1. Where does it say, or imply that all one must do to be saved, is to just ask Jesus by Faith to come into his heart and He will save him?
My answer comes from the Bible and Jesus:
A long time ago, a Roman Jailer asked of the Apostle Paul the most important question that could ever be asked, “WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?”
Did Paul said anything else but: “BELIEVE on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house” (Acts 16:30–31.) You can find the whole context of this by reading in Acts 16.
Nicodemus in John chapter 3, pretty much asked Jesus the same thing.
Did Jesus said anything else but: “You must be born again” (Jn. 3:1–8). Did he ask for anything else? No.
THESE ARE ONLY for Salvation. TO BE SAVED ALL I HAVE TO DO IS BELIEVE. BELIEVE what? BELIEVE that I am a sinner in need of a Savior and that that Savior is Jesus Christ. Why? Because HE took my place and PAID ALL THAT I OWED God that I could not pay no matter how many things I did/do. Let me repeat myself: I DO NOT have to do anything else TO BE SAVED BUT BELIEVE and I will be baptized by the Holy Spirit (spiritually speaking) into Christ (Rom. 6:3-5).
That simple — FOR SALVATION.
2. How can one being a Gentile, ( and you all are, or were Gentiles ) have the need for a “sin offering” in the form of a Spotless Lamb, and you all claim that that’s what Jesus is to you? And that Jesus is your “Passover Lamb”, which is Old Law?
IT IS NOT JUST US GENTILES — IT IS THE WHOLE WORLD. Those who want (Jews and Gentiles) to be with God MUST come the way God said it must be. If there is no shedding of blood, there is no remission of sin (Hebrews 9:22). I did not make the rule. God did.
The OT was a SHADOW and TYPE of what was to come for ALL HUMANITY that would want to accept it.
And what was that?
THE REDEEMER WILL COME. All of the OT ceremonies and rituals typified and pointed to the Redeemer that would come and pay a price on a Cross. We who have accepted Him, call this Redeemer Jesus.
Jesus CAME and TOOK THE PLACE of all rituals and ceremonies (shadow and type) and became the REALITY of them. So, HE BECAME THE “Passover Lamb.”
Today, NO ONE, JEW or GENTILE, can keep the OT.
Why?
There is no Temple. There is no Altar. There is no High Priest, etc., etc., etc.
We are still in the Church Age. Eventually the Church Age (the time of the Gentiles) will run its course and the Jews will come to find their Redeemer once again (I believe that to be Jesus Christ).
3. How can it be the case that the following verses are not the Truth as exactly spoken? And the end is still yet to come? --- Matthew 16:28 KJV --&-- Matthew 24:34-35 KJV ---//--- Matthew 24:14 KJV --&-- Colossians 1:23 KJV –
Matthew 16:28 “Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of Man coming in His Kingdom (refers to the Transfiguration of Christ, which would take place in a few hours, and would be observed by Peter, James, and John). (Look for the context, context, context).
Matthew 24:34 “Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass (the generation of Jews which will be alive at the beginning of the Great Tribulation; as well, it was a prediction by Christ, that irrespective of the problems that Israel would face, even from His day, they would survive), till all these things be fulfilled (there is no doubt, they will be fulfilled).
Matthew 24:35 “Heaven and earth shall pass away (doesn’t refer to annihilation, but rather a change from one condition or state to another), but My Words shall not pass away (what the Word of God says, will be!). (Look for the context, context, context).
Matthew 24:14 “And this Gospel of the Kingdom (refers to the same type of Gospel preached by Christ and Paul) shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations (not every person, but to all nations; this is close presently to being fulfilled); and then shall the end come (the Second Coming). Matthew 24:14 is part of the answer that Jesus is giving that started with the question in Matthew 24:3: “And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, WHEN SHALL THESE THINGS BE? and WHAT SHALL BE THE SIGN OF THY COMING, and OF THE END OF THE WORLD? (Look for the context, context, context).
Colossians 1:23 “If you continue in the Faith (at the same time says it is possible not to continue in the Faith; “the Faith” is “Christ and Him Crucified”) grounded and settled (the Foundation of the Faith, which Object must always be the Cross), and be not moved away (moved away from the Cross) from the Hope of the Gospel, which you have heard (pertains to the fact that they had been brought in right), and which was preached to every creature which is under Heaven (the Message of the Cross is the same for all); whereof I Paul am made a Minister (the meaning of the New Covenant was actually given to Paul, which is the meaning of the Cross [Gal. 1:11–12])”. (Look for context, context, context. Colossians 1:23 to Colossians 1:29 is talking about service.)
The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2009 (Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version.) (Mt 24:3). Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
Swaggart, J. (2005). The Expositor's Study Bible (2081). Baton Rouge, LA: World Evangelism Press.
4. At what very popular Place was the Garden of Eden first located?
Gen. 2:10 And a river went out of Eden to water the Garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Gen. 2:11 The name of the first is Pison (Ganges?): that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold (India?);
Gen. 2:12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Gen. 2:13 And the name of the second river is Gihon (Nile?): the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
Gen. 2:14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel (Tigris?): that is it which goes toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
Scholars believe that the Garden of Eden may have been located, at the joining of the Tigris and Euphrates, which is the site of ancient Babylon. [You can do a Google search like I did to find more information].
5. If you ever get to see Jesus, what will you be seeing?
Honestly? I can only image what I will be seeing. And I can only image what I will do.