What is the significance of the west wind in the Bible?
To my knowledge, the verse cited in the question is the only reference to a west wind in the entire Bible. (The verse literally refers to it as a "sea-wind"...
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Billy P Eldred
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Why didn't the disciples always recognize Jesus after His resurrection?
Why did the disciples not recognise Jesus after his resurection? After all, some were face to face with Him. Beaten or not, surely they would recognize Him....
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
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Is heaven a place of rest and quiet or of incessant praise and singing? (Revelation 14:13)
As noted in the verse cited in the question, heaven is described as a place of rest. While one might consider quiet as a necessary component of rest (as the...
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Aurel Gheorghe
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How can it be said the he/she is now with our Father in heaven while others say those in Christ are asleep waiting upon the Lord?
My understanding is that when we die, the breath of life goes back to God and the body rests in the grave until the resurrection (Job 14:12; Dan 12:2). The...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Is heaven a place of rest and quiet or of incessant praise and singing? (Revelation 14:13)
According to Revelation 14:13, heaven is a place in which the saints “rest from their labors.” However, earlier in the Book of Revelation heaven is described...
Revelation 14:6 - 13
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
How can it be said the he/she is now with our Father in heaven while others say those in Christ are asleep waiting upon the Lord?
This metaphor of sleep is only talking about the earthly body's inanimate state after death, not to the soul. Scripture assures believers of their souls'...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
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How can it be said the he/she is now with our Father in heaven while others say those in Christ are asleep waiting upon the Lord?
I would say that such a statement would arise from a belief that humans have an immortal soul that survives the death of the physical body. In the case of an...
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
How can you work out your own salvation with fear and trembling?
I think this verse means that Christians are to be especially careful to obey Christ as a show of already having been saved. And this particularly is in the...
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Anonymous
How can you work out your own salvation with fear and trembling?
Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Philippians 2:12
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Jennifer Rothnie
, Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious
Were there false Messiahs around the time of Jesus?
There were self-proclaimed Messiahs around the time of Christ, both before and after His incarnation. This is in the commonly understood sense of "Messiah"...
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James Kraft
, 74 year old retired pipeline worker
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Will there be sex in heaven?
This it the reason I believe only the 144,000 Jews will make it through the tribulation. All the Gentile believers will die because they did not take the...
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sylvia clifton
What "little ones" was Jesus talking about? (Matthew 10:42)
“Us” means we are the ones that belong to him, the ones who tell others about the word that he died giving to us; he calls his children little ones. If you...
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Peggy Johnson
, Local Busness Owner
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
What was the significance of the ephod?
The ephod was a sleeveless garment of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet, held together by a jeweled clasp on each shoulder (Exodus 28:6-8; 39:1-5; Lev. 8:7)....
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Jack Gutknecht
, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
Why did God give the Ten Commandments to his people, knowing that they wouldn’t be able to live up to them perfectly?
Galatians 3:21-24 says, 21"Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then...
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Chris Eleam
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Should a Christian listen to secular music?
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Karen Czadzeck
How can you be 100% sure you are going to heaven when you die?
John 3: 16. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life. I believe...