What does "a wineskin in the smoke" mean? (Psalm 119:83)
According to my Ryrie Study Bible, "like a bottle (wineskin) in the smoke” means black, shriveled, of no further use. The psalmist "felt like a dried-up...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What will happen after Jesus reigns on earth for 1,000 years?
As I understand it, even during the millennial reign of Christ, with Satan confined, his influence (through sin) will still not have been dealt with fully...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What will happen after Jesus reigns on earth for 1,000 years?
To answer your question, "Why will satan be released again for a short time?" Let me say this: according to Revelation 20:8, the purpose for the loosing of...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does "a wineskin in the smoke" mean? (Psalm 119:83)
Conditioning a wineskin for use by exposing or subjecting it to smoke would cause it to shrink, dry up, and become hardened. The psalmist is comparing that...
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Henry Kizza
What does it mean that Christ is coming back for a church without a spot or wrinkle? Does that mean you miss Heaven if you have any sin in you?
Ephes. 5:17 is teaching us the purpose of God's love to cleanse the church through Christ. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that...
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Jamie Brown
When referring to the marriage ceremony of the Lamb and the church, does this event occur pre-, mid-, or post-tribulation, or not at all?
In my humble opinion and being somewhat direct, it will occur pre-tribulation or before the first 42 months of the 7 year cycle of the tribulation. The...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does the Bible say about God’s Promises?
Right now during the pandemic, God's promise to protect is the most important one to me--His promise to protect His own: Psalm 121, as mentioned by Tim, says...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does "a wineskin in the smoke" mean? (Psalm 119:83)
83 "Though I am like a wineskin in the smoke, I do not forget your decrees." (NIV)
Psalms 119:83
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Paul Hooker
What (if any) are different sections of hell? Please provide scriptural references.
The Compartments of Hades: Sheol in the Hebrew is sometimes translated "hell" and sometimes "the grave." The parallel Greek word, Hades, is always translated...
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Tony Railton
Will we be able to see all three members of the Trinity in Heaven?
I do not believe that we will be able to see the 3 persons of the trinity in heaven. This is is because God the Father, and Jesus the Son are now in heaven,...
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Anonymous
What will happen after Jesus reigns on earth for 1,000 years?
Jesus will reign on earth for 1,000 years. Why will satan be released again for a short time?
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Anand Mishra
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Why did Jesus discourage some people from following him? (Matthew 8:20)
Jesus would like people to understand spiritual dimensions, taking them closer to God. Jesus dissuaded those who were interested in material hankering.
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Anna beneElohim
What did Jesus mean when He said 'I AM'?
When the cloud appeared to the Israelites it represented god's PRESENCE. We now have god's presence within us. Lk 17:17-21.He has come in the clouds as the...
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Anna beneElohim
Why did Paul in 1 Corinthians 4:15 call himself 'your father', when Jesus says to call no man father in Matthew 23:9?
Paul referred to himself as 'father' because the old covenant order was still in operation but was 'passing away.' Heb 8:13. There were spiritual authorities...
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Shirley H
, Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!
What must I do to hear “well done My good and faithful servant?”
Habakkuk 2:4, "Behold the proud, his soul is not upright in Him; but the just shall live by faith." God looks for our faith and trust. This yields our good...
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Ezekiel Kimosop
Is Irresistible Grace biblical?
My view is that the doctrine of Irresistible Grace is not consistent with the teaching of Scripture regarding God's calling of sinners through the gospel....
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Are Christians 'little gods'?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What are the problems with ultra-dispensationalism?
As I understand it, ultra-dispensationalism has the following flaws: 1) Ultra-dispensationalists do not believe that the Church started with the coming of...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does Psalm 119 say about delighting in God's Word?
By my count, there are ten references appearing throughout Psalm 119's 176 verses that speak of the psalmist's delight in connection with some aspect or...
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Why did Jesus discourage some people from following him? (Matthew 8:20)
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What did Jesus mean when he said, "I tell you the truth: Among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he."
Even though John the Baptist first appeared in what we today refer to as the New Testament, his mission as a precursor and proclaimer of Christ's coming...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does the Bible say about God’s Promises?
God has made more promises in His word (the Bible) of things that will (or will not) come to pass than can be fully detailed in response to this question....
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does Psalm 119 say about delighting in God's Word?
Just one example of delighting in God's Word is Psalm 119:16 I find delight 1 in your statutes; I do not forget your instructions. 2 NET © Notes 1 ...
Psalms 119:14 - 99
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What version of the bible was this Filipino translation of the Prodigal Son based from?
As I understand it from the website https://etabetapi.com/cmp/KJV/tl1905/Luke/15, it appears to be a 1905 translation of the King James Version into Tagalog....
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Thomas Riccardi
, Warrior Spirit
Can loved ones in heaven look down on you?
My answer to your question is this: Since we know there are no tears or suffering or disease of any kind in heaven, they could not possibly look in on us....
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Liz Barnachia
What version of the bible was this Filipino translation of the Prodigal Son based from?
Is this Filipino translation of the Prodigal Son based on the ESV?
Luke 15:11 - 32
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Does having a mental illness make you more vulnerable to attacks from Satan?
First, I would say that the very existence of mental illness is attributable to the fallen condition of the world into which Satan led humanity. To the...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What makes John 3:16 such a beloved Verse?
I would say that it is because the verse summarizes in such a succinct manner the following principles or ideas: 1. There is a God who created the world and...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What are the horns at the alter ?
The horns of the altar mentioned in the cited verse were a feature commanded by God in the instructions that He gave to Moses for the building of the...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What makes John 3:16 such a beloved Verse?
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believes in him, will not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).
John 3:16
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does the Bible say about God’s Promises?
Jeremiah 29:11 2 Peter 1:4 Etc., etc.
Philippians 4:19
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why did God choose to speak creation into existence rather than making it some other way?
Simply by giving his royal command, God created everything (Ps 33:6, 9; 148:5; Heb 11:3). "The Lord merely spoke, and the heavens were created. He breathed...
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Brad Jensen
What is a Christian?
A Christian is the word for a person who acts like Christ would - as an actor studies the role and then performs that part. Like an actor pretends, and it is...
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Gloria Gaxiola
What are the horns at the alter ?
Adonijah seized the horn’s of the alter.
1 Kings 1:51
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does the Bible say about going to see a prostitute?
Also, immediately prior to the words from 1 Corinthians 6 cited by Grant Abbott, Paul asks in verse 15, "Do you not know that your bodies are members of...
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Carl Frederick
Why did God choose to speak creation into existence rather than making it some other way?
God created the universe: God created the universe from things that we do not see per scripture (See Hebrews 11:3). That means the universe was not created...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How can "the dead bury their own dead" as Jesus said?
Jesus made this comment to a man who ostensibly wanted to follow Him as His disciple, but who wanted to wait to do so until after his father had died and...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What is a Christian?
I would say that Christians are people who: 1) acknowledge their own sinful imperfection, as well as the estrangement between themselves and a holy God that...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
How can "the dead bury their own dead" as Jesus said?
See also Luke 9:60 New International Version Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.
Matthew 8:22
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why did Jesus discourage some people from following him? (Matthew 8:20)
2Co8:9 “For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes, He became poor, that ye through his poverty might be...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
How did David let himself fall deeper and deeper into sin, in the episode with Bathsheba?
Both Tim and Grant mentioned this first: David abandoned his purpose by staying home from war (2 Samuel 11:1). Looking lustfully at Bathsheba was a focus on...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What is a Christian?
Great question, Vijaya! A Christian is a person who is saved ("Who hath saved us and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but...
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Vijaya Lekamge
, A retired, part qualified Accountant
What is a Christian?
Acts 11:19 - 30
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Who was Judah?
As indicated in the passage cited in the question, Judah was the fourth of Jacob's twelve sons, and the progenitor of the Israelite tribe that bears his...
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King Ace
Was David a prophet?
David, I'm sure had prophetic abilities and could foresee many things, but he's a king and under CHRIST he will always be a prince. Ezekiel 37:24-25 shows us...