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God said to Moses in Exodus 3: Did God instruct Moses to lie to the king of Egypt about taking three days? No. It merely said that the journey into the wilderness would take three days. Keil and Delitzsch explained: God continued: The king of Egypt would not even agree to this basic request...

Matthew 24: Christians will experience the great tribulation. How long will the great tribulation last? I don't know exactly but it is counted in days and not years. If you were in the early stages of tribulation, would you know it? Only with hindsight: One can even include possible...

Berean Study Bible Luke 3: known, supposed ἐνομίζετο (enomizeto) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular Strong's Greek 3543: From nomos; properly, to do by law, i.e. To accustom; by extension, to deem or regard. Strong's Concordance: Thayer's Greek Lexicon: Luke...

New American Standard Bible 1 Samuel 13:1 The words "thirty" and "forty" are not in the original Hebrew. Berean Literal Bible Acts 13:21 King James Bible is not as definite about the 40 years: Gills explained: That explains the 40 years in Acts. That explains the 2 years in 1 Samuel 13:1...

The interaction between God and Gideon is interesting, English Standard Version, Judges 6: At first, there was an external theophany. Later, God got closer: There were others, 1 Chronicles 12: 2 Chronicles 24: The Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, yet he performed human sacrifice. The...

If you think there is a contradiction, please present the two propositions that directly contradict. Please clearly state the two contradictory propositions and nothing else. Fill in the blanks: Proposition P1 = ________. Freewill proposition P2 = ________. Let me explain my motivation. In...

Well, not exactly, Hebrews 12: God disciplines us to train us in righteousness. The result is peace. However, not every time something bad happens to us is a result of God's discipline. This life is a testing place for everyone.

Genesis 16: Genesis 21: Ishmael was about 14 (100 − 86) years old at this point. In accordance with rabbinical traditions: Now, Ishmael was between 15 and 19 years old. Strong's Hebrew: 5288. נַ֫עַר (naar) — 240 Occurrences Strong's Exhaustive Concordance babe, boy, child, damsel, lad...

Genesis 1: John 1: Chinese version of Genesis 1: literally rise-beginning or developmental beginning. John 1: literally principal-beginning or something like super beginning. The Chinese verses point to different beginnings. Angels existed before the earth or man. God asked Job in Job 38...

Genesis 37: Even God called him Jacob after He changed his name. Genesis 46: Sometimes, the two names are used in parallelism, Psalm 53: Why was the name "Jacob" still used after his name change? It was for the sake of variety. The two names are interchangeable. Similarly, Jesus gave Simon...

1 Samuel 3: Strong's Hebrew: 2377. חָזוֹן (chazon) — 35 Occurrences H2377 describes generic vision. Daniel 7: Strong's Hebrew: 2376. חֶזְוָא (chezu) — 12 Occurrences Numbers 12: Strong's Hebrew: 4759. מַרְאָה (mar'ah) — 11 Occurrences Job 4: Strong's Hebrew: 2384. חִזָּיוֹן (chizzayon) —...

Other than the reality of the Godhead, existence is divided into two realms: vertical and horizontal. The horizontal realm is physical and measurable. Vertical is the rest. Angels are beings existing in the vertical realm. Satan is not a physical being. By these definitions, he is an angel...

I think so. There were prophets after the cross, Acts 11: John spoke of two future prophets in Revelation 11: How do we tell whether a person is a prophet or not? Deuteronomy 18: 1 Thessalonians 5: See also Your sons and daughters will prophesy.

Hagar ran away from Sarai in Genesis 16: Most versions translate malak Yahweh here as "the angel of the LORD". Brenton Septuagint Translation translated it as "an angel of the Lord". At this point, the angel spoke in first person authoritatively as if he was the LORD. The wording was similar...

Genesis 34: Simeon and Levi took advantage of their weakness and successfully attacked the city. Centuries later, Joshua 3: Israelites crossed the Jordan into the enemies' territories. Joshua 5: These Israelites were not circumcised during the wilderness wondering. These were their days of...

Who is this name? Preamble: For this OP, I distinguish between the term Jesus and the term pre-incarnate appearances of Christ. Jesus was the homosapien born of Mary. After Jacob wrestled with God in Genesis 32: That might be a pre-incarnate appearance of Christ. His name was not disclosed to...

English Standard Version Luke 24: After the resurrection, Jesus' body is not like a spirit. Paul spoke of the resurrection body in 1 Corinthians 15: The current physical body is perishable. The resurrected body will not be perishable. It will be a spiritual body according to the new spiritual...

There is only one faculty of volition—the will—for us and for God. Nevertheless, the outputs of the volition can be categorized in different ways: Type 0 outputs of the will of God (or more conveniently, type 0 directives): These are "desires" and "wishes". Type 0 may not be fulfilled in the...

2 Peter 3: That's the question. Peter answered: I'm certainly glad that Jesus didn't return before I turned to him. Why the second coming is taking so long? Jesus is patient.

The sign of the cross is performed by Catholics and some Protestants, e.g., Lutherans, Methodists, Anglicans, etc. The Bible does not say that making the sign of the cross is wrong. If you do it with respect, they will not be offended.