Biblical Support for the Pre-Tribulation Rapture

Phat writes:Once the oppression is cast out,the person needs to "replace" that negative energy with the positive life giving Spirit of the lord.

Phat writes:Once the oppression is cast out,the person needs to "replace" that negative energy with the positive life giving Spirit of the lord.

jar writes:So "What the hell does that even mean?"

Matt 12:39-46 writes:39 But He answered and said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here.(who is "greater than Jonah"?) 42 The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed a greater than Solomon is here. (Who is Jesus referring to? Who is wiser than Solomon?)43 An Unclean Spirit Returns(Luke 11:24-26)"When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. 44 Then he says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' And when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order. (What does it mean for the "house" to be empty?} 45 Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation."NKJV

Phat writes:He will claim that it is our responsibility to *do* good and actively oppose our own inner evil and that no god is required. And this coming from an alleged believer!

Phat writes:And this coming from an alleged believer!

Phat writes:But as I might point out, the "message" of Genesis 3 is not the message of the Bible.

Phat writes:That would be determined by the believers themselves, rather than a few critically thinking old codgers.

ringo writes:As I have asked you many times before, what does it mean to believe in somebody?

Phat writes:For starters, they have to be more than simply a character in a book.

Phat writes:You could convince us that you believed in Long John Silver but at best you would be believing in the storytelling skills of the author.

Phat writes:And beliefs can and occasionally are real.