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That the mark upon Cain was not a physical mark or change of color

The Hebrew word for mark in Gen. 4:15 means pledge. The pledge was started in the same verse, "Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken sevenfold." There is no statement that he was marked physically by a change of color or some other mark.

 

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That all true saints will be exempt in the last day wars

The reason for this will be that they will be translated to Heaven before the last two wars, these last two wars will be fought after the Antichrist comes. These two wars will be fought after the first of the three wars, which brings about the formation of the ten kingdoms Dan. 7:23, 24 and after the rapture of the church 2 Thess. 2:7, 8; Rev. 4:1.

 

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That men with natural bodies have gone to Heaven and have been living there for thousands of years.

Enoch has been in Heaven over 5,185 years and Elijah has been there over 2600 years and yet neither of them have died Gen. 5:24; Heb. 11:5; 2 Kings 2; Mal. 4:4, 5; Zech. 4:11-14; Rev. 11:3-7. The old theory that flesh and blood cannot enter Heaven is not biblical, for while it says "FLESH AND BLOOD CANNOT INHERIT THE KINHDOM OF GOD," it does not say man cannot enter it. We enter the kingdom of God at the new birth Jn. 3:3-5; Rom. 14:17. Paul said he went to Heaven 2 Cor. 12:1-3. Paul came back and told us about Heaven Rom. 1:19; Heb. 11:8-16; 13:14. John also was taken to Heaven, and he came back and told us about it Rev. 4:1-5:7; 7:9-17; 21:9-27; 22:1-5.

 

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That we shall know each other in both Heaven and He11.

That we shall know each other in Heaven is generally understood and is proved in 1 Cor. 13:12; 15:34-58, but that men shall know each other in He11 is not universally known. That men will look into eternal He11 is clear from Isa. 66:22-24; Rev. 14:9-11 and as men will be fully conscious forever, it is also clear that they will know each other in He11.

 

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That the fig tree in Matt. 24:32-33 does not refer to the Jews

This parable is a simple illustration of the nearness of Christ's second advent, as is clear in the passage itself, and therefore it does not refer to the Jews at all.

 

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That there will be baby bodies in Heaven.

This is clear from the fact that every person will receive his own body in the resurrection proves this (1 Cor. 15:35-58). Paul illustrates the resurrection by small and large grains reproducing their own size and kind, so also is the resurrection of the dead. Nothing in nature continues to grow after death. This is one reason we shall know as we are known (1 Cor. 13:12). One other hand, all may be resurrected fully mature like any normal seed when it is reproduced and fully grown.

 

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God does not predestinate any particular person to be saved or lost.

This is plainly taught in many passages which teach that every man is a free moral agent and is saved or lost by his own free choice in the matter of accepting or rejecting salvation through Jesus Christ (Jn. 3:14-16; 1 Tim. 2:4; 2 Pet. 3:9; Rev. 22:17).

 

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That the fig tree of Matt. 24:31 does not refer to the Jewish nation

This never was the intended thought of Jesus. He was simply illustrating the fact that, just as we know when summer is near by the putting forth of the leaves on the trees, so we would know that His coming to the Earth is near when we see the signs of Matt. 24:4-26 come to pass.

 

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This age cannot end any day as some teach.

There are many prophecies to be fulfilled yet and a number of years to come to pass before the age ends. There will be at least seven years that Antichrist will be here before the age ends (Dan. 9:27; Rev. 13:5). How many more years there will be before he comes is not clear, so it is impossible for this age to end any day, as taught by many Bible teachers.

 

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God will become an Earth-dweller in the near future

This will be after the Millenium when the New Jerusalem comes down from Heaven to the Earth to be among men forever and ever as plainly predicted in Rev. 21:1-27; 22:2-5. In Rev. 21:3 it is stated that the tabernacle of God is with men and He shall be with them and be their God.

 

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Jesus actually descended into He11 while His body was in the tomb.

This is the truth. In Matt. 12:40; Eph. 4:7-11; we read that Christ went "in the heart of the Earth" and "into the lower parts of the Earth" during the time His body was in the tomb. This is what David by the Holy Spirit meant in Ps. 16:10; Acts 2:25-27, "For thou wilt not leave my soul in He11; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption" in the grave. During this time in He11, Christ preached to the spirits in prison (1 Pet. 3:19).

 

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Resurrected men will eat and drink forever like we do in this life.

This is clearly revealed in a number of passages which need no interpretation at all. See Luke 22:14-30; Rev. 2:7, 17; 19:1-10; 22:1-3.

 

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Adam was not the first Son of God to be created,

There were many sons of God called angels who were created before Adam. They were present when God laid the foundations of the Earth. (Job. 38:4-7; Col. 1:16-18). Adam was the first sod of God created of the human race (Lk. 3:38), but there were innumerable created sons of God in Heaven and in the Earth before Adam. The pre-Adamite races and all spirit-beings were created of God and were therefore His sons by creation.

 

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BABYLON AS A LITERAL CITY WILL BE REBUILT BEFORE THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST

Babylon will be destroyed as a city under the seventh vial Rev. 16:17-21; 18:1-24 and in the day of the Lord Isa. 13:6, 9; 14:3, 4. so it must be a city in that day.

 

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GOD DID NOT PREDESTINATE ANY PARTICULAR PERSON TO BE SAVED OR LOST

It is plainly taught in many passages which teach that every man is a free moral agent and is saved or lost by his own free choice in the matter of accepting or rejecting salvation through Jesus Christ Jn. 3:14-16; 1 Tim. 2:4; 2 Pet. 3:9; Rev. 22:17. The doctrine of calling and election is entirely in the realm of man's power of free choice.

 

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In the near future all nations will go up to Jerusalem to keep the feast of the tabernacles once a year or get no rain upon their land

This will be during the Millennium when Christ will reign in Jerusalem Zech. 14:1-21; Isa. 2:1-4. The Millennium will begin when Christ comes at the end of this age.

 

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THAT THREE SEPARATE AND DISTINCT PERSONS OF THE GODHEAD ARE NOW CARRING OUT GOD'S PLAN OF CREATION AND REDEMPTION OF ALL THINGS?

The Bible is very clear that there are three separate and distinct persons in the Godhead: That they all existed as separate beings from all eternity; that they were all capable of doing the same things; and that they all took separate parts in the creation and redemption of all things. All three had a part in the drafting of God's plan.

GOD'S PLAN IS REVEALED IN THREE DISTINCT PARTS, AND IT IS NOW BEING CARRIED OUT BY THREE DISTINCT PERSONS. One person, now called the Father because He had a Son, took the first or headship part and commanded what was to be done. This is revealed in both Testaments. David said, "THOU ART EXALTED AS THE HEAD OF ALL" 1 Chron. 29:11. Paul said of saints, "Ye are Christ's and Christ's is God' 1 Cor. 11:3. This proves that Christ and God the Father are two distinct persons as much as are man and woman.
Another person, now called the Son because he had a Father, took the second or representative parts in the creation and redemption of all things. God the Father created and redeemed by Jesus Christ. We are told that "All things were made by him . . . the world was made by him . . . God created all things by Jesus Christ . . . by him all things were created . . . by whom also he [the Father] made [planned] the worlds" (ages, John 1:3, 10; Eph. 3:9; Col. 1:15-18; Heb. 1:1-3. Then too, it is by Jesus Christ that God redeems the world to Himself (John. 3:16; 17:4; 2 Cor. 5:17-21; 1 Pet. 2:24).
Still another person, now called the Holy Spirit to distinguish Him from the Father and from the Son, took the third part of direct operation in the creation and redemption of all things. It was the Holy Spirit that brooded upon the face of the deep and operated at the command of God in restoring the Earth to a habitable state (Gen. 1:21; Job. 33:4). It was the Holy Spirit that came upon Mary and by whom she conceived the Son of God (Lk. 1:35). It was the Holy Spirit that has operated in the lives of all men of all ages, bringing about the work of redemption in their lives and giving them power to carry out the will of God (Acts 3:21; 2 Pet. 1:21; Jn. 3:3-5; 14:16, 17, 26; 15:26; 16:7-15; Acts 10:38). Then we should say that God the Father redeems by the sacrifice of Christ and through the direct power of the Holy Spirit.

 

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THAT THERE WILL BE ETERNAL GENERATIONS OF NATURAL PEOPLE ON EARTH.

The Scriptures are so literally clear on this question that you shall see a number of references to read. There will be "perpetual generations" and an everlasting kingdom of Christ over all coming generations forever (Gen. 8:22; 9:12, 16; 17:7, 19; 2 Sam. 7:24-26; Isa. 9:6, 7; 59:20, 21; Jer. 31:35, 36; Ezek. 37:24-28; Dan. 2:44; 7:13, 14, 18, 27; Lk. 1:32, 33; Zech. 14:1-21; Rev. 1:5; 5:10; 11:15; 22:4, 5).

 

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That Satan will be bound for 1000 years and sin will still continue on the Earth

It is hard for some to understand how sin will continue on the Earth during the time that Satan will be bound for the 1000 years of Rev. 20:1-10, but this is easy to understand when we see that sin is transgression of the law and that men will still be free moral agents during that time. There will be laws to obey in the Millennium just as there are today and men will become sinners by transgressing them just as they do today. That there will be sinners in the Millennium is clear from Isa. 65:20-25; 1 Cor. 15:24-28; Rev. 20:7-10; Zech. 14:16-21.