Summary: How do we obey the commands and teachings of Jesus? Jesus declares that He fulfilled the old covenant from the laws to the prophets. We must ask the Holy Spirit to help us do everything the law says. Introduction In my last post, I talked about being salt and…
Why would you say that Jesus is the Jehovah of the Old Testament if that is your belief? God revealed himself to the Israelites throughout the Old Testament. Most people would consider Yahweh to be God the Father in the Christian viewpoint. While this is not a wrong way to…
Why do Egyptian records go right past the Biblical plagues and Red Sea without mentioning that they were all killed and then mostly killed again? One of the things the biblical text does not do is smooth over character flaws, personality conflicts, losses in military pursuits, sins of the nations,…
What does Deuteronomy 31:26 mean? ““Take this Book of the Law and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against you.” (Deuteronomy 31:26, ESV) Several times throughout the Book of the Law, or…
In Genesis 1:1, why does “it was good” keep getting repeated? The word “good” appears seven times throughout the creation narrative in Genesis 1. There is great significance as to why the word appears so much. When there is repetition in the Bible it usually has a great purpose. When…
If according to Genesis 1 God created the world in 6 days and for God a thousand years is like a day (Psalms 90:4), then did God create the world in 6000 years according to the Bible? There are many arguments for the age of creation. Some scholars have suggested…
Two of the most commonly repeated numbers in the Bible are 7 and 40. Besides it rained 40 days and 40 nights, what are other examples of the number 40? Some of the examples of the number 40 being used in the Bible may signify that it is a number…
If Noah and his family were the only people to have survived the worldwide flood, how did giants come to dwell in the land of Canaan when God commanded the Israelites to destroy them? The Bible talks about giants with several words. If we accept the general understanding of most…
When Moses and Jacob saw God, did it give them perfect faith (belief in God) and how would seeing God personally affect your faith? The Old Testament doesn’t specifically say that Moses and Jacob sought God. For instance, when you look at Moses’ experience, he asks God to show him…
If Moses wrote the first five books of the Bible why didn’t he write about the pyramids since he knew the Pharaohs who would have been buried there especially Joseph who lived hundreds of years before? First, in my studies and understanding, Moses did write the first five books of…
