Please post the # of the post so I can see the CONTEXT!Why is that impossible?The devil knows God is real which is why they believe in Him. They just don't obey Him because they rebelled and got kicked out of heaven. There are even people who believe God exists, but they still live the way they want to without following the Bible.
UFO's----Are They Real?
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Many evolutionary scientists say that today's birds are the direct descendants of dinosaurs (theropods, in particular).
So maybe there were dinosaurs on the ark!
So with all the varied types of dinosaurs that were on the earth, only birds evolved to make the transition from the Ark to the earth.
Really??? What kept the carnivoran dinosaurs from eating Noah and every thing on the Ark in a year?
How much food would Noah have had to carry on the Ark to feed all those dinosaurs who did not eat meat?
You might want to rethink your idea brother.
I think you misunderstood my post.
Most dinosaurs did not survive the extinction event(s) including asteroid strike (and the climate catastrophe that resulted) as well as inability to deal with new diseases. But they were on the way out prior to that, the little furry things out competed them and survived more treacherous environments. By the time hominids appeared only a few nitch species of dinos remained. And man quickly killed off anything that tried to eat man or man's game.
But there is no good dividing line between what we call theropods and what we call birds. By the time of the flood the all remaining WERE birds.
But I am being a little facetious. I believe the Noah flood to be a local event recorded in the Bible from the viewpoint of Noah and his family. There does not seem to be a global extinction event to match. Land animals around the world were not destroyed at any given time.
Most dinosaurs did not survive the extinction event(s) including asteroid strike (and the climate catastrophe that resulted) as well as inability to deal with new diseases. But they were on the way out prior to that, the little furry things out competed them and survived more treacherous environments. By the time hominids appeared only a few nitch species of dinos remained. And man quickly killed off anything that tried to eat man or man's game.
But there is no good dividing line between what we call theropods and what we call birds. By the time of the flood the all remaining WERE birds.
But I am being a little facetious. I believe the Noah flood to be a local event recorded in the Bible from the viewpoint of Noah and his family. There does not seem to be a global extinction event to match. Land animals around the world were not destroyed at any given time.
Why is that impossible?
James 2:19, "Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the demons also believe, and tremble."(WBT)
Believing in God or knowing He exists is not the same thing as believing in Him for salvation.
My apologies. Yes, I misunderstood. This makes sense and I tend to agree.
Yes sir!
Aliens are among us right now! Fallen angels are not indigenous to this world, and yet they are all around us.
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That I agree with!
What's fascinating is that the fallen angels have ONLY the power that God gave/gives to them. The Lord can withdraw His power from them any time of His choosing...
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He can, but I think He doesn't because it would be like going back on His word. The Bible says he changes not, He's the same yesterday, today and forever. So to withdraw what He had given would be like changing His mind, or going back on His word because He spoke everything in existence. The whole universe was created by and is held together by His word. Going back on His word risks the integrity of His word, the word that's holding the universe together. So technically He CAN go back on His word, but what would happen to the rest of the universe that's held together by His unchanging word? Like this world and us humans? That's why the devil's days are numbered and why they will be put in hell as opposed to just making them stop existing. There's a reason for everything God does even if we can't understand it.
He can, but I think He doesn't because it would be like going back on His word. The Bible says he changes not, He's the same yesterday, today and forever. So to withdraw what He had given would be like changing His mind, or going back on His word because He spoke everything in existence. The whole universe was created by and is held together by His word. Going back on His word risks the integrity of His word, the word that's holding the universe together. So technically He CAN go back on His word, but what would happen to the rest of the universe that's held together by His unchanging word? Like this world and us humans? That's why the devil's days are numbered and why they will be put in hell as opposed to just making them stop existing. There's a reason for everything God does even if we can't understand it.
I'm not tracking your train of thought on it being a matter of God going back on His word to remove from the demonic hoards His power that He has given to them. Where did He ever promise them that they would retain His power that He gave to them? This is fascinating.
There is a pit mentioned in scripture where the "locust" demons, those who will one day torment mankind on this earth, are powerless to influence mankind due to them being locked away in the "pit" (Tartarus).
Granted, the demons who are still roaming about the earth have the power given to them as they continue to move mankind in the direction God want's things to go toward the very end of all things, but His Millennial Reign will show well enough that, even without the influences of Satan in this world after he is locked away for that thousand years, mankind is bereft, in and of himself, of moral uprightness apart from Christ.
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You said..........He can, but I think He doesn't because it would be like going back on His word. The Bible says he changes not, He's the same yesterday, today and forever. So to withdraw what He had given would be like changing His mind, or going back on His word because He spoke everything in existence. The whole universe was created by and is held together by His word. Going back on His word risks the integrity of His word, the word that's holding the universe together. So technically He CAN go back on His word, but what would happen to the rest of the universe that's held together by His unchanging word? Like this world and us humans? That's why the devil's days are numbered and why they will be put in hell as opposed to just making them stop existing. There's a reason for everything God does even if we can't understand it.
"The Bible says he changes not, He's the same yesterday, today and forever."
That has to do with His CHARACTER and has nothing to do with the subject being discussed!
You then said...........
"So to withdraw what He had given would be like changing His mind, or going back on His word because He spoke everything in existence. "
When did God ever give demons the ability to create life?????? What Universe, What Book of the Bible???
How can He withdraw something He never gave?????
And yet you or no one else has posted ONE single verifiable evidence. NOT ONE! Just opinions, conspiracies and ideas.
Would you please clarify for all our understanding of your position?
Do you actually believe there is life out there on other planets somewhere? Is that what you mean?
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Since it appears there won't be discussion on that topic, I will just say that, in the past, I've observed the attempted apologetic for the idea that there are other beings on other planets, and have also observed how wanting their reasoning was in support of the idea...which is to say that I have yet to see or hear reasoning that conforms to any rational explanation, and that conforms to the Bible itself.
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The Bible doesn't talk about many things we know to exist today.
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