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“the LORD … from the LORD out of heaven.” Genesis 19:24

Answered by . May 8, 2024 - 8:41 pm

The Hebrew text of Genesis 19:24 contains et- (from) plus a duplication of YHWH which some have misread as meaning that there are two YHWH. Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the LORD out of heaven. (Genesis 19:24) The idea occurs in the Babylonian Talmud and was popularised for modern audiences by […]

Does “let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains” (Matthew 24:15) mean the escape to Pella in Jordan?

Answered by . May 2, 2024 - 12:52 am

The Olivet prophecy includes a warning by of Jesus of a time when those in Jerusalem would need to flee: “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (whoever reads, let him understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains… For then […]

What is “open theism”, and is it scriptural?

Answered by . April 29, 2024 - 9:36 pm

This will be a short question and answer. Open Theism is, broadly speaking, the teaching that God doesn’t know (or suspends his omniscience of) the future results of our free will. In other words God does not have foreknowledge of who will be saved when Christ returns and judges the living and the dead. But, […]

Does Isaiah 48:16 teach the Trinity? “from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord God, and his Spirit, hath sent me.”

Answered by . April 15, 2024 - 5:13 am

Does Isaiah 48:16 teach the Trinity?  “Come near to Me, hear this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; From the time that it was, I was there. And now the Lord GOD and His Spirit Have sent Me.” Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: “I am the […]

Does John 5:2 “there is a pool” prove that the gospel was written before the destruction of Jerusalem in AD70?

Answered by . April 10, 2024 - 1:53 am

Does John 5:2 “there is a pool” prove that the gospel was written before the destruction of Jerusalem in AD70? Answer: Yes. The phrase “there is” (in Greek is ἐστί  esti, present tense) shows that the Sheep Gate of the temple, and therefore the Temple itself, was still standing when John wrote. Yet Josephus records […]

Hypostasis

Answered by . March 23, 2024 - 9:26 pm

Hypostasis is the Greek word for “substance”. Like the English word ‘substance’ it can have a variety of meanings, literal and figurative. NEW TESTAMENT For those used to older concordances linked to Strong’s numbers, G5287, here shown in KJV readings. 2 Corinthians 9:4 “Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you […]