Religion & Spirituality - 7 December 2007

The two olive trees, the two sons of oil.
Zech 4:3
And there are two olive trees beside, one to the right of the bowl and one to the left.


Can you make a connection to this verse in Matthew 25:7-9
Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their own lamps

And the foolish said to the prudent, Give us some of your oil for our lamps are going out.

But the prudent answered saying, Prehaps there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to those who sell and buy for yourselves.

These sons of Oil.. Moses and Elijah have an important part to play during the great tribulation.
Do you make any connection with these references I posted?
If you do.. care to share?

Thank You for taking the time to do this.
In Christ
sandy

2007-12-07 12:51:38 · 5 answers · asked by Broken Alabaster Flask 6

is it true?

2007-12-07 12:48:26 · 14 answers · asked by Securegirl 2

Hi, I am 14 years old and I am an unbaptized publisher of the good news and in the organization of Jehovah's Witnesses.

I have notcied that there are many teenagers that are always getting in big trouble and ruin their lives. Sad to say though, there is only ONE religon I can think of that has some religious God fearing adolescent members.
I am not trying to offend anyone by this question.

My Question is..how many teenagers today actually take religion seriously and stay religious throughout their entire lives?

2007-12-07 12:48:05 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

live by that saying? Christianity is NOT a religion; it's the proclamation of the end of religion. Religion is a human activity dedicated to the job of reconciling God to humanity and humanity to itself. The Gospel, however - the Good News of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ - is the astonishing announcement that God has done the whole work of reconciliation without a scrap of human assistance. It is the bizarre proclamation that religion is over, period. Religion is dead. Jesus is Alive!

2007-12-07 12:46:27 · 11 answers · asked by J 1

Is this a question?

2007-12-07 12:43:05 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

What does that even mean?

2007-12-07 12:42:15 · 10 answers · asked by Prof Fruitcake 6

2007-12-07 12:36:58 · 8 answers · asked by D Uncle 3

please help me remove my demon and allow me to recieve christ again

2007-12-07 12:35:02 · 21 answers · asked by FSHG 3-1 2

I am going to be at a ritual with my son that night. Time to praise Horus!

2007-12-07 12:33:48 · 11 answers · asked by Trickster 6

so I guess I dont really have a strong testemony, so I would pray to ask if god really exists, no answer to my prayer. I prayed so many times, with no feeling or nothing. What could this be? I'm healthy, normal, Im not on any meds or nothing just normal, I read scribtures and engaged my mind before too so what am I doing wrong? why no answers to my prayers? Is there not god? I mean I did everything write Im so confuzed plz help!!!

2007-12-07 12:33:40 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

For starters if God had a message to deliver why not choosing China to deliver it? It would have spread to many more millions of people more rapidly. Or why not send multiple prophets simultaneously to all ethnic groups?

2007-12-07 12:30:02 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Was he messing with Noah and his family? Or did he just take a little break and hover around, waiting for the water to subside?

2007-12-07 12:27:49 · 42 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-07 12:27:34 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-07 12:25:12 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why is your religion not the oldest religion? Did your god not start telling people about himself untill a while in? Was there no word of mouth from those first people he created?

2007-12-07 12:24:16 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

degrading. As a Christian, some of your tactics bother me. I just read a question that classified all atheists as devil worshipers. If you know God, you should bear your witness, not make a mockery of it. That is done in a gental and kind way, not hateful and critical.

2007-12-07 12:24:04 · 19 answers · asked by Kricket T 3

2007-12-07 12:22:50 · 12 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6

For real, whats the deal. It seems that any movie or idea that comes out that portrays any independent thoughts about life, defying the laws of nature is automatically anti-Christian or anit-Muslim. The Golden Compass that came out the other day is being bombarded with stupid comments coming from Christians that are afraid that this will corrupt the minds of our youth. WHat are you afraid of???

2007-12-07 12:22:19 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

1) “Christians” with false assurance: Christians (tares) that are 100% sure that they are going to heaven, yet are deceived. They are not known by God, and are on their way to hell.
2) Christians with no assurance – Christians (wheat) who often feel condemned in their sinfulness, fearful that they will go to hell, with absolutely no assurance.

There are Catholics and Protestants that fall in both of these categories, of course, but it is certainly evident (given the theological differences) that Protestant are more likely to fall into the first trap…and Catholics into the second.

Before Protestants answer with their infallible certitude: I would remind you of Matthew 7:21-23, which speaks about people who were “sure”, yet were not known by God and went to hell. So, how do you answer the possibility of Matthew 7:21-23 for yourself?

Before Catholics bash “assurance” altogether: I would remind you that while your church does not teach “infallible certitude”, it absolutely teaches that you may have assurance that only barely falls short of 100%:
http://www.catholic.com/library/Assurance_of_Salvation.asp
So, how do you answer this?

Shouldn’t we warn the first to repent and to work out their salvation with fear and trembling (Philippians 2:12) and make their calling and election sure (2 Peter 1:10), and educate the second about the truths proclaimed most powerfully in 1 John (specifically 1 John 5:13) and by Paul (Philippians 1:21)?

2007-12-07 12:22:03 · 9 answers · asked by yachadhoo 6

This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with [his] finger wrote on the ground, [as though he heard them not].

John 8:6

What do you think he was writing in the ground and why did he start to write in the ground when they came at him?

2007-12-07 12:21:22 · 21 answers · asked by thundercatt9 7

hi there, i need some help with religion.
you see my family isn't religious, but then i still believe in god and all that, and i know about all that kinda stuff, i pray and stuff and so i was wondering if i can call myself christian or whatever even though i don't have a religious family background and don't go to church but i still believe in god and pray to him etc.
btw. even if you're not religious (like me) can you still go to heaven and stuff like that?

2007-12-07 12:21:15 · 14 answers · asked by E-B 2

Is this a legitimate christian rock band?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPdFrW076R0

2007-12-07 12:20:22 · 7 answers · asked by turner 3

Acts 2 1:1-13

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

... A crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking in his own language. Utterly amazed, they asked: "Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans? Then how is it that each of us hears them in his own native language? Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome; Cretans and Arabs - we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!"

2007-12-07 12:20:17 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

What say you all - especially those who love Truth and are for Truth?

2007-12-07 12:16:46 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-07 12:16:21 · 13 answers · asked by Je Marche Drôle 3

I just don't get it.

(actually I do but apparently many others don't...so drink and answer me damn it!!)

2007-12-07 12:15:10 · 36 answers · asked by queen of snarky-yack again 4

2007-12-07 12:14:17 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Instead of Israel and so avoiding displacing the Palestinians from their homeland?
The USA should have given the Jews some land and let them create "The Promised Land" inside America. Many hundred of thousands of lifes would have been spared since the creation of Israel in Palestinian territory.

2007-12-07 12:12:08 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

What, if anything, BESIDES THE BIBLE, would lead you to refer to your deity as "He?" Would you consider referring to your deity as "It" or "She?"

2007-12-07 12:07:55 · 30 answers · asked by Lady Morgana 7

do you have to completely understand how complex life came about to agree with evolution or do you accept the outline that is told to you?

2007-12-07 12:07:07 · 41 answers · asked by The Angry Stick Man 6