What is the significance of the resurrection?
The significance of the resurrection is that it was the birth of the Christian faith. When Jesus talked of his resurrection nobody believed him, including...
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Why didn’t God warn Adam and Eve about the serpent when they were in the Garden of Eden?
I believe that if Adam and Eve had entered a more personal relationship with God, rather than a personable/friendly relationship, they would have been...
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Kevin Brown
Why do English Bible translations say, "a child IS born" or "WILL BE born" in Isaiah 9:6 when the original Hebrew translation says, "WAS born" (happened already)?
Hi, you've got to remember several things. 1.The book of Isaiah is an 8th century b.c. inspired book of scripture. 2800 years and It's God breathed, and God...
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Ezekiel Kimosop
Why didn’t God warn Adam and Eve about the serpent when they were in the Garden of Eden?
God had already warned Adam and Eve on the consequences for disobedience in Genesis 2:15-17. Genesis 3:2 reveals that the woman was aware of the prohibition...
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Jack Gutknecht
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Why did God command Israelite men to put away their unbelieving wives, but Paul said not to do so?
Believers are not under OT laws to Israel (Matt. 5:17-18). I appreciate Mr. Maas' comment, "God had previously forbidden intermarriage between Israelites and...
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Moses Johnson
Will there be a third temple built before Christ's second coming?
Three Important points to remember: 1. Jesus Himself was a true form of Triune God: Born with flesh and blood and received the seal of the Holy Spirit. 2....
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What is the key to witnessing to Mormons?
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Tim Maas
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What does robe washing in Revelation 22 refer to?
As I understand it, variations of the text in some versions of the cited verse (Revelation 22:14), as found on the website https://www.biblehub.com, equate...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What did Jesus mean by "whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it" in Matthew 16:25?
The Bible says plainly that we become saved just by putting our faith in Jesus Christ (John 3:16; 5:24; 11:25; 12:46). But discipleship is more; it's...
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Debra Grannemann
What does robe washing in Revelation 22 refer to?
Is robe washing synonymous with confession?
Revelation 22:1 - 21
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What is the Deutero-Isaiah theory? Was the Book of Isaiah was written by multiple Isaiahs?
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Is there anyone who doesn’t have a beginning of days or end of life (apart from the Holy Trinity)?
I think that Hebrews 7:3 is a statement about Melchizedek's likeness to Jesus. Notice the phrase,"made like unto the Son of God." Hebrew. 7:8, refers to...
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Why is living together before marriage considered living in sin?
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Why do people reject Jesus as their Savior?
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Why do people reject Jesus as their Savior?
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Does Jesus have a beginning?
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How can I encounter God in a fresh way?
The disciples did not experience God in a fresh way until they responded to Jesus mission to “Follow Me”. Once they did they experienced first-hand the...
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Who was Cain's wife? Was Cain's wife his sister?
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Is there anyone who doesn’t have a beginning of days or end of life (apart from the Holy Trinity)?
As I interpret relevant passages, Melchizedek was both a king (of Salem) and a distinguished priest of God who (as the verse cited in the question notes) may...
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Who was Shecaniah?
To the best of my knowledge, the Bible does not elaborate on Shecaniah's background, other than to say (as noted in the passage cited in the question) that...
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Sally Gecks
What does the Bible say about dealing with difficult people?
The way I deal with difficult people is to love as well as I can and to not allow myself or anyone else to be taken advantage of. I certainly don't do this...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Why did God command Israelite men to put away their unbelieving wives, but Paul said not to do so?
In my opinion, the two situations are not strictly analogous. By my understanding, Paul (who was the apostle to the Gentiles) was speaking of a situation...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Who was Shecaniah?
2 Then Shekaniah son of Jehiel, one of the descendants of Elam, said to Ezra, “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the peoples ...
Ezra 10:1 - 4
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Why did God command Israelite men to put away their unbelieving wives, but Paul said not to do so?
PROBLEM: Ezra made all the returning Israelites put away their “pagan wives” because they were “adding to the guilt of Israel” (Ezra 10:10). However, when Pa...
Ezra 10:10 - 44
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Grant Abbott
, Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit
What did Jesus mean by "whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it" in Matthew 16:25?
This passage is Jesus' challenge to all of us. What will we do about Jesus' claims about himself? He is the unique Son of God and the universal Saviour of...
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Lawrie Yinka
Is there anyone who doesn’t have a beginning of days or end of life (apart from the Holy Trinity)?
Hebrews 7:8 indicates that Melchizedek lives. Here mortal men receive tithes, but there he receives them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives (Hebrews 7...
Hebrews 7:3
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How can I encounter God in a fresh way?
Three ways that occur to me would be: continually increasing knowledge of God through study of His revealed word in the Bible (either individually or as part...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Who were some significant women mentioned in the Bible?
Names that come to mind (with the verse in which they are first mentioned): Eve (Wife of Adam and progenitrix of the human race)(Genesis 2:22-23) Sarah (Wife...
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Philip Blottenberger
What did Jesus mean by "whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it" in Matthew 16:25?
1 John 2.15,16 reads "Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in...
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What is nominalism? What is a nominalist?
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What does the Bible say about underage drinking?
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What is the kenosis?
The term kenosis comes from the Greek word for the doctrine of Christ's self-emptying in His incarnation. The kenosis was a self-renunciation, not an...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
How do people "subdue" the earth? (Genesis 1:28)
Genesis 1:28 “subdue it, and rule over…” These terms indicate active power or rule involving physical force or effort. Active rule is not destructive, as...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does the Bible say about heaven?
The Bible speaks of three heavens -- the atmosphere surrounding Earth; interstellar space; and the eternal abode of God (to which Paul referred in 2...
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How long were Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden before the Fall?
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Why didn't the nakedness of Adam and Eve embarrass them before the fall (Genesis 2:25)?
Many Bible commentators, both Jewish and Christian, appear to agree that before the fall Adam and Eve's nakedness was covered by divine light - in other...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Were the sons of God fallen angels?
As suggested in the question, my understanding is that, in the opinion of early Hebrew interpreters, as well as the purported authors of apocryphal and...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Is there anything God cannot do?
I would like to add 2 things that I thought that God cannot do: 1. God’s purpose and power cannot be stopped. “And all the inhabitants of the earth are...
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Jay Saunders
Will there be animal sacrifices during the millennial kingdom?
Hebrews 10:1-18 clearly declares that Jesus is the final sacrifice for sin to those that believe in Jesus. Jesus also declared it on the cross when he said,...
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Kingsley Wagbaranta
Why didn’t God warn Adam and Eve about the serpent when they were in the Garden of Eden?
God knows tomorrow, God knew the future of man before creating man. Telling man about the serpent would have indirectly meant that the serpent is equal to...
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Scott Marino
What role should the church play in the community as a whole?
This is the mission field. The community is where the children of God, in Christ Jesus, are called to be light and salt. To serve others with a joy that...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Were Adam and Eve real people or just myths? (Genesis 1:27)
To me, the most persuasive indication of the actual existence of Adam and Eve as individuals is contained in the various genealogies in the Bible of people...
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Scott Marino
Why didn’t God warn Adam and Eve about the serpent when they were in the Garden of Eden?
There was the stated command not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, for if so, you shall die. So it was the serpent, a divine being, part of...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Are we in "a Daniel moment" right now with the coronavirus?
To me, the situations in the question are not strictly a parallel analogy. The actions taken by Nebuchadnezzar and Darius (which were resisted by Shadrach,...