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Where’s Dan?

Published: September 6, 2007
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I’m really enjoying your messages thanks so much. Have another question for you??? Why is the tribe of DAN not in Revelation?? Did God reject them totally?


Peter’s Confession

Published: September 6, 2007
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I’ve been wondering why we always say Peter was the first one to recognize Jesus as the son of God while, in John 1:49, clearly shows Nathanael pointed the truth out before Peter did.


Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged

Published: September 5, 2007
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I have a question regarding the “Judge not lest ye be judged” verse. So many people spew this verse out that I’m not even sure what it means.

Y’shua says that we are to recognize evil and remove ourselves from it. Paul says that we are to stay away from those who do evil. How do you tell new Christians or those who are not Christians yet what this verse really means? If one cannot judge how then does one witness to another? It seems circular. Could you please explain this to me?


Rosh Hashanah And Ramadan

Published: September 5, 2007
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My U.S. calendar shows these two days both occurring on September 13th this year. Has it happened before that the two have fallen on the same day? Do you see any significance in this? I read that Muslims look for the return of their Messiah, if you will, on Ramadan. Is that your understanding as well?

Thank you so much for your dedication to spreading the Word.


Who Was That Angel?

Published: September 5, 2007
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Who is the one who looked like a man with face like lightning and eyes like flaming torches spoken of in Daniel 10:6. He can’t be Michael, because while talking with Daniel he tells him that he was detained for 21 days by the prince of Persia. He says that only Michael supports him against Israel’s enemies in verse 21. This tells me he is someone else.

Daniel had already seen Angels in visions, yet the sight of this individual literally caused him to be weak. This individual strengthens Daniel by merely touching him. Would this be Gabriel or Jesus? It sounds like he’s describing a pre-incarnate Jesus, but how can anyone detain the Lord for 21 days?


David’s Census

Published: September 5, 2007
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In the old testament, why is taking a census considered to be such a terrible thing? In 1 Chronicles, for example, when Satan convinced David to take a census of Israel’s fighting men, and God viewed it as evil in his sight.


Another Pre-Wrath Question

Published: September 4, 2007
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I was reading your answer to a Pre-Wrath question and I have one too. I have been Pre-trib, pre-mil for at least 30 yrs and plan on staying that way unless prophecy events that happen show me different.

Pre-wrath opinion, if I understand right says the Bible doesn’t say there is a specific 7 year tribulation but do admit to Daniel’s 70th year prophecy. So they believe that the Great Trib (last 3 1/3 yr) is the tribulation period and they believe the rapture is before that during the first 3 1/2 yrs? If that is correct, then how can it be believed that they go thru tribulation if it is not believed that the entire 7 years is a tribulation period? Anyway, they seem to try to determine if Daniel’s 70th year (7 yrs) have begun yet.

All things considered, if the view was correct, how would someone know that Daniel’s 7th year (70th week) had begun? As a Pre-trib person we believe the Rapture occurs before that and the things that are occuring now just show how close we are, not that Daniels week has already begun, right?


Hercules And The Nephilim

Published: September 3, 2007
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I’ve been reading Prophecy Update for a long time now, and all of what you relay in your articles I understand and sense to be valid. Thus, my question to you this evening lies upon the myths and legends of the Fallen Ones, or the Nephilim (nefilim).

In Genesis, it states that these superhuman being existed in the time of Noah and also after. I know of Goliath, but what claim do names such as Hercules, Gilgamesh and some others have to this name. Evidently, there are not human, nor were they gods, but half-breeds walking in the paths of human heroes in myth and legend. Could the “and after that” from Genesis explain Hercules, or tell of Gilgamesh’s manner with women and his need to fight and kill oponents. Does this explain why pharoahs always proclaimed themselves to be god-kings. What about these gods we hear of? Does this account for them to? I know that most of these icons were just idol metals and such, but what about the reality that these beings did and do still exist?


Distributing Our Tithes

Published: September 3, 2007
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You have written some good studies on tithing. I am interested in your thoughts regarding “the storehouse” – – is it the local church only or can it be any ministry that” feeds” the saints?


Married In Heaven?

Published: September 3, 2007
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When a man and woman marry they become one until death do them part. Right? So when the Rapture occurs and a married couple is taken to meet Christ in the air and doesn’t experience death, will they still be married? If not, will we have a special relationship in eternity with our spouse? Will we be able to have a family and enjoy sex still, possibly in the Millennium? Or just be close friends and ex husband and wife?