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Quoting from the 1611 edition of the King James Bible at 2 Thessalonians 2:7 that is archaic in wording is confusing, to say the least, for what does "only he who letteth will let" mean ? A clear, understandable, accurate English translation should be what everyone considers so as to not get...

When Jesus was offered wine drugged with myrrh, what did he do with it ? The account says that "he would not take it."(Mark 15:23) And why ? Because he wanted to have complete control of his senses till his death, wanting to face this difficult situation squarely during this supreme test of his...

When being tempted by Satan the Devil in the fall of 29 C.E., after having not eaten for 40 days following his baptism, Jesus Christ told Satan who had just said that if Jesus was a son of God, "tell these stones to become loaves of bread", to which Jesus responded: "It is written (at Deut 8:3)...

Job 40:15 speaks of the Behemoth and Job 41:1 speaks of the "Leviathan", but what are they ? Insight on the Scriptures (published by Jehovah's Witnesses) says this about Behemoth: "The designation “Behemoth,” appearing at Job 40:15, has been variously viewed as (1) a derivative of an Egyptian...

At Revelation 3:14, Jesus says: "To the angel of the congregation in La·o·di·ceʹa write: These are the things that the Amen (or Jesus, see 2 Cor 1:20) says, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation by God." And at Colossians 1:15, the apostle Paul writes: "He is the image of...

The doctrinal belief of "once saved always saved" is not scriptural, for "the serpent" or Satan the Devil, before he rebelled in the garden of Eden, before becoming Satan, meaning "resistor" and Devil meaning "slanderer", was possibly the angel that was given oversight of the garden of Eden was...

Did the Jews say "For a good work we stone you not; but for blasphemy; and because that you, being a man, make yourself God " ? No. Had the writer of this post read verse 34 carefully, it could be seen that Jesus responded to their accusation by quoting from Psalms 82:1, whereby the apostate...

First off, Lucifer (Latin that means "light bearer") is not Satan the Devil, for those who read Isaiah 14 carefully can readily recognize that the Latin word "Lucifer" that is accurately translated as "shining one" is speaking of the Babylonian Dynasty of kings.("shining one" from the Hebrew...

Marriage was not "consummated" when the couple had sexual relations, but as it says of Joseph and Mary: " Then Joseph woke up from his sleep and did as the angel of Jehovah had directed him (in a dream, Matt 1:20-23), and he took his wife home. But he did not have sexual relations with her until...

To show that that the Global Deluge or Noachian Flood happened, here are some details to consider: First, at Genesis 1:2, it says that "the earth was formless and desolate, and there was darkness upon the surface of the watery deep, and God’s active force was moving about over the surface of the...

Today's moral "climate" allows any and everything regarding sex, male with male, female with female, bestiality, and in fact, it is the same as described at Leviticus 18 concerning what the nations did sexually, with Moses detailing the immorality that was so commonplace in the land of Canaan...

At Matthew 24:3, what was Jesus speaking of ? It does not say his "coming", as is used in the King James Bible as well many other Bibles, but rather of his "presence. At Matthew 24:3, Jesus used the Koine Greek word parousia that means "presence", that is contrasted with absence at Philippians...

What part of "corresponding ransom" do you not understand ? When you buy a car part at an auto parts store or dealer, do you not want a "corresponding" part so that it fits your car exactly and the car continues to function as it should. So, when the apostle Paul wrote that "there is one God...

How many understand what it means to live by Bible principles ? Probably most have never heard a religious leader in Christendom even mention "Bible principles", but just "believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved". For example, when a person studies electrical theory, they are examining...

The account at 1 Timothy 2, does not say that "God gave himself as a ransom", but rather that "this is fine and acceptable in the sight of our Savior, God, whose will is that all sorts of people should be saved and come to an accurate knowledge of truth. For there is one God, and one mediator...

The "cult" you are referring to are Jehovah's Witnesses, and are the ones who have "insight" into what the Bible teaches (Dan 12:3), the ones who have "refined" themselves (Dan 12:10), for the angel told Daniel that it would be his "people" or those who honors Jehovah God (1 Sam 2:30), that...

When John the Baptist told the wicked Pharisees that they were "offspring of vipers", he was baptizing sincere Jews for sins against the Mosaic Law, and asked rhetorically of the Pharisees: "Who has warned you to flee from the coming wrath ?" and then said for them to "produce fruits (or holy...

Jesus gave the Revelation ("which God gave to him") to John that provided details of situations and events in our time frame (Rev 1:1), or since 1914, when "the Lord's day" began and Jesus was crowned king of God's Kingdom.(Rev 1:10; 6:1, 2) But before I go any further, please note what Jesus...

The Mosaic Law covenant consisted of more than 600 laws, including the priestly statutes. But what was the foundation upon which it rested ? Jesus answered that question by telling the Pharisees who asked what the greatest commandment was: "You must love Jehovah your God with your whole heart...

"What will the tribulation look like" ? Jesus established that the major fulfillment of the "great tribulation" is divided into two phases, in which the first phase is the destruction of the religions of the world called Babylon the Great by means of the political "scarlet-colored wild beast" or...