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When did Christ rise? (Mark 16:9)

Answered by . December 12, 2009 - 11:48 pm 5

Q: If it is true that in the original Greek there “was no punctuation”, and different translations place the commas in different places, then that changes the understanding of the meaning of what is being said here. Holman, CEV and others place the comma in a way that implies that Jesus had already risen, before […]

Is cremation wrong?

Answered by . December 8, 2009 - 10:29 pm 2

No, cremation is not wrong. The Bible does not give instructions about what to do with a body after someone has died. When someone dies they eventually decompose and turn to dust (just as God said would happen — Gen. 3:19. Also see Ps. 104:29; Eccles. 3:20; 12:7). Cremation simply speeds this process up. At […]

What are the keys to hell and death? (Revelation 1:18)

Answered by . November 17, 2009 - 10:49 pm 4

The ‘keys of death and hades’ (Rev. 1:18 (ESV); ‘keys of hell and death’ (KJV)) are a metaphor for authority over death and the grave. Sometimes in the Bible ‘keys’ represent authority. For example, in Isaiah 22:22 God says the following about Eliakim: …I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of […]

Did the thief on the cross go to heaven?

Answered by . October 13, 2009 - 2:49 am 12

This is a verse that is well known and famous, but it’s almost as equally well known that the text is actually a mistaken translation. The standard version goes: Luke 23:42-43 And he [the thief] said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” {43} And he said to him, “Truly, I say to […]

Who will be raised from the dead?

Answered by . August 8, 2009 - 5:48 pm

The Bible is not explicit on who will or will not be raised when Jesus returns. But we can draw some conclusions by carefully reading some passages. And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. (Daniel 12:2) This […]

What kind of bodies will we have in the kingdom?

Answered by . August 7, 2009 - 10:44 pm

Those who are made immortal at the return of Jesus will be given a body like that of Jesus: The Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body. (Philippians 3:20-21 NIV) We know […]