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Is God Punishing Pakistan?

Published: August 28, 2010
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Your website is truly an inspiration and it has answered so many questions I have about the end times. I have a question about what is happening in the world right now especially as it pertains to Pakistan. This is really to clear up a discussion a friend and myself had about the country. I always thought that Pakistan was not Israel’s enemy because I have never heard anything about Pakistan against Israel.

But it is of my friend’s view that it is because Pakistan is Israel’s enemy that they are suffering so much as is the case of the massive floods that have literally ravished their lands. She stated that the Lord blesses anyone or any country who blesses Israel. Is Pakistan an enemy of Israel? I am not in any way thinking that the people deserve this, but I would like to know how this ties into end time prophecies.


Was Satan A Cherub, Follow Up

Published: August 26, 2010
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You are such a blessing to me and I thank our LORD daily for your articles. If the Cherubim were guarding Almighty God, from what was His need for being guarded?


Two Temples In Zechariah

Published: August 26, 2010
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I came across Zechariah 1: 16 “Therefore thus said the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, said the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth on Jerusalem.” I found your explanation of Shiloh as the home of the 3rd Temple really interesting especially how it would leverage peace between the Muslim and Jewish people. How does this fit with the above verse in Zechariah? Also, thank you for the post on July 14 on ‘Restoring Planet Earth’ it was awesome.


Restricted to New Jerusalem?

Published: August 25, 2010
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I’m sure the New Jerusalem is awesome beyond comprehension. At first, a part of me wants to be a little unsure about it because I have thoughts of somehow being restricted to it and not having the freedom to explore the Universe. I keep telling myself that I will be in such awe and amazement just being in the presence of my Lord Jesus that I will be totally satisfied in every way and not concerned with anything else.


Gentiles In The Millennium

Published: August 24, 2010
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Thank you for the great articles. I learn something new or have something reinforced every time I read them.

Will Gentiles be alive at the end of the Tribulation and enter into the Millennium or will it be only the Jews who enter?


Messianic Jews And The 144,000

Published: August 24, 2010
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First I’d like to say I love your site. The questions are often ones I’d have asked myself, and your answers are enlightening. You have really been a blessing in my expanded knowledge and understanding of the Bible. On another website there was an article concerning the number of Messanic Jews in Israel and the US. The numbers were 50,000 something in Israel and around 350,000 in the US


Is Cremation Wrong?

Published: August 24, 2010
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Thanks again for all your teaching. I have a question on cremation. Does it go against biblical teaching? In a recent Bible study one scripture used against cremation was Amos 2:1. The teacher said we would bring punishment from God. And it really amounted to people being cremated out of greed of money because it is a lot cheaper than a traditional funeral.


What Happens On Earth After The Rapture?

Published: August 23, 2010
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I love your web site and have learned so much. My question is about the people left here after the Rapture. Who will minister to them if all the pastors, Christian leaders and we who attempted to save souls while here, are gone? Is this where the Elect are used and who is the Elect? What will be happening here in the US during the tribulation and will it be similar to what is occurring in Israel?


Why Do The Dead Rise First?

Published: August 22, 2010
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I am wondering, if once we die we go immediately to Heaven, then what does it mean when the bible states in 1 Thessalonians 4:16, ‘For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.’ I understand that this is regarding the Rapture, but if deceased believers have already gone directly to Heaven then why would the ‘dead in Christ’ need to be raised up at the time of the Rapture?


The Second Coming

Published: August 21, 2010
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Thanks for your web site, which is so informative. I was reading an interpretation of Matthew 24:26 which said that the desert in this passage indicated Islam (Prophet from the Desert) and the Inner Rooms referred to Catholicism (the Vatican having over a 1,000 rooms) what would your view on this be please?