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. When Jesus was living in the land of Israel, days were when the sun is up, and nights were when the sun is down. (John 11:9-10) This complies with Gen 1:4-5, Gen 1:14, Gen 1:16, and Gen 1:17-18 where God decreed that when it's day, it's light outside and when it's night, it's dark outside...

. 44» How Could Abraham's Posterity Possibly Amount To The Stars? • Gen 22:17 . . In blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; I think it best to interpret stars and sand as ancient idioms...

. Your chronology permits only two nights; whereas Matt 12:40 requires three. _

. 43» What Is Sheol? Sheol is an Old Testament Hebrew word that's sometimes transliterated instead of translated; likely because there is so much controversy about its meaning. During Jonah's nautical adventure, he spent some time in sheol (Jonah 2:2) which is a region that he placed at the...

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. Your "full day" is an amalgam of light and dark, which is contrary to the conditions of day and night defined by Gen 1:4-5, Gen 1:14, Gen 1:16, and Gen 1:17-18. Back when Jesus was living in the land of Israel, the length of a day complied with the conditions of day and night defined by...

. • Matt 12:40 . . For 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. The easiest day to indentify in that prediction is the third day because the Bible gives us that one. By comparing Luke...

. 42» What's To Learn From Moses And The Snakes? • John 3:14-17 . . Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who...

. When Jesus was living in the land of Israel, only holy days began at sunset the previous day. All other days began at sunrise. Seeing as how the first day of the week wasn't a holy day, then it began at sunrise as all secular days did back then. In other words: holy days began in darkness...

. Saturday at sunset is the beginning of Saturday night, just as Friday at sunset is the beginning of Friday night. If you keep on insisting that the days of Matt 12:40 began at sunset and its nights began at dawn, you will have to accept the very real possibility that educated folk are going...

. If your days begin at night, then when do your nights begin; at dawn? Now, unbeknown to quite a few Bible students; holy days like the sabbath begin at sundown, whereas according to Gen 1:4-5, Gen 1:14, Gen 1:16, Gen 1:17-18, and John 11:9-10, normal days begin at sunup. When people mix and...

. I am thoroughly convinced that you are 100% correct. George Orwell's novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four" depicts a dystopian society wherein citizens are not allowed to do their own thinking, to the extreme that a system of thought police is in place to control people's opinions; even children are...

. 41» Why The Everlasting Gospel? Most of the Bible teachers that I've listened to sincerely believe that Jesus' church will be completely gone from the Earth when the fourth chapter of Revelation begins coming to pass, viz: the era of the so-called great commission (a.k.a. the church age)...

According to Jesus, days in the land of Israel back then were when the sun is up and nights were when the sun is down. (John 11:9-10) His understanding of the hours of day and night agree with Gen 1:4-5, Gen 1:14, Gen 1:16, and Gen 1:17-18 which define the hours of day and night that God...

. 40» How Can Death Be Thrown? • Rev 20:14 . . Death was cast into the lake of fire. Seeing as how Death can't be picked up and thrown like a baseball or a javelin, then I suggest that casting, in this instance, is speaking of exile. (e.g. Matt 8:11-12) Death is likely a category consisting...

. FAQ: Isn't Judaism equally as useful as Christianity for sinners seeking God's forgiveness? Isn't that the whole purpose of Yom Kippur, a.k.a. the Day of Atonement? A: Pinning one's hopes on the Day Of Atonement is futile. For one thing: there's no one to perform the ritual seeing as how...

. To everyone who has Jewish friends: do NOT wish for them a pleasant holiday for Yom Kippur because Lev 16:29-31, Lev 16:31, Lev 23:27, and Lev 23:32 doesn't allow them to be cheerful and/or feel good about themselves on that day. It's actually a day to despise one's self, i.e. regard one's...

. Mr. rstrats; if you haven't found your requested documentation by now, after nine years and 800+ comments (on this forum, not to mention other forums across the web) I think you really should consider your search a lost cause and surrender this thread to better uses. _

. 39» What Is Meant By The Quick And The Dead? • 2Tim 4:1 . . Christ Jesus, who will judge the quick and the dead The Greek word translated "quick" means living, i.e. alive. The question pertains to judgments rather than spiritual conditions, For example John 5:24 speaks of spiritual...

. Sheol is an Old Testament word that's sometimes transliterated instead of translated; likely because there is so much controversy about its meaning. During Jonah's nautical adventure, he spent some time in sheol (Jonah 2:2) which is a region that he placed at the bottoms of the mountains...