Bible Answers Live with Pastor Doug Batchelor and Pastor Jean Ross, Ep22 (08/27/2023)
Answering questions such as “Do we have to be perfect to go to heaven?” and more!
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00:00 – Intro
00:08 – Is Revelation chapter 13 describing Satan appearing as an angel of light?
02:32 – Who are the 144,000?
04:54 – How are the various entities cast into the lake of fire as described in Revelation 19:20?
07:33 – Is it important for Christians to study the original Hebrew or Koine Greek translations?
10:33 – Are Matthew 7 verse 21 and James 2 verse 10 related to receiving the mark of the beast or the seal of God?
12:45 – Will there only be 144,000 at the end of the world as comparable to the eight people in Noah’s ark?
15:31 – Is it a sin to lie to someone who has dementia to prevent confusion or panic?
17:57 – Is Jesus fully divine?
20:12 – Please explain 1 John 5 verse 18. What does John mean?
26:25 – In John 20 verse 17, Jesus tells Mary not to cling to Him. Matthew 28 verse 9 states that the disciples held Him by the feet. Before His ascension, why were the disciples able to touch Him but not Mary?
28:14 – Regarding the 24 elders, are they representative from unfilled worlds or are they from Christ’s first harvest?
30:56 – What is Revelation 13 verse 11 describing?
34:03 – Please explain Exodus 35 verse 3. What does not kindling a fire on Sabbath mean?
36:26 – Is the pope the antichrist?
39:40 – Who was the pillar of cloud in the wilderness, was it God the Father or the Son?
41:44 – Daniel 10 verse 13 says that the prince of Persia delayed an angel for 21 days. How is this possible?
44:37 – Can the Holy Spirit dwell in the church if it is not practicing all the doctrines correctly?
47:48 – During the time described as “no buy, no sell,” how will we be able to pay taxes?
50:10 – the Bible says both Moses and Elijah were on the Mount of Transfiguration. As the dead do no reappear, how was Moses there?
52:24 – What kind of stone did Moses use when God commanded him to write the 10 commandments again.
53:06 – Is the Nazi regime’s attempt to exterminate the Jews found in Bible prophecy?
54:19 – Do we have to be perfect to go to heaven?
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I am absolutely devastated by that last answer. My pastor told me you believed you had to be perfect to get into Heaven, and I disagreed with her. Only One is perfect, that is Chrost. We all fall short of the glory of God. Non is perfect, but Him. The day He comes for us, we will be made perfect. I am devastated because I love to learn from you the both of you. I will continue watching, I just pray for clarity for you on this.
A great rabbi was once asked if it's ever ok to tell a lie. He said, "Yes, to save a life". Would you have told a Nazi you were sheltering Jews?
All glory goes to Gods for sending His Son that even the worm I am, He love's me, thank you Father!
how do we know that Jesus acsended to Heaven, between Mary meeting Jesus and when the disciples met HIm?
I’m Catholic who have read the whole Bible countless times (out of boredom) as a child. My godfather is a priest who was sent to the Vatican in the late 80s and even had the opportunity to shake hands with Pope John Paul II, which I thought was interesting because the Pope had visited Portugal on the day I was born in 1982. Another former Pope (pre-WW2) once visited the Basilica in my paternal ancestors’ hometown (some were Archbishops).
Anyways, my point is I am not religious despite the facts above. I try to be a good person however.
It’s upsetting when I get criticized for not going to Sunday Masses regularly when my own parents seem to be there just for show. As an adult, I come out feeling peaceful after a mass while my mother comes out the crankiest. It was a common sight as a child to see my parents get into a big fight every Sunday after Church.
I don’t know if Heaven is supposed to be a place surrounded with clouds. I had a dream I was there, except, I cried hysterically when I was told that I couldn’t take a peek at my children who were still toddlers at the time.
Next thing you know, I was in a different place, was shot through the chest after shielding my son. Then I woke up, gasping for air, and with my children sleeping beside me.