R. Nel✍🏻

6th Day Creationist, Calvinist soteriology, Prewrath rapture, Premil and Regeneration to old earth - believer.

[JP @jharrigan77]

Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. (1 Pet 1:13 NASB)

With so many things vying for our attention and hearts in this day and age, it is difficult to fix our hope completely on the hope of eternal life. Focus

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[R. Nel✍🏻 @Riaannels]

@HarpazoDynamo Ot sounds like you corrected yourself from what you originally said. Good 👍🏼

[R. Nel✍🏻 @Riaannels]

God does not regenerate people who FIRSTS believe. That is not biblical and even contrary to what Jesus taught Nicodemus.

The Spirit is like the wind, he blows where and when He wishes.

If man's faith and repentance is first the Wind analogy makes no sense.

[Harpazo @HarpazoDynamo]

True. Regardless of how you were born, you must be born again.

God retains the sovereign right to grant the new birth or not.

The good news: God promises to regenerate all who come to Him in faith, repenting from the heart and believing that the Lord Jesus rose from the dead.

[R. Nel✍🏻 @Riaannels]

@HarpazoDynamo But that is not what you are saying. Read your words.

You literally said, God regenerates WHEN you come with faith and repentance.

"Repenting from the heart"

How, if the heart is not regenerated?

That is your own order. 👇

1st From the heart.. Then God acts 2nd

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[R. Nel✍🏻 @Riaannels]

You may have decided to follow Jesus but you are not regenerated by that decision you made.

So Patrick will not be scared if he understands God’s irresistible grace.

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[DramaAlert @DramaAlert]

PC Gaming has been SAVED!

[R. Nel✍🏻 @Riaannels]

ESV all the way.

[Harpazo @HarpazoDynamo]

Has anyone actually read Josh's book?

[Harpazo @HarpazoDynamo]

Has anyone actually read Josh's book?

[Disprin @DisprinXtra]

As die Rooiproppie inskop.

[Nate Pickowicz @NatePickowicz]

“[God] is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.”
— 1 Timothy 6:15-16

[Nick Roark @NickRoark]

BROOKS:

"Now, souls, sum up all these things together, and tell me whether it be such an easy thing to repent as Satan would make the soul to believe.

I am confident your heart will answer that it is as hard a thing to repent as it is to make a world, or raise the dead."

[R. Nel✍🏻 @Riaannels]

@Recon1_ZA @RomanCabanac Whoever spares the rod hates his son,
but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.
— Proverbs 13:24

The rod can be and must be used with wisdom and love. Without anger but controlled.

[Apocalyptic Gospel @ApocGospel]

The Apocalyptic Gospel Podcast
Season 4, Episode 9

The Parable of the Strong Man

In this episode we discuss the parable of the strong man from Matthew 12. After healing a demon-possessed man, Jesus responds to the accusation of the Pharisees that he drove out the demon by the power of Satan. The parable of the strong man is part of a larger argument that the Pharisees’ accusation is both illogical (vv. 25-29) and immoral (vv. 31-32), which is the basis of their eschatological judgment (vv. 36-37). The parable simply argues that Jesus’ power over demons proves that he is indeed “the Son of David” (v. 23), and he will thus plunder Satan’s house at the end of the age.

Show notes

The context around the parable - Matthew 12:25-32; Mark 3:23-27; Luke 11:17-23 (5:40)
The healing on the Sabbath and messianic expectations - Matthew 12:9-14 (8:52)
The illogical and immoral accusation of the Pharisees (15:14)
Exorcism in the New Testament and Jewish literature - Mark 9:38; Acts 19:13-14; Josephus, Antiquities 8.2, 5; Tractate Meilah 17b (19:14)
The kingdom of God will most certainly come upon you - Matthew 12:28 (22:50)
“Come upon you” is not a positive thing in this context - Deuteronomy 28:15; Jeremiah 40:3; Daniel 9:13; Zephaniah 2:1-2; Targum Ezekiel 7:6-7; Luke 21:34-35; Matthew 23:36; Ephesians 5:6; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; James 5:1; Revelation 3:10; 1 Thessalonians 2:14-16 (31:16)
Revisiting the parable in context without realized eschatology - Isaiah 49:24-25; Jubilees 23:29; 1 Enoch 10:4-7; 1 Enoch 54:4-6 (41:08)

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[Lloyd Legalist @LloydLegalist]

Dude’s got the moves.

[Jerry Bridges @bridgeswisdom]

God’s care is not conditioned on our faith and our ability to cast our anxiety on Him; rather, it is because He does care for us that we can cast our anxiety on Him.

[Mark @Mark_Wilson_25]

Why Do So Many Churches Struggle to Love Israel?

The issue is deeper than politics.

It is ultimately about whether God keeps His Word.

True Christians love Israel and pray for the Jewish people because Scripture repeatedly declares that God’s covenant promises to Israel are everlasting, irrevocable, and tied to His own holy name.

“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
‘May those who love you be secure.’” Psalm 122:6

Yet in both society and parts of the modern church, hostility toward Israel is rising again.

Why?

Because Israel stands at the center of God’s redemptive plan.

❖ God Chose Israel Permanently

God told Abraham:

“I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse.” Genesis 12:3

Then He established an everlasting covenant:

“I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you.” Genesis 17:7

Later, God promised David:

“Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me.” 2 Samuel 7:16

Those promises were not temporary, symbolic, or transferred to another people group.

❖ The Church Did Not Replace Israel

One of the greatest obstacles in parts of the church is the idea that God permanently rejected the Jewish people and transferred Israel’s promises entirely to the Church.

But Paul directly refuted that idea:

“I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means!” Romans 11:1

Again:

“Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all!” Romans 11:11

Paul then warns Gentile believers:

“Do not be arrogant toward the branches… You do not support the root, but the root supports you.” Romans 11:18

And finally:

“A partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And so all Israel will be saved.” Romans 11:25–26

Then the crushing conclusion:

“For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.” Romans 11:29

Partial hardening means temporary blindness, not permanent rejection.

Israel was disciplined, but never abandoned.

❖ God Tied Israel’s Future to Creation Itself

Jeremiah wrote:

“This is what the LORD says,
he who appoints the sun to shine by day…
‘Only if these decrees vanish from my sight,’
declares the LORD,
‘will Israel ever cease being a nation before me.’” Jeremiah 31:35–36

As long as the sun, moon, and stars remain, Israel remains.

To deny Israel’s future is ultimately to deny the plain meaning of God’s covenant language.

❖ The Prophecies Were Literal Before. Why Change Now?

The Tanakh foretold Messiah would:
• Be born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2)
• Ride into Jerusalem on a donkey (Zechariah 9:9)
• Be pierced (Zechariah 12:10)
• Suffer for sins (Isaiah 53)

Those prophecies were fulfilled literally.

So why suddenly spiritualize Israel’s restoration prophecies?

“I will take the Israelites out of the nations… and bring them back into their own land.” Ezekiel 37:21

“I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted.” Amos 9:15

“On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives.” Zechariah 14:4

If the first-coming prophecies were literal, consistency demands the same for the Kingdom promises.

❖ Loving Israel Does Not Mean Idolizing Israel

Christians do not believe Israel is morally perfect.

The prophets constantly rebuked Israel for sin.

“You only have I chosen… therefore I will punish you for all your sins.” Amos 3:2

Yet God said restoration would happen ultimately for His own name’s sake:

“It is not for your sake… that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of my holy name.” Ezekiel 36:22

Supporting Israel’s biblical role does not mean approving every governmental action.

Rebuke is not rejection.

Discipline is not abandonment.

❖ The Hatred of Israel Is Spiritual

No people group in history has faced such continual worldwide hatred across so many centuries.

Pharaoh. Haman. Rome. Pogroms. The Holocaust. Hamas. Hezbollah. Houthis. Etc...

The Bible explains why:

“I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers.” Genesis 3:15

“Jerusalem will become a heavy stone for all the nations.” Zechariah 12:3

Revelation 12 depicts Satan warring against Israel repeatedly throughout history.

Satan hates what God has chosen.

Because if God can break His promises to Israel, then no promise in Scripture is secure.

❖ Even the Apostles Expected Israel’s Restoration

After the resurrection, the apostles asked Jesus:

“Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?” Acts 1:6

Jesus did not correct their expectation of a future kingdom for Israel.

He corrected their timing:

“It is not for you to know the times or dates…” Acts 1:7

The expectation of Israel’s future restoration remained intact even after the resurrection.

❖ Equality in Salvation Does Not Erase Distinction

Some appeal to Galatians 3:28:

“There is neither Jew nor Gentile…”

But the verse speaks about equal standing in salvation, not the erasure of identity or role.

The same verse also says “neither male nor female,” yet men and women still exist distinctly.

Even in Revelation, Israel remains distinct:
• 144,000 from the tribes of Israel (Revelation 7)
• Twelve tribes named on the gates of New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:12)

❖ This Issue Reveals How We View God Himself

At its core, the issue is not Israel.

It is the character of God.

If God can permanently cast away the people to whom He swore everlasting covenants, what confidence does anyone have in His promises?

Paul warned Gentile believers:

“Do not be arrogant, but tremble.” Romans 11:20

True Christians should reject antisemitism completely.

We should pray for the Jewish people.

We should oppose efforts to erase Israel from Scripture.
And we should remember the words of Jesus Himself:
“Salvation is from the Jews.” John 4:22

The same God who preserves Israel is the God who preserves every promise He has ever made.

[R. Nel✍🏻 @Riaannels]

The false prophetees. Nice.

[GN @IAmdoubleGN]

@judeokeyvlogs The Great Controversy by Ellen G White.

[R. Nel✍🏻 @Riaannels]

@thegreatcolsono @JamesBejon Not a bad way of interpretation at all. In Peter defense, he could have thought the Day of the Lord is at the door, as all prophets did.

But, God had greater plans and knows when the full fullfilment of Joel 2 would happen.

All Flesh, Jew and Gentiles will receive outpouring.

[R. Nel✍🏻 @Riaannels]

Peter was only using some of Joel 2, it doesn't mean, it was fulfilled, just because he used it in his sermon.

Joel 2 is till future and apocalyptic.

[James Bejon 🇮🇱 @JamesBejon]

The book of Joel describes three occasions when the sun goes dark, the earth quakes, the stars fall, etc. (Joel 1.15–2.11, 2.28–32, 3.14–21). All three are referred to as days of the Lord.

These three days have an implicit order. The second takes place ‘after’ the first (2.28). And the third, which marks the book’s climax, is a reversal of the second, by which token it must postdate it: while the nations conquer Israel in Joel 2 (2.1–11, 2.28–32, Acts 2.40), the nations are judged in Joel 3 and Israel is vindicated.

Joel’s three days of the Lord thus describe the fall of three different temples. The first day describes the fall of the first temple (Solomon’s) (1.15–2.11), the second the fall of the second temple, as Peter tells us (2.28–32), and the third the fall of a cosmic temple (the world order) (3.14–21).