything in the Greek and Hebrew that better describes what kind of death we suffer, and how permanent it is, that will help us understand the consequence of sin and hell?
2020-03-16 666 Relative to a Percentage: Do you think that the use of the number 666 in the Bible could be representative of a percentage?
2020-03-04 Symbolic vs Literal Bible Interpretation: Why do you take some things in the Bible as symbolic rather than literal, when it seems so clear that it is more often meant to be literal? [Revelation 1, 17, 4:5, Zechariah 14, Judges 9, 14].
2020-02-27 Revelation: Locust Are Helicopters: Are the locust in Revelation 9 really referring to helicopters used in the war in the 90s? [Revelation 9:1-12].
2020-02-25 River Flowing & Splitting Mountain in Ezekiel: Are the verses in Ezekiel about the river "flowing out from Jerusalem" and the splitting of the mountain,literal or symbolic? [Ezekiel 47, Zechariah 14:4, 8, Joel 3:18, John 7:37-39, Hebrews 12, Isaiah 32:14-15].
Christian Discipleship & War: Would you help me understand being a disciple of Christ, and the idea that Christians should not parcipitate in war?
2020-02-19 Old Testament Ritual Laws: Why did the Old Testament law list laws about mixing different fabrics, together?
Saints in Glorified State: Regarding the saints in heaven in Revelation, are they in their glorified state? [Revelation 6, 7, 19].
2020-02-12 Symbolic or Literal: If you decide to take something symbolically in the Bible are you defining your own religion?
2020-02-11 The Millennium's 1000 years: Why do you think that the 1000 years is not really 1000 years, but instead symbolic? [Revelation 5:6, 20, Matthew 12, 2 Thessalonians 1:8, Psalm 90:4, 2 Peter 3].
Scripture-Symbolic or Literal: Isn't it a mistake to just randomly take whatever verses you want to as symbolic, when they might be literal? [Revelation 17].
2020-01-29 Rod of Iron: What does the "rod of iron" mean in scripture? Psalm 2:8-9, Revelation 9:15, 2:27].
2020-01-08 Elders & Living Creatures: Who are the elders and living creatures in Revelation? [Revelation 4 & 5].
Liars in Revelation: Who are the liars, saying they are Jews, or apostles, in Revelation in chapters 2 & 3? [Revelation 2:2,9, 3:9, John 8:44, Acts, Romans 2:28-29].
2019-10-28 Ezekiel's Wheel: What is Ezekiel's wheel? [Ezekiel 1-2, 10].
Marijuana: What do you think about Christians who smoke marijuana?
Extraterrestrials: What do you think about extraterrestrial beings? Is there a possibility that they exist?
2019-06-05 Symbolism in Scripture: In the passage about other saints rising from the dead, at the time of the crucifixion, could it be symbolic? [Matthew 27: 52-53; Revelation 5:6].
2019-06-04 Torn Veil of the Temple: Can you help me resolve the significance of when the veil of the temple was torn and its symbolic meaning relative to a verse in Hebrews? [Matthew 27:51, Hebrews 10:19].
2019-05-21 Springs of the Sea: Are we to take literally the verse in Job about the "springs in the sea"? Is there a hermeneutic principle when determining when to ascribe literal vs symbolic meanings to scripture ? [Job 38:16, 2 Peter 3:10, Genesis 14:10].
2019-04-16 The Cross (Tree): Was the term used to describe the cross (Xylon=wood), possibly symbolic of the tree of life? Crucified with Christ: What does it mean to be crucified with Christ? [Galatians 2:20]
2019-03-29 End Times-symbolism: What do The four Horsemen of the Apocalypse represent [Revelation 4]? What do the four judgments represent [Ezekiel 14:21]? How will the last days be like the days of Noah-eating, drinking, buying, selling [Matthew 24;37]? What about the seals [Revelation 6:1-8]?
2019-02-22 The Books of Revelation & Ezekiel: Why couldn't all the battles & wars in Ezekiel 38 & 39 be taken symbolically in the future since Revelation is so symbolic?
2019-02-05 Eternal judgment: John Piper says that the wicked are going to be tormented eternally. [Hebrews 6:1-2, Revelation 14:10, 20:10]
Dispensationalism & taking Revelation literally: There's a lengthy discussion about it the caller takes Revelation literally or symbolically as a Dispensationalist.
2019-01-09 Literal or Symbolic: How should we determine if something is meant as literal or symbolic? What is the time frame for this passage of Scripture in Isaiah? [Isaiah 19:19-25]?
2018-05-29 Triquetra on the Bible: I was wondering what you thought about the Triquetra being on a Bible. I did some research on it, & it is associated with the Wiccans.
2018-03-15 Satan Fall like Lightening: "I saw Satan fall like lightening", was this literal, & what does it mean? [Luke 10:18]
2018-02-23 OT and Revelation: Old Testament symbolism is also in the book of Revelation
2018-01-05 Resurrection being symbolic: Bahai belief that Jesus’s resurrection was symbolic, how is this argued?
2017-12-28 Spiritualizing Scripture: Dispensationalists try to say we shouldn't spiritualize Scripture, & we should take it literally, but they don't themselves!
2017-10-25 Jesus on White Horse: Jesus on White Horse and its symbolism, but who are the armies that are following him? [Revelation 19]
2017-07-07 The Blood & Fat: I was reading Leviticus, & there's a lot of talk of blood there, & wondering why God was so specific w/ what to do w/ the blood & fat. [Leviticus]
2017-06-23 Marriage Symbolic: Is marriage is symbolic of the church to Christ? How can you convey that to a non-believer? [Ephesians 5:31, Genesis 2:24]?
2017-06-06 Stars Falling out of the Sky: In Matthew 24:29, it says stars will fall out of the sky, what does this mean? [Matthew 24:29]
2016-10-10 New Heavens, New Earth & New Jerusalem: Are we supposed to take the new heavens, earth, and the new Jerusalem literally or symbolically? [Revelation 3:12, Revelation 21:1-4, Romans 8:19-22, 1 Peter 3:13]
2016-07-27 Tower of Babel: Is everything that happened in these chapters true, including the Tower of Babel?
Confusion of Language in Babel: Why did God scramble the languages during the Tower of Babel?
Uniting Europe: What about trying to unify Europe?
2016-07-15 Numeric Symbolism (390 & 40 Years): What do the 390 & 40 years, for a total of 430 years mean? What is the symbolism of laying on the left side & right sides? [Ezekiel 4:1-6]
2016-03-07 Woman & Dragon of Revelation: Who is the woman & the dragon of Revelation? [Revelation 12]
2015-11-23 Manifestation of the Sons of God: What does it mean, "the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God" in {Romans 8:19]? So does "manifestation of the sons of God" means He'll reveal Jesus to us?
The Woman of Revelation 12: They have a discussion about the woman of Revelation 12 that fled into the wilderness? [Revelation 12:6]
2015-07-06 Symbolism-A Day=1,000 Years: What do you think of the idea that 6 days represents 6,000 years and the millennium introducing rest?
KJV-Only Advocate: The caller is a KJV-Only Advocate but thinks you also have to pick the right year. Most say the 1611 is, but he contends the 1769 is the BEST year & translation.
2015-05-29 The Parables of the Mustard Seed & Unleavened Bread: Would you explain the symoblisme of the Parables of the Mustard Seed & the Unleavened Bread? [Matthew 13:31-3]
2015-05-29 The Seven Trumpets & Prophecy: How does Steve interpret the seven trumpets, "not a blade of grass was left standing" & so on. [Revelation 8:2,6]
2015-04-30 "Great Riches To Nought": What does it mean, "For in one hour so great riches is come to nought", or "for in one hour is she made desolate"? [Revelation 18:17-19]
Babylon being the United States: Is the United States by any chance Babylon?
2015-02-10 Dragon or Beast in Revelation 13: In some versions of the Bible it says in Revelation 13:1 that it is a "beast" & some versions say it's a "dragon". Which is it?
2015-02-10 People in the Bible-Applied to Us Today: Even though they are not written to us, we can relate to stuff that happened to other people in the Bible?.
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