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Were Anne and Joachim the parents of Mary?

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No. The father of Mary is named as Heli, a descendant of Solomon’s brother Nathan, in Luke 3:23. The name of Mary’s mother is not mentioned, but she was presumably the sister or another close relative of Elisabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, and consequently like Elisabeth a descendant of Aaron. The confusion about […]

Who is the archangel Michael?

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Michael is the name given to a ‘chief prince’ angel figure which first appears in a vision in Daniel Daniel 10:13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me twenty-one days. So Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, and I left him there with the prince of the kingdom […]

What is the Megiddo mosaic?

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20 years after discovery, a 3rd Century “God Jesus Christ” Christian mosaic goes on display at the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC.“Discovered between 2003 and 2005 by Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) archaeologists during excavations at Kfar Othnay, the 16 by 32-foot mosaic was found beneath the floor of an Israeli prison in Megiddo. […]

If Jesus existed before birth, then what happened to his memories?

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If Jesus existed before birth, then what happened to his memories? This is just one the serious questions about preexistence that those who teach that Jesus existed before his conception often try to avoid. His preexistence is dogmatically asserted as a fact that must be believed. But the most rudimentary and obvious questions about this […]

What is the origin of Halloween?

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Halloween is a medieval Christian festival held on the night before Allhallowtide. The present date of Hallowmas (All Saints’ Day) and therefore also of its vigil (Hallowe’en) was established in Rome around the time of Pope Gregory III (731–741). The festival does not have any particular pre-Christian pagan origin (despite spurious claims on the Internet […]

Does the bible teach conditional immortality or eternal conscious torment?

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The opposing terms “conditional immortality” (CI) vs “eternal conscious torment” (ECT) are recent terms which have developed a usage on the Internet, but are not scholarly terms widely used in theological literature.* In particular the abbreviations “CI” vs “ECT” are almost unknown outside a few discussion boards. To most readers the abbreviation “ECT” if it […]

Does Isaiah 44:24 destroy the claims of the Trinity?

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In a word, yes. Though it is hardly the only verse in the Bible to do so. Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer,     who formed you from the womb: “I am the Lord, who made all things,     who alone stretched out the heavens,     who spread out the earth by myself, (Isaiah 44:24 NRSV) Isaiah 44:24 is often used […]

the spirit of Christ in the prophets (1 Peter 1:11)

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This verse has led some to question why ‘the Spirit of Christ’ rather than just the more normal New Testament phrase ‘the Holy Spirit’ for inspiration of these particular prophecies: “inquiring about the time and circumstances that the Spirit of Christ within them indicated when it testified in advance to the sufferings intended for Christ […]

Why did Noah send out a raven and a dove?

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The account of Noah sending out the two birds occurs in Genesis 8, after the ark had come to rest on the top of Mount Ararat: Genesis 8:6 At the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made 7 and sent out the raven, and it went to […]