Perhaps a general answer would be similar to Peter’s words in 2 Peter 1:12-15: …I intend always to remind you of these…, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have. {13} I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by way of […]
Why are large animals used symbolically in Daniel and Revelation?
Daniel uses animals such as a lion, bear, leopard, dragon, goat and ram to refer to nations that controlled large parts of the area around the Middle East. The lion (Dan 7:4) symbolised the Babylonians, the bear (Dan 7:5) symbolised the Medo-Persian empire, the leopard (Dan 7:6) symbolised the Greek empire, and so on. In […]
I want to become a Christian but I have sinned a lot. Is it too late?
It’s never too late, and your sins can be forgiven. The people in the church in Corinth had done all sorts of sinful things (1 Cor 6:9) but Paul says “But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.” […]
In John 8:44 who was Jesus talking to when he said, “You belong to your father the devil”?
Jesus is talking to a group of Jews including some Pharisees (John 8:13) and possibly other Jewish leaders (John 8:22 NET). He had said to them “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me. […]
Who is the seed of the serpent in Genesis 3:15?
In Genesis 3:15 God speaks to the snake in Eden: And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” (3:15 ESV) Taken literally that would be read to mean that there would be enmity between snakes and […]
Why are there 144,000 mentioned in Revelation 7:4?
And I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel: 12,000 from the tribe of Judah were sealed, 12,000 from the tribe of Reuben, 12,000 from the tribe of Gad, 12,000 from the tribe of Asher, 12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali, 12,000 from the tribe of […]
Why was God so harsh with Uzzah?
The story of Uzzah has often puzzled Bible readers. Here it is: David and all the men who were with him traveled to Baalah in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God which is called by the name of the LORD of hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim that are on […]
Why was Jesus baptised?
Baptism symbolically washes away our sins and we are born again to start a new life in Christ. For example, And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. […]
What did Jesus mean by “you must be born again” (John 3:7)?
Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ (John 3:7) Jesus said this when talking to the Pharisee, Nicodemus. A few verses earlier we read Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, […]
Why are numerous major Biblical events so similar to contemporary and historical mythology?
By the end of the 19th century archaeology had discovered many Mesopotamian texts containing creation and flood narratives remarkably similar to those in the Bible. Critical scholars came to believe that the Biblical narratives had simply been copied from earlier Mesopotamian myths.[1][2] The Biblical flood narrative in particular is still considered by some scholars to […]