As to Adam being the first man, chronologically speaking... We know that that cannot be the case because "the LORD is a man" (Ex. 15:3 and other scriptures...). Chronologically speaking, the the LORD is the First Man, not Adam. Well, you didn't quote Exodus 15:3 correctly. It doesn't say ...

As best as I can determine from my Greek study tools, the Greek word for "church" is feminine, too. Not masculine. Yes, but the concept of gender when it comes to parts of speech in Greek doesn't necessarily refer to male and female; gender is a grammatical feature of the language, that's...

Verse 7 says the Antichrist is already at work. He who restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. No, actually, it does not. It says "the mystery of lawlessness is already at work". The Antichrist may not even be alive (either when Paul wrote or in our own time); he won't be k...

Whether or not the Church is called "she" really has little bearing on the question of the Hinderer. Paul described the Hinderer as both "what is hindering" and "who is hindering" in 2 Thess. 2; it is both a person and a thing. I agree with the editors of the New King J...

"Does the Bible say that Adam was the first man or were their humans before him?" In 1 Cor. 15.45 the Bible does call Adam the "first man" and I would say that indicates he was the first human being. However, that in itself does not rule out the presence of other kinds of beings...

I am leaving the computer now and will be away from Internet access for several days, so I only have time to reply to one of your comments: How do you know this isn't talking of the Tribulation Jesus spoke about?Matthew 24:21-22 (NASB) 21 "For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has...

How is the prevailing of the Little Horn different from the persecution of the Early Church and the martyrdoms of that time? Because the persecution and martyrdom which happened in the Early Church failed . . . the Church actually blossomed and grew despite the efforts of Satan to stop it. He lost ...

Why does "Little Horn" = "gates of hell"? Couldn't they be two different things? Yes, you're right -- they are two different things (I didn't say they were equal). But surely the Little Horn / Antichrist is the representative of hell during the Tribulation . . . and the point is...

So he does not say "this fulfills Jeremiah's prophecy", but instead says "this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel".

Sorry, that should have been he does not say "this fulfills Joel's prophecy", not Jeremiah's.

Where in scripture do you see it tell us that many will be saved during the tribulation that occurred after the church is caught up to meet the Lord. Daniel saw the Little Horn warring against the saints, and prevailing (Dan 7.21). These saints cannot be part of the Church, because Jesus promised t...