What does the Bible say about rejoicing?
I would say that the Bible (in both the Old and New Testaments) primarily connects true rejoicing by humans (in contrast to transient feelings of happiness)...
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Tim Maas
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What does the Valley of Vision refer to? (Isaiah 22:1)
My understanding is that the term "Valley of Vision" in the verse from Isaiah cited in the question refers to Jerusalem, in reference to both its geography...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
When did Egypt experience civil war and subjection to a fierce king? (Isaiah 19:2, 4)
I would say that the events of which Isaiah was speaking followed the overthrow of Ethiopia by Sargon of Assyria. When Ethiopian control of Egypt was...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What caused Isaiah to tremble? (Isaiah 21:3–4)
My understanding or opinion regarding this passage is that the cause of Isaiah's distress was his vision of what would happen to Babylon in divine...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
When did Egypt experience civil war and subjection to a fierce king? (Isaiah 19:2, 4)
2 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against c...
Isaiah 19:2 - 4
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What caused Isaiah to tremble? (Isaiah 21:3–4)
Isaiah 21:3-4 3At this my body is racked with pain, pangs seize me, like those of a woman in labor; I am staggered by what I hear, I am bewildered by what I ...
Isaiah 21:3 - 4
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does the Valley of Vision refer to? (Isaiah 22:1)
2 The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops,
Isaiah 22:1
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Does God have mood swings? (Nahum 1:6-7) first, wrathful, then comforting?
I would say that God can have varying attitudes toward human behavior, but those attitudes are consistent, and not arbitrary or subject to unpredictable...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What does the Bible say about rejoicing?
19 The humble also shall increase their joy in the Lord, And the poor among men shall rejoice In the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 29:19 19Once more the hu...
Isaiah 29:19
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Does God have mood swings? (Nahum 1:6-7) first, wrathful, then comforting?
6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by ...
Nahum 1:6 - 7
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What does the Bible say about a Christian staying single?
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What does the Bible say about a Christian staying single?
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Can monotheism be proven?
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Is there a difference between joy and happiness?
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Why would the house of Israel pass under [God’s] rod? (Ezekiel 20:37)
Why would the house of Israel pass under the rod? (Ezekiel 20:37) Shepherds used their staffs (or rods) to count their sheep, frequently for the purpose of...
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What is fatalism? What is determinism?
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What happened in the intertestamental period?
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What does the Bible say about love?
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What are the attributes of God?
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What is topical preaching? Should a pastor preach topically?
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How can I be ready to be caught up in the Rapture?
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What are the doctrines of grace?
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Why would the house of Israel pass under [God’s] rod? (Ezekiel 20:37)
My understanding is that "pass under the rod" in the cited verse does not have a connotation of the infliction of punishment (similar to the way in which the...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why would the house of Israel pass under [God’s] rod? (Ezekiel 20:37)
37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
Ezekiel 20:37
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What does the Bible say about mass evangelism?
Although the decision to place faith in Christ for salvation is made on an individual basis, and the Bible records instances of God's direct involvement in...
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What does it mean to be transformed by the renewing of the mind?
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How did Phinehas intervene to halt the punishment? (Psalm 106:30)
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Are Mormons Christians? Are Mormons saved?
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How did Lucifer get his inclination to become prideful and act on his desire to sin?
I would say that the Bible indicates (in passages such as Ezekiel 28:1-17) that the focus of Lucifer (although he had been created holy prior to his fall),...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Is it possible that Adam and Eve spoke with the serpent before he deceived them in the garden?
I have never studied Hebrew, but one interesting suggestion that I came across (on the website http://discussions.godandscience.org/viewtopic.php?t=33083)...
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Kory Paul
How did Lucifer get his inclination to become prideful and act on his desire to sin?
Or, stated a different way: Where did Satan’s first desire for evil come from?
Genesis 3:1 - 24
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Is it possible that Adam and Eve spoke with the serpent before he deceived them in the garden?
Eve didn't seem surprised that the serpent talked to her. Is it possible that they carried on conversations before he deceived them before the fall?
Genesis 3:1 - 5
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Why did God tell Hosea to marry a prostitute?
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Who are the Hare Krishnas and what do they believe?
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What is conditional security?
If my salvation depended on whether I was chosen or not, I would be shaking in my boots wondering if I was one of the chosen. But, I have nothing to worry...
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Why did Jesus tell the Apostles to "go not the way of the Gentiles and Samaritans?"
The disciples were not to preach to the nations, the gentiles. They were to preach and minister only to "the lost sheep of the house of Israel" (Mt 10:6, Mt...
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Jerry Murray
Did Jesus have blood in his body after the resurrection?
Scripture states, "I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Is being holy even possible, since only God is holy?
NET Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, 1 for without it no one will see the Lord. NET Notes 1 The references to peace and holiness show the close...
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What does the Bible say about self-worth?
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What does the Bible say about self-mutilation / cutting?
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What does the Bible say about resentment?
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What does the Bible say about self-hatred?
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What does the Bible say about self-love, loving self?
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Are angels male or female?
Angels have no gender. They are spirit beings. In Mathew gospels, question has been raised concerning marriage, this is what Jesus said in Mathew: 22:30 “For...
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What happened on the road to Damascus? What is a road to Damascus experience?
I believe Saul's conversion to Paul is one of the most logically compelling pieces of hard evidence in the entire Bible of the Gospel. People normally do not...
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What laws were given to Israel in exact response to pagan practices?
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Tim Maas
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What is meant by the power of the Lord? (Luke 5:17)
It seems to me that Luke is seeking to emphasize that it was not only in Jesus' teaching or words that power was present, but that He also displayed the same...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What laws were given to Israel in exact response to pagan practices?
What contemporary applications can be made from these verses? (Michael asks) These pagan practices, having sexual relations with close relatives, committing...