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121 | Does Genesis predict Jesus? | Genesis | itiswritten | 29063 | ||
Yes, Genesis predicts Jesus. It is first mentioned in Genesis 3:15, in the middle of the curse. In the KJV of the Bible it says "And I will put enmity between thy [Satan's] seed and her [the woman's] seed. [The seed is always from the man...so, in this case, the seed, being of a woman is the first promise of a virgin birth]; it [Jesus, the Christ] shall bruise thy [satan's] head [meaning a mortal wound] and thou [satan] shall bruise his [the woman's seed's] heel [meaning a non-mortal wound...the crucifixion from which the woman's seed rose from the dead. | ||||||
122 | Why did God permit Abram to lie? | Genesis | itiswritten | 29308 | ||
God permits us to do a lot of things we should not do. That does not mean He approves. He made us with a free will and we are imperfect, so we sin. Whenever Abram or any of the saints of old did wrong things, they suffered the consequences and still the Lord delivered them. I'm sorry but I can't find the chapter and verse tonight, but the Scripture says "Many are the trials of the righteous, but the Lord delivers us out of them all." Abraham was not perfect. However, a person does not have to be perfect to be considered righteous in God's eyes, because it also says that "Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. No man is perfect and no man never sins or does wrong or always does things perfectly. However Abraham believed God and God took care of His friend. |
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123 | What are virtues of Abraham? | Genesis | itiswritten | 29310 | ||
Dear Curran, I respectfully disagree with reformerJoe, that being a "Patriarch" was not bestowed on Abraham. He was unable to have a single heir if God had not given him one; and that one was given only one, and that one was given two and then we have the twelve and one sister. God did that. I believe God did this for Abraham because of his incredible faith in God despite the fact that he was raised by Terah who was an idol worshipper- despite the fact that he and his wife were well past the age to have an heir when God said He would give him one and well past the age when God tested him and told him to destroy that precious miracle of a child. If Abraham would not withhold his only son from God, God would certainly not withhold His Only Son from mankind through the lineage of such a man of faith as Abraham. |
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124 | How can we understand Genesis 3:15? | Genesis | itiswritten | 77395 | ||
Dear Rebekah, I know that this was posted awhile ago, but I thought you might find this helpful in any case. "And I will put enmity between you and the woman" [between Satan and-or the Serpent and the woman]"and between thy seed" [the seed of the serpent or the antichrist]"and her seed" [nowhere else in scripture except in reference to this does it ever say a woman had a seed. This is only for the man. This is a strong hint of the Virgin Birth and it speaks of the Christ, the deliverer]; "it" [Christ] "shall bruise thy head" [the devil's head, meaning Christ will deal the fatal blow] "and thou shalt bruise his" [Christ's] "heel" [the crucifixion - however, not a fatal blow because He will be resurrected]. I hope this is helpful. Itiswritten. |
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125 | God's anger at Babel tower, why? | Genesis | itiswritten | 77398 | ||
Dear cjmpoet, Well, for one thing in Genesis 11:1-3 we see that the people all had one language and they united in rebellion against the mandate of God. God had told them from the time after the flood that they should multiply and spread out over all the earth [Genesis 9:1]. Here they specifically are written down as saying "Let us build a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make a name for ourselves lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the earth." [Gen. 11:4] 1. They decided they would penetrate heaven by their physical power and will - not by any spiritual means. 2. They were full of pride in their accomplishments thus far and in their rebellion was also lofty ambition, and 3. They were deliberately aware that God had told them to spread abroad and they deliberately intended to do no such thing in their quest. It seems to me that the Lord had more than one reason to be angry and why He intended to stop them in their tracks. It had not been very long since the Flood. He had promised not to destroy everything as He had done before and I believe this discipline was necessary to preserve mankind on the earth and keep it from being entirely corrupted again. If man were separated into different cultures and languages it would be easier to isolate evil and destroy it without the effect being on the entire earth and population in the future. Anyway, this is my opinion according to the Scriptures as I understand them. I hope this will be a help to you or someone. Itiswritten. |
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126 | Having problems with my faith. | Genesis | itiswritten | 77405 | ||
Dear Chynna, I understand where you are coming from. I personally have had a few cats as pets and I really love them. I have lived in apartments and cats are often allowed as they can stay indoors. I have learned to understand their body language and though each one was very different personality-wise, when you take the time to understand them they are marvelous creatures as I am sure dogs, horses, rabbits and all other pets are to those with whom they live... But you must remember we are made in His image. I believe this has to do with the fact that we are aware of Him and seek to worship our Creator, whereas animals do not seem to have this awareness. However, our pets definitely have a soul and that means they have very individual personalities. They love unconditionally and return that affection if they are loved. They become very precious to the observant "master" and can become very much bonded to us. I have had a few pets myself and I love them almost as much as my children. If I had to choose the life of my child over my pet...it would be grievious to me but I would have to choose my child. Do you see what I mean? From what I understand we have a body, they have a body; we have a soul, they have a soul; we have a spirit which is able to be united to God, I don't know that they possess this and I believe that the spirit is what makes us eternal beings. I don't really know that they don't but the Word of God is silent on this as far as I can tell. I believe from the time of the creation, mankind was to care for the creatures God created which is hinted at by God allowing Adam to name all of them. God however reserved nameing the stars for Himself. Mankind, having this responsiblity, was not to harm them but to care for them, for their good. After the flood, because of the altered conditions [probably spiritually as well as physically] on the earth, animals began to fear man because animals were now our prey as well as the other way around.[Genesis 9:2] But that had not been God's original plan. And, in Isaiah 11:6, the prophet tells us that when Christ returns, the relationship between mankind and the rest of God's creatures will be restored to what it was meant to be in the Garden of Eden. What exactly life will be like for us in heaven, I do not really know. I only trust that it will be wonderful and that God being just will treat the rest of creation justly and with mercy as well. The word of God tells us that He will swallow up death and take all the tears from our faces in Isaiah 25: 7-8. I hope this is of some help to you or anyone else that may read this. Itiswritten. |
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127 | Studying O.T. is creating problems. | Genesis | itiswritten | 84665 | ||
Dear skip, Your problem is that you do not understand the Old Testament Scriptures and/or have a full understanding of your salvation. When you look at Genesis 1 and 2 you see creation as God had intended. His crowning glory was man. Man was at peace with all of creation and God also gave him a woman...a wife, so to speak, a helpmate. Every man, woman and child that has ever been born into this earth was in the genes of these two persons and they fell from grace. God had warned and tested the free will He gave them by saying they were free to eat the fruit of every tree of the garden EXCEPT for ONE. They disobeyed. Since we were all in their genes, we all fell and are part of that sinful nature. It is born in us all. This is evidenced in the very next story of Cain and Abel, it is evidenced in the story of Lamuel, it is evidenced in the tower of babel and it is evidenced in the story of Noah and the ark. But right from the beginning, God began to teach man about what it takes to cover sin and about what constitutes life. "The life is in the blood" (Gen.9:4, Lev. 17:11) As soon as Adam and Eve sinned, they covered themselves out of guilt and shame - but that was not acceptable to God. No, He covered them with animal skins. This means that the animal had to die to cover them. It required its blood as a substitute for their blood. The blood is all important. That is why Jesus had to die and shed his blood. Even though they were under a curse (Genesis 3) God immediately gives them hope in Genesis 3:15 with the promise of the seed of the woman who would be the perfect substitute. They did not understand then, but it was about the God-man, the Messiah, the Christ, God with us, Immanuel...the one and only perfect sacrifice who would shed his blood once for all time and be that substitute. Meanwhile, God did not institute slavery, polygamy or war...man in his fallen nature did that all by himself. And why did God destroy so many nations? In I Cor. 5:5-6 we see that a little leaven destroys the whole lump. Sin is that way. When God sent the Israelites into the Promised land, He did so only at a time when the Canaanites were fully ripe in idolatry and violence. He did not want them to be contaminated with it. They, because of their own disobedience, ever really destroyed them all and they DID become contaminated with the idolatry of those nations. If you go back to the beginning that is what God was doing with the Flood, and with the tower of babel. He separated us by languages and different cultures, mountains and rivers when he caused man in is many languages to flee from one another, because outside of obedience to Him, it would only make our rebellion and our cruelty all the more powerful if we could do this in unity. (read Genesis 11). Yes, His holy temple became a slaughterhouse. The reason for this is so we would recognize the stench of OUR SIN. If we did not sin, this would not have been required. Oh there is so much more. Suffice to say, the blood is the most important thing about our whole faith...the Blood of Jesus Christ and the entire Bible, Old Testament and New is all about the Blood that bought our eternal life. I hope this is helpful. Itiswritten. |
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128 | Shamayim - why heavens, not two heavens | Gen 1:1 | itiswritten | 29248 | ||
Dear Short, I am not a Hebrew buff, but, in case you are interested, there is a Scripture ... In 2 Corinthians 12:2-4, where Paul speaks about the third heaven. I don't know if there are levels of heaven or different heavens or parts of heaven but it is best to stick to Scripture and not speculation, so, here goes: "I knew a man in Christ, above 14 years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one was caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter." I don't know if this is of any help but I just thought you might like to look at this scripture and pray about it. The Lord may give you some better understanding if you read this and the verses around it. -itiswritten |
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129 | how much is a hin of oil as innum15:4 | Exodus | itiswritten | 82991 | ||
Dear Philsull, According to an old King James Bible that I have which has a section of helps including a section on weights and measures, it says that a hin is "equal to one and one-half gallons (6 quarts or 12 pints). Six hin equals one bath (Ex. 29:40)" In the case of Numbers 15:4, it says as a footnote: 4 pints. I hope you find this helpful. Itiswritten |
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130 | Medium summons Samuel? | 1 Sam 28:12 | itiswritten | 80028 | ||
First of all it was forbidden by God and against the law according to the kingdom, that anyone should call up the dead to speak with them. This offence was punishable by death. This is why the witch was so distraught when Samuel acutally appeared and was manifested. Somehow, at the same time, it was revealed to her that the man before her was the king - and this meant that she was uncovered as a witch before the ultimate prosecutor of the law. I do not believe that she was actually able to summon Samuel. I believe this was a deliberate act of God as the witch was very shocked (she cried out). It seems God was quite angry with Saul. First of all he had been appointed to uphold the law and lead the people and he was committing one of the ultimate crimes. And in this case, Samuel did act as he had for Saul before, to give him direction according to the word of God. In this case, the king and his family was cursed and he was told a terrible future. We are not to ask the specific future. Though He may give us a glimpse, we should not expect Him to unfold the details to us. We are supposed to trust Him day by day (Matthew 6:28-29) Saul, having been selected to lead the people and to uphold the law had failed miserably and I believe he was set at a higher standard according to his great calling and responsibility and God decided he would not continue in this important role, and neither would his descendants. These are my feelings on the topic. I will be interested to see what anyone else may think regarding this interesting moment in Scripture. Itiswritten. |
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131 | How was Jezebel Killed? | 2 Kings | itiswritten | 83390 | ||
Dear Ingodswill, You will find this account in II Kings 9: 7-10 where it was prophesied and 9: 30-37 the account of what actually happened. Itiswritten |
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132 | What about the chariot of fire? | 2 Kin 2:11 | itiswritten | 82989 | ||
Dear gate1, This is an interesting observation. It is incredible what most people believe when something is spoken of a certain way for so many years. As you say, it looks like Elijah went up in a whirlwind, only having been separated from Elisha by one of the Lord's horses and chariot. I do not think it matters particularly HOW he was taken out of this world except that he, just like Enoch before him (Genesis 5:22), left this world without dying and was taken directly out of this natural place. The main thing is that it did happen. However, there may be some small or individual reason for the minor details and I appreciate your observation and will keep this in my memory for future reference and to see what the Lord may speak to me now that you have pointed this out to me. If you look in and around the scripture, II Kings 6:17, you will see another instance where we see the fiery chariots and horses of Israel...seeming to be the angelic armies of Israel. In this instance they are observed by Elisha, again. This time there are many of them. In Ephesians 6:12 we are told that we do not fight against flesh and blood, "but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." Now in this case we are speaking of the spiritual armies of the Adversary, but in the scriptures above, in II Kings, we are speaking of the armies of the Lord. In Matthew 8:5-8:13 we see the Gospel account of a Centurian who came to Jesus to ask Him to heal his servant. Jesus marveled at his faith and his keen observation that Jesus had spiritual authority over the heavenly hosts much in the same way as he, as a centurian, had authority in the worldly sense. Thank you for your observation and I hope my comments are helpful to you also. Itiswritten |
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133 | Why is dawn important? | Is 8:20 | itiswritten | 105586 | ||
To me this verse means light. Dawn represents the enlightenment of God. Without the enlightenment of the Lord on His Word, His word can be used legalistically. That is why the Jewish leaders were at odds with Jesus so much when He walked this earth. The Pharisees were being legalistic. They had lost touch with the God of the Word and without His light, His word is misunderstood and misused. Look at Matthew 16:12-19. Here Jesus is saying that His kingdom will be full of those who understand the revealed word of God. The Bible as enlightened by the Holy Spirit. That which is revealed is enlightened or has the dawn or light. Only a few moments later, Peter made another statement which conclusion he came to by human logic, not enlightenment - see Matthew 16:21-23. Peter was thinking along the lines of human logic which says - He is a good man, nothing bad can happen to Him, but God's plan was not according to human logic. Had Peter's conclusion been enlightened, he would have been able to understand that this was necessary...but he was not yet able to receive such light. Anyway, that is what this verse of Isaiah 8:20 means to me. Itiswritten |
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134 | queen of heaven | Jer 7:18 | itiswritten | 80473 | ||
Having looked in the Bible and seen this expression in Jeremiah 7:18 and Jeremiah 44:17, I do not know which of the idols these scriptures are referring to but I would say it speaks of Ashtoreth or Isis or Ishtar or one of the goddesses of sexual productivity which the surrounding nations worshipped. Israel often fell into idolatry when it often also worshipped these idols. Itiswritten | ||||||
135 | Salvation message of Jesus | Mark | itiswritten | 204747 | ||
Dear Lookinforacity, You will find this scripture in Mark 16:15 -itiswritten |
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136 | Was Luke one of the 12? | Luke 10:1 | itiswritten | 81427 | ||
Dear Ladylkh, Though he was a writer of one of the gospels, Luke, as well as Mark,was not an apostle. He may have been a disciple, Luke 10:1, but the first that we see reference to him is as a writer of a gospel, the book of Acts and in II Corinthians 13:14, Colossians 4:14, II Timothy 4:11 and Philemon 1:24. He was not active until the time of the apostles, after the Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus Christ. His name is not a Jewish one, but a Gentile one so it is believed he is the only Gentile writer of the Bible. He may never have actually met Jesus before the Resurrection as Jesus never met Paul before the road to Damascus. It is believed by many that he got the information for the early part of Jesus's life from Mary, Jesus' mother because at the time he wrote his gospel, Mary was staying near where he was, under the hospitality of John the apostle. And it was thought that he would have had opportunity to interview her and so have information of Jesus' early life that others would not have had. I hope this is of some help to you. Itiswritten |
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137 | Which chapter about a lost coin? | Luke 15:8 | itiswritten | 99804 | ||
The parable of the Lost Coin is in Luke 15:8-9, where Jesus likens the woman's joy at finding the coin as similar to heaven when a sinner repents. To God a sinner is one who is lost. Hope this is helpful. Itiswritten |
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138 | Is God's love unconditional ? | John 3:16 | itiswritten | 92018 | ||
Dear Michaelogical, I believe God's love is unconditional and His Salvation is conditional. What I mean by this is that God loves all of us and He gave His only Begotten Son to suffer and die for each and every one of us...no matter our sex, no matter our nationality, no matter our race, no matter our intelligence; He reached out His love to all of us in this way and He would have done it if you were the only man or woman. No matter what we have done, if we will turn to Him and turn away from our sinful ways He will not condemn, but will unconditionally offer His love and forgiveness. However, Salvation is conditional. It is on the condition that we accept the provision that He made and that is in accepting the death, resurrection and Lordship of His Son. (read Acts 4:12; Romans 10: 9-11). Itiswritten. |
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139 | filled and upon mean the same thing | John 7:39 | itiswritten | 97573 | ||
Before Jesus was glorified (read John 7:39), the Holy Spirit would come alongside certain persons to enable them to do God's will in this earth. But He did not indwell the individual believers.The presence of the Holy Spirit dwelled in the temple in the time that Solomon built the temple and dedicated it. He demonstrated this so that the people could witness this event as is cited in I Kings 8:10 where the Word tells us that the glory of the Lord filled the temple so powerfully that He appeared as a dark cloud and filled it so that no priest could perform while His presence was manifested there. The Holy Spirit did not indwell individuals in those days but came along side. If a person who walked with the Holy Spirit sinned, the Holy Spirit might leave that person. See (Ps. 51:11). However, after Jesus was glorified, the Holy Spirit now indwells individuals and we are told He will never leave nor forsake us.(Hebrews 13:5). [1] So, I do not believe the people in the Old Testament were filled or indwelt with the Holy Spirit (That is why [Matthew 11:11) we are told that the least in the kingdom is greater than John the Baptist.) [2] Filled means indwelt and upon means over, covering alongside (not inside). However, it was the same Holy Spirit and the same Personality and the same Power. It is just that before Jesus was glorified, it was not possible for the Holy Spirit to indwell the believer. I don't really comprehend it exactly but until we could actually be redeemed and our Savior Jesus Christ was glorified, it was not possible - It just is what the Scripture tells us. I hope this is helpful. Itiswritten |
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140 | The table of nations from Noah's sons | Acts 17:26 | itiswritten | 29149 | ||
Thank you Nolan Keck. I am looking for something like a chart. I used to have a book on linguistics and the study of Hebrew that had some pie-charts showing, according to languages and ancient names, how the ancient names related to modern nations. I cannot find the book and I thought it would be great as an illustration for Bible Study when we cover Genesis 10-11 and the Tower of Babel. I know it gets very complicated but it helps in getting a little understanding of the real division of the races according to Noah's three sons and where their families migrated after the Tower of Babel incident. | ||||||
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