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Then how do you get past flesh and blood not entering into heaven?

Very true. And how many times do they trot out "reach your hand here, Thomas", as if anyone is denying the physical resurrection.

This was covered in an earlier article. The translation above is faulty, leading to a misconstruction of what Job is actually affirming.. https://asterisktom.wordpress.com/2021/04/09/jobs-resurrection-verse-job-1925-26/ Job’s Resurrection Verse: Job 19:25-26: “For I know that my redeemer...

Another person who hasn't read the article. I am not denying a physical resurrection.

Being human does not require being physical. When a person dies he still has his soul. He is still human. That was the point in the article. When Jesus referred to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob they were still human and alive though, at that time, with no physical bodies.

No one here is denying His physical resurrection.

Jesus certainly had a physical resurrection. If you had read my article you would have seen this.

https://asterisktom.wordpress.com/2026/02/09/some-thoughts-on-the-post-incarnate-christ-2/ I think that we Christians, like everyone else, have a hard time of thinking outside the box. It is very hard to see beyond our own frame of reference. This is why we always need to prayerfully rely on...

https://thirteenmonthsinchina.wordpress.com/2026/01/17/kuala-lipis/ I forgot to post this first article from Malaysia. This was written before the other article I posted here an hour or two ago. Kuala Lipis, Malaysia This pleasant town is easily on my short list of favorite stays in Malaysia...

https://thirteenmonthsinchina.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/kuala-lipis-nature-forgotten-glory/ We encountered buildings like the two pictured here, long since “Ichabodded” by time and neglect, and we have lots of questions. Lizards and leaves now litter the floors that once had life. It makes me...

SERMON: The Word of God – a Treasure Reading the Bible is, strangely enough, an overlooked topic. Many of us have become skilled and specialized, experts in our chosen “-isms” and “-ologies”. But to lose sight of our Source – and reliance on the essential Spirit who makes it for us much more...

Yes, it is a derivative also. I could have used that term and a small number reading this would understand. "Cognate" is more commonly understood in the sense I referred to. Please. This is a quibble. And you are tieing down the meaning of σεμαίνω only to lexicons is insufficient. You need to...

Well, that is up to you. You interpret it that way and I will interpret it according to the method encouraged by Rev. 1:1: "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant...

Have you never considered that the thousand years, found only in this book filled with symbols, might also be symbolic?

This is another sermon that I gave online to a church in Pakistan. Being unsure of their level of understanding - both of their professed faith in Christ and the English of their translator – I tried to keep the address simple. But sometimes it is the simple truths that we tend to forget...

Last month I finished my book of various articles, Our Good Shepherd. My goal and prayer is that this book will be helpful for you. Our greatest security is in realizing in the deepest layer of our heart that Christ truly is our Shepherd, that our faith in Him will not disappoint. PDFs (or...

Partially true. But exegesis was certainly involved as well. Also the realization that Revelation is a book with a large percentage of symbolism and metaphors. So the differences, as you say, are just different modes of explaining the same thing.

My answering the third effectively answered the first two also. But, OK, my answer is yes to both.

Thank you for not wanting to misrepresent me. I don't get that courtesy from everyone. I believe the two judgments are the same, only described under different terms. Additionally, as far as time is concerned, I believe that there are two applications. There was a great judgment already at the...

You miss my point. I am not denying there is also reward. I am only cautioning against thinking that that is all that it is. As I wrote in the article: "The Bema is obviously a place of awesome judgment, and not merely an award ceremony. To be sure, there are awards for the righteous, but it is...