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Luke 3:29, Ελιέζερ = Eliezer

Why all these questions directed at me? At any rate, with the understanding that hades (ἅδης) has a core meaning of "the place of the dead," yes. BDB Hebrew lexicon: "Sheol - the OT designation for the abode of the dead." Friberg Greek lexicon for hades (ἅδης): "the place of the dead." David...

So many questions! I just joined the thread to talk about Paradise, but I'll try to answer. "Added to his fathers" is just an idiom for death. It is not referring to a location. Forgive me, but I'm not sure what you are asking here. I suppose yes, but again I'm not really sure what you are...

Just to make us look forward more to the New Jerusalem, here is a description from a note in my copy of the Anabasis: "Persian kings and nobles indulged in hunting as their favorite pastime. In order to provide an abundance of game, always easily accessible, they set off great 'hunting parks,'...

Kudos to Ascetic X for knowing the Persian origin of "paradise" (παράδεισος). It was an old word before appearing in the NT. Xenophon (c. 430-355 BC) used it in his Anabasis as a "hunting park" where a king would hunt tame deer. It was the word used in the Septuagint for the Garden of Eden in...

Thank you for your confidence in me. :) I think the "today" belongs with the second half of the sentence, saying to the thief that on that day he would be in paradise with Jesus. Greek sentence order is not as fixed as English, since it is a very inflected language (lots of conjugations and...

No, they are definitely not.

Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary is a 4 point Calvinist IFB school. But yes, IFB folk are mainly not Calvinist.

Sure. Adam and Eve's kids had to.

I believe we all knew this, but I'm not sure of the relevance.

Here's my final point delineating OE: It seeks to preserve ambiguities that were in the original. This means that exegesis is left up to the reader, not the translator. Sometimes when the source text is ambiguous, it is best to leave it that way if possible. After all, the Holy Spirit is He who...

This is quite confusing. What exactly are you trying to say with this, that somehow me advocating the keeping of the 3rd commandment is idolatry? I lived and ministered in the idolatrous country of Japan for many years, so I'm pretty sure I know what idolatry is, having seen it 100s of times...

I have no idea why you are writing this. I've said nothing about the Catholics. "Condescend...." Nope, just one small rebuke which you have now gotten all hot and bothered about. Like the old guy said, "If you throw a rock into a pack of dogs and one yelps, you'll know which one you hit." Not...

The human gene pool was much larger in Noah's time, so there was not the danger there now is from marrying first cousins. For a modern example, the poodle is a dog that has been bred and bred to get to what it is, so that they are likely to get diseases and have other physical problems. Here is...

Personally, I do not wish there ever to be the slightest hint that I am taking the Lord's name in vain. He's the omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, holy God of the universe. He deserves the absolute, utmost respect and honor, not casual and disrespectful comments.

"Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee" (Prov. 9:8). Well, that settles that.

Tell you what, everyone, let's just call them the "10 Suggestions." So, "If you don't mind, I suggest that you don't take the Lord's name in vain, unless that is inconvenient." There, now I'm not a wild legalist, right? :oops:

Hardcore legalism just because my simple request?? Wow. Do you often attack people like that? That is not what you wrote. You did not write a prayer beginning with "Oh, my God." Go back and look at your own Post #92.

Not really Man's wrath. The first half is Satan trying to control the world with his unholy trinity. Meanwhile, God is preparing to unleash His wrath on the world during the first half, but in His compassion will wait to give people a couple of final chances for faith (2 witnesses, everlasting...

Correct. It is a theological argument for a pre-trib rapture. I am asking you for a theological point to your position. Not by me, but by you. But I do believe there are two halves to the tribulation. I'm typical pre-trib. Again, your position doesn't appear to be a typical post-trib or...