Tag: theology

Few topics are less understood from a proper Biblical view than the LGBTQ-issue. Can someone simultaneously extend love and grace to those who struggle…

Did Jesus enter the temple with a redeemed animal?

Nov 22, 2025

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Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. Mattews. 21:5 KJV

Monday, September 12 Thorny Problems And lest I should be…

Nov 21, 2025

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Monday, September 12 Thorny Problems And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh…

What people was Jesus referring to when he used the word “generation” in Luke 11:50?

Nov 21, 2025

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That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; Luke. 11:50 KJV

Satan’s Dark Cloud Over Australia: Christian Injustice :: By Ron Ferguson

Nov 20, 2025

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A disgraceful thing has happened in Australia. In New South Wales, football is god. In Australia, football is god! The football code in this instance is Rugby League. One football club, Manly Sea Eagles, made a decision to make its players wear a “Pride” jersey. Pride is the name given to the promotion and arrogance…

Taking up serpents — literal serpent handling in Appalachian Holiness

Nov 20, 2025

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Serpent handling is a Pentecostal religious rite predominantly found in Appalachian Holiness churches, deeply rooted in an interpretation of Mark 16:17-18, which commands believers…

Can A Dead Black Theology Be Resurrected As A Pentecostal Theology A Review Essay Of The Rise And Demise Of Black Theology

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Pneuma 30 (2008) 291-298 Book Roundtable Can a Dead Black T eology Be Resurrected as a Pentecostal T eology? A Review Essay of The…

How did the believers reach Damascus in the first place?

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Acts 9 tells us Paul went to Damascus to persecute the followers of the Way. But in previous Chapter (Acts 8) We read that they had fled to Samaria and Judea following Stephen’s death. Now those two places are nowhere near Damascus. So how…

When Will Christians Stop Condeming Us LGBTQ?

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I as well the rest of my LGBTQ+ community have endured your biblical condemning of us for too long. Because of your preaching our kind has lived with suppression and depression. Not to mention the fact there has been an increasing correlat…

Have the sizes of the image of gold made of Nebuchadnezzar any significance?

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King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. (Daniel 3:1) Did these sizes represent something in the Babylon time?

Who was Satan tempting in Matthew 4:7?

Nov 18, 2025

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The setting is Jesus in the wilderness, being tempted by the devil (vs. 1) and the second temptation is for Jesus to hurl himself down from a pinnacle in the temple “in the holy city” (vss. 5 & 6). The devil is, again, trying to get Je…

What did Evangelist Luke mean by ‘many’ in his introductory statement?

Nov 18, 2025

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We see the introductory paragraph of the Gospel according to Luke, as follows: Since many have undertaken to set down an orderly account of the events that have been fulfilled among us, Luke 1 – NRSV Given that the Catholic Church recogn…

How can there be Babylonian ideas in the Samaritan Torah if the Samaritans were never exiled?

Nov 17, 2025

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In the Torah, the first five books of the bible, there are various narratives that bear strong resemblance to various Babylonians myths. Notably the story of creation, Adam and Eve, and the flood all have Babylonian precursors. These are d…

God’s first attempt to solve Adam’s loneliness failed — Are we supposed to be critical of God’s subsequent initial attempts at solutions?

Nov 17, 2025

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In Genesis 2:19-20, God identifies a problem: Adam is alone. He then presents possible solutions to the problem by bringing all the animals before Adam. The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suit…

What prophecy does Mark 14:49 point to?

Nov 16, 2025

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Mark 14:49: Every day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest me. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled. I understand this as “although I was everyday in the temple, you didn’t come to arrest me. But as …

What is the difference between commandments in ordinance form and general commandments in the Bible?

Nov 16, 2025

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Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; Ephesians 2:15 KJV What is the difference between commandments and commandments…

What does “unsearchable” mean in “the unsearchable riches of Christ”. Ephesians 3:8?

Nov 15, 2025

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Ephesians 3:8 “To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,”. ESV. My emphasis. [unsearchable/anexichniaston]. Are these riches of Chri…

Was Jesus’ early church composed primarily of Torah-abiding Jews?

Nov 15, 2025

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If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector. Mattews. 18:17 KJV How to understand the word ἐκκλησίας in this context?

What are the arguments for and against YHWH/Yahweh/Jehovah is the name of God forever?

Nov 15, 2025

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Exodus 3:15 Literal Standard Version And God says again to Moses, “Thus you say to the sons of Israel: YHWH, God of your fathers, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, has sent me to you; this [is] My Name for all time, and this…

Is there a contradiction between Ecclesiastes 9:5 & Luke 16:19-31?

Nov 14, 2025

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Ecclesiastes 9:5 (KJV) 5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Luke 16:19-31 (KJV) 19 There was a certain rich man, w…

How were Biblical names (in the past) differentiated from common nouns? [closed]

Nov 14, 2025

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I am new to this site, so if someone has asked this, please accept it as a newbie move and denigrate not. (lol) Caleb חלב means dog. How did Caleb know he was being called a human name, and not a dog (slur)? Helev חלב means milk. How did H…

“but” deliver us from evil

Nov 14, 2025

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The Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13) says: Matthew 6:13 Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil The two phrases “Lead us not into temptation” and “deliver us from evil” don’t seem to be in contrast with each other. So is t…

Who is our Savior: God or Jesus?

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Titus 3:4-7 (ESV): 4 But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the …

These Signs Shall Follow: Endangered Pentecostal Practices in Appalachia

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The thesis “These Signs Shall Follow: Endangered Pentecostal Practices in Appalachia” by Melanie Rae Harsha documents and analyzes a set of Pentecostal and Holiness practices—some common, others…

Did God change his mind concerning visiting the sins of the fathers onto the sons in Jeremiah 31?

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God had given instructions to Moses that he will visit the sins of the fathers onto the children Exodus 20:5 NIV 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the s…

Did the Israelites go through Edom and Moab or around?

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Judg 11 portrays the Israelites going around Edom and Moab: 17 Israel then sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Let us pass, we pray, through your land’; but the king of Edom would not listen. And they sent also to the king of Mo…

Why did Jesus tell Satan to do it quickly?

Nov 12, 2025

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And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly. John 13:27 KJV Why couldn’t it be slow?

transcriptions of the OT and NT texts

Nov 12, 2025

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Can you advise where to find transcriptions (i.e. pronunciation, e.g. dawar; I don’t mean transliteration – dābār) of the hebrew (OT) and greek (NT) texts?

Was casting the lot in Acts 1:26 a vote or a lottery?

Nov 11, 2025

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When choosing a replacement for Judas, there are two candidates, and in Acts 1:26, we read (ESV): And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. Was this like a vote, or was i…

Luke 5:32. I have not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners [duplicate]

Nov 11, 2025

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What do you think Jesus meant by saying these words? Is He saying that there are righteous people among the sinners? If so, then Paul theology that "everybody is a hopeless sinner" seems contradictory.

What does fire mean in the context of “divided tongues, as it were of fire” (Acts 2:3)?

Nov 11, 2025

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Acts 2:3 (YLT): 3 and there appeared to them divided tongues, as it were of fire; it sat also upon each one of them, What does fire mean in this context? And how is the fire related to the divided tongues? How should we make sense of the…

Is Psalm 83 an imprecatory prayer or a prophecy or both?

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Many people view Psalm 83 as a prophecy about a war involving the tribes listed or their descendants. 5 With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against you— 6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites…

Dr. Mel Robeck: Evangelism at Azusa Street Mission (Azusa Lecture 2025)

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Dr. Cecil M. Robeck Jr. will present the Twentieth Annual Azusa Lecture on Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 7 p.m. in the Lee University Chapel….

Apparent endorsement of violence in the OT vs. “Love your Enemy” in the NT (Dt. 13 vs. Mt. 5) [closed]

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The Book of Deuteronomy appears to endorse wholesale violence (murder?) against an entire city in punishment of a non-violent crime: If you hear in one of your cities, which the Lord your God gives you to dwell there, 13 that certain base…

In Psalm 139 – Does God use His Book (סִפְרְךָ) to document ‘our design’ or ‘our time’ on Earth?

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In Psalm 139 – Does God use His Book (סִפְרְךָ) to document ‘our design’ or ‘our time’ on Earth? Tehillim (Psalms) 139:16 [MT] : “Your eyes saw my unformed body, and on Your Book they were all written; days have been formed and one of…

Where was Samuel?

Nov 9, 2025

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1 Samuel 28:19 says (my paraphrase) tomorrow you and your sons will die and “be with me”. Samuel had been summoned from after death. Samuel was godly. I expected that he would have been awaiting Jesus and that Saul would have be…

Does God give the Abrahamic blessings in varying measures to Christians?

Nov 9, 2025

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Does God give the Abrahamic blessings,Genesis 12:1-3 in varying measures to Christians? If so, what makes them vary? Is it because of varying degrees of hardships encountered, because the greater your destiny, the greater your hardships? …

Does God share all things with Jesus?

Nov 8, 2025

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“and what is mine is all yours, and what is yours is mine; and I have been glorified in them. ” Bible LXX Pbro. Guillermo jünemann beckchaefer and all things that are mine are yours and yours are mine and I am glorified in th…

Isn’t Elohim in Bible plural in all cases

Nov 8, 2025

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Elohim is recognized as being in plural form when talking about false gods… However when talking about the Hebrew God, I have read that Elohim is thought to be referring to God in singular form. Is this correct? Consider Genesis 1:26 Let …

What is the “double” mentioned in Isaiah 40:2?

Nov 8, 2025

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Isaiah 40:1-2 (KJV) 1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. 2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD’s hand…

Is Matthew 25:40 establishing Proverbs 19:17 is a ‘prophecy’ about Jesus being King YHVH?

Nov 7, 2025

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Wisdom חָכְמָה allowed מֶ֜֗לֶךְ King שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה Shlomoh (Solomon) to reveal Proverb 19:17 stating “He who is gracious to a poor man lends to YHVH, and He will repay him his reward.” ( מַלְוֵ֣ה יְ֖הוָה ח֣וֹנֵֽן דָּ֑ל וּ֜גְמֻל֗וֹ יְ…

What did John mean in Mathew 3:10 the axe is laid on to the root of trees?

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Mathew 3:10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. What was John referring to as the root of the trees? It seems to be a sin…

Why do you christians keep comparing our sexuality and what we do in the privacy of our bedrooms as murdering, child molesting?

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Last time I checked homosexuality has nothing to do with murder or child molesting. There are lgbtq murders and child molesters just as their are straight murders and child molesters. Your sexuality does not make you a murder or a child mo…

How best to understand the NLT translation of Malachi 2:16?

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Malachi 2:16 NLT “For I hate divorce!” says the Lord, the God of Israel. “It is as cruel as putting on a victim’s bloodstained coat,” says the Lord Almighty. “So guard yourself; always remain loyal to your wife.&q…

“Overcome” vs “comprehend” in John 1:5

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John 1:5 reads in the ESV: The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. I recently heard the KJV quoted and was struck by the difference: And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended…

Which verses in the OT was Jesus referring to in Mk 12:24-25 where he scolded the Sadducee for being ignorant of the Scriptures?

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We hear Jesus educating the Sadducee who came to him with a cleverly made up query on life after life and on the prospective marital status of souls in heaven in Mk 12:24-25 (KJV) : And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore …

Did Jesus say “Lord” or “Jehovah / Yahweh” when he spoke to Satan as to who is to be worship at Luke 4:8?

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In Luke 4:8, many Bible translations use Lord as the word spoken to Satan as the one worthy of worship. Those words are a direct quote by Jesus from the Old Testament that clearly indicated ‘Yahweh’ or ‘Jehovah’. There is no Adonay or the …

Can you tell me about the wineskin parable?

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Can you explain the parable of the wineskin? what was Jesus trying to tell the disciples? “Neither is new wine put into old wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is p…

Hubris and Replacement Theology :: By The Gospelist

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Replacement Theology is the false doctrine that God has rejected the nation of Israel and replaced it with the church forever. God has no plans for the nation of Israel, according to their man-made theology, and everything the prophets prophesied about Israel has either already taken place or applies to the church. Replacement theologians ask…

What was the “book of the law” that Hilkiah found in 2 Kings 22:8?

Nov 4, 2025

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2 Chronicles 17:7 In the third year of his [Jehoshaphat] reign he sent his officials … 9 They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the Lord; they went around to all the towns of Judah and taught the people. …

What does everything being vanity mean in Ecclesiastes 1?

Nov 4, 2025

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Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. — Ecclesiasites 1:2, KJV 2000 What is its literal meaning, in context?

Should John 10:33 say “because that thou, being a man, makest thyself a god”? or make thyself God? [duplicate]

Nov 4, 2025

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I have come across a theological assertion (in conversation with a Biblical Unitarian) that John 10:33 should be understood thus: The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, …

How is Jesus from Judah’s tribe? [closed]

Nov 3, 2025

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Jesus had no biological father and we know that, according to the Pentateuch, the tribal lineage is passed through the father and the mother’s genealogy is irrelevant. The argument of Zelophehad’s daughters is not valid that tribal heritag…

Does the word egeneto in John 1:3 mean “create”? make?

Nov 3, 2025

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If the Greek word egeneto in John 1:3 does not mean create, how does its meaning affect our understanding of John 1:3? John 1:3 NET bible All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created Jo…

Would 1 Peter Be The Oldest Letter In The New Testament?

Nov 3, 2025

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I was reading this book by Craig S. Keener 1 Peter: A Commentary and he believes that the apostle Peter is the author of the letter. If his assertion is correct would that make 1 Peter the oldest book of the New Testament? I mean would t…

Did Jesus distinguish between the audiences who would hear his message?

Nov 2, 2025

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Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing. John 18:20 KJV All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in par…

Why does the KJV say JAH in Psalm 68:4?

Nov 2, 2025

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While reading Psalm 68 this morning, I came across this verse which uses the name “JAH”: Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. (KJV Psalm 68:4) …

So if being born as this is not merit to why it should be accepted, than why isnt being born as this that does no harm to anyone not merit?

Nov 2, 2025

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You all said murders, child molester, and thiefs are born that way but are not accepted in society. To make a point that me being born gay doesnt give validty that my sexuality should be condoned. Okay well than how does me being born gay …

What does “my name is with him” mean in Exodus 23:21?

Nov 1, 2025

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Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. 21Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him….

Is the statement “Leah had weak eyes” (Genesis 29:17) an indication that women at that time had their face covered where only their eyes showed?

Nov 1, 2025

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In Genesis 2k9:17 the only specific part of the body mentioned is the eyes. Is this because everything else was covered up? “Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured” (KJV). The tender eyes of Leah, as so translat…

How can Christ be the firstfruits of the resurrection when others were raised before him?

Nov 1, 2025

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In 1 Corinthians 15:20-23, we read of Christ as firstfruits but in Matthew 27:52-53, we read that at the death of Jesus Christ, many saints arose. How do I then draw the line in explaining Christ as the firstfruits since a group arose bef…

If Lot went to Zoar, why did his daughters think no one was left on earth?

Oct 31, 2025

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Did Lot actually go to Zoar? Bible text would suggest yes. However, why would the daughters think no one was left on earth? Genesis 19:31. It seems to me they arrived in Zoar and later left. Although it doesn’t indicate how long neverthele…

Is Hebrews 10:28 talking about the past or present

Oct 31, 2025

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I read a few translations of Hebrews 10:28, some translate as present perfect, and some translate as past. A man who has gone against the law of Moses is put to death without pity on the word of two or three witnesses: (Hebrews 10:28, BBE…

In Luke 16:21 why were the dogs mentioned?

Oct 31, 2025

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who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. (Luke 16:21, ESV) Some see the dogs as further insult to Lazarus. Some see the dogs a sympathetic to Lazarus. Dogs likin…

What did “Kingdom of Greece” refer to in Daniel 8:21?

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I was reading Daniel 8:15-27, where it says: …. the ram you saw that had two horns represents the kingdoms of Media and Persia. The goat represents the kingdom of Greece, and the prominent horn between his eyes is the first king…. …

Glossolalia: Speaking in unknown languages

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Speaking in tongues, known as glossolalia, is a central practice in Pentecostal and charismatic worship, especially in Appalachian contexts. It involves uttering speech-like sounds…

“Be Perfect” (Mt. 5:48) – a stand-alone commandment, a summary of the Sermon on the Mount, or the conclusion of the teaching on loving one’s enemy?

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Note: this is not the same question as those which seek the meaning of “Be Perfect” in itself. Here, the question is what “Be Perfect” refers to in the text. In Matthew 5:48 Jesus teaches “Be perfect as your Heaven…

Apparent violence of the Old Testament

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How do Christian traditions reconcile the explicit violence of the Old Testament (by the Almighty towards people and by nations against other nations) with the idea of a loving G-d? Sorry for posting an obviously naïve/ignorant question, b…

What’s the self awareness of Paul re his office of “Apostle of Gentiles”?

Oct 29, 2025

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What’s the nature of the self awareness of Paul regarding his office of “Apostle of Gentiles”? Can we say that in Paul’s mind he is appointed the office singularly or exclusively as no one else can say the same in the same sense, or he thi…

Did David choose the pestilence in 1 Chronicles 21:13?

Oct 29, 2025

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After having sinned David is given three options from which to choose 1 Chronicles 21:12 NLT You may choose three years of famine, three months of destruction by your enemies, or three days of severe plague as the angel of the Lord brings…

How should one interpret Isaiah 26:10

Oct 29, 2025

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“Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the Lord.” (KJV) “Though grace is shown to the wicked, they do…

Must Ezekiel 44:1-3 be fulfilled prior to the new Eden of Revelation 22?

Oct 28, 2025

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When analyzing biblical Temples of YHVH in context to the Tanakh & Gospels, Yerushalem (יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם) has already experienced the construction of 3 Temples built to honor YHVH (prior to 70 AD) : #1. The-Temple of the-King Shlomoh (הַ…

Is Athanasius’ translation of Isaiah 9:6 supportable?

Oct 28, 2025

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Athanasius of Alexandria translates : … the everlasting father … [Isaiah 9:6 KJV] as : … Father of the coming age … [‘On Luke 10:22’ from Select Works and Letters (1) ]. I notice that Robert Young translates this as : … Fath…

Did Jesus assert Judas Iscariot a place in heaven?

Oct 28, 2025

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Jesus says in Matthew 19:28: Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes …

Did Jesus really died? If yes, did the trinitarian god temporarily lost 30 percent of its member?

Oct 27, 2025

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Trinitarians and oneness beliefs is foundatuon on the answer to this question about the nature of Jesus.

Looking for a seasoned researcher for a Torah Project

Oct 27, 2025

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I am looking to partner with a seasoned researcher to complete a series of books on a Torah topic. I can be reached at [email protected] I was advised by Mi Yodea stack exchange to post my inquiry here. Thank You

Which struggle did Paul have in mind when he referred to the “armor of God”?

Oct 27, 2025

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From Ephesians 6:10-17 (NIV): 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but…

Historical Evidence that the Jewish Calendar Day Began at Sunset?

Oct 26, 2025

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1. Question – a Reference Request In view of the question : Luke 23:54 – How should “Sabbath Dawning” be Interpreted? Whether or not Luke is stating that the Sabbath began at dawn, or not – it seems there should be evidence …

What is the meaning of the passages where someone concealing something is overtaken or ambushed on the road?

Oct 26, 2025

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I think I have found a thread in the Bible where a traveller is tested while on the road. They are usually overtaken (sometimes ambushed) by someone in disguise or they are carrying a hidden item. Are these passages actually linked, and if…

Was Paul being sarcastic when he claimed that he didn’t recognize Ananias?

Oct 26, 2025

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Related: Was Paul literally predicting that God would strike Ananias? From Acts 23:1-5 (NIV): 1 Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin and said, “My brothers, I have fulfilled my duty to God in all good conscience to this day.” 2 At this t…

Where does Moses say the things which Paul attributes to him in Acts 26:22-23?

Oct 25, 2025

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In Acts 26:22-23, Paul says that I stand here…saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come to pass: that the Christ must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our pe…

Why does Jesus tell the disciples to buy swords?

Oct 25, 2025

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Luke 9:3 and Luke 22:36 seem to form an inclusio. In chapter nine, Jesus instructs the Twelve, “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra tunic.” But in chapter 22, he tells them, “But now if you have a pu…

What was the source of the light in Genesis 1:3-4 (cf. Gen. 1:14-19)?

Oct 25, 2025

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At the outset of the Book of Genesis, we read: Genesis 1:3-4: “Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light. 4God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.” We know that God is ligh…

Hebrew meaning of “between evenings”

Oct 24, 2025

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I’m trying to understand a phrase in Exodus 29:39 and Numbers 28:4. The phrase is “בין הערבים.” This seems to literally mean “between evenings.” It is present here in the language of sacrificing two lambs daily. One …

Why was Mtt 17: 21 as appearing in KJV skipped in other versions of NT? [duplicate]

Oct 24, 2025

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We read in Mtt 17:18-21 (KJV) And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?20 And Jesus said unto t…

Understanding the appropriation of Psalm 22:2 in the Gospel crucifixion accounts

Oct 24, 2025

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In Matthew 27:46, the author quotes Jesus, first transliterating his words with Greek letter (NA28 | ESV): ηλι ηλι λεμα σαβαχθανι; Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? He then translates into Greek: Θεέ μου θεέ μου, ἱνατί με ἐγκατέλιπες…

Is the verb in Joshua 2:1 meant to indicate that the spies were clients of Rahab’s harlotry?

Oct 23, 2025

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Joshua 2:1 recounts the journey of the Israelite spies in Jericho: וַיֵּ֨לְכוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ בֵּית־אִשָּׁ֥ה זוֹנָה וּשְׁמָהּ רָחָב וַיִּשְׁכְּבוּ־שָמָּה And they went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab and l…

Hebrews 2:10, what is the meaning of perfecting Jesus through sufferings?

Oct 23, 2025

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Hebrews 2:10 (ASV): For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings. What is the meaning of perfecting Je…

Was there rain and thunder when they crossed the Red Sea as alluded in Psalms 77:15-20?

Oct 23, 2025

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This Psalm seems to point out that there was rain and thunderstorm during the night they crossed the Red sea Psalms 77:15-20 NASB 15You have by Your [j]power redeemed Your people, The sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.16 The waters…

Applied Theology :: By The Gospelist

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Going through life as a mindless heathen is a terrible life strategy. It results in a chaotic, superfluous existence that ends in a brief stint in hell and, ultimately, being thrown into the Lake of Fire for all eternity. As we descend even more deeply into the Days of Noah and Lot, I watch numerous…

Were all the prophecies of Jesus in Matthew 24:1-34 fulfilled in the first century (30-70 ad)? [duplicate]

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Are the words of Jesus to be taken literally when he said “this generation”? That is 30-70AD? He seems to be emphatic about it because he prefaced it by Verily, I say unto you…”

Isaiah 37 and 2 Kings 19 are identical

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Why do Isaiah 37 and 2 Kings 19 contain the same verses? Of course, consulting or referring to an older and reliable source of eyewitness information is expected and acceptable, but what is strange is that the writer of 2 Kings 19 has copi…

In Mark 3, is it Jesus’ family or friends who try to take him away

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Mark 3:21 NLT “When his family heard what was happening, they tried to take him away. “He’s out of his mind,” they said.” IN other versions it says “own people” or “friends” The greek was not very clear to me; it looks like an interpret…

Are biographies written as narratives in ancient world?

Oct 21, 2025

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Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Acts are all written in a narrative style, but are treated as biographies of Jesus and his apostles. Are there other examples in the ancient world of a biographical account of a real person being written in …

Who is speaking in Revelation 19:5 and what are the implications of identifying the speaker?

Oct 21, 2025

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Revelation 19:5 (ASV): And a voice came forth from the throne, saying, Give praise to our God, all ye his servants, ye that fear him, the small and the great. I’ve been reading and re-reading Revelation recently and many interesting thin…

Since Joseph wanted to divorce Mary (Matthew 1:19), does that mean he did not trust her?

Oct 21, 2025

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Since Joseph wanted to divorce Mary in Matthew 1:19 yet they were already betrothed, does that mean he did not trust her? Matthew 1:19 NIV “Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet[a] did not want to expose her to …

Why did the blind man at Bethsaida look up and see men as if they were taller trees?

Oct 20, 2025

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And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. Mark 8:24 KJV

Pentecostals and the AMPA receptors of the brain

Oct 20, 2025

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