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Christianity EtcRe: What Is Fueling The Rise Of Atheism? by paxonel(m):
spartan117:
No doubt 1 cor 15 talks about being raised up and given a spiritual body, but it's out of context as far as this discussion is concerned. Don't you think?

Let me be more concise. Examine the following scripture:

1 Thessalonians 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.


This scripture clearly states that that the living will be caught up in the clouds with Christ. ( not only the dead but the living as well ).

This scripture clearly speaks concerning the rapture. Am I wrong?
you know what you are doing when you read this scripture the way you are reading it directly?
It's like you are looking through a mirror and instead of seeing your image you are see another thing enterly and you have to decode what that thing is, it's so funny grin
Right now, i just laughing when i see you go throw this, trust me, i was there before and i was confused too it's just normal for this kind of scripture to confuse people.

I told you, figurative languages are just representations like a parable.
Let me show you an example of a figurative language and it interpretation

Matthew 13:37
He that soweth the good seed represent the Son of man;
The field represent world
the good seed represent the children of the kingdom;
the tares represent the children of the wicked one;


Let's go back to that scripture again

1 Thessalonians 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

The clouds represent heaven
The air also represent heaven
(clouds or air, the same thing)

And what is heaven representing on this earth?
It represent resurrection of the dead through Christ. Luke 13:24-25
In luke 13:24, someone asked Jesus are there few that will enter heaven?
In response to the question, Luke 13:25 quoted Jesus mentioning something like ......when once the master is risen
So, the resurrection of Jesus Christ represent heaven
Heaven also represent Christianity (because only Christians are the once to resurrect when they die, just like Jesus resurrected).

"Caught up together" in that scripture what does it represent ?
Caught up together represent interaction or to meet with people who has died and are resurrected

What this whole thing suggest is that, when the dead are resurrected, we who are alive, who didn't die will be caught up together(meaning :we will meet with them) but this time, they will come with a new body (as mentioned in 1 Corinthians 15 I pointed to you earlier.

1 Corinthians 15:38 specifically stated : But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.

Now, think of this, why did the disciple find it difficult initially to recognize Jesus the first time they saw him after he resurrected? Luke 24:16
Because, he was given a new body.

So, you see, there is nothing rapture about that scripture 1 Thessalonians 4:17. Rather, it is explaining resurrection of the dead through Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?

This tells us that anytime we die we always come back to life as new born babies

1 Timothy 2:15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

such that people who are alive will never know that, that new born baby was the same person who died, only that the old body has changed.

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

In summary, the rapture doctrine did not give us the full story or something reasonable, leaving millions of Christians today in perplex
Christianity EtcRe: What Is Fueling The Rise Of Atheism? by paxonel(m): 2:11am On Apr 11, 2020
Psalms5522:
You are right. This kind of thing happens when you read the Bible through a lens of already formed opinion. The truth is that if I already have an opinion that killing other humans is very good and I read the Bible through that lens, am going to start seeing tons of scriptures that seems to support my wrong idea. Like someone told me long ago that people see and hear what they want see and hear not actually what they are seeing or hearing.
The only way one can understand the Bible is when you approach it with the attitude of a child. A child is always ready to learn new things, they don't have already established opinions so it becomes easy for them to learn. When Jesus was on earth he on two occasions helped his followers to understand the right attitude they should have towards learning God's Word. He said in Mark 10:15 that to enter enter the kingdom of God people have to accept it like the way children would (without preconceived opinions). Also on another occasion Jesus praised God for hiding the gems in the Bible from wise and intellectual ones and then exposing it to babes( Matt 11:15). This goes to show the attitude we should have when approaching a study of the Bible.

Another thing I have find helpful is, avoiding the urge to explain what the Bible is saying instead allow the Bible to explain itself. When reading don't take a verse and give it an interpretation instead allow the surrounding context to guide you. If the context is not clear check for other verses that throw light on the topic. The best foundation to build your study of the Bible is on the fact that the Bible never contradicts itself, so any seeming contradiction is the result of not having a proper understanding of maybe the context or something else.
Am a serious student of the Bible and the above points have been of help to me and still is.
you have made a very valid point sir!
This is just exactly the way it is
Christianity EtcRe: What Is Fueling The Rise Of Atheism? by paxonel(m): 7:22pm On Apr 10, 2020
Psalms5522:
That is why there is a need for one to ask questions and study the Bible to see if what was presented as Scriptural is really Scriptural. But you see a popular adage that says if you want to hid something from man put it in a book some times applies to us (me included) we don't read we don't meditate on what we read we just look for already made explanations.
Exactly!
The adage is very true.

Have you ever been in a situation where you read a course in preparation for an exam, you read very well and you are convinced that you read the material to the last, but at end you still fail the course? grin

It happened to me in one of those courses like that.
you will think it is the lecturer that deliberately failed you grin

But you see, I remember when i was reading the same course again as carry over, i soon discover that i was misinterpreting a lot of things thinking i was reading grin
Christianity EtcRe: What Is Fueling The Rise Of Atheism? by paxonel(m): 7:07pm On Apr 10, 2020
spartan117:
Concerning rapture what's your understanding of this scripture?
1 Thessalonians 4:15
For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
4:16
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
4:17
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
read 1 Corinthians 15:35-58 for the full explanation of what Paul was trying to say in this scripture. He was simply explaining resurrection of the dead, not rapture.

Paul used a lot of figurative languages here but the interpretation of these figurative languages point to resurrection of the dead, not rapture.

You see, that's why i said in the first place that there are scriptures in the old testament that seems to indicate that the earth is flat.
That is how 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 seems to indicate that it is explaining rapture.
For many years i used to think it was explaining rapture until i read through 1 Corinthians 15:35-58 and saw that it was actually explaining resurrection of the dead, not rapture.

Infact, 1 Corinthians 15:55 concluded by saying O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

To let you know that the key aspect here is resurrection of the dead.

So, the question is where is the rapture thing coming from?
Obviously, from misconception of the scripture perhaps by the ancient catholic church who propagated the rapture doctrine that we keep believing till today.
Concerning the anti Christ this scripture seems to depict that the anti Christ is a spirit that gains expression through men. Don't you think?

1 John 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
anyhow you want to see it.
If you like see it that they were controlled by spirit to deny Christ, the truth is they are mere humans like me and you denying that Jesus is the Christ and that's nothing.

And for us who believed that Jesus is the Christ, we were made to believe so by a spirit in us known as the holy spirit.
Christianity EtcRe: What Is Fueling The Rise Of Atheism? by paxonel(m): 6:35pm On Apr 10, 2020
Maximus69:
To fully grasp the meaning of AntiChrist, you need to know

Who is Christ?
What was his mission?
Who are his followers?
How are they operating?

That's when you can easily recognize the AntiChrist!

Because the Bible is spiritual and you need God's holy spirit to perfectly grasp the Bible's message!

The AntiChrist began amongst the first century Christians, gradually Satan started sowing his own evil seeds amongst them {Matthew 13:24-30} but they can't progress amongst the first century Christians because the Apostles were still very much around! 1John 2:18-19
So they left the gathering of TRUE Christians to form alliance with the Roman authority so after Constantine has given them power, they turned against the rest of TRUE Christians who were trying to keep up with the teachings of Jesus' Apostles, the pressure was so intense that all those who knew the way Christianity was established were silenced. That was how the seeds of Satan formed a religion that bears the name of Jesus but with a totally contrary mission.

The name of the AntiChrist is Roman Catholic Church!

Everything that Jesus taught was turned away and replaced with Pagan Roman philosophies and festivities! smiley
that one is your own conception, you can't get people to believe this trash grin

I will advice you to simply discard it and focus on what scriptures says about the Antichrist
Christianity EtcRe: What Is Fueling The Rise Of Atheism? by paxonel(m): 1:34pm On Apr 10, 2020
spartan117:
Is the rapture of the church,
there is no where rapture was mentioned in the bible.
the second coming of Christ
yes, this one is scriptural. But it doesn't mean the end of the world.
Now, look at this fascinating revelation.

Revelation 21:24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the KINGS OF THE EARTH do bring their glory and honour into it.

One may ask, how does the king of the earth do bring their glory into God's kingdom?
Do they climb ladder to the clouds in access to God's kingdom?

These are questions those who claim there will be rapture and end of this world need to answer
and the anti Christ scriptural?
Antichrist is anyone denying Christ by kicking against Christ and Christianity. For instance, people who persecute early Christians in the bible were antichrists. 1 John 2:22
So there is nothing new about Antichrist,they are just mere humans like me and you.
Christianity EtcRe: What Is Fueling The Rise Of Atheism? by paxonel(m): 9:48am On Apr 10, 2020
malvisguy212:
so man made doctrine drove you to atheism?
did i say I'm an atheists?
Christianity EtcRe: What Is Fueling The Rise Of Atheism? by paxonel(m):
Psalms5522:
I like that word "man made doctrines" this brings to my mind the last question in the article "are we missing the human factor?"
certainly, we are ignoring the human factor.
We know the human factor exist, but because that inherent nature of Christians to give humans the undue reverence where it is not warranted by upholding their doctrines even when these doctrines are not scriptural, we tend to always see these false doctrines when we read scriptures and that is very dangerous to Christianity.

I can tell you that there are scriptures that seems to indicate that the earth is flat, but because of human factor(assuming it wasn't proven otherwise) people will believe what i have said that the earth is flat because that is what i saw in the scripture.

But unknown to them i am having a very wrong conception of that scripture.

This is how a lot of doctrines we believe today in Christianity was developed many years ago.

Examples of these kinda doctrines are rapture, end time, mark of the beast, end of the world.

Now, you see the effect of this kind of beliefs to a pastor like pastor Chris oyakhilome?
The belief of these fictious doctrines have made him look like a very confused person today going by his recent opinion about 5G technology and covid-19
Christianity EtcRe: What Is Fueling The Rise Of Atheism? by paxonel(m): 11:58pm On Apr 09, 2020
Ignorance of Christians which arises from pre -conceived man made doctrines.

For instance, man made doctrines which dominated among Christians that the earth was flat in shape was proven wrong, as a result many Christians became atheists.

Other baseless man made doctrines like rapture, end time, Antichrist, Armageddon, mark of the beast or 666 etc which promote fear among Christians and impair their minds to be productively engaged in this world are the major causes of the rise of atheism this modern day.

The question is, when will Christians start getting it right?
Christianity EtcRe: Moon Forms Cross + At My Location (Pix) by paxonel(m): 11:37pm On Apr 09, 2020
Another conspiracy theory against the moon loading....
Christianity EtcRe: Pastor Chris Oyakhilome Has Made History by paxonel(m): 5:45pm On Apr 09, 2020
donnie:
Mtchew, for your mind you dey Alice in wonderland. Nor worry, e go soon clear you.
ok, o!
I will remind you when the time comes.
That time we will know who truly dey Alice in wonderland grin
Christianity EtcRe: Pastor Chris Oyakhilome Has Made History by paxonel(m): 5:42pm On Apr 09, 2020
petra1:
The video below explains it all


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxWiGClaFh0
I know this ex-nollywood actor, he now works with one pastor Chris okafor of liberation church, very useless drama church.

Nigerians when una won get sense? grin grin
Christianity EtcRe: Pastor Chris Oyakhilome Has Made History by paxonel(m): 5:37pm On Apr 09, 2020
donnie:
Covid19 rehearsals carried out 6 weeks before outbreak. undecided

Not all of us are fools.

https://www.nairaland.com/5782860/covid19-pandemic-rehearsals-carried-out#88249385
my guy get sense!
The video is part of the conspiracy theory
PoliticsRe: FG Acquires 17 Armoured Tanks, Artillery Vehicles by paxonel(m): 5:03pm On Apr 09, 2020
Bossontop:
Ouch!!!......
why you dey sneeze for ya abeg go far Jo!
Before you come spread contagious convid catarrhagium bulgaricus for ya
Christianity EtcRe: Covid 19: Was Pastor Chris Right? See New Evidence! by paxonel(m): 7:21am On Apr 09, 2020
Timi141:
Leave them, they don't want to work. Since UK has denied their visa they've already set their sights on heaven.
heaven my foot!
These pastors and their church members are not different from Nigerian politicians. They want to sell crude oil they don't want to fix refinery, they want to go to heaven they don't want to educate people the truth so that they will know to fight corona virus.
How can people fight corona virus when they already have it at the back of their mind that it is an off-shot of 5G technology aimed at controlling humans to bow to one stupid fictious Antichrist who doesn't exist in the first place?
What kinda information is that from a suppose man of God who is suppose to be an elderly stateman?

It's so unfortunate
Christianity EtcRe: Covid 19: Was Pastor Chris Right? See New Evidence! by paxonel(m): 10:22pm On Apr 08, 2020
nosiebaba:
they said this is no KIDDIES zone. Come and be going. Go and watch cartoon
I always say this, time will tell.
Just give this whole thing a period of the next one year whether the conspiracy theory will still remain trendy the way pastor Chris out of fear of the unknown is putting it today.
After one year pastor Chris will say was i the one saying all these rubbish one year ago? grin
Christianity EtcRe: Covid 19: Was Pastor Chris Right? See New Evidence! by paxonel(m): 10:16pm On Apr 08, 2020
Ideyontop:
Says you who is not really confused with plenty of facts you have provided? This is a no kiddies zone. We are analysing the issue based on available facts please.
OK, can you say what Bill gate is try to achieve by sponsoring this?

Why will a man put billions into this project that he is doing, for what? grin
Christianity EtcRe: Covid 19: Was Pastor Chris Right? See New Evidence! by paxonel(m): 8:30pm On Apr 08, 2020
Nothing is real.
All of you and your pastor are confused
Christianity EtcRe: Let's Visit The Bible Again And Know The Truth How It Applies To Covid-19 by paxonel(op):
Ice up
Christianity EtcRe: Let's Visit The Bible Again And Know The Truth How It Applies To Covid-19 by paxonel(op): 1:19pm On Apr 08, 2020
Iceflox:
Op, you are equally saying your god do not exist since miracles do not exist anymore.
they are the ones giving you people the false impression that because God exist there must be miracles to show that he truly exist.
Christianity EtcRe: Let's Visit The Bible Again And Know The Truth How It Applies To Covid-19 by paxonel(op): 12:37pm On Apr 08, 2020
Shelumiel:
Joblessness
you are very full of job at home grin
Christianity EtcRe: Let's Visit The Bible Again And Know The Truth How It Applies To Covid-19 by paxonel(op): 12:36pm On Apr 08, 2020
Today, we read about miracles in the bible, we call upon God to replicate the miracle we see saying he is God of yesterday, today and forever.

It doesn't work that way grin
Christianity EtcLet's Visit The Bible Again And Know The Truth How It Applies To Covid-19 by paxonel(op):
Why are pastors not performing miracles, signs and wonders for covid-19 patients?

The bible is very discrete and specific to it timing, the bible established that there is time for everything. (Ecclesiastes 3)
By extension there was time God will intervene in the affairs of mankind using miracles, signs and wonders,that was mainly the old covenant era

Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,(referring to the Jews : beneficiaries of the old covenant)thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

So, it didn't take long for the old covenant to end. All the mighty miracles, signs and wonders of God fighting the Israelites battle against the Philistines, Ammorites, Jebusites, the supernatural provision of manner from heaven and water from rocks in the wilderness, the division of the red sea to form a clear pathway for the Israelites to walk through, all ended at the establishment of the new covenant through Christ.

The few miracles, signs and wonders that was recorded after Jesus died and resurrected in the book of Act of the Apostles and Romans where aimed at convincing people at that time that Christianity through Jesus Christ was part of God's agenda on earth.

Those miracles, signs and wonders have achieved it purpose: Today, Christianity has been propagated to most countries around the world, therefore there are no need for these miracles, signs and wonders any longer, how long shall God continue to gather his people as a chick gathering her hen?

So, you can now understand why pastors who claimed to have performed miracles, signs and wonders on television, healing people in their churches and their crusades organized internationally became trendy in all countries of the world, but the same pastors are running away from covid-19 today.
Why?
Because those miracles performed by these pastors never existed in the first place, it is either they arranged stage performances to deceive people or some people who were actually healed God allowed it so for them to be convinced of Christianity specifically .

Because, certainly, For any other reason(including covid-19 and other kind of healing miracles) which are other than convincing people of Christianity, signs and wonders were all terminated at the on-set of the new covenant and many Christians especially in a third world country like Nigeria will never perceive that therefore they are being terribly deceived.
Christianity EtcRe: A Thread For The Mental Emancipation Of Indoctrinated Religious Adherents by paxonel(m): 12:17pm On Apr 08, 2020
IamMichael:
You can't say that atheist's have been indoctrinated. Atheism simply means "non-belief in any form of god".
Remember that while some atheist's are people who quit their religious beliefs, some atheist's were born into being atheist's because their parents were non-religious adherents.
in either case they still have beliefs and can be indoctrinated to believe something yes or no?
Christianity EtcRe: Since.outbreak Of Covid19 Y Is My Prayer To God Not Crossing The Electric Pole. by paxonel(m): 11:16am On Apr 08, 2020
Johnchyz:
. WHERE TWO OR THREE ARE GATHERED. THANKFULLY, I KNOW MY BIBLE.
and you think God will answer your pray mere because two or three have gathered?
You must be joking, you don't know the God you are serving.

If the two or three pray amiss without putting the will or God concerning the situation in consideration they are on their own.

For instance, if they pray that God should heal people of covid-19 and at the other hand, what God want is medical intervention and not supernatural healing, then they have prayed amiss and no amount of gathering will cause God to answer that kinda useless prayer
Christianity EtcRe: A Thread For The Mental Emancipation Of Indoctrinated Religious Adherents by paxonel(m): 9:41am On Apr 08, 2020
Basically, all religious people including atheists themselves have been indoctrinated.

No one alive has escaped being indoctrinated, no one is monopoly of knowledge.
Christianity EtcRe: Pastor Chris Is A Disappointment – Daddy Freeze Slams Christ Embassy by paxonel(m): 10:26am On Apr 07, 2020
I think say daddy freeze nor dey grin

Time will tell, just give it another one year from now and everyone will know that all what pastor Chris is saying are hoax grin

Mumu Nigerians were nor get sense they follow pastor mouth grin
Christianity EtcRe: FG Ordered A Locked Down For The Installation Of 5G In Lagos And Abuja_past Chri by paxonel(m): 10:24am On Apr 07, 2020
menzo4u:
According to Pastor Chris, "What killed people in Wuhan, China was not the virus, it was the 5G".

As at April 1, 2020, 5G has not yet been in full use in many countries. Less than 40 countries currently have 5G networks, but there are now confirmed coronavirus cases in 183 countries.

1. For example, Burkina Faso has 364 confirmed cases of Coronavirus with 18 deaths. 5G has not been tested in this country. If Pastor Chris' claims that people died in Wuhan because of 5G and not coronavirus. What killed the people in Burkina Faso where there is no presence of 5G?

2. Lesotho is another country which has tested the 5G, and also commenced the full commercial use of 5G. As at today, 7th of April, 2020. Lesotho has not recorded a single case of Coronavirus. Why is it that the 5G that killed people in China has refused to kill people in Lesotho despite its usage over there?

3. Thirdly Yemen is another country with no cases of Coronavirus or death relating to the virus. And 5G has been tested in Yemen. Why is 5G not killing them over there?

If the coronavirus symptoms were the result of 5G exposure, it means people are not supposed to recover until they are moved away from the area where there is 5G. How come people are recovering and they are still in the 5G area?
So many questions begging for answers

Vortex369 common sense is the only thing required. Leave grammar.
good observation!
These were pastor Chris faulty statements and they betrayed his insinuations about 5G
Christianity EtcRe: FG Ordered A Locked Down For The Installation Of 5G In Lagos And Abuja_past Chri by paxonel(m): 10:16am On Apr 07, 2020
Vortex369:
You have no Authority, so do not say 'authoritatively'. 5G antennae are already on select towers at Lagos and Abuja. As a matter of fact, I am sensitive to radiation, so my home is literary a Faraday Cage.

You can not say he is saying gibberish when you are saying the same thing he is saying, except you accept that you are saying gibberish too. He is saying that where the signals are turned on in Wuhan, people die.

But to roll out massively, as millimeter wave, the propagating devices must be installed within meters of each other, so it is not going to just be telephone towers, but on electric poles, roofs of high rises, etc etc. So the fact that few antennae are on telephone towers does not mean the roll out is in place, no it is not. The system is still being tested.

On the Project COVID-19, it is not the virus that is killing people. The virus is a biochemical entropy outcome when the radiation on specific resonant frequency hits a carier cell with nanobots that was already chemtrailed via aerosol.

What I mean in essence, is that humanity had already been chemtrailed with nano-particles or powder. The nanobots are assembled in the body since they are sentient. Then 5G network on specific resonant frequencies activates an array of programs in the body when the system goes Live and those with low immunity have no defence mechanism against the radiation.

The virus is a cellular reaction. The Virus WAS not introduced into the body, but is an outcome of the radiation effect. Virus are cells reprogrammed to vibrate in anti-clockwise instead of the natural clockwise manner.

5G is good, I want it. But does not mean I am not reacting to it, but I protect myself and limit the exposure to it, cos the Time has come for us to let go of Religions and Geo-Politics and join the Galactic Federation of Beings and access their own internet, and we need 5G upwards to connect to interplanetary consciousness wifi.

I do not care what the masses are told about 5G. I know what it is and I know what it is designed for. You all can think it is just about internet speed. Internet speed is nothing compared to what this connectivity capacitance is designed for.

It is easy to call it 5G, but I call it the Beast System.
after writing all you know about 5G technology you then concluded with the embolded.
That alone as betrayed you and exposed your poor mentality grin

Go sleep jo
HealthRe: Pastor Chris Is Right There's A Deception Going On by paxonel(m): 8:41am On Apr 07, 2020
recklesslove:
https://www.facebook.com/1344920117/posts/10221786397672882/
forget the link, pastor Chris is wrong.

Anyone can upload fake article as link, is that what your pastor is looking at?

Now you people are terribly misinformed
Christianity EtcRe: No Mass Gatherings Until Mass Vaccinations - Bill Gates by paxonel(m): 2:27am On Apr 07, 2020
donnie:
This man is obsessed with genetic science, vaccines and population control. He had "predicted" that sub-saharan Africa will be worse hit than China. They always target the Israelites.

It's called Problem- Reaction- Solution. They create the problem, the people react, they bring the solution. And the people will desperately take the solution which they wouldn't have if it weren't for the problem created. I have used technology well but I refuse to be fooled. Vaccines should never be by force. We bind any such wicked maneuvers in the mighty name of YISAYAH KONGO.

And for those of you trying to educate Pastor Chris on technology. I dey laugh, that man and his ministry are far more advanced technologically than you think. He should need the 5G more than you.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1Xj_tzXMwI
pastor Chris live on 5G network

The man don talk spoil, he knows nothing about technology

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