Who do the lioness and cubs represent? (Ezekiel 19:2–9)
In my opinion, the lioness represents the "mother" nation of Israel, which is succeeded (following the captivity of the ten northern tribes) by the...
In my opinion, the lioness represents the "mother" nation of Israel, which is succeeded (following the captivity of the ten northern tribes) by the...
I believe that Jeremiah was definitely paraphrasing Psalm 1. He, like the psalmist, was contrasting the godly and the ungodly. The psalmist was sharing the...
Luke 14:23 "And the master said to the servant, 'Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.'" Traditionally...
Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD: In contrast, the one who trusts in the LORD will be like a tree planted by the waters, whose leaf will be green....
This takes us back to Genesis 49:9,10. Look at Jacob's last words to Judah. The Lion of Judah will carry the scepter. The scepter will not depart from Judah...
One of my (many) favorite verses is Luke 19:40. “”Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” Some of...
In my opinion, when Jesus spoke of "compelling" those in the second group to come in, He was not speaking of the use of brute force, but of overcoming...
When I first read of this, Jesus' command to His disciples [implied], I worried that it sounded like Jesus was saying to force people to receive the gospel. ...
Luke 14:12 - 24
Begin with Ezekiel 19: 2: And say: What was your mother? A lioness! Among lions she crouched; in the midst of young lions she reared her cubs.
Ezekiel 19:1 - 7
Since God appointed Judah to be the royal tribe, it was logical to associate the tribe with the lion, the king of the beasts. (See also Num. 24:9; Ezek....
"Zoan was a city in Egypt (Numbers 13:22) -- Numbers 13:22 (ESV) says, '”They went up into the Negeb and came to Hebron. Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the...
My opinion is that of Paul's injunction to the Corinthians, "Let all things be done decently and in order." God is a God of order. More things can be...
I believe that Jeremiah 17:7, parallels Isaiah 30:18. "Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that...
Good question, Adewale Ademola! To the evildoer, anonymity is always preferable to identification. --Robert L. (Bob) Deffinbaugh, a graduate of Dallas...
Asa was a man who made a good beginning and lived a life of faith, but when it came to his final years, rebelled against the Lord. —Wiersbe Tim was right:...
It’s true that “where God guides, He provides,” for no one can come unto Him unless you are led by His Spirit to His Son and to the Father. (John 6:44 /...
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What does the Bible say about doing drugs?
The passage cited in the question presents negative aspects of Asa's reign that are not discussed in the other primary account of his rule found in 1 Kings...
By my understanding, Zoan (the name of which comes from a Sanskrit word meaning "stronghold") was a city on one of the branches of the Nile. (The Greeks...
The expression ''with a strong hand and an outstretched arm'' is usually understood as being an expression of the power of God. It is used in this psalm,...
Romans 4:5: But to him that worketh not, but believeth on Him who justifieth the ungdodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Blessed is the man to whom...
You have asked a very interesting question, Robert! I often used to wonder about this myself. May I suggest an entirely different answer? I think it could be...
Do these verses classify Asa as a good or bad king? (2 Chronicles 16:7-12)
2 Chronicles 16:1 - 14
Psalms 78:12 “Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.”
Psalms 78:1 - 72
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What does it mean when God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil"?
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What is the baptism of/by/with fire?
Joseph refused her advances because he knew it was dishonorable to sleep with the wife of his master (who deeply trusted him) and because it was sin—breaking...
To resist temptation, follow Joseph’s example in Genesis 39:7-10 where Joseph resists the temptation to commit adultery, better, Genesis 39:7-12. Also,...
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I am a Catholic. Why should I consider becoming a Christian?
I can't address the specific case of the questioner's cousin, but I would say in general that the reason many people refuse to believe in God (no matter how...
I think that "God granted those long lives so that we, looking back, could see from which we have fallen. In other words, those long lives testify that death...
I have a cousin who's like this. I think he's a person who denies that God exists.
Our sin debt was paid in full at the cross. Romans 4:7-8. Blessed is the man whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin....
Our English word fool comes from a Latin word that means “bellows,” suggesting that the fool is a person “full of hot air.” “There is no God.” Believing...
All good answers. And let’s remember also, how we treat others is how we treat God. We find this in Matthew 25:31-46 (esp verse 40). Also, I find it odd when...
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Some believe that 11:11 stands for Jeremiah 11:11 and, possibly, other books with a chapter 11. They see it as a "wake up call" to pay strict attention to...
There is no special significance to it, as discussed at: https://www.gotquestions.org/11-11-in-the-Bible.html (This is the same discussion on Mr. Houdmann's...
An empirical or "common-sense" view of giving might conclude that the more of their resources that people give away to charitable causes, the poorer it would...
I would say that it would be because they regard Jesus as a mere man or human being, who would therefore not be worthy of the worship that should be reserved...
Wiersbe says, "A popular television comedian always got laughs when he said, 'The devil made me do it!'" Who was that comedian? Flip Wilson. (In the 1970s)...
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Proverbs 11:24
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Is it wrong for a Christian to have a dream catcher?
In my opinion, yes it’s wrong. I can clearly see now at age 28, recently saved, that the occultism started at a very young age for me, and it was not my...
Where does this saying come from? The saying “where God guides, he provides” comes from a paraphrase of Isaiah 58:11. The Contemporary English Version of...
"A popular superstition involves the number 11, which in numerology is a 'Master Number' signifying spiritual awareness or psychic intuition." --Houdmann
Ecclesiastes 8:14 - 17
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