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- Genesis 28:6-7 ● Gen 28:6-7 . .When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him off to Paddan-aram to take a wife from there, charging him, as he blessed him "You shall not take a wife from among the Canaanite women" and that Jacob had listened to his father and mother and gone to...

- While discussing Good Friday with one of its defenders, my opponent suggested that the darkness that took place while Jesus was nailed to the cross was one of the three nights that he predicted at Matt 12:40. Well; of course that doesn't work because Jesus was alive during those hours of...

- Were you to ask John Q and/or Jane Doe Watchtower Society missionary if they believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead, I can assure you they would answer in the affirmative. However, what you may not know is that you and they would not be speaking the same language as the conversation...

- Genesis 28:1-5 ● Gen 28:1a . . So Isaac sent for Jacob and blessed him. He instructed him: This is the first time, at least on record, that Isaac has shown any real interest in Jacob's spiritual condition. You just have to wonder if Jacob received any religious instruction at all from his...

- 463) 1Pet 2:18-19 . . Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh. For it is commendable if a man bears up under the grief of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God. The koiné Greek...

- There lacks a universal consensus regarding the nature of Jesus Christ's resurrection. Some believe that his crucified body was restored to its former life. Others believe that his crucified body was exchanged for a glorified body. Still others believe that Christ's crucified body is still...

- ● 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. Any child able to do simple arithmetic on the fingers of one hand can instantly deduce that Good Friday doesn't fit Matt...

- Genesis 27:46 ● Gen 27:46 . . And Rebecca said to Isaac: I am weary of living because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, I might as well die. Abraham purchased a cemetery plot from Heth's clan back in...

- 461) 1Pet 2:17b . . love the brotherhood The Greek word translated "brotherhood" is adelphotes (ad-el-fot'-ace) which appears in only two places in the entire New Testament; both are in the apostle Peter's epistles: one here and the other in 1Pet 5:9. It's a curious word because it...

- POSIT: Christ is compassionate and would never run an eternal torture mill for his lost sheep. RESPONSE: Yes, that's true. Christ's sheep are perfectly safe. ● John 10:27-28 . . My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall...

- Genesis 27:42b-45 ● Gen 27:42b-43a . . she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him: Your brother Esau is consoling himself by planning to kill you. Now, my son, listen to me. Again showing herself to be a woman of quick decision, Rebecca called Jacob and told him exactly what to do...

- I've participated on several Good Friday forums in the last 21 years and it never fails that somebody comes along to muddy the waters with 24-hour civil time and/or Nisan dating; thus making it virtually impossible for curious visitors to make any sense out of the chronology of Christ's...

- 460) 1Pet 2:17a . . Honor all men. The Greek word translated "honor" is timao (tim-ah'-o) which basically means to prize, i.e. fix a valuation upon and/or to revere The first place that timao shows up in the New Testament is Matt 15:4 which reads: "God said: Honor your father and mother."...

- Genesis 27:39-42a ● Gen 27:39-40 . . And his father Isaac answered, saying to him: See, your abode shall be [away from] the fat of the earth and [from] the dew of heaven above. Yet by your sword you shall live, and you shall serve your brother; but when you grow restive, you shall break his...

- Jesus and his men ate their Passover dinner the night of his arrest. (Matt 26:17-20, Mark 14:12-17, and Luke 22:7-15) The Jews ate their Passover after he was dead and buried. (John 13:1-2, John 18:28-29, John 19:13-14, and John 19:31) The Jews were somehow unaware that their religious...

- 458) 1Pet 2:16a . . Live as free men Some of Christ's believing followers in the Roman empire were slaves; so it was legally impossible for them to live as free men without risking severe consequences. I think what we're looking at here is that Peter is encouraging the Christians to whom he...

- ● Matt 12:40 . . 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. If we reckon Sunday to be the third day; then: Saturday would've been the second day, and Friday the first. Saturday night...

- Genesis 27:30-38 ● Gen 27:30-33a . . No sooner had Jacob left the presence of his father Isaac-- after Isaac had finished blessing Jacob --than his brother Esau came back from his hunt. He too prepared a dish and brought it to his father. And he said to his father: Let my father sit up and...

- 455) 1Pet 2:11 . . Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts, which wage war against the soul. The words "fleshly lusts" are derived from 1) sarkikos (sar-kee-kos') which pertains to the base nature, and, 2) from epithumia (ep-ee-thoo-mee'-ah) which means: a...

- People tend to avoid thinking about the hereafter. Thus they become like a frog boiled to death by starting it out in cold water. ● Eccl 11:9 . . Rejoice, young man, during your youth, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and...