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. ● Zech 9:9 . . Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, humble, and mounted on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. That prediction shows up in Matt 21:1-11 and John...

. ● Song 2:4a . . He brought me to the banqueting house, The Hebrew word for "banquet" is yayin (yah'-yin) which refers to a fermented beverage; one containing alcohol. Another of that's word's appearances is located in the book of Esther where she arranged a sort of special tea party for her...

. Many of the Christians that I encounter online and offline are cowards. They simply cannot allow themselves to accept that they believe in supernatural things and events that cannot be proven true. They strive to appear intelligent, wise, and informed; while living in fear of being found out...

. "Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead-- since he was about a hundred years old --and that Sarah's womb was also dead. Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God...

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. There exists no empirical evidence sufficient to prove that the crucified dead body of Christianity's Jesus Christ was restored to life in real life. Christians of course accept the Bible as a record of real-life supernatural events; while objective, unbiased thinkers only see the Bible as...

. You believe the above is true simply because the scriptures themselves testify that what they say is true. Don't you see how futile it is quoting unverified scriptures to prove that unverified scriptures are true? What empirical evidence do you have at hand to corroborate the scriptures'...

Adequate explanations ≠ Adequate evidence. In other words: the explanations themselves would have to be proven credible before the Bible's testimony on its own behalf can be accepted into evidence. Taking a defendant's word for it that what he says is true, carries very little weight with...

. A portion of the scripture reference below is deliberately revised. Watch for it. ● John 20:29 . . Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are the gullible who have not seen and yet have believed." The Bible, as a document, cannot be accepted into evidence to...

. ● Luke 16:29-31 . . Abraham said; "They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them. If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone rises from the dead." The man, with whom Abraham spoke, called him "father" and he called the man "son". So it's...

. Christ went to the cross for every degree of meekness-- the totally meek, the totally non meek, and the somewhat meek. ● Isa 53:6 . . All of us like sheep have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; but The Lord has caused the iniquity of us all to fall on Him. ● John 1:29 . ...

. ● Song 2:3a . . Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. The Hebrew word for "apple" is somewhat vague. It's possibly a generic term that can pertain to any number of fruit-bearing trees, e.g. oranges, quince, citron, etc which are trees that...

. Peter also reminds his readers to go; and do thou likewise. ● 1Pet 2:21-23 . . Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. . . .When they vilified him, he did not vilify in return One way to vilify in return is by recriminations; defined by...

. The apostle Peter wrote about humility. "Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time" (1Pet 5:6) The koiné Greek word for "humble" is tapeinophrosune (tap-i-nof-ros-oo' nay) which means lowliness of mind; viz: modesty, which Webster's...

. ● Matt 5:5 . . Blessed are the meek The third beatitude comes from the Old Testament. ● Ps 37:10-11 . .For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves...

. This all may seem like just another Jane Austin book club bull session to you, but make no mistake; there is only one last breath between you and your worst nightmare if you fail to accept that Jesus Christ's crucified dead body was restored to life. ● 1Cor 15:1-4 . . Now I make known to...

. Apparently the Greek for "in the end" is a bit ambiguous. The NKJV, the NIV, the NAS, the NASV, the ESV, the RSV, the Catholic Bible, and even the Jehovah's Witness Bible; all translate it "after the sabbath". _

. There exists quite a bit of textual material testifying that Jesus Christ's crucified dead body was restored to life during the third day rather than later when the whole day was over and done with. ● Matt 17:22-23 . . Jesus said unto them: The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of...

. There are a number of feast days in the Old Testament that are just as much sabbaths as routine sabbaths. There's the first and last days of the feast Of Unleavened Bread, a.k.a. Passover (Lev 23:5-8), there's Yom Kippur (Lev 16:29-31), and there's the feast of Trumpets. (Lev 23:23-25) It...

. Most everyone the world over knows that Easter commemorates Jesus Christ's resurrection; but the thing that needs to be told over and over again is that without it, his crucifixion would've been futile. ● 1Cor 15:17 . . If Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still...