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The Potomac Conference of Seventh-day Adventists has released a video statement (dated 17 May) about LGBTQ people, in response to “some things you may have read on social media.” President Elder Charles A. Tapp delivered the statement, with his team of officers standing with him. https://atoday.org/potomac-conference-releases-statement-on-lgbtq-people/

A second example. Let’s look at a specific Old Testament geographical term which is used in in Revelation 16:12: “The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East.” Should we interpret the river Euphrates literally or […] The post One More Witness appeared first on Jon Paulien's Blog. View the full article

Continuing our look at Hans LaRondelle’s understanding of Israel and the nations in the New Testament. There is a memorable saying in the Old Testament: “A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses” (Deut 19:15). We have seen in the “light . . . to the Gentiles” theme how the […] The post Two or Three Witnesses appeared first on Jon Paulien's Blog. View the full article

The implications of these two shifts (from ethnic to spiritual and localized to worldwide) in the definition of Israel are profound. If Israel is defined by relationship with the Jewish Messiah rather than one’s ethnic or geographical location, national, institutional Israel can now be classed with the Gentiles in terms of God’s original purpose. And […] The post Implications of the NT Re-definition of Israel appeared first on Jon Paulien's Blog. View the full article