Tag: #Bible
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What is Christology??
What are Christologies and why do they matter or does it matter? Does one have to embrace one ? These are questions this article will try to answer.Christology is the theory of the nature of Christ and so first what does Christ mean? It is from the Greek word christos meaning anointed which evolved from…
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Do you have to believe in the trinity.
First let us start with what is the trinity?It is the belief that the creator God YHVH,Jesus and the Holy Spirit are three persons of one essence and character.That God exists in three aspects in a sense or God has three persons ,it is a very abstract thing.Does one have to believe in the trinity…
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A couple of scriptures with history predicted in advance.
A big thing in history is the discovery that the world is round and of coarse many believe Christopher Columbus discovered this.This is not so actually because almost all educated people in the time of Columbus (the 15th century ce) knew the earth was round.So when was it first proved that the world was round?…
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Another look at science and Genesis
I think we have talked before about science and Genesis but I wanted to have anothe discussion on this topic.Today I want to go into big picture thinking and I think where people get caught up in the Bible vs science debate is excessive attention to detail ,often details unproved also.Today I want and overview…
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“Once saved always saved” is it a true doctrine??
We will address the Calvinist belief of once saved always saved and it’s nuances. We all agree as truth that salvation can never be lost by a bad deed or failure to do good deeds and that salvation is not performance based.But can salvation be lost by loss of faith? Some say they believe in…
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So how should the Bible be read?
People like me are often called Biblical literalists and I am and I don’t mind being called that way. What does that mean really, people ask?No one thinks you believe the Bible without some metaphor or poetry at all,no one see’s it that way.So how should a truly saved person read the Bible with 66…
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Zach volume II
Here is a link to part one Chapter 13.6 in the Hebrew וְאָמַ֣ר אֵלָ֔יו מָ֧ה הַמַּכּ֛וֹת הָאֵ֖לֶּה בֵּ֣ין יָדֶ֑יךָ וְאָמַ֕ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֻכֵּ֖יתִי בֵּ֥ית מְאַֽהֲבָֽי: “And was said to him ,what are these wounds between your hands?And he said,that which I was wounded in the house of my friends.” I think that says it all,that is…
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On the Bible and being “Born Again”
Before I was a true believer I often thought when I was told you need to be born again that if this was so important then why does the Bible not mention this issue more?Mainly because most people primarily quote John 3:3 almost always. John 3:1-8 NIV 3″ Now there was a Pharisee, a man named…
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Is the ten Sefirot Christian or Messianic or is it occult?
What are the ten Sefirot ( סְפִירוֹת) ? Sefirot is a plural word meaning emanations or that source or origin.The Ten Sefirot are one of the most important aspects of Kabbalah which is Jewish mysticism and make up the aspects of the Tree of Life and in some ways out line the personality attributes of the…
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Is the earth and universe as old as they say?
Modern science says that the universe is 13.8 billion years old but the Jewish year in 5784 from creation and the Dead Sea Scroll calendar says it is 5948 from creation.I have been long against pre Adamic type theories however my argument is more along the lines that the nature of time may have changed over…
Truth in Mikra 