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Leviticus 18: a male זָכָ֔ר (zā·ḵār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2145: a male A male would include any age group. English Standard Version, Leviticus 20: If a man וְאִ֗ישׁ (wə·’îš) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person At...

H1 = the hermeneutic approach specified in A Disciplined Probabilistic Approach to Biblical Hermeneutics. Let proposition P1 = If the debaters adhere to H1, the arguing will eventually stop. Is P1 true?

Did God use David to punish Israel? In the ultimate sense, God uses everyone. God used David to punish Israel. 2 Samuel 24: In this sense, God used David against Israel because David was the head of Israel. At this point, David had to choose one evil out of 3. God used David to choose the...

Matthew 22: Does God literally have a right hand? Why the right hand and not the left hand? No, it is a figure of speech. Psalm 18:35 shows God's right hand of protection: The right hand of God symbolizes protection and power. Mark 14: God is spirit (John 4:24). The Psalms (Psalms 63:8...

Some are. Matthew 19: This is the context: a man marrying a woman. Some people are not interested in man-woman marriage due to genetic personal inclination. These include homosexuals and asexuals. Regardless, we all must be born again. See also Three types of eunuchs according to Jesus How...

Sure, will your approach gurantee that the arguing will stop?

You are right. No, I don't. Right. It is my approach to hermeneutics. The advantage of my approach is that if all the participants agree to follow it, there will be less argumentative bickering. It is a more disciplined and logical approach to hermeneutics. Sure. In some sense, it is a...

Matthew 19: Vincent's Word Studies: Jesus alluded to a Jewish proverb but changed the image of an elephant to a camel. Vincent didn't think there was a physical gate named "Needle's Eye." Similarly, Cambridge Bible: By this hyperbolic imagery, Jesus wanted to emphasize how difficult or...

Jeremiah 23: The phrase appears 10 times in one paragraph. This is followed by another paragraph where the burden of the LORD appears 8 times. Jeremiah wanted to make the point of the distinction between true and false prophecy. True prophets declare the word of the Lord, while false ones are...

Exodus 8: Ellicott explained:

Likely yes. The boy Jesus showed promising intelligence in Luke 2: When he began his public ministry, his disciples called him rabbi, John 1: He read in Luke 4: The locals were impressed with his preaching. Matthew 13: He wrote in John 8: Jesus had the intellectual competence to acquire...

This is my attempt to order the four accounts of the empty tomb morning. Scene 1: On the way to the tomb John 20: Luke 24: Verse 10 lists their names: Matthew 28: Mark 16: These women started out separately to the tomb while it was still dark and arrived at the tomb when the sun had risen...

By "my Paraclete," I mean the point of connection where the Holy Spirit contacts my human spirit. My spirit is like an electric socket, and the Holy Spirit is the power station. He provides an extension cord to plug into my spirit. KJV, Genesis 2: When God created man, a (detached) breath of...

Watch the parallelism: Husband marries wife Christ marries church Earthly marriage is supposed to reflect heavenly marriage, Ephesians 5: Failing to love the wife is grounds for divorce. Still, the actual divorce should not be taken lightly or routinely. Follow these guarding...

Yes, Isaiah 46: Isaiah predicted the name Cyrus more than a century before Cyrus was born. Isa 44: Only the one true God can predict the future. Psalm 139: It seems that only the true God knows everything about the future, Isa 41: Knowing the future is a test for the true God, John 13...

1 Chronicles 16: The Jews are the chosen people; true Christians are the elect. English Standard Version, Matthew 24: The elect will be saved. NIV translated the Greek differently: False prophets may deceive some of the elect and lead them astray. Even the deceived elect will be saved. Not...

Operational definition has more to do with logic and hermeneutics than philosophy. See A Disciplined Probabilistic Approach to Biblical Hermeneutics

There is a one-liner in Leviticus 13: KJV, Proverbs 21: A prophet and his talking donkey in Numbers 22: The confrontation between Elijah and Baal's prophets was pretty funny. 1 Kings 18: David was in a tight spot many times. How did he get out of the next one? I Samuel 21: There is...

There are at least four perspectives: From God's perspective, Mark 10: Genesis 24: People today do not accept this definition of marriage because they want to have sex without marriage commitment. 2. From an OT law's perspective, NIV Exodus 22: You have sex with a virgin; you take care of...

Matthew 19: This is the context: a man marrying a woman. The disciples are thinking about the usual case: people interested in man-woman marriage by genetic personal inclination. But Jesus points out three exceptions: These include homosexual, asexual, intersex, and hermaphrodite...