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What Is the Christian’s Destiny? Taken from the book Delusions and Truths Concerning the Future Life. Do Christians Literally Go to Heaven? It may seem strange for Christians to ask this question and it may also seem as though one is questioning whether the Christian will ever be a...

The Events from the Air to Sinai to Jerusalem The Judgment Seat of Christ The following statement by Paul is sometimes taken to mean that one’s being granted immortality as a Christian could be denied when he said: “For we must all appear before the judgment seat [Gk bema] of Christ...

Awaiting the Rebellion and the Revealing of the Antichrist [used in Sunday 5/9/21 Bible Discussion as well] The passage concerning “the restrainer” in 2 Thessalonians 2:6 is notably ambiguous and there is significant uncertainty from commentators concerning who “the restrainer” is, even...

Daniel’s Background to Jesus’ Return In relation to the events Jesus said would happen before and at his return he said, “The day is coming when you will see what Daniel the prophet spoke about—the sacrilegious object that causes desecration standing in the Holy Place” (Matt. 24:15 NLT)...

24 The New Creation in Hebrews 1:10-12 Perhaps the most difficult passage to grasp as concerning the new creation is the passage in Hebrews 1:10-12 which says: “You [Jesus], Lord, laid the earth’s foundations in the beginning, and the heavens are made by your hands. They will pass away...

“The Word” in the Prologue to John’s Gospel In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by it, and without it nothing was made. In it was life… John 1:1-3 Tyndale’s New Testament of 1534 (modern...

11 “The Word” in the Prologue to John’s Gospel In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by it, and without it nothing was made. In it was life… John 1:1-3 Tyndale’s New Testament of 1534 (modern spelling)...

How Does the Son of Man “Descend from Heaven”? The descending from heaven language in John 3:13; 3:31; 6:33-58; 8:23; and 16:28 is viewed, by those who believe that Jesus had literally pre-existed, as indicating that he had lived in heaven before his conception in Mary. However, the language...

The Faulty Idea of a Literally Pre-Existent Jesus Development of the Idea of Literal Pre-Existence We need firstly to look at how the idea of a pre-existent Jesus as a so-called ‘God the Son’ or other spirit being originated. The first thoughts about pre-existent persons originated in...

The Genuine 100% Humanity of Jesus The teaching that a literally pre-existing person called ‘the Word’ was implanted in Mary’s womb, rather than human male genetics created miraculously by God, would mean that Jesus could not be fully human. The Scriptures make it clear that holy spirit...

Why Philippians 2:5-9 Is Not About a Pre-Existent Being The Traditional Interpretation There are several phrases in the Philippians 2:5-8 passage that Trinitarians view as proof that Jesus had pre-existed as God in heaven. A typical translation of these verses is: “Have this attitude...

The Resurrected Jesus Is Not an Intangible Spirit The teaching of the Watchtower Society and the various Bible Student groups that Jesus was resurrected as an intangible spirit creature is based mainly on an incorrect understanding of 1 Peter 3:18 which will be examined later in this study...

The Wider Hope in the Second Resurrection By Raymond C. Faircloth Two Phases of Resurrection Demonstrated by Daniel, Jesus, Paul, and in the Revelation Generally, those scholars who take the pre-millennial view that there will be a literal 1,000 years between Jesus’ return and the...

Jesus Did Not Pre-Exist Himself A person cannot pre-exist himself and still be the same person! In fact, one creature cannot change into another creature according to God’s arrangement that all creatures were created, “according to their kinds”/“in their own species” (Gen. 1:21). So, no...

The New Creation in Colossians 1:15-17 Reviewing the fact That Jesus Was Not the Creator of the Universe Isa. 44:24: “I am Yahweh who made everything. I stretched out the heavens by myself. Who was with me?” Isa. 45:1, 12 “Yahweh…I who made the earth…mine were the hands that spread...

Key Proof Texts Against a Literally Pre-Existent Jesus Jesus Was Never an Archangel Heb. 1:5 and 13: “To which of the angels did God ever say, ‘You are my Son’.” Therefore, Jesus was not an archangel. Dan. 10:13: Michael, one of the foremost (“chief” Gk arche) princes.” An archangel is still...

The Prologue to John’s Gospel by Ray Faircloth Source: http://www.focusonthekingdom.org/811.pdf The following article goes in some depth into John’s prologue. We think you will find it helpful in your explanation of what John really intended when he spoke of the word, not the “Word,” as if the...

by Raymond Faircloth - see PDF attachment if you prefer that format. Before Abraham Existed, the Messiah Was Foreordained In John 8:58, according to the ESV Jesus said, “Before Abraham was, I am” and according to the NET Bible this reads as, “before Abraham came into existence, I am!”...

Why Philippians 2:5-9 Is Not About a Pre-Existent Being The Traditional Interpretation There are several phrases in the Philippians 2:5-8 passage that Trinitarians view as proof that Jesus had pre-existed as God in heaven. A typical translation of these verses is: “Have this...

Texts Misconstrued to Imply That Jesus Is Part of a Trinity In Chapter 5 we examined the many translation issues in the New Testament showing that with correct translation such verses do not show Jesus as being the Almighty God. Briefly, these passages were: 1 John 5:7: The forged and...