People have tried to understand these things from a scientific perspective, but I don’t think you want a summary of physics, meteorology, geology, cosmology and biology. Science can only give a fairly dry description of the physical processes underlying creation, and cannot reveal God’s role. Matthew 6:26 tells us that God provides food for the […]
Are there examples in the Bible where a prayer was answered before or during the prayer?
Yes. In Genesis 24, Abraham sends his chief servant to Aram Naharaim to find a wife for Isaac, Abraham’s son, from Abraham’s relatives who lived there (v2-4,10). When the servant got to the town of Nahor, he prayed (v12-14): O LORD, God of my master Abraham, give me success today, and show kindness to my master […]
Who was Simon Peter’s father?
In John 1:42 we read He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of John. You shall be called Cephas” (which means Peter). While in Matthew 16:17 Jesus said to him “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah!”, meaning Simon son of Jonah. Later, in John 21, Jesus repeated […]
Is the Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge the same tree?
No. In Genesis 2:16-17, God says that if Adam and Eve were to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil they would die. But in Genesis 3:22 he says that if there were to “take also of the tree of life” they would live forever. Therefore they must have been different trees.
Who wrote the book of Jonah?
Although the book does not identify its author, it is traditional to assume that Jonah himself wrote it. However, this seems very unlikely, as he does not claim to be the author, and he is constantly referred to in the third person. Many biblical scholars argue that the book should be dated after the exile […]
What is the difference between “build an altar” (Gen 12:7) and “call on the name of the LORD” (Gen 13:4)?
Genesis 12:7-8 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. From there he moved to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and […]
What does “no weapon formed against you will prosper” mean (Isa 54:17)?
This quotation is from the NKJV: Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their righteousness is from Me,” Says the Lord. The chapter is a poem about Jerusalem, and this […]
Are African Americans the dispersed people of Israel?
Questioner’s comment: The Bible states that Israel and Judah will not be gathered to Israel again until Yashua (Jesus) returns. They are currently under the curses of Deuteronomy ch 28. The curses are to last forever. If you pay close attention to the curses there is only one peoples on the face of the earth […]
Does our soul sleep after death until the return of Jesus?
Thank you for this list of verses that you have provided showing that after death we are in a state of unconsciousness. At Christ’s return there will be a resurrection to judgement of the righteous and unrighteous. “You shall not surely die” is said by the serpent, not by God. Death is real. Psalm 13:3; […]
Was David supposed to be at war when he was at home and saw Bathsheba?
In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem (2 Sam 11:1) The verse dates the incident to “the spring of the year, the time when […]