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Isaiah 54:5 (KJV) “For thy Maker(s) is thine husband(s) the LORD of hosts is his name”

Answered by . July 21, 2021 - 11:00 pm

54:5  כִּי בֹעֲלַיִךְ עֹשַׂיִךְ יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת שְׁמוֹ וְגֹֽאֲלֵךְ קְדוֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֱלֹהֵי כָל־הָאָרֶץ יִקָּרֵֽא׃ Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Whole Bible For thy Maker is thine husband – Both these words, ‘maker’ and ‘husband,’ in the Hebrew are in the plural number. But the form is evidently the pluralis excellentiae – a form denoting majesty and honor (see 1 Samuel 19:13, 1 Samuel 19:16; Psalms 149:2; Proverbs 9:10; […]

Is “In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth” (Hebrews 1:10) about God or about Jesus?

Answered by . July 19, 2021 - 9:07 pm

‘In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.” (Hebrews 1:10 NIV) In Hebrews 1:10 the writer applies this quote from Psalm 102 about God to Jesus.   The answer below is taken from Ron Abel’s Wrested Scriptures. However before reading it note that […]

Was it God or an angel in the burning bush to Moses?

Answered by . July 2, 2021 - 6:21 pm

It was an angel, it says so at the beginning of the passage in Exodus 3: “And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed. .” (Exodus 3:2) This confuses some people when it […]

Did Mary have other children after Jesus?

Answered by . June 27, 2021 - 4:53 am

Yes.  Mark 6:3 and Matthew (13:55–56) mention James, Joses, Jude and Simon as brothers of Jesus, the son of Mary and unnamed sisters. Mark 3:31–32 tells about Jesus’ mother and brothers looking for Jesus. This incident tells us two things: firstly that Jesus’ adoptive father Joseph, is probably dead at this point. Something certainly the case at the cross when […]

What is “sin in the flesh”?

Answered by . June 26, 2021 - 7:52 am

This is an awkward question. “Sin in the flesh” is not really a term found in the Bible, but a misunderstanding based on Romans 8:3 in the King James Bible. “For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful […]