What can we learn from Hezekiah's prayer in 2 Kings 19:14-19?
If we read a bit more in the chapter, we see that God sent a messenger to Hezekiah. He tells Hezekiah that he heard him. In 2 Chronicles 32:20, we see...
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Danny Hickman
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What is the meaning of the Parable of one desiring to build a tower, and the king who wishes to go to war with another?
The meaning of the parable of the tower and going to war with a king who's stronger starts in the beginning of the chapter of Luke 14. Jesus heals a man...
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What was the practice of casting lots?
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Ben Jones
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Why did Jesus ask the man at the pool if he wanted to get well?
Perhaps the man after being crippled for 38 years had given up hope of ever being healed, or maybe he was afraid that if he were healed he would not be able...
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Jack Gutknecht
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Who are Oholah and Oholibah in the Bible?
Ezekiel 23:4
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Is Paul saying he wants married people to live as unmarried in 1 Corinthians 7:29?
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What is Jesus Culture? Is Jesus Culture biblical?
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How does God see me in Christ?
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What is a concubine? Why did God allow men to have concubines in the Bible?
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Who will go to heaven?
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Was this a physical attack? (Song of Solomon 5:7)
By my reading of the narrative, the events described in the passage cited in the question occurred in a dream, and thus were not an actual physical attack.
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Is Paul saying he wants married people to live as unmarried in 1 Corinthians 7:29?
In my opinion, Paul is saying that any Christian's relationship with God takes precedence over any human relationship -- even one as close as marriage. He is...
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Gene Deloach
Is it wrong to be a Christian secretly in order to preserve your own life?
Matt 10:32-34 the words confess and deny are very specific words of action. To verbally confess has as its direct opposite action of verbally denying. I’m...
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by Chris Heier
, Retired, living in Mexico and Arizona
Who is the Queen of Heaven?
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Amen.
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by Chris Heier
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Who is the Queen of Heaven?
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Well said, Cindy. God the Father sent our Lord Jesus not to establish an earthly Jewish Kingdom. But to establish God’s Kingdom, the church, whose head is...
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What does the Bible say about the prosperity gospel?
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by Ezekiel Kimosop
Does God require Sabbath-keeping of Christians?
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Wow, great reflections here. I believe that Jesus consummated the Sabbath when He entered His rest so that those who are in Christ are not bound by the Law...
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Charles Crabtree
Is Paul saying he wants married people to live as unmarried in 1 Corinthians 7:29?
What is Paul really saying in this passage?
1 Corinthians 7:29
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by Danny Hickman
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Does Mark 16:16 teach that baptism is necessary for salvation?
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All the members of the church I attend have been baptized, I don't have to read about the conversions in the book of Acts to know about baptism, Kevin....
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Patricia Robinson
On what day of the week would the breaking of bread in Acts 20:7 have taken place? Would it be on our same calendar day in modern times?
During Apostle Paul's time, the 1st day of the week would be what is now called Sunday by the gentiles. The Hebrews called days of the week by numbers just...
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Shirley H
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Why ship your grain across the sea? (Ecclesiastes11:1)
These two verses Ecclesiastes 11:1,2 I believe are easier to understand in the KJV Bible. They read, "Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What kind of pit was David in? (Psalm 40:2)
In my opinion, David was speaking of being lifted out of a slimy pit in a figurative sense, saying that whatever difficulties or troubles he had faced had...
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by Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why does Paul call Jesus the first to rise from the dead when other people had been raised from the dead, such as Lazarus?
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I can only suggest that perhaps Moses and Elijah (although alive) were somehow different in their post-earthly experiences than Jesus with respect to having...
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by Patricia Robinson
Is the 7-day calendar based on Genesis 2:2-3, in which the seven day week was first mentioned?
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Yes. However, one of the Roman emperors started an eight day week. It did not last long.
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by Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
Can man live without God?
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Continuing,... Lk 16 isn't about whether hell can be seen from heaven, or any of the other distractions this story causes to pop up into the minds of people....
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What kind of pit was David in? (Psalm 40:2)
Psalm 40 New International Version (NIV) Psalm 40[a] For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. 1 I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me...
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by Danny Hickman
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Why wasn't Cain's punishment death?
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Ultimately, no one escapes the death penalty. Nothing extra is added to death when it is expedited for the purpose of spotlighting God's corrective measures....
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by Kenneth Heck
Why does Paul call Jesus the first to rise from the dead when other people had been raised from the dead, such as Lazarus?
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Moses and Elijah appeared to Jesus , but they were not resurrected. If they had been they would have walked in physical bodies again just as Christ did....
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by John Matthews
, Retired Professional Singer, Conductor and Seeker
Why does Paul call Jesus the first to rise from the dead when other people had been raised from the dead, such as Lazarus?
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Tim, what about Matthew 17:3 ? Moses and Elijah appeared to Jesus and the apostles. Are those two resurrected?
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by Jennifer Rothnie
, Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious
Is the theory of Pangea possible? Does the Bible say that there was once a Pangea / Pangaea?
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It's worth mentioning that most geologists believe there were *two* super-continents at different times - first Rodinia, and later Pangaea. While some...
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by Troy Davidson
Is the theory of Pangea possible? Does the Bible say that there was once a Pangea / Pangaea?
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PSALM 104 New American Standard Bible 6 You covered it with the deep as with a garment; The waters were standing above the mountains. 7 At Your rebuke they...
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by Danny Hickman
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Can man live without God?
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Mr Houdmann I agree with your answer that man cannot live without God. But in the narrative of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16) it isn't stated anywhere...
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by John Matthews
, Retired Professional Singer, Conductor and Seeker
Why does Paul call Jesus the first to rise from the dead when other people had been raised from the dead, such as Lazarus?
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What about Moses and Elijah in Matthew 17:3 ? They appeared to Jesus 1000+ years after death. Only God the Father could have done their resurrection from the...
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by James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
Can a Christian 'give back' salvation?
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Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the GIFT of God is eternal Life. Can you lose eternal life? If you can then it was never eternal to begin...
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by Kevin Honeycutt
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Does Mark 16:16 teach that baptism is necessary for salvation?
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Well Danny, that is what you say, the Scriptures I listed clearly tell us the opposite. Go read every conversion in Acts and you will read that everyone was...
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by Mark Gingerich
Is 'virgin' or 'young woman' the correct translation of Isaiah 7:14?
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I would like to add, it wouldn’t be much of a sign if the “young woman” was not a virgin, There is nothing noteworthy of a “young Woman” bearing a son.
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by Jennifer Rothnie
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Do we have eternal life in Christ now, or do we receive it in the future?
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'Eternal Life' is something to be fulfilled in the future, as we only get our new Spiritual bodies at the Resurrection. But we also 'hold' eternal life as...
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What did Jesus mean when he said, "I come not to bring peace, but to bring a sword"?
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Should Christian women wear pants?
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by Charles Yeager
How does predestination work as described by scripture?
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The verses do not say God determined before hand who would be saved. The verses are talking about God determining that those who held fast to the end of...
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What does the Bible say about feminism? Should a Christian be a feminist?
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Why did Jesus turn our value system upside down? (Matthew 5:3-12)
I would say that the only reason that the values and qualities spoken of by Jesus in the beatitudes seem "upside-down" is because humanity had been the...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How can the meek inherit the earth? (Matthew 5:5)
In my opinion, Jesus was making a reference in this verse to a similar promise contained in Psalm 37:10-11, in which "meekness" is presented as the...
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What does it mean "to cast your care upon The Lord?"
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by Danny Hickman
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Why wasn't Cain's punishment death?
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Please don't confuse what Saul did when told to "go and strike Amalek and destroy all that he has... put to death both man and woman, child and infant, ox...