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N · E · P · H · I · L · I · M What do we know? I'll cut to the chase. They were evil. Bent on destroying the pure human line, which is the image of God. And bent on destroying the Israelites. Whose kingdom does that serve? They were of Satan. Evil spirits. Fallen angels. The Hebrew root word of Nephilim (Nephal and yim) means literally “fallen ones.” Jude 1:6 mentions a subcategory of evil angels who left their domain, their proper dwelling place. "the sons of God came in to the daughters of men" It all hinges on who the sons of God are. "sons of God" = spirited creatures = angels (Or in the NT (after Pentecost) it can be similar to 'children of God': i.e. Spirit-filled believers). Spirit is the key word here. To be a "son of God" is to be of the spirit, not flesh or not just flesh. Spiritually dead people would not be sons or children of God. They would only still just be creations of God. Thus: Angels = spiritual beings thus = the sons of God. Humans = with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit = spiritual beings = sons/children of God. (Again, this only started happening after Pentecost). "daughters of men" = normal human women So these "sons of God" were likely the fallen angels/demons. Evil spirits intent on violence and destruction. And there are only males named. No females. Hence the need to take human women. The "daughters of men" taken may very well have been demon-possessed. Satan attempting to profane the human gene pool, as he would all things sacred to God, and what is more sacred to God than that which He made in His own image. To learn more... 🧵1/3

Jesus is Immanuel. And He proclaims that your body is a temple unto Him. Suicide is an unpardonable sin as it is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. Mark 3:28-29 "him shall God destroy" Suffering here on earth will be nothing compared to that. Is murder forgivable, yes. Because we can repent of it and still be saved, as Moses and King David were. But in self-murder, there is no time for repentance. "Repent or perish." Eze 18:30, Acts 17:30, 2 Peter 3:9 The devil whispers death would be an easier way because he wants your soul. But Jesus is the way. It is darkest always before the dawn. God is mighty to save; our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in time of trouble. Psalm 46:1 Jesus is Immanuel.

I could post a hundred lovely pics of life and my family... I could lie every day and not tell you how many times I have thought how much easier death would be . Would it matter ? Or does AI catch your attention more than a desperate soul ?

@BishopJaxi Prove The Word is The Way?? You have eyes but do not see.

Not a single passage of the Bible teaches that Scripture is the ONLY infallible rule of faith.

@SipsWithSerra Oh boy. Guard your heart. Fiercely.

Question for Protestants If the invocation of saints is a false invention of Catholicism then why is it that when Jesus cries out “Eli Eli lema sabachthani” those watching mistakenly think he was calling for Elijah to help him? Even further, why do they not mock or condemn him for this, but instead suggest waiting to see if Elijah actually comes to help? This would have been a perfect time for them to accuse Jesus of another blasphemy, namely, calling on the dead for help. Yet they suggest it is plausible for the righteous who have passed to help us. Why? If this was seen as possible by those under the old covenant, why would it not be possible under the new? Is the new covenant not more glorious than the old?

@BillArnoldTeach If only Jesus would walk the world, unity would exist. Ha. The Word wasn't good enough then. And for many, it is not good enough now.

If Scripture alone worked, unity would exist. It doesn’t.

Great answer. MERCY most fully reveals His character. It magnifies His glory. It demonstrates no one deserves salvation. It reveals our true character in contrast to His. And why His way is only ever always THE WAY.

Question of the Week: Why was it necessary in God’s plan for man to sin & fall? My Answer: Great question, one every human should ponder. God wanted strong love, eternally secure relationships with the humans he created. For that to be possible it was necessary for humans to be created with strong free wills and for their free wills to be tested by the most challenging test in all God’s creation. For those reasons, God on purpose invited Satan, the most powerful, intelligent, and evil of God’s creatures, into the Garden of Eden to test Adam and Eve. Knowing that Adam and Eve likely would fail the test, God had, in advance, designed the universe and its physics so that the more humans sin, the more work, pain, and time they will experience in attempting to undo the damage their sin has caused (Genesis 3). Thereby, the physics of the universe provides a powerful motivation to all humans to avoid sin, pursue virtue, and discover that they need help to do what the cosmic physics encourages them to do. More importantly, the universe’s design and physics ensures that God in the person of the Son can quickly and efficiently do for willing humans what they cannot do for themselves, while at the same time fulfilling the ten other purposes of the universe revealed to us in the Bible. This is way too brief an answer for such a complex and important question. For a full explanation, see Why the Universe Is the Way It Is; Beyond the Cosmos, 3rd edition. These 2 books have brought more people to faith in Jesus Christ than any of my other 22 books. Anyone can get a free chapter of the latter book at reasons.org/ross.

The universe reveals the identity of the CREATOR: · limitless universe = an infinite God · endless in duration = an eternal God · pulsating with energy = an omnipotent God · phenomenally complex, vast intelligent life = an omniscient God · containing love, emotions & relationships = a personal God · full of goodness, righteousness, justice = a moral God Source: Henry Morris, Many Infallible Proofs

Hell is just permanent separation from God. Only 2 options: with God or without. Since God is the Source of all life, love, light, goodness, mercy, forgiveness, peace..., separation from this Source is simply a place void of these. That is hell. God does not send us there. We make that decision all on our own. An honest willingness is all it takes. An invitation ... that opens the door for Him to work on our behalf, from the inside out, to get us where we need to be. We were never meant to walk this world alone.

@Kimberl75663012 The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares The road to heaven feels like hell. The road to hell feels like heaven. Gold is refined in FIRE.

The rapture will happen before the Great Tribulation. This is the clear teaching of Scripture for those who hold to the pre-tribulation view (the one most consistent with the blessed hope and the promises given to the Bride).Key reasons from the Word: The Church is promised deliverance from the hour of trial Revelation 3:10 (to the Philadelphia church, a picture of the faithful Bride): “Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.” The promise is not just preservation through the trial, but removal from the hour itself. The Church is absent from Revelation 6–18 (the Tribulation chapters) The word “church” (ekklēsia) appears 19 times in Revelation 1–3, but is completely absent from chapters 6–18—the seals, trumpets, bowls, and the wrath poured out on the earth-dwellers. The Church reappears in Revelation 19 as the Bride returning with Christ. The rapture is imminent—no signs must precede it 1 Thessalonians 5:2, Titus 2:13, 1 Corinthians 1:7—the rapture is described as a comfort and a blessed hope that can happen at any moment. The Tribulation has many specific signs that must precede or occur during it (Matthew 24, Revelation 6–18). An imminent rapture cannot be post-tribulation. The nature of God’s wrath 1 Thessalonians 5:9: “For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.” The Great Tribulation is the time of God’s wrath poured out on the world (Revelation 6:17, 11:18, 15:1). The Bride is not appointed to that wrath; she is removed before it begins. The Jewish focus of the Tribulation Daniel 9:24–27, Jeremiah 30:7 (“the time of Jacob’s trouble”), and much of Revelation focus on Israel’s final refining and salvation. The Church age is a parenthesis; once the Bride is complete, God resumes His program with Israel.

“God set the North Star in the heavens; He gave me the strength in my limbs; He meant I should be free.” - Harriet Tubman

Yes, because they understood His metaphor. No need for further clarification. They understood He was claiming divinity, and that was blasphemous - a death by stoning. So they distanced themselves. It wasn't a misunderstanding. It was an inability or unwillingness to accept His teaching. "The words I speak are spirit and they are life." "The flesh profits nothing." John 6:63 Seek the flesh and die. Seek the Spirit and live. No confusion on their end. Confusion came later. The devil made sure of it.

𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀. John 6 is the only time He lets disciples walk away instead. No clarification. No “you took it too literally.” No damage control. If the Eucharist were symbolic, Jesus would have fixed the confusion. He didn’t. Because it wasn’t a metaphor. @counseloftrent

If the church is physical, then it'll perish. The entity that is the RCC will perish, but not all Catholics. God looks at the heart. The kingdom of God can only exist within us, as spiritual members of the body of Christ through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. The promised Holy Spirit who seals us till the day of redemption. The least understood Person of the Godhead is the key to it all. And blasphemy against Him is the one and only unpardonable sin: x.com/1Timothy612/st…

Why be Catholic? Because Jesus married the Catholic Church in 33AD. He doesn’t have an ex-wife.

@AMDG_Derek Mmmm... if rosary beads lead away from the Creator, our Lord and Savior, in terms of spending time with the created instead, then I'd agree they should go. The line is too thin at best.

Someone told me to get rid of my rosary beads because “dependence on physical objects to assist in divine and spiritual matters is idolatry.” The panic was almost palpable when I said that by their own standard they should get rid of the Bible since it’s a physical object and “dependence on physical objects to assist in divine and spiritual matters is idolatry.” “Rules for thee, not for me” is their motto.

God does explain. In due time. But He speaks in a small, still voice. Not through feelings. Not through chaos. Not through complaining or confusion. Most of us are Marthas and not Marys: busy with the work of God, not busy in the stillness with God. Do not fear isolation for it has the power to separate you from the world and its ways, from chaos and noise, so that still, small Voice can be heard. Guard your peace. Peace is a gift from God. When we honor our peace, we honor our relationsip with Him, for again, without inner peace, He is hard to hear. And last, problems are opportunities. One cannot stand in the fire unflinching unless one has been burned in private over and over. And over. The road to heaven feels like hell. The road to hell feels like heaven.

Hell was never created because God became angry and decided to stop loving humanity. That idea completely misunderstands God’s nature. Hell was created for Satan and his demons, it is their kingdom and their eternal dwelling place. Jesus Himself said that hell was prepared for “the devil and his angels.” It was never designed for human beings. From the beginning, God’s desire was for mankind to live with Him, rule with Him, and enjoy a deep, loving relationship with Him. When God created Adam, He gave him dominion, authority, and intimacy with Himself. Adam walked with God without fear, shame, or separation. But when Adam rebelled and chose disobedience, sin entered into the world. Through that one act, humanity lost the dominion we once had and the relationship we once enjoyed with God. More than that, sin became our nature. We were no longer just people who sinned; we became people with a sinful nature. And that nature was no longer aligned with God, it became aligned with Satan. Every nature belongs to a kingdom. God’s holy nature belongs to the Kingdom of God. Satan’s fallen nature belongs to the kingdom of darkness. When sin became our nature, we became connected to a kingdom that could not coexist with God’s kingdom. Hell is not simply a place of punishment, it is the kingdom that corresponds to Satan’s nature. And because God is holy, nothing sinful can dwell in His presence. This is not because God is cruel, but because holiness and corruption cannot mix. Instead of abandoning humanity, God made a way of rescue. He did not lower His standard of holiness, and He did not destroy mankind. Instead, He designed a plan that would restore us completely. That plan was not religion, rules, or human effort. The plan was redemption. God Himself chose to step into His own creation. He took on human flesh in the person of Jesus Christ. Jesus lived the life we could not live, free from sin, and then willingly died the death we deserved. On the cross, Jesus took our sin, our fallen nature, and the judgment that belonged to it. In exchange, He offers us His own nature, His righteousness, His life, and His relationship with the Father. Salvation is not just about escaping hell, it is about receiving a new nature that can dwell in God’s kingdom. This is why the gospel is not merely a message of forgiveness, but a message of transformation. The love of God is clearly revealed in this plan. No loving God would go to such lengths if He did not deeply desire humanity. God did not send an angel, He came Himself. He did not demand that we climb up to Him, He came down to us. That is love in its purest form. Now, the response God asks for is simple: belief. To believe in Jesus is to trust in what He has already done. Salvation is a gift, not a reward. But God never forces anyone to accept this gift. He respects human freedom because love that is forced is not love at all. When a person rejects Jesus, God is not rejecting them. They are rejecting God’s offer to belong to His kingdom. There are only two kingdoms, there is no neutral ground. There is the Kingdom of God, where light, life, and truth dwell, and there is the kingdom of darkness, where Satan reigns. To reject God’s offer is to choose separation from Him, even if that choice is made unknowingly. God honors human choice. If someone insists on living apart from Him, He allows that decision to stand. Hell, in this sense, is not God pushing people away, it is God allowing people to remain where they have chosen to be. Yet even in this, God’s love does not change. His love is stable, faithful, and unending. God never stops loving anyone, not in this life, and not in eternity. Separation from God is not the absence of His love, it is the result of rejecting His presence. God’s judgment is not rooted in hatred, but in justice and respect for human freedom. The cross stands as eternal proof that God did everything possible to bring humanity back to Himself without violating His own holiness or our free will. In the end, hell does not exist because God stopped loving us. Hell exists because God is holy, because Satan rebelled. The door to God’s kingdom remains open through Jesus Christ. Whoever believes receives new life, a new nature, and eternal fellowship with God. And this invitation is the greatest demonstration of God’s unchanging love for humanity.

BOOKMARK THIS. Blake is doing better. Still on oxygen. Still anemic. Now me. I’m in a dark night. Health shaky. Mind heavy. Pressure constant. 8 Lessons suffering teaches: 1. God does not explain Himself to you. He strengthens you. 2. Feelings are lousy judges. Obedience is the measure. 3. You find out what you worship when you can’t control anything. 4. The flesh screams loudest when it’s being killed. 5. Isolation multiplies darkness. A body of believers keeps you human. 6. Prayer isn’t pretty in the pit. It’s just honest. 7. The Bible is not a mood book. It’s a rope. 8. You don’t “get through” suffering. You get made through it. “For we walk by faith, not by sight.” (2 Cor. 5:7, KJV) Pray for Blake. Pray for my house…

Meaning the Church does not replace Israel, ever. They each have a role to play in these latter days. So what does the addition of "the Israel of God" mean in the NT, as we see in Galatians?

In the NT, in Luke: the God of Israel

🧵God is "the God of Israel" in the OT and the NT. Testament is just another word for covenant. But in the NT, there is an addition. There is also "the ISRAEL of GOD". In the OT, the Book of Ruth: the God of Israel

The church = those Jesus has and is gathering into ONE. Not one building, entity or institution, but one BODY (His) of believers that will become His Bride. The final gift from the Father to His Son will be His Bride. So when a denomination/church/religion claims to be the one true church, please know that it is not. "The way" to salvation is not through something physical. It is through Someone spiritual.

What is the "church" Jesus is building in Matthew 16:18 "I will build My church"? church = ἐκκλησία = ekklésia = ek ("out of") + kaléō ("to call") = called out ones The ancient Greek word ἐκκλησία (transliterated ekklesia) literally means "assembly" or "gathering", specifically a convened group of people. Not a location or entity. It is the body of believers. These are who Jesus talks about here...