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I don’t think #1 is necessary if #2 is true. If He is who was and is and is to come, then He is able to function within time, or at least “was” is applicable.

Try this one: https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19-health/placebos-used-vaccine-trials-do-not-please-everyone

As @Right Divider said, the states elect the president. Those states that divide their electors are schizophrenic. Their legislatures have abdicated the difficult task of selecting the president the state wants. This includes my state of Colorado, which has decided to deem itself just a...

That seems pretty contorted, oatmeal. Even without the connection to the name of God here, there is something about Jesus that makes him greater than Abraham, his ancestor, just as he is called David's lord (master), though he is descended from David. If he was only before Abraham (and...

Protect millions from a hyped up disease that can be treated fairly easily if doctors are allowed to do so. Who wants to take a politicized vaccine that skipped normal vaccine animal testing, that temporarily reduces the chance of catching a politicized disease?

I heard they used the meningitis vaccine as the placebo. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19-health/placebos-used-vaccine-trials-do-not-please-everyone

Not to mention Obama, awarded for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people".

Well, Elijah and Enoch are probably in heaven.

As opposed to some one who just calls people liars when they can't refute their arguments?

I know! I feel the same way about him. :D

Yes. It includes all time prior to the present. I agree it doesn't include a future church of Smyrna. And I'm sure Musty appreciates that you think him so dumb as not to know that. I guess you can add "never" and "was" to your list of vocabulary words.

I gave you a chance to alter the claim, but you're still insisting that "Never" means "not at any time", rather than "not at a particular time". I'm only saying that Revelation was talking about a real church in a real city, and there's no indication it is anything other than a mostly gentile...

“So let it be written. So let it be done.”

This only tells us they lived at that time. Doesn’t mean they weren’t living before and after that, but we don’t want to extrapolate beyond the info scripture gives us.

Thanks for posting those, Musty, I didn’t know when it was started. I presume this helps us understand when Revelation was written, since it couldn’t have been before Smyrna’s church was founded. Thanks also for refuting your other post:

He’s alive? Then how will he participate in the resurrection?

I would suggest you go look at the meaning of “compare”, as that is exactly what you did. As to the rest of your post, I’ll let others look at it to see if you provided any useful info, or even defended yourself in the face of reasonable arguments. And I must say I’m extremely disappointed...

you were comparing Paul to Steven. Steven went through a fairly comprehensive history when accused by Saul and others. Paul/Saul did none of that when he stood before the Sanhedrin. very little that pertains to our discussion, since we were talking about biblical history. Are you trying to...

You’re more than welcome. You mean as he was about to be convicted of and punished for spreading the truth? I don’t see anything of Jewish history in Acts 22.🤨 Oh, I guess I can only do that if I change my username. Maybe this is where you need to explain some of your MAD Plot doctrine.

You’re welcome! Yes, just as Jesus often did—making a different point than they were expecting. But he was also introducing Jewish history to the Gentiles. Thereby they were able to learn some of the symbolism to help understand Revelation. Rightly dividing, remember?