Additional comments from question: Hold on friend, I think God showed me something today. It is Nato led by the US. You may only have a few days. Key line is..In short, the battle Gog and Magog is war in the latter days (Last days) when a confederacy of nations attack Israel, which has been […]
What are the pearls in Revelation 21:21 a type of?
And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. (Rev 21:21) Jesus described the gospel as a “pearl of great price” (Matt 13:46). If this is the allusion then it means that the entrance to the […]
How long was Joseph in prison?
At the time of his kidnapping Joseph was seventeen. Genesis 37:2 Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. After travelling to Egypt, he was sold as a slave to Potiphar, and succeeded in his household. There is no information about how old Joseph was when he was wrongly accused and […]
In Daniel 12 it speaks about 1290 days (v11) and 1335 days (v12): what happens during the extra 45 days?
There are a variety of different interpretations of this verse. A number of interpreters use the idea of a day-for-a-year so correlate these time periods to historical events. For example, Graham Mansfield suggests a number of possible time periods, relating to events to do with the Catholic Church, Islam and Zionism: Starting 533 AD (Decree […]
Are Jews to stop celebrating their old holidays?
The full question: I am not Jewish but I have a question about the Jewish faith. My mom says that since Christ has come and risen, there is no need for the Jews to celebrate any of their holidays, i.e. Passover, etc. I see her point (sort of), but even though Christ has come and […]
Should the communion be arranged only on first Sundays, as the Assemblies of God Church do?
By ‘first Sundays’ I understand you to mean first Sunday of the month. There is no scriptural support for this to be done as infrequently as monthly. In the first century, it seems that the church gathered on the first day of the week to remember Jesus in breaking bread. Acts 20:7: On the first […]
Is it true that the bread used in communion should be unfermented?
The bread used by Jesus and the disciples at the last supper was probably unleavened or non-fermented bread as we read in Deuteronomy 16:2-3: And you shall offer the Passover sacrifice to the LORD your God … You shall eat no leavened bread with it. It seems appropriate that bread used to remember the breaking […]
How many references to the number 10 are there in the Bible?
Strong’s Exhasutive Concordance lists 235 uses of the number 10 in the King James Version. However, the number may vary according to the version you use. If you use a website like www.biblegateway.com you can search various versions to see how many times the word occurs in each version.
What does the word ‘beguiled’ mean in Genesis chapter 3?
And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat (Gen 3:13 [KJV]) The English word “beguiled” means “to charm someone, perhaps deceptively”. The Hebrew word here is nasha meaning “to lead astray”, “to delude” or “to seduce”. […]
What does the name Zechariah mean?
The name Zechariah comes from the Hebrew words zakar, meaning “to mark” or “to remember”, and Jah, which is an abbreviated form of the name of God. So Zechariah means “the LORD has remembered”.