What is the prophecy of 1,260 days in Revelation?
It deals with the first half of the tribulation (Rev. 11:3; 1,260 days). This is the period in which the 2 witnesses minister. See Warren Wiersbe's NT...
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Anonymous
What are these "new heavens" and "new earth" in Isaiah 65:17?
Isaiah 65:17 "For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.
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When does God refuse to hear our prayers? (Jeremiah 11:11)
Jeremiah 11:11 Therefore, thus says the Lord, Behold, I am bringing disaster upon them that they cannot escape. Though they cry to me, I will not listen to ...
Jeremiah 11:1 - 23
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Rex Halstead
Why did God forbid adultery in the Ten Commandments, yet many of the men in the Bible had more than one wife and numerous concubines?
My opinion is that they had multiple wives; however, it was classified as a sin and they had to repent of this sin. Now under the New Testament, GOD makes it...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
What is the mark of the beast (666)?
No one knows. I don't know what the number 666 means, nor do you. Not for sure. But in the future tribulation people will know for sure, undoubtedly....
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John Matthews
, Retired Professional Singer, Conductor and Seeker
Does the warning in Revelation 22:18-19 apply to the entire Bible or just the Book of Revelation?
It seems fairly certain that the addition or subtraction John of Patmos refers to are to be applied to the book of Revelation and not the entire Bible texts....
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Who are the people outside the gates mentioned in Revelation 22:15?
Outside are the dogs…and everyone who loves and practices falsehood (Revelation 22:15): The term “dogs” was sometimes used as a metaphor for people of low...
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by Myron Baska
What is the human soul?
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Wow, nice to see more reasoning and a deeper study of the Word!
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by Myron Baska
What is the human soul?
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Aurel, very well stated. Finally; someone actually understands what the Bible teaches. God's breath gave life to Adam making him a human soul and his breath...
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Why did God tell Hosea to marry a prostitute?
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What is the theme of Hebrews 3?
Since Hebrews (as the name implies) was addressed to a Jewish readership, the epistle was devoted both to presenting Christ as the fulfillment of historical...
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Shirley H
, Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!
Where is assurance of eternal life in the Old Testament?
The concept of eternal life or life everlasting is all through the Old Testament. Let's look... In Genesis 22 Abraham is to offer his only son as a...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Why would God be resistant to answering our prayers as Luke 11:7-9 seems to indicate?
"Phillips Brooks said that prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance; it is laying hold of His highest willingness. Persistence in prayer is not an attempt...
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by Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Why would God be resistant to answering our prayers as Luke 11:7-9 seems to indicate?
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Lord, forgive me when I wrongly believe that you are bothered by my problems or I fear that you will become angry about my complaints and grief. God help me...
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by Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
What should we learn from the account of David and Goliath?
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You hit it out with that last line: "God does not save by carnal weapons." That's the sharpest point of the whole story. A young lad tells how his Lord had...
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George Fitt
, Spiritual Gift of Discernment
Did God create other people in addition to Adam and Eve?
Yes, of course God created more humans other than Adam and Eve. The anthropologists have discovered nine human species from fossil skeletal remains,...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How could a third of the sun’s light be shut off? (Revelation 8:12)
I understand the point of the question from a scientific perspective, but if it was possible for God to bring a plague of darkness on the Egyptians, while at...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
How do prayer customs become meaningless ritual? (Luke 11:2–4)
I would say that, although it is commendable to be consistent and regular in prayer, the more that one repeatedly prays the same prayer or a formulaic prayer...
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by Ezekiel Kimosop
Who was Saint Augustine in church history?
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This is a great description of Augustine. I would add one thing though. John Calvin borrowed extensively from Augustine in his major works titled "Institutes...
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Jack Gutknecht
, Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate
Why did Lot offer up his daughters to be gang raped? Why did God allow Lot's daughters to later have sex with their father?
Lot was willing to sacrifice his 2 unmarried daughters to the lust of the crowd (see Judges 19). Lot had lost his personal values in this wicked city of...
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ainsley chalmers
, Medical Research Scientist, devoted family man.
What is the Lutheran Church, and what do Lutherans believe?
Please let me know if there’s a Christian church which abides completely with the word of God. As I perused Christian church beliefs they all seem to differ....
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What is meant by, “He did not come by water only, but by water and blood"?
In my opinion, the references to water and blood in relation to Christ are allusions to both His human birth as well as to His baptism in water (which bonded...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What does it mean, “Do not provoke your children to anger”?
I find the Amplified Bible's expansion upon Paul's statement in Ephesians 6:4 to be useful in regard to the question. It provides the following commentary:...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Where is assurance of eternal life in the Old Testament?
Habakkuk 2:4 indicated that the just would live by faith -- a promise that the New Testament connects not just to this temporal life, but to the life to come...
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Matthew Beerman
Why did God tell Hosea to marry a prostitute?
When God called Hosea to marry a "wife of whoredom" he was not commanding Hosea to break God's law and marry a prostitute. To say that God called Hosea to...
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John Appelt
What age was Jehoiachin when he began his reign?
Jehoiachin was the grandson of King Josiah. Josiah had four sons, I Chronicles 3:15. The firstborn, Johanan, is never heard from again. But the other three...
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by Mark Vestal
, Proud of nothing of myself. Freed by Christ who did it all!
What does it mean we all will be judged?
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Good comparison Shirley! Thanks!!
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by Shirley H
, Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!
What does it mean we all will be judged?
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Matthew 7:3: "Why do you look at the splinter in your brother's eye but don't notice the beam of wood in your own eye?" Paul is saying the same thing here in...
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by Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
Is it acceptable to have communion outside of the church?
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So I guess the thing to do at an assembly like the one I attend, where on the third Sunday of the month when we take Holy communion and there are about 5,000...
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Donna Williams
How can one live a Godly life being single?
I would say, to live a godly life as a single person requires being totally dependent upon the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit has been sent to help every...
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What is the connection between prayer and fasting?
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Shirley H
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Why refuse to love "children of adultery"? (Hosea 2:4–5)
First, these are God's unfaithful people, not children. You can refer to them as children of God who were steeped in idolatry! In Isaiah 1:1-3 we read a...
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Shirley H
, Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!
What does the scripture in 2 Kings 2:11 mean? Was Elijah taken to the heaven where God and the angels live?
Elijah appears in 1 Kings 17:1. His name means, "the Lord is my God." Elijah was "on fire" for God. Moses had encountered God in the 'burning bush.' God is...
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by Lily Mensah
What should we learn from the account of the wedding at Cana?
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In other words there is perfect will and permissive will. Well said.
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Mark Vestal
, Proud of nothing of myself. Freed by Christ who did it all!
What is the meaning of the following phrase: "He made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ."?
Our apostle Paul answers this below in verse 8 of 1 Corinthians: (1 Corinthians 2:5-9) "5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the...
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Mark Vestal
, Proud of nothing of myself. Freed by Christ who did it all!
What does this mean: “Because God works in you both wanting and acting according to His good pleasure”?
"Pleasure", from the Greek word eudokia, is translated as purpose or intention. God works through us as he deems necessary once we have been sealed with the...
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by Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
Is there any evidence for the Bible's view of a young earth?
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It's strange to me how we can discredit scientific evidence and then, in the same trial, call scientific evidence to the witness box and say, 'There is...
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by Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
How does young earth creationism handle the apparent evidence for millions of years in the fossil record?
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Brenda Cole, did you become a believer differently than the scientist you speak of? The only way to become a believer is to be converted from unbelief by...
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by Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
How does young earth creationism handle the apparent evidence for millions of years in the fossil record?
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I agree with most of what Mr Houdmann wrote. There is no prehistoric man. Mankind was formed by the hand of God and did not evolve from anything. I don't...
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Albert DeBenedictis
, Retired computer programmer
Do Christians believe in three gods?
I believe God consists of three distinct persons, as the Scriptures appear to indicate. Genesis 1:1 states that God commanded that the universe be created....
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Mark Vestal
, Proud of nothing of myself. Freed by Christ who did it all!
What tribe are the gentiles from?
Gentiles are not of a tribe of Israel. Gentiles are anyone outside of the nation Israel. We see that the isles of the Gentiles were created from Noah's son...
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by Danny Hickman
, Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
Should Christians boycott companies that support anti-Christian policies?
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A company that asks anyone about matters of faith should be investigated. If an avowed atheist company owner openly advertised contempt for hiring people of...
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Tim Maas
, Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
What tribe are the gentiles from?
Gentiles consist of all people who are not Jewish -- that is, who are not descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob (whom God also named Israel (Genesis...