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  4. What does the Bible say about the amount of time between the rapture and the beginning of the tribulation?
  5. What are the attributes of headstrong people?
  6. When would the people of Israel and Judah seek God together (Jeremiah 50:4)?
  7. Were the animal sacrifices at the tabernacle done twice daily, or continuously throughout the day (24/7)?


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What does the Bible say about pandemic diseases/sicknesses?

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What is the significance of the dogs and birds eating those who died?(1 Kings 16:4)

I would say that the reference to dogs and birds eating the dead is meant to convey the deservedly shameful or ignominious manner in which the individuals...

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How is God like "a hiding place" (Psalm 32:7)

The reference to God as a "hiding place" refers to His ability to shield or protect His followers (just as if they would be hidden or invisible) from the...

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What was foaming wine? (Psalm 75:8)

My understanding is that wine that does not ordinarily effervesce or foam can be made to foam by the addition of spices (as described in the passage cited in...

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Is God male or female?

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What did the author in Philippians 3:4-6 mean that he has more reason for confidence in the flesh?

July 07 2019

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Do God’s promises to Israel apply to us today? (2 Chronicles 7:14)

Matthew 27:51, "Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to bottom..."this demonstrated that God had opened up access to Himself...

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What was the light that God spoke in Genesis 1:3?

What is the light that God spoke in Genesis 1:3? Light according to dictionary.com is 'something that makes things visible.' That actually describes a SOURCE...

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How is God like "a hiding place" (Psalm 32:7)

7 You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.

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What is the significance of the dogs and birds eating those who died?(1 Kings 16:4)

16 Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu son of Hanani concerning Baasha: 2 “I lifted you up from the dust and appointed you ruler over my people Israel, bu...

1 Kings 16:4

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What was foaming wine? (Psalm 75:8)

6 No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt themselves. 7 It is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another. 8 In t...

Psalms 75:8

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What does the Bible say about overcoming lust?

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What is progressive sanctification?

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What does it mean that a person will not inherit the kingdom of God?

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What does it mean that the Lord is my Shepherd?

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What can we learn from Jael in the book of Judges 4:21-22?

I like what W.W. Wiersbe says, " “Both Jabin and Sisera had been guilty of mistreating the Jews for years, and if the Canaanite army had won the battle,...

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How can we know what parts of the Bible apply to us today?

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What is the biblical view on genetically modified food?

There's something else about the GMO vs. Non-GMO issue that should concern Christians, and that is the fact that the Bible says we are not to lie, deceive...

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Why seventy years? (29:10)

Here Jeremiah tells the exiles to settle into their new homes because they were going to be there for a long time - 70 years. Though Ezekiel, a contemporary...

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What should a person do if he or she has found an item not belonging to him/her?

This is a good question that I do not have an answer. We stopped in a convenience store on our way through New Mexico a few years ago, and we were the only...

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Is the Rapture the same as the Second Coming of Christ?

Your Question was: How can the dead in Christ rise if they are already in heaven? To answer your question - Corruption (those who are present with Him) in...

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Do Christians have to obey the laws of the land?

July 06 2019

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What was behind this amplified description of God? (Jeremiah 33:2)

In my opinion, the expanded or amplified description of Himself that God gave in the verse cited in the question was for emphatic purposes, in order to make...

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What was behind this amplified description of God? (Jeremiah 33:2)

Promise of Restoration 33 While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the Lord came to him a second time: 2 “This is what t...

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What was this "lamp in Jerusalem"? (1 Kings 15:4)

The "lamp" being referred to in the verse cited in the question is a metaphorical reference to God maintaining a line of royal succession from David's...

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What was this "lamp in Jerusalem"? (1 Kings 15:4)

1 Kings 15 New International Version (NIV) Abijah King of Judah 15 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah became king of Juda...

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Did the Old Testament only list male descendants in Genesis?

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What did Jesus mean when He said it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into heaven?

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Who were the Zealots in the Bible?

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What can we learn from Jael in the book of Judges 4:21-22?

By my understanding, Jael and her husband Heber were not Israelites, but Kenites (a heathen people related to the Midianites). (Heber was in alliance with...

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What does the Bible say about persecution?

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What can we learn from Jael in the book of Judges 4:21-22?

Judges 4:21-22 tells us this: “ But Jael the wife of Heber took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand. Then she went softly to him and drove the peg i...

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Do God’s promises to Israel apply to us today? (2 Chronicles 7:14)

2 Chronicles 7:14 New International Version (NIV) 14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn f...

2 Chronicles 7:14

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Can a woman/wife be a pastor or preacher?

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