Image by giografiche from Pixabay Is it possible the rapture has already happened? The rapture has not yet occurred. For one, I am still here. Joking aside, Paul wrote the letters to the Thessalonians for the express purpose to explain that the rapture had not yet occurred. One of the…
Image by David Mark from Pixabay Can you explain rising up into the air during the rapture? Scripture talks about the rapture in two places specifically. Rapture is Latin for “catching up.” This is the language Paul uses in 1 Thessalonians 4:18 when he talks about the rapture. The Thessalonians…
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay "God helps those who help themselves." How much, or how little, does the Bible support this statement? There are several phrases we share with one another that are not necessarily found in the Bible or even supported by the Bible. One of the phrases, “Cleanliness…
Image by Stefan Keller from Pixabay How many times is the word “hypocrite” used in the Bible? A hypocrite is a person who says or thinks one thing and does another. The word comes from Greek and stood for actors in a play who would wear a mask that showed…
Image by StockSnap from Pixabay What are the three woes of Revelation? We get an introduction to the three woes of Revelation in Revelation 8:13. The woes will be given by three different angels throughout the next few chapters. Four of the seven trumpets have been blown by the angels,…
Image by Michael J. M. Lang from Pixabay What is the difference between clean and unclean animals in the Bible when Noah is commanded to gather animals for the ark? Clean and unclean were ritual distinctions for Israel to follow to be in God’s presence. For something to be clean…
Image by Photo Mix from Pixabay What is the meaning of 1 Corinthians 13? This chapter, or parts of it, is often read at weddings. Because the subject of the chapter is love and it is a wedding favorite, many people have entitled it, “The Love Chapter.” It’s not that…
Image by Igor Link from Pixabay What is the meaning of 1 Corinthians 10:31? This verse is the conclusion not only to 1 Corinthians 10, but also to a three chapter answer to a question about neat sacrificed to idols (1 Corinthians 8-10). Paul wrote 1 Corinthians in response to…
Image by annca from Pixabay Was Genesis written in the 5th and 6th centuries BC or much earlier? The book of Genesis is written much earlier than in the fifth and sixth centuries BC. The traditional view of the authorship of Genesis is that it was written as one of…
Image by Susanne Jutzeler, suju-foto from Pixabay Are the two 'lifes' mentioned in John 5:26 the same? Yes, this is the resurrection life that God gives to everyone who believes in his Son Jesus. Throughout the passage Jesus is comparing himself to the Father and talking about how he is…