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God twice sent an evil spirit on Saul (1 Samuel 16:14, 19:9). Why would God send an evil spirit on someone?

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  God in charge of illness in the Old Testament This passage is famous as an illustration of how the Old Testament and the New Testament apparently have different theologies about mental illness. In the Old Testament all illnesses and sicknesses are strictly under the power of God. “‘See now that I, even I, am […]

What about language applied to God in the Old Testament but applied to Jesus in Revelation?

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What about language applied to God in the Old Testament but applied to Jesus in Revelation? This is a quite frequent question in discussions between Trinitarians and Oneness (UPCI) on one side and non-Trinitarians, including biblical unitarians (principally Christadelphians). Why would language exclusive to God in the Old Testament be applied to Jesus in the […]

Does Jesus’ saying “as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings” refer to himself or to God? (Luke 13:34)

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This is a fairly straightforward question where the answer becomes immediately obvious when looking at the first half of this mini-parable. The context is Jesus himself, and the comparison of himself “I” to a hen, comes straight after the threat from the fox Herod Antipas to kill him. Herod Antipas had only recently killed John […]

is Michael Heiser’s “Divine Council Worldview”, presented in his book ‘The Unseen Realm’ and Naked Bible podcast, biblical?

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In short, no. Although the late Michael Heiser’s books were massively popular, and he had a dedicated following on social media, his books and podcasts are basically just a legitimization, using pagan sources from the Ancient Near East, of the very old story of the “angels that sinned”  myth, found in 1st Century BC texts […]

What is the differenced between “possessed by demons” and “oppressed by the devil”?

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This is a good question because the difference in the verbs highlights the difference between demons and the devil in the New Testament. Demonized, having a demon, in an unclean spirit. Typically where the English versions have “possessed by demons” (or in the King James “possessed by devils”) the Greek word is simply “demonized”, daimonizomenos, […]

What does the Bible say about prayers for the dead?

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The Bible has no examples of anyone praying for the dead. This is not a biblical practice. Firstly because the dead are dead. They no longer exist. Their names hopefully are recorded in the ‘book of life’ to be opened when Christ returns to raise the dead, but nothing can be done to alter their […]

How many times did the gift of tongues occur in Acts?

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This answer relates only to the comprehensible tongues recorded in Acts. It does not relate to the incomprehensible tongues Paul mentions in 1 Corinthians 14. 2 For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them; they utter mysteries by the Spirit. (1 Corinthians 14:2 […]