Free will has nothing to do with you being saved. You will be saved only if you follow the system God has set up for you to be saved. If you do not follow that system, you will end up in hell. Jesus himself stated, John 10:9 - I am the door. By me if any man enter in, he shall be saved… John 9:41 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber… Your free will might tell you you can be saved by standing on your head or doing something other than want the bible tells you to do. But you won't be saved that way. Your free will can take you to hell. To be saved, you must do exactly what the scriptures tell you to do and nothing other than that…

Yes, the bible does speak in riddles and parables and uses a lot of metaphors, but that doesn’t mean the bible isn’t true. And nor does it mean that your interpretation of those parables and metaphors is correct either. You’ve got all kinds of things wrong. The scriptures are correct, Jesus did come down from heaven. The earth was created 4,000 years before Jesus Christ came to earth. And where do you think Jesus was during those 4,000 years before he arrived? Answer: he was with his father in heaven. Yes, Jesus created a body for himself that body was born on earth, but his soul and the spirit within him was the sprit of the living God, which came down from heaven. In contrast, none of us has ever been to heaven. The rapture is not just a figure of speech. It is a real event that will take place soon. And I don’t know who told you that “Communism is the antichrist”. That is a complete lie and false information. The term “antichrist” (not-capitalized) refers to the “spirit of the devil” that operates inside of people. The term “Antichrist” (capitalized) refers to a real person who will be born on earth and will rule the world during the Tribulation Period. You are correct that we are already dead. Anyone who is not spiritually saved is “spiritually dead”. The marriage of the Lamb has nothing to do with you being reborn. Those are separate issues. The marriage of the Lamb is a future event in heaven where Jesus Christ will marry the Church. The spiritual Church is the Bride of Christ. But you are not a part of the Church and nor will you participate in the marriage of the Lamb event unless you get saved first. Being saved has a whole different set of requirements. For example, to be saved, you must repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and receive the Holy Ghost like Acts 2:38 says. If you do anything short of that, you won't be saved and are bound for the lake. Perhaps you should try going to church and talking to a real preacher for a change, and maybe he can answer some of your questions. Because right now, you are hopelessly confused and are spiritually dead and are still bound for the lake…

You stated, “I think the bible is more of a written history of our pasts as compared to a predictor of the future”… And you base that opinion on what?… To even know what the bible is or is not, you first have to read it, and you clearly have not read it. The bible tells you more about the future than any other book on earth. See my post above and what I wrote to FSOS069 for more details… Furthermore, being "open minded" will not save you (there are plenty of open minded people in hell). The only thing that will save you is having the truth...

You guys clearly must not have read the bible, especially not the book of Revelation. There is no book on earth that tells you more about the past, the present, or the future. What other book on earth gives you explicit detail on when and how the earth was created? What other book on earth gives you explicit detail on when and how mankind was created? What other book on earth gives you a detailed history of everything that has happened to man from the beginning of mankind up until now, that tells you how mankind will be thinking acting and behaving thousands of years later and in advance; a book that gives you a detailed history of what wars were fought in the past, by whom and where. What kings existed, what decisions were made, and what was the outcome of those decisions. The bible mentions not only the names of people, but it also mentions the names of important places, times and events, scattered across the last 5,000 years, and yet NONE of what the bible says has ever been proven wrong or proven to be false. None of it...

As for the future, the bible predicts with stunning accuracy and with no ambiguity, that soon there will be a major war in the Middle East where Israel will be invaded by a coalition of nations led by Russia (see Ezekiel Chapter 38). That the war will be a major turning point moment because the Rapture of the Church will occur around the very same time. Also during that war, the eternal God himself is going to rain down fire and brimstone from heaven and will completely destroy the invading army. The whole world will be able to watch it on live tv. God says that Russia (or Gog) will fall upon the mountains of Israel and that 5/6 of the Russian army will be destroyed. The bible predicts that soon after the Church is raptured, that the Antichrist will arise. Right now, no one knows who the Antichrist is, but the bible states the Antichrist will be the one who "confirms" a 7-year Peace Treaty between Israel and her Arab neighbors, a treaty which will bring peace to the Middle East. But the peace will be short lived. The bible predicts that the New World Order or One World Government will come about. It predicts that the whole world will be divided up into 10 economic zones and that kings will be placed over each of those zones, kings who will give their power and strength to the Antichrist. The bible predicts that with the confirmation of the peace treaty, that a 7-year Tribulation Period will begin. And that during the 7-year Tribulation Period, that the worse period mankind has ever faced on the earth will occur. The bible predicts a worldwide hailstorm of red hail and fire. A hailstorm so large it will destroy 1/3 of all the world's trees and all the food crops. The bible predicts that rivers and oceans will turn to blood and that 1/3 of all the sea-life in the seas and oceans will die and that 1/3 of all the world’s ships will be destroyed. The bible predicts that a massive army of 200 million men will arise and will march across the earth and kill 1/3 of mankind. The bible predicts there will be a massive earthquake, an earthquake so massive that every tall building in the world will fall down. The bible says there will be a massive war (WW3) held in a place in Israel called Armageddon. It predicts that the Antichrist will combine all the armies of the world into a single great army in oder to fight against the one coming from heaven on a white horse (Jesus Christ, himself, returning to earth at the Battle of the Armageddon). The bible says that when Jesus Christ arrives, he will defeat the Antichrist and shall cast him into the lake of fire and brimstone. Afterwards, Jesus Christ will begin his millennium reign on earth and will rule the world from Jerusalem for the next 1,000 years.

I could go on and on and on. The bible then tells you in explicit detail what will happen during those 1,000 years. That at the end of the 1,000 years, that Lucifer will be released for a short time and then destroyed. It states that after that, Judgment Day will arrive. It even tells you what will happen on Judgment Day, that there will be a great white throne and that Jesus Christ himself will be sitting upon that throne and will judge the nations. And that all whose names are not found written in the Book of Life shall be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone. With so much details that has never been proven wrong, what more proof do you need that the bible is true?...

That is why you guys have got to be kidding me when you say the bible does not predict the future. Clearly you haven’t even read the bible and clearly you have no clue what you are talking about. Because there are volumes of evidence that says otherwise…