I have a question in response to an answer you gave regarding the Temple after the Resurrection. I’ve heard it taught before about the scarlet ribbon no longer turning white and the (Temple) door not staying closed (the menorah was new to me though) and I’ve always thought those things were really incredible. I was just wondering what the source of that information was. Is it Jewish tradition? Church tradition? Secular history? If you could let me know I’d be very grateful.

Please explain who does Peter refer to in 1 Peter 5:12 Also, why is our prayer many a times not answered?

The reaction to the latest news of the US reassessment of Iran’s nuclear threat has been well received in the middle east, particularly Iran. It appears that perhaps President Bush was presented with a choice at Annapolis – back off Iran, or OPEC abandons the dollar(?).

Do you see this new development as a major step in the direction of “peace and safety” (1 Thes 5:3) before the sudden destruction? In other words, the US states that there is no problem in order to save the economy, Europe goes along for the same reasons, the middle east goes along aware of their true objectives, and Israeli leaders go along in appeasement, or in deception – then when everyone agrees there is “no threat” and we can live in “peace and safety” BOOM – sudden destruction and the church is out of here!

Please clarify who the Tribulation Saints are. If I understand you, at the Rapture, God will turn His attention from the gentiles back to the Hebrews. Does this mean the Tribulation Saints will all be Jewish, that the Gentiles have missed the boat so to speak?

Thank you so much for sharing your considerable knowledge with your readers. May God continue to bless you.

Thank you for the quick response (to my previous question about Dan); could you tell me why is Manasseh is in Revelation and why the tribe of Dan isn’t there? We are having this discussion in our Wednesday night bible class.

I recently read your article on Hebrews, Part 4, and a question came to my mind. As in the case of the prodigal son, the son came back to the Father, but what if the son had died before he came back to his father? What if a Christian who left his faith died before he returned to his faith? Would he go to heaven or to hell?

I definitely believe the rebirth of Israel is a big sign, however, once again your pre-trib analogy with the following statements from your article is full of holes: You said in your article:

Quote: The second clue is that the people he’s telling to flee are in Judea, the name by which the Biblical land of Israel was known during the time of the Lord’s visitation. (Matt. 24:16)

And the third clue is to pray it won’t happen on a Sabbath. (Matt. 24:20) Only observant Jews would be worried about this because they can only walk 1000 paces on the Sabbath, not nearly far enough to even get out of town, let alone into the mountains.

The aforementioned in your article is just one of the several big problems concerning the false pre-trib rapture doctrine theory:

1. Orthodox Jews do not read the New Testament Scriptures, so they would have no way of knowing what Jesus said, so Jesus is definitely NOT speaking to unsaved or Orthodox Jews.

2. Jesus is definitely speaking and warning Jewish believers of the above statements who are in Judea at the time the abomination of desolation occurs because they will be reading the scriptures and watching for the signs that he gave them (and us), which means there is no secret pre-tribulation rapture, or else they would have been gone.

If and it is so that Yeshua is God manifest in the flesh, then does it not mean that He is, was and always shall be God? One of your commentaries on Christmas says He was only God at conception, and that is misleading.

In His pre-incarnate state He visited people throughout the Tanakh, and when He chose to be revealed as God manifest in the flesh as Yeshua, that was at conception and He does not have any human DNA because as Hebrews points out, a special body was prepared for Him ahead of time to fulfill Abba’s will.

Do you think the one sin not forgivable is suicide since it is a murder against the Spirit that dwells within the believer?

Like Paul said, I still do the things I hate and have problems doing the things I wish I could.

With that in mind sometimes I wonder what that sin is but then I think how Christ Jesus never loses anyone, so how can we as believers commit this sin which has no pardon since we were all predestined, justified, sanctified, and gloried from the beginning.

And if by doing so meaning we were never in Christ, why would it even come to a question of pardon since the non-believer doesn’t feel the need for penitence?

Teenage suicide is on the rise. Besides those who I have read about, I also have known relatives of two of these children. Neither came from a family where they received Biblical guidance. Because teenager’s have not had the time to mature, and unless they have been lead to Christ by a family member or friend, they don’t know much, if anything, about salvation. Both of them took their lives because the didn’t have hope that things in their life would ever change. What do you think happens when they are judged?