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. ● Luke 1:1-4 . . Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us-- just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us --it seemed good to me also, having followed all things...

. For a home-spun religion whose origin is relatively recent, the Watchtower Society has done pretty well for itself. Beginning with one man shortly after the American Civil War, it currently numbers approximately 8.2 million active members spread out in approximately 118,000 congregations...

. ● Rev 14:6-7 . . And I saw another angel flying through the sky, carrying the everlasting gospel to preach to the people who dwell on the earth-- to every nation, tribe, language, and people. Fear God! he shouted. Give glory to Him! For the time has come when He will sit as judge. Worship Him...

. ● Gen 3:15 . . I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel. It's pretty much agreed by most Christians that Eve's predicted offspring was realized in Christ. ● Gal 4:4 . .When the time had fully come...

. ● Gen 3:16 . .To the woman He said: Your desire will be for your husband. Apparently the Hebrew of that passage is difficult; not even the great rabbis Rashi and Ramban were in agreement how best to interpret it. But the passage appears to me simply the very first law prohibiting adultery...

. ● Gen 2:18 . .The Lord God said: It's not good for Adam to be solitary; I will make a fitting helper for him. "fitting helper" is from two Hebrew words. "Fitting" is from neged (neh'-ghed) which means: a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate. The word for "helper"...

. ● Gen 2:24 . . A man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. The Hebrew words for "leave" and "cleave" are a bit ambiguous; but in this case, I'm pretty sure they're saying that when a man marries; loyalty to his parents becomes...

. ● Gen 2:18 . .The Lord God said: It's not good for Adam to be solitary; I will make a fitting helper for him. "fitting helper" is from two Hebrew words. "Fitting" is from neged (neh'-ghed) which means: a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate. The word for "helper"...

. ● Gen 3:16 . . and he shall rule over you. That is probably one of the most hated verses in the whole Bible. Eve's daughters do not like to be subjugated to and/or dominated by men. It really goes against their grain; and if the women's suffrage movement that took place in America's early...

. God's free will trumps everybody else's free will, including Christ's. For example: "This is the will of the one who sent me; that I should not lose anything of what He gave me." (John 6:39) One of the many things that God gives His son is sheep. (John 10:27-30) Now, whether the sheep like...

- ● Jer 31:31-34 . . Behold, the days are coming, declares The Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant...

- Paul wrote a curious comment in one of his letters to the Christians at Corinth that goes like this: "We know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For indeed in this house we groan, longing...

- I frequently encounter people online who are interested in reading some of the Bible but don't know where to begin. Well; I suggest the little books of Ruth and Esther. They're brief and they're entertaining. And afterwards; maybe just enough chapters of Matthew and Luke to get a first-hand...

- ● Acts 1:1-3 . . The first account I composed, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when he was taken up, after he had by the Holy Spirit given orders to the apostles whom he had chosen. To these he also presented himself alive, after his suffering, by many...

- There lacks a universal consensus regarding the nature of Jesus Christ's resurrection. Some believe that his crucified body was restored to its former life. Others believe that his crucified body was exchanged for a glorified body. Still others believe that Christ's crucified body is still...

- ● Matt 12:40 . . As Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. If we reckon Sunday to be the third day; then: Saturday would've been the second day, and Friday the first. Saturday night...

- Human life consists of three components: body, soul, and spirit. (1Ths 5:23 and Heb 4:12) The body is easy to kill, but the soul; not so much. (Matt 10:28) But even after people's body and soul are terminated, there's still the spirit component to consider. According to Gen 2:7 and Jas...

- If perchance people in heaven retained their human nature, I would have to answer with a yes to the OP's question. But seeing as how Col 2:11 and 2Pet 1:2-4 testify that people in heaven have shed their human nature in exchange for divine nature; then I think it's pretty safe to answer with a...

- ● Gen 2:15-17 . .The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. And the Lord God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you...

- ● Mark 12:30 . .You shall love The Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. One of the aspects of love is empathy; which can be roughly defined as emotional responses related to things like compassion, pity, and sympathy...