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Still waiting MaxInDHouse:Remember your own question about Adam being taken to and sent down from heaven not specifically a statement of mine. Misreading a clarification as a confession doesn't change that. Your Bible's Genesis 2:8-14 places Eden geographically, near the Tigris and Pishon. The Quran places Adam's creation from clay (38:71-72) and his earthly role (2:30) before the Garden account. Both point to earth. |
Bring your 2 classes of saved people verse first MaxInDHouse: |
All because you make a false two class claim. Continue your delusion though it's now very obvious you know better. Do you say it isn't in the Bible that Adam and Eve were sent out of Eden as consequence of their actions? Please spin new lies as it's obvious you cannot be detached from that. Maybe you have heresy from your organisation to back that up MaxInDHouse: |
Surah 38:71–72 addresses Adam’s creation directly with I am going to create a human being from clay. Surah 15:28 and 32:7 make the same point. The text itself identifies Adam’s origin as earthly material, and Surah 2:30 places humanity’s earthly role before the Garden account. But this still does not answer the main issue being discussed. Adam’s origin is a separate question from whether scripture teaches two permanent classes of saved believers with separate eternal destinations. Tell us why you keep hiding on this deflection without answering. Is it untrue you pathetically deflect to Adam’s creation while the actual challenge remains unanswered. Where is the explicit Bible verse without inserted assumptions or added framework that states saved believers are permanently divided into two eternal classes with separate destinations? If indeed you are honest answer this. MaxInDHouse: |
Shamelessly exposing how shallow you are and myopic. The main point remains that interpretation is valid, but it must be identified as interpretation, not presented as the direct wording of the text. Christians do interpret Scripture through context, comparison, and theological reasoning. However, the New Testament does not establish an authorized explanatory channel in the same structural way the Quran and Islam does through revelation and prophetic explanation.Even 2 Peter 1:20 warns against treating prophecy as a matter of personal interpretation, which makes inserting ideas into Luke 20:34–36 even more difficult to justify. The Quran explicitly states that we revealed to you the Reminder so that you may explain to mankind what was sent down to them. (Quran 16:44). Within Islamic theology, the Prophet pbuh’s explanations are therefore treated as part of understanding revelation. The Quran states Adam’s earthly role with I will place upon the earth a successor.(Quran 2:30). Dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise.(Quran 2:35). And on his descent: Go down, all of you. (Quran 2:38) The exact nature and location of the Garden is discussed among scholars, and that discussion is openly recognized as interpretation. So if a conclusion requires interpretation, label it as interpretation. Don’t present an inferred doctrine as if the verse itself directly states it. The question remains where is the verse without added assumptions that explicitly establishes two permanent classes of saved believers with separate eternal destinations? Otherwise agree it's your interpretation! MaxInDHouse: |
As a diversion from answering your two class claims? MaxInDHouse: |
Scripture should be judged by what it actually states, not by conclusions imposed on it. The Old Testament’s main hope is clearly earthly and embodied as Job speaks of restored life, Psalm 37:29 says the righteous inherit the land, Isaiah 65 describes life on a renewed earth, and Daniel 12:2 speaks of resurrection. That doesn’t mean other passages should be ignored it means they should be read carefully. Genesis 5:24 never says where Enoch was taken. 2 Kings 2:11 says Elijah went up, but doesn’t describe an eternal destination. Psalm 73:24 speaks of being received to glory, but doesn’t define a location. None of these texts explicitly establish a permanent heavenly class. Do you have a contrary or scripture stated explanation? The same applies to John 14:1–3. It says Jesus prepares a place and returns for his followers, but it doesn’t specify a permanent separation from earth. Revelation 21 completes the picture by showing God’s dwelling coming to humanity on the renewed earth. Will God come to man or raise man to a place worthy of being in his presence? The question remains simple in earth as the dominant biblical hope is one claim. A separate, permanent heavenly destination for a specific saved class requires explicit proof from the text itself not assumptions built from unclear passages. |
Throughout this entire discussion, the main claim that scripture explicitly teaches two permanent classes of saved believers with separate eternal destinations hasn’t been demonstrated. The verses presented (Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Psalm 37:29, Luke 20:34–36) describe humanity’s earthly role or resurrection in general. None of them explicitly state two saved classes or two separate eternal destinies. Adding phrases like heavenly co-rulers or spirit creatures into Luke 20 inserts a framework into the verse rather than showing what the verse itself says. Whenever the request for an explicit text was repeated, the discussion moved elsewhere instead of producing that verse. The argument may be held as an interpretation, but the direct proof requested still hasn’t been provided. |
Go acquire more knowledge then we continue MaxInDHouse: |
Most definitely so qualified by man who composed and collected it. How well you can see! MaxInDHouse: |
Pathetic. What the Bible says or what you say? Funny is that word Bible even in the scripture? MaxInDHouse: |
Still deflecting? Introducing idolatry too? MaxInDHouse: |
Excellent intellectual response in reverse MaxInDHouse:Why make it that to understand scripture you loose the rational ability? |
What should be activated is someones intellectual ability for proper comprehension. Luke 20:34–36 is about resurrection generally showing those in this age marry, but those worthy of resurrection do not die. It doesn’t mention the 144,000, heavenly rulers, or co-rulers. Those ideas come from interpretation, not the words of the passage itself. The passage’s actual distinction is between those worthy of resurrection and those who are not. John 5:28–29 and Daniel 12:2 also frame the issue as resurrection to life versus judgment; the righteous versus the condemned. Adding a separate heaven-versus-earth division into Luke 20 goes beyond what the text says. Interpretation is necessary, but it must come from the text and not be inserted into it. This standard applies in the Bible. If you can produce one verse that clearly establishes two permanent classes of saved believers with separate eternal destinations the ping-pong here will be unnecessary. That proof is still missing. When you have it respond otherwise keep searching. MaxInDHouse: |
Luke 20:34–36 addreses the resurrection and the fact that resurrected people won’t marry or die. It does not mention the 144,000, a heavenly ruling class, or two separate eternal destinations. It answers a question about marriage, not a complete explanation of eternal arrangement. The Quran’s position on the earth was stated in Surah 21:105. Despite the extras the question remains unanswered where is the explicit Bible verse establishing two permanent classes of saved believers with separate eternal destinations? Do provide it then we can get into the extras. MaxInDHouse: |
Definitely Genesis 1:26 establishes humanity’s role in dominion over the earth and its creatures. That point is not disputed, and the Quran makes a similar statement in Surah 2:30. But having an earthly assignment does not automatically mean humans are eternally limited to earth. A responsibility over a domain is not the same thing as an absolute boundary of existence. This creates problems in the argument. If Genesis 1:26, Psalms 115:16, and Ecclesiastes 1:4 permanently restrict all humans to earth, then the claim that 144,000 humans go to heaven becomes difficult to reconcile. Those passages cannot function as a universal restriction while also allowing a human group to have a heavenly destination. Regarding the Quran, the questions raised have been answered with citations. Surah 2:30, 2:35, 2:38, 3:59, 15:26, 21:105, and 54:54–55. The exact location of the Garden even if debated is not ignorance but accuracy. This same standard must apply equally. Genesis 1:26 does not explicitly teach two permanent classes of saved believers with separate eternal destinations. That specific proof has still not been provided. MaxInDHouse: |
Gen 1:26 doesn’t actually establish a heaven/earth split for humanity, it only describes mankind’s role and authority over the earth. Surah 2:30 makes a similar point, so the overlap is conceptual, not contradictory. Likewise, Genesis says nothing about the Garden’s exact location before the fall. Reading that detail into the text goes beyond what’s written. Psalms 37:29 supports the idea of the righteous inheriting the earth, but it still doesn’t prove two permanent classes of saved people with separate eternal destinies. That explicit teaching is still not directly shown in the passages cited. And shifting from textual discussion to personal criticism doesn’t answer the actual point being raised the texts themselves still need to carry the argument. Grow up to that reality. MaxInDHouse: MaxInDHouse: |
MaxInDHouse: MaxInDHouse:The Quran has answered these points directly, with references already provided. A person familiar with Islamic theology would know the Quran doesn’t say Adam was taken from earth to heaven and then returned. It says he was placed in a Garden and later told to descend. Claiming that the Garden must have been in heaven is an assumption, not a statement from the text itself. Even classical scholars debated this issue. Likewise, saying the Quran copied the Bible oversimplifies the matter. Both scriptures exist within a shared Abrahamic tradition, but that’s not the same as one being a copy of the other. The relevant verses have been cited: 2:30, 2:35, 2:38, 3:59, 15:26, 21:105, and 54:54–55. The answers are there. Rejecting them without addressing them isn’t a counterargument. And the standard should be consistent: the Bible also has not produced a clear verse proving two permanent groups of saved believers with different eternal outcomes. That question remains unanswered. When you can answer we will see clearly. Advice you get off your haughtiness and imagination. This is an online platform with higher chances of me living longer on earth than you besides age not being a measure of knowledge. |
In time all or most scripture will be reviewed. I answered your previous questions but you refuse to accept these and consider them unanswered. Indeed, We created man from a clay of altered black mud.Qur’an 15:26 He created him from dust; then He said to him: ‘Be,’ and he was. Qur’an 3:59 Ibn Kathir explains in his tafsir of these verses that Adam’s creation began from dust/earth (turab), which Allah made into clay. The Prophet pbuh also said Allah created Adam from a handful which He took from all of the earth… Sunan Abi Dawud, Hadith 4693 Adam was created by Allah and was later commanded to dwell in Paradise. (Qur’an 2:35; Tafsir Ibn Kathir) O Adam! Dwell you and your wife in the Paradise… MaxInDHouse: |
@Maxindhouse has redefined God and reinterpreted scripture to that view FxMasterz: |
John 3:16 says God loved the world. If this framework divides the saved into two permanently separate classes with different eternal destinies, it creates some confusion. How does equal divine love result in unequal eternal outcomes? The verse does not limit God’s love by class or destination; it applies to the world as a whole. MaxInDHouse: |
Interesting how God so loved a segregated world and sent a segregating prophet |
Read your entry I responded to and feign oblivious innocence more. MaxInDHouse: |
I see your means of passing information derives from subtle abuse. This only shows how vile your thoughts are. The thread title is what again? If new heavens means a new government, the 144,000 cannot also occupy a literal heavenly realm. A symbolic reading removes the separation required by the two-class view. You cannot interpret it symbolically when convenient and literally when needed. That inconsistency weakens the framework. MaxInDHouse: |
Now it is very clear how different your views of God and eternity are. Your eternal paradise consists of a merged heaven and earth however new you claim these to be. The questions still remain about a specially two classes of saved people then where exactly is hell since you have located your own heaven in a new earth? Invariably then is why God comes down and not formerly mortal go up to meet the supreme? MaxInDHouse: |
You sure got more to contend with. 1. The dead and buried on earth body is resurrected for what purpose? Delivery of judgement and passage to where eternity would be spent? 2. Your book says this is the same earth yet it's asked what should it profit a man to gain the whole world and loose his soul? 3. You pray to a father who art in heaven where Jesus goes to prepare a place for you yet it will still be on earth? 4. Is the resurrection in classes that will be separated or what? MaxInDHouse: |
You still cannot produce your scriptural evidence for separate saved people in either heaven or earth ? Psalm 115:16 is being stretched beyond what it actually says if it is taken to mean that humans are permanently limited to earth. In context, it speaks about God’s sovereignty and humanity’s earthly domain, not a complete statement about eternal destiny. The Bible itself presents a broader picture, including resurrection and final judgment (Daniel 12:2; John 5:28–29). So doctrine is not normally established by isolating one verse while ignoring the rest of the text. The same principle applies to the Qur’an. Islam also distinguishes between earthly life as a temporary test (Qur’an 67:2) and the eternal outcome in the Hereafter, whether Paradise or punishment (Qur’an 98:8; 3:185). So the idea that humans are simply earthbound forever does not fit the Qur’anic framework. The real question is not whether earth was created for humans a both traditions acknowledge earthly human life. The question is whether Scripture explicitly teaches that humanity’s final destiny is exclusively earth and not also connected to the heavenly realm. That conclusion requires more than Psalm 115:16 alone; it must be demonstrated from the complete scriptural picture. You are yet to do this. MaxInDHouse: |
You've actually illustrated the point: your interpretation requires two classes of saved people with two different eternal destinies. John 14 says believers will be with Christ, and Psalm 37:29 says the righteous inherit the earth. But none of the passages cited explicitly state that only 144,000 go to heaven while all other righteous believers are confined to the earth. Revelation 14 mentions the 144,000 with the Lamb, but it never says they alone inherit heaven. More importantly, Revelation ends with God dwelling among mankind, not with two permanently separated classes of the saved (Revelation 21:1–3). So the question remains: where does the Bible explicitly teach two distinct groups of saved believers with different eternal inheritances? MaxInDHouse: |
What the Quran says has been stated so no need to repeat the eternal end of al-jannah or jahannam. The issue from your submission is two different classes of people inheriting the earth or heaven which isn't your scripture bound. MaxInDHouse: |
MaxInDHouse:Don't you understand? Neither passage you refer to mentions a separate permanent heavenly destination for a numbered ruling group or any segregation . Both passages describe one people inheriting one earth. The two-class framework is being built on top of these passages, not drawn from them. They are being recruited into a conclusion they do not state. Do well to address this misnomer. |
These six questions are reasonable starting points for anyone sincerely seeking to understand revelation. The issue is not about if those questions should be asked, but whether the conclusions being drawn are actually established by the texts. Psalm 115:16 says that the heavens belong to God and the earth is given to mankind. This shows humanity’s earthly existence, but it does not automatically prove that all saved believers must have an eternal earthly destiny. In fact, the Bible itself contains passages that describe salvation in terms of being with God beyond earthly life. Jesus said in John 14:2–3, in my Father’s house are many dwelling places… I go to prepare a place for you Paul also speaks of a hope laid up for you in heaven; Colossians 1:5, and a citizenship in heaven (Philippians 3:20). These passages show that the biblical picture requires careful examination rather than simply concluding that salvation equals permanent earthly life. The Qur’anic view is internally consistent. Humanity was created from earthly material, life on earth is a test, death is followed by resurrection and judgment, and the righteous are rewarded with Paradise (Qur’an 2:30, 23:15–16, 67:2, 99:6–8 ). It clearly distinguishes the temporary worldly life from the eternal life to come. Likewise, Luke 20:34–36 describes the resurrection state as being like the angels in that people no longer marry or die. It does not explicitly establish a separate permanent class of heavenly rulers and earthly subjects. The government-house analogy also requires more than illustration; it requires clear scriptural evidence. A society having rulers and citizens does not automatically mean the saved are divided into two permanent eternal categories. The real question, therefore, remains if there are two different groups of saved people with two different eternal destinations, where does Scripture clearly and directly state that distinction? Where does it plainly identify one class as eternally heavenly and another as eternally earthly? Because without a clear biblical statement, the doctrine creates the very confusion it claims to resolve; two saved groups, two final locations, and two different purposes in God’s completed plan. The burden is not to assume the separation it is to prove it from the text. MaxInDHouse: |
There's no need for ridicule or valuable arguments to win by that. The issue isn't whether Adam was created from the earth. Muslims affirm that as well.o Genesis 2:10–14 associates Eden with earthly geography, including the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, so an earthly setting is a reasonable reading of the text. But even if we grant that entirely, it still doesn't answer the question that was raised. The discussion was never about whether Adam was created on earth. It was about where the Bible explicitly teaches two permanent classes of saved believers with two eternal destinations. Pointing to Adam's creation account doesn't establish that doctrine. It simply changes the subject. So rather than debating Adam's origin which both traditions affirm return to the actual issue.Where does Scripture explicitly teach two permanent classes of the saved with two permanent eternal destinies? MaxInDHouse: |