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When a person reads the Bible book of Daniel without bias (as well as the rest of the Bible), carefully examining the context (ever heard of taking words "out of context"), a person can more readily gain the meaning behind those words. At Daniel 9, the "seventy weeks of years" is clearly seen as...

I will chime in, taking on one subtopic at a time, starting with the "first one" on the "1000 years" in the Bible book of Revelation. The question of whether or not it is literal is a valid one. For example, in Koine Greek, the language that Revelation was written in, has a definite article...

The ten tribes of Israel that God separated from the nation of Israel in 997 B.C.E. (this was a governmental division and not a religious one, for Jerusalem was still where Jehovah God placed his name and location of the temple, 1 Kings 11:36) and that left the two remaining tribes of Judah as...

Most of those professing Christianity accept that Jesus Christ is "the Word" (John 1:1) that "became flesh and resided among us, and we had a view of his glory, a glory that belongs to an only-begotten son from a father; and he was full of divine favor and truth".(John 1:14) However, many of...

Did Christianity ' adopt from Judaism a belief in the existence of a single God ' or did true Christianity continue that which had long been established as truth, that God is one person, not "three persons in a Godhead" ? Upon being asked what the greatest commandment is, Jesus responded: "The...

The conflict between those who believe Jesus is God and those who don't came into play in early part of the 4th century C.E., coming to a head at the Council of Nicaea in 325 C.E. and in which Roman Emperor Constantine presided over and of which an Alexandrian (of Egypt) priest named Arius...

At 1 Corinthians 7, the apostle Paul was giving inspired instructions on sexual matters, that "because of the prevalence of sexual immorality ("fornication", King James Bible), let each man have his own wife and each woman have her own husband".(1 Cor 7:2) In the 1st century, fornication or...

JESUS has been talking to his disciples about the proper use of material riches, explaining that we cannot be slaves to these and at the same time be slaves to God. The Pharisees are also listening, and they begin to sneer at Jesus because they are money lovers. So he says to them: “You are...

To understand the Bible book of Revelation, as well as the rest of the Bible, a person has to be in touch with those whom God uses as his "prophets".(see Matt 24:45-47 whereby Jesus said that spiritual food would be dispensed by a "faithful and discreet slave" during our time period, during...

Jesus taught his disciples the Lord's Prayer (Matt 6:9, 10, as Jesus said: "Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified, Let your Kingdom come. Let your will take place , as in heaven, also on the earth"), that establishes that the sanctification (or made holy, "hallow", King James...

Should Christians be involved in politics ? Jesus gave us the answer when speaking with his eleven faithful apostles just hours before his death: "These things I command you that you love one another. If the world hates you, you know that it hated me before it hated you. If you were part of the...

Our Maker, Jehovah God, sets the standard of forgiveness. At Isaiah 1, God tells the rebellious nation of Israel: "Come, now, and let us set matters straight between us....Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be made as white as snow; Though they are red as crimson cloth, they will...

Some key facts about mental disorders are that it "afflict hundreds of millions of people in every part of the world and impact on the lives of their loved ones. One in four people will be affected by mental disorder at some point in their lives. Depression is the single largest contributor to...

Apparently, you did not consider the whole account, for after Satan had stationed Jesus on the battlement of the temple, Satan quoted from Psalms 91 and said: "If you are a son of God, throw yourself down , for it is written: ' He (God) will give a command concerning you, ' and ' they (the...

The churches of Christendom have long taught that the soul is immortal, absorbing it from Greek philosopher Plato of the 4th century B.C.E. Even the Pharisees that Jesus dealt with taught the belief in the immortality of the soul (as well as an underworld place of torment, that is now labeled as...

Is it not wise to "get down to brass tacks" and establish what the Bible really teaches, and therefore be able to determine what is the "one faith" that Jesus founded.(Eph 4:5) It is very apparent that so many have trouble ascertaining what really is "the truth". Let's look at one of the...

Are not true Christians to carefully study the Bible in order to have an accurate knowledge of "the truth" (see Phil 1:9 whereby Paul says a Christian is to have "accurate knowledge and full discernment"), removing any false beliefs, for did not Jesus say to his apostles concerning the false...

Am I a "tad off " ? Not at all. The dictionary defines "catholic" as "all-embracing: interested in or sympathetic to a wide range of things".(Microsoft Encarta Dictionary) And that is just what the Catholic church became, an "all-embracing" religion that allowed both so-called Christianity to...

Is it wise to look at one's religion or "form of worship" (James 1:27), for it determines whether or not a person has God's favor ? For example, how many really understand where the Roman Catholic church came from ? Or where did the Protestant array of religions arise ? Or the whole host of...

At Deuteronomy 18:10-12, it provides a list of spiritistic practices that our Maker, Jehovah God hates and rightly so, for they are elements his enemies, the demons use to control humans. Involving oneself in them leads to being under demonic control, knowingly or unknowingly. Does every type...