Q2 Q&A #12

T = 00:10 What advice would you give people who are wondering if Ellen White is a reliable source given the recent attacks against her?
T = 07:00 What is the best way to deal with distrust and betrayal in a marriage?
T = 13:00 From the time of creation until its first mention at the giving of the ten commandments on Mt. Sinai, why doesn’t the OT say anything about keeping/worshipping on Sabbath?
T = 15:30 Why did the Jews in Babylon not flee to Jerusalam after the Persian King’s decree of killing them?
T = 17:35 Why didn’t Boaz redeem Ruth if he knew he was her close relative and waited until Ruth proposed to him in such a strange way at night?
T = 18:30 How was Jesus tempted in all points as we are?
T = 23:55 Should Israel be more important to us than another nation?

Q2 Q&A #11

T = 00:10 How did you come to your interpretation of Luke 17 : 37 in the Remedy? “Where will we find you, Lord?” they asked. He said, “You can be certain you will not find the Son of Man where people seek to speak with the dead. Think of vultures eating corpses, for that is what’s happening there.”
T = 03:00 Aren’t some of human imposed laws based on God’s design laws?
T = 19:10 What prevents the term “violation of conscience” from becoming arbitrary, since people can have different definitions?

Q2 Q&A #10

T = 00:10 Do you see EGW as a prophet of God? If so, how do you know which parts are from God and which parts are a human being speaking to other christian believers and leaders?
T = 05:10 Explain “The atonement of Christ… was the fulfilling of every condition upon which God suspended the free communication of grace.” Manuscript 92, 1899
T = 14:45 Did Ellen white write her own books?
T = 15:50 What was God’s motive/reason for vaporizing Sodom and Gomorrah?
T = 20:15 Is innocently accepting the human law paradigm (without knowing about God’s Design Law) a salvation issue?
T = 22:30 Explain EGWs use of “the terrible manifestation of His displeasure because of iniquity;” “The Saviour could not see through the portals of the tomb;” etc.
T = 32:25 Were the second 10 Commandment stones written by Moses, instead of God’s finger, and thus not Design Law?
T = 34:30 In “The Final Message of Mercy to the World” isn’t dying by a guilty conscience hard to believe, compared to the wicked being consumed by the SAME FIRE that the righteous LIVE IN?
T = 37:15 How are we supposed to remain sinless in the New Jerusalem if our minds can still remember all the evil we were exposed to?
T = 39:15 Is safety a design law of God – Part 2. You said it was not, but I’m still not grasping why and still think that it is.

Q2 Q&A #9

T = 01:40 Why does the bible say, “There is peace and security, then sudden destruction comes upon them” when there doesn’t appear to be any in all this current turmoil, wars, pestilence, etc?
T = 03:50 What are your thoughts re. phrases like, “Because Jesus fully satisfied the justice of God toward our sin, God no longer counts it against us,” and “Jesus took our place on God’s death row and actually died in our place to satisfy the justice of God so that God might fully pardon us without violating his justice?”
T = 06:10 What are the historial time periods for each of the 7 Trumpets in Revelation?
T = 06:35 I am confused as to what exactly you mean by “we are a theatre to the universe.”
T = 09:05 Who are the 24 elders in Rev. 4 : 4?
T = 10:20 Will there be time on the new earth and therefore a Sabbath day?
T = 13:35 What is the verse “those who do by nature the things of God” and who may have never heard of Jesus will be saved?
T = 16:50 What is Ishmael’s role and Gods message through him? Isn’t he the origination of the Arab people?
T = 21:30 Explain “the prayer of the humble suppliant [God] presents as His own desire in that soul’s behalf. Every sincere prayer is heard in heaven… and He will present it to the Father without one awkward, stammering word” DA pg 667

 

Q2 Q&A #8

T = 00:10 What is your understanding that there is going to be a famine for the words of the Lord? Amose 8 : 11
T = 00:45 Can you state what it is that we are to trust God with?
T = 03:20 Recent content from adventist Ryan Day has caused me to question long-held beliefs. How do I navigate my evolving theological perspective?
T = 10:35 Is love a decision? Can we always decide who we will love?
T = 13:00 All through the Bible it says do not be afraid AND says fear God many times. This confuses me-would you please help clarify? Thank you!
T = 14:05 Your thoughts on the new pope being an American?
T = 19:50 Please read Isaiah 43 starting from 16-28 through the lens of design law.

 

Q2 Q&A #7

T = 00:35 If Jesus couldn’t “see beyond the portals of the tomb” and knowing His resurrection was necessary for the plan of salvation to be successful, wouldn’t that mean He didn’t know if we were saved or lost, as well?
T = 06:20 God’s Plan of salvation seems to have two parts: 1. Character Transformation 2: a resurrection from death. I’d like to hear your perspective on this matter.
T = 08:15 Would you say that the toes on the image also represent the world today, some nations strong and some weak? (Iron and clay)
T = 08:55 Isn’t it also true that Christ’s death was necessary because he’s the only one that could survive & conquer the 2nd death (total separation from God who is life?
T = 11:00 If Adam and Eve had not been warned about the danger of eating from the tree, would it still have had the same consequences?

 

Q2 Q&A #6

T = 00:10 Why did Jesus have to ascend to the Father after resurrection, then return for 40 days and ascend again?
T = 03:10 What are you thoughts on Bacopa Monnieri, Alpha GPC, and Huperzine A for enhancing memory and focus, especially as we get older?
T = 04:50 It seems that when we are filled with a holy or evil spirit it is not figurative, because when we are filled with God’s spirit, it literally repairs our DNAand is an animating energy. Does that mean literally internalized?
T = 08:30 Jesus is fully human and fully God and never dies, so did Jesus resurrect Himself with no help from God the Father?
T = 10:25 How do we differentiate the opportunities for growth that God has placed on our paths as opposed to us placing ourselves outside of those opportunities for growth?
T = 14:00 How does one fear obstruct our abilities to receive what God is longing to give us?
T = 15:35 In the Remedy translation, why did you not include the word “fasting” in Matthew 17:21 as stated in other versions?
T = 16:45 What effects do archaic, religious rituals have on peolple?
T = 18:20 Where in the bible does it say an angel call Jesus from the dead?

 

Q2 Q&A #5

T = 00:10 How many Hebrew children, 2 and under, were killed by pharaoh? Were they drowned or did God stop it?
T = 00:40 Why do we not see miracles like in the Old Testament/New Testament?
T = 04:00 How would you bring up the purifing/cleansing meaning of the word “kippor/atonement” to someone who thinks of the Day of Atonement in a very judicial sense?
T = 05:45 Why is the lack of the assurance of salvation so prevalent in so many churches?
T = 07:50 How does the consuming fire of God’s presence, that gives life to the righteous, simultaneously physically “consume” yet humanely kills the wicked, just like Nadab and Abihu, without burning them up?
T = 10:10 What is the reason God did not tell Job about His discussion with Satan granting him permissions to do all calamity?
T = 11:10 What lesson was God trying to teach or mindset he was trying to instill in the early believers by the deaths of Ananias and Sapphira? On the surface, it appears to simply instill fear.
T = 13:00 What was sin in heaven originally really about?

Q2 Q&A #4

T = 01:00 Is EMDR is a form of hypnotherapy?
T = 04:25 Why did Jesus instruct his disciples to sell their cloak and buy a sword, in Luke 22 : 36?
T = 05:20 Can a person be forgiven by God and still be lost?
T = 07:50 If God is represents the king, then why would he want people killed in front of him (Luke 19 : 27)?
T = 09:05 The Bible tells us over 365 times to not be afraid, so does that mean we never ever have to be afraid?
T = 14:05 In the Bible, adultery appears to be used for women only. Why weren’t men singled out?
T = 20:15 In the story of Tamar, why she was hated by her own husband? Was it a mental disorder?
T = 21:15 Why were Adam and Eve cut off so quickly, compared to Lucifer and the 1/3 of angels who stayed in heaven for what appears to be a long time?
T = 25:25 If Adam and Eve would’ve lived forever in their sinful condition if they had access to the tree of life, then why is being restored to atonement with to God the way WE have eternal life?

 

Q2 Q&A #3

T = 00:10 Do you think our physiology of emitting low levels of infrared light might be a small part of our original light God designed us to emit?
T = 01:10 How do you determine between dchizophrenia and demon possession?
T = 03:40 Would you consider putting the whole Ten Commandments in The Remedy?
T = 06:40 Could Abraham have thought that Issac was the seed promised in Genesis 3, the one who would crush the serpent’s head?
T = 07:20 On page 63 of “Unmasking the Beasts of Revelation 13 & 17” the first paragraph, second sentence says, “The crowns are no longer on the horns of the beast.” Did you mean heads instead of horns?
T = 09:00 Where did the division come between catholic and Protestant?
T = 10:15 How do I handle the Sabbath & weekend activities as my kids grow up?
T = 14:05 How does God or Jesus administer the Second Death? What will the rebels will experience at their second demise?
T = 17:10 Did God create our world in order to show the universe how love works and to negate the lies Satan was telling?
T = 20:25 At the time of his final annihilation, will satan begrudgingly acknowledge the truth about God, or will he go down resisting the truth to the last moment?
T = 21:55 In God’s Amazing Grace, page 171, Ellen White uses the words sins (plural), penalty, and wrath. Please interpret them for me.
T = 25:00 We are made in the image of God so we are designed with God’s character. Is it because Satan had overridden God’s words and so God needs to refresh our memory with the 10 commandments? Does this imply Adam through Moses had no moral compass/conscience? Does God ask us to love our enemy including Satan?
T = 27:40 If the veil in the sanctuary symbolizes the lies of satan, then why would God instruct Moses to include it in the sanctuary, being that it represents unholiness in a holy structure?
T = 28:30 What is your understanding of anger? Does God get angry the way humans do?
T = 29:55 Since marriage is a God-created heart and mind attitude towards each other, why is there a need for a ceremony in church or public place?

 

Q2 Q&A #2

T = 00:15 Do you see the circumstances of Hezekiah destroying idolatry in Judah, via Moses’ bronze serpent, having any parallel with our current day?
T = 02:15 In Matthew 22 and in Ellen White’s Christ’s Object Lessons the Parable about the wedding feast, why is the word “Friend” capitalized?
T = 03:30 Matt. Ch 9, Mark Ch 2, and Luke Ch 5 what does the verses about the cloth patch and wineskin have to do with the fasting question?
T = 05:00 Is it possible that the greek word for the sanctuary veil can mean “the veil, THE flesh, that is the carnal nature?”
T = 08:45 Can you help me with this question found in Spiritual Gifts vol 3? “Since the flood there has been almagamation of man and beast,as may be seen in the almost endless varieties of species of animals, and certain races of men.”
T = 12:35 How should I present the plan of salvation, through an illustration or as simple as possible for them to understand, someone that is not religious or never read the Bible?

 

Q2 Q&A #1

T = 00:10 What kind of death did Christ die?
T = 02:40 Were Noah’s sons unrighteousness?
T = 03:40 Is the concept of ying-yang a way to escape inner or imposed guilt or obligation?
T = 05:50 What are the counter arguments to the docturine of the two-fold nature of man (Body + Spirit = Soul) and in favor of a three-fold construct (Body + Soul + Spirit = Person)?
T = 08:45 Do Dan 7 & Rev 4-5 describe the same investigative judgement throne room scene in most holy place?
T = 09:55 Why have Bible translators translated ‘Theion’ as burning sulphur?
T = 11:30 Does Jn 14 : 2 talk about Jesus going to the cross or heaven, or both?
T = 12:50 How can God require us to love our enemy, but then destroys Satan (the arch enemy) in the end?