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What does the Bible say about gambling?

Answered by . November 29, 2009 - 3:44 pm

The Bible does not mention the word ‘gambling’, although the soldiers who crucified Jesus were gambling, in a sense, when they cast lots for his garments.  However, the most common motivation for people who gamble is greed, or covetousness, and this is forbidden in the Ten Commandments and Jesus Christ condemns it  (Luke 12:15).  In […]

What does the Bible say about fasting?

Answered by . November 29, 2009 - 3:41 pm

In the Bible, to fast means to go without all food and drink.  Under the Law of Moses, the Israelites were to fast at the time of five of their feasts each year and at other individual occasions, such as grieving or as a sign of penitence.  In Isaiah 58:3, it sounds as though the […]

What is New Jerusalem?

Answered by . November 29, 2009 - 3:32 pm 4

“New Jerusalem” is only mentioned in Revelation: The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes […]

Is it wrong for women to teach about the Bible?

Answered by . November 28, 2009 - 9:30 pm 1

No. And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. Joel 2 v 28 On the next day we departed and came to Caesarea, and we entered […]

Who was the man that pierced Jesus on the cross?

Answered by . November 27, 2009 - 10:10 pm

The Bible says very little about this person; in fact, he is only mentioned in one verse, John 19:34: …one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water. So, we know that he was a Roman soldier (cp. John 18:31; 19:1-2,34), but that’s the only […]

What did Jesus look like?

Answered by . November 27, 2009 - 9:38 pm 3

The Bible tells us that Jesus is a Jew. The genealogies in Mat. 1 and Luke 3 show Jesus’ Jewish ancestry, which is neatly summed up in the first verse of the New Testament: Mat. 1:1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. David and Abraham […]

What does “speaking in tongues” mean?

Answered by . November 27, 2009 - 8:04 pm 5

‘Speaking in tongues’ is a term generally used today for glossalalia, a practice in Pentecostal churches. Glossalalia is not a real language but strings of broken phonemes of languages known, or at least heard by, the speaker. In the New Testament ‘tongues’ (Greek glossai) is simply the normal Greek word for languages. In most incidents […]

Is Muhammad predicted in the Bible?

Answered by . November 27, 2009 - 1:51 am

No, Muhammad is not mentioned or predicted in the Bible. Some Muslims quote Deut. 18:15-18 and say it refers to Muhammad; here Moses, says: The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— … And the Lord said to […]