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The story about Jonah does not say that the fish vomited him up in Nineveh. It says: Jon. 2:10 In time Jehovah commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah out onto the dry land. ...and then it says: Jonah 3:1 Then the word of Jehovah came to Jonah a second time, saying: 2 “Get up, go to Nineveh...

There is a difference between "being a sinner", sinning, and practicing sin. We are all sinners in the sense that we have all inherited the defect of not being perfect as a result of the mold in which we were formed: the defective mold of a sinful Adam. That's why we die naturally; If we did...

The concept "afterlife" is of pagan origin; it does not come from the Scriptures. The realm of the dead is obviously the symbolic place where all dead people are: a state of not life ... The term for "afterlife" in the Bible is RESURRECTION: giving life back to who was dead.

No all personal offenses are sins.

I understand a living person as all of these united: body and energy (spirit). The soul is the living being itself. Gen. 2:7 And Jehovah God went on to form the man out of dust (the body itself) from the ground and to blow into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living person...

Christians can forgive certain offenses (Eph. 4:32; Mat. 5:23, 24; 1 Pet. 4:8). However, the context of John 20:23 suggests that Jesus was referring to more serious sins.

Jesus was nowhere during the three days he was dead. The Scriptures say 1) his body was in the tomb (Acts 13:35-37) 2) his soul was in Hades (Acts 2:24,27) 3) his spirit was in the hands of God (Luke 23:46) ...and yet there was no living Jesus anywhere since "dead" is the opposite of "alive,"...

Forgiveness for sins is only possible through the sacrifice of Jesus, and the person involved has to show sincere repentance for it in order to obtain it. The words of John 20:22 were addressed exclusively to the apostles of Jesus, and referred to that after their anointing (which would occur...

Jesus' "preaching" to the fallen angels followed his resurrection. The message was about his victory in dying faithfully, providing the means of salvation to humans, and gaining his right to kingship. 1 Tim. 3:16 Indeed, the sacred secret of this godly devotion is admittedly great: ‘He was made...

A man asked Jesus if those who would be saved would be few. Jesus' response is key to understanding that salvation requires effort: Luke 13:23 Now a man said to him: “Lord, are those being saved few?” He said to them: 24 “Exert yourselves vigorously to get in through the narrow door, because...

The Hebrew word for land is ʼEʹrets. That same word is also used in the Bible to refer to: (1) earth, as opposed to heaven, or sky (Ge 1:2); (2) land, country, territory (Ge 10:10); (3) ground, surface of the ground (Ge 1:26); But the same word can be used in the Bible to refer to: (4)...

The reason to believe that the Deluge occurred over the whole planet is this: the Bible says it. Gen. 7:23 So He wiped every living thing from the surface of the earth, including man, animals, creeping animals, and the flying creatures of the sky. They were all wiped off the earth; only Noah...

The heavenly kings and priests, after going with Jesus to heavens, will not return to live on earth but will be with him in the heavenly realms forever: 1 Thess. 4:17 Afterward we the living who are surviving will, together with them, be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and...

Compare: Luke 12:32 “Have no fear, little flock, for your Father has approved of giving you the Kingdom. ... 22:“However, you are the ones who have stuck with me in my trials; 29 and I make a covenant with you, just as my Father has made a covenant with me, for a kingdom, 30 so that you may eat...

Has anyone ever heard a Kingdom Hall speak? Psss... things we read from the haters. hmmx1:

Thanks. My belief is what you read out of the Bible ... I quoted the passages and logical reasoning. The Scriptures contain the truth (John 17:17; 2 Tim. 3:16,17), and that is why I believe what I quoted. Otherwise I would not. Biblical teachings are not optional ... They are just THE TRUTH. ;)...

Yes, Jehovah is humble: Psal. 113:6-8 “He stoops down to look on heaven and earth, raising the lowly from the dust. He lifts up the poor . . . to make him sit with nobles.” He accepts our worship but he also views us as his friends, and he took the iniciative giving his Son in the first place...

Through the holy spirit, the prophets knew that Paul would suffer in Jerusalem (Acts 21:10-14), but the fear of the disciples and asking Paul not to go there was a personal matter, because knowing what would happen they thought that Paul should avoid it. Something similar happened with Peter...

When the Bible says that God does not "respect" people, what it is saying is that he does not make distinctions between faces, because he sees things more important than that...for example, the heart, thoughts, intentions, etc. These things do not depend on the physique of the people or the...

Definitely, our best defense of the existence of Moses and his authorship (human part) of the Pentateuch and other biblical writings such as some Psalms, is the fact that Jesus took his existence for granted, as @Arthur81 very well explains in the post#2. However, deniers of biblical...