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How old was Solomon when he began his reign?

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The age of Solomon when he began to reign is unknown. However, we can work out some dates and establish an approximate age. The following dates are explained in The Times (chapter 3) 1041BC David born 1011BC David starts to reign, age 30 (2 Samuel 5:4-5) 971BC David dies, age 70 (1 Kings 2:11) 971BC Solomon starts […]

What are the three things that can never be satisfied?

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This comes from Proverbs 30:15-16 15 The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. Three things are never satisfied; four never say, “Enough”: 16 Sheol, the barren womb, the land never satisfied with water, and the fire that never says, “Enough.” The use of three … four is typical Hebrew idiom and the second number […]

Where in the Bible does it say that angels have wings?

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Angels are normally portrayed in illustrations as having wings, but the Bible normally presents them as appearing like men (and so without wings). For example, three angels appeared to Abraham and at first he thought they were men (Genesis 18:2). Similarly, when an angel appeared to Samson’s parents, they thought he was a “man of […]

In what sense did Jesus descend from heaven? (John 3:13)

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The whole of the verse in John 3:13 reports Jesus’ words to Nicodemus this way: “No one has ascended into heaven, except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.” The KJV adds the words, “which is in heaven.” Even without this addition it is clear that Jesus is not talking about his geographic […]

Is Jesus God?

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No.  In regard to his return to the earth, Jesus said, in Matthew 24:36, “Concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son (Jesus), but the Father only. So Jesus cannot be God. It has sometimes been argued that Jesus’ statement refers only to the time of his […]

Will Capernaum go to heaven (Matthew 11:23)?

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And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. (Matthew 11:23) When Jesus said, “And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven?”, he was not suggesting that […]

What does Ecclesiastes 3:21 mean?

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It is impossible to understand the Book of Ecclesiastes unless we realise that the author is pretending, until the last two verses, that we are living without consideration of the influence of God in our present and future lives.  Thus, when he says in Ecclesiastes 1:14, “I have seen everything that is done under the […]

Are both the OT and the NT inspired?

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In the second letter that Paul wrote to Timothy he says: All Scripture is breathed out by God… (2Tim.3:16) It is obvious to see that this refers to the Old Testament (OT; 2Tim.3:15-16), which was considered to be God’s word before the New Testament (NT) was written, but does it refer to the NT as […]