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Why wasn’t the lying prophet killed? (1 Kings 13)

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God sent a Prophet from Judah to Bethel to proclaim a message from the Lord to the Jeroboam, and then not fellowship with anyone, but to go back home. Later, an old (second) prophet came to the first prophet, and lied to him. He said: And he said to him, “I also am a prophet […]

What does yawning mean spiritually?

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Yawning is a common sign of tiredness, though people yawn for other reasons. The causes of yawning are not well understood (See wikipedia). There is no direct mention of yawning in the Bible (Ps 5 : 9 is sometimes mentioned, but it’s clear that “their throat is an open grave” is not about yawning). The […]

How many times is the name Jonathan mentioned in the Bible?

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According to e-Sword, there are 122 hits on “Jonathan”. Including Jonathan the son of Gershom, son of Moses (Apostate Priest to the tribe of Dan) Jonathan son of Saul (vast majority of the references) Jonathan the son of Abiathar (“son” of Zadok), the priest & servant of David Jonathan son of Jada, descendant of Caleb […]

Did Israel have priests before Moses got the Law?

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Priests certainly existed before the law was given: And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (He was priest of God Most High.) (Gen 14:18) Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came […]

Could the Urim and Thummin mean that the Priest could either look into heaven or hear from heaven from God?

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The Urim and the Thummim were put into the breastpiece of the high priest.  Urim means flame or light.  Thummim means perfections.  The purpose of the Urim and the Thummim was to enable the high priest to inquire for the LORD’s judgment about important situations.  It is not known how the process worked, but it […]

Why was Tamar considered righteous?

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Tamar has a sad story: She was married to Er, Judah’s son God killed Er for being wicked According to the custom of her time, she was then given to Onan, Er’s brother Onan refused to honor his levirate marriage responsibility (“Onanism” is named after him) So God killed Onan too Judah promised Tamar that […]

When does God condone lying?

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The JWs maintain that the Bible sanctions “Theocratic War“: So in time of spiritual warfare it is proper to misdirect the enemy by hiding the truth. It is done unselfishly; it does not harm anyone; on the contrary, it does much good. Today God’s servants are engaged in a warfare, a spiritual, theocratic warfare, a warfare […]

Apart from Christianity and Islam, what are the other major religions?

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Apart from Christianity and Islam (which, respectively,  rank 1st at 2.1 billion, and 2nd at 1.5 billion adherants), these are the world’s major religions ranked by number of adherants (according to this site): Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 1.1 billion Hinduism: 900 million Chinese traditional religion: 394 million Buddhism: 376 million primal-indigenous: 300 million African Traditional & Diasporic: 100 million Sikhism: […]