“And the lion shall lay down by the lamb” is a sentence often quoted in sermons as a depiction of the tranquility one might expect in the Eternity; but contrary to what some people believe, that phrase is not a Biblical quote, rather it is a line from the famous hymn, Peace In The Valley.
Hundreds of people with first-hand, eye-witness knowledge of the Deity of Jesus died torturous deaths rather than deny He was who He said He was; but the real test was in the Apostles who, to a man, not only suffered horrendous and torturous deaths, but also died alone in foreign lands without the comfort of “strength in numbers” or as we like to say “misery loves company”. If it was a conspiracy, someone would have “cracked”, when all they had to do was say it was not true, especially while there were none of their friends there to know about it!
The word “Father” is the predominant word used in most English speaking areas of the world including many parts of the USA for the title of a male parent, but not so much in the Bible Belt; folks in the Bible Belt of the
Most Christians insist that in order to please God you must meet certain requirements like getting baptized, attending church, tithing, etc.; but God said He really wants your love more than any of that (Hosea 6:6).
If all flesh is changed to a spiritual body at the last trump (I Corinthians
There are four lists of the names of the Twelve Apostles in the Bible, 3 in the Gospels and one in Acts; and in each list the order of the names varies though they are always given in 3 groups, the first of each group being the same (Peter, Philip, and James the son of Alphæus), while the other three though they vary in order within the group, are never given in a different group.
The Apostle Paul said his intentions were always to do the right thing in every situation, but that he many times ended up doing the wrong thing; in other words, the “spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak”!
Once a Kenite lady in Tyre asked Jesus to heal her daughter, only to hear Jesus refuse and liken her to a dog; and even though she had persistent faith, He never did heal her daughter, rather leaving the healing up to her by saying, “O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt.” “And her daughter was made whole from that very hour” (Matthew
The king of Babylon during the prophet Daniel’s time, Nebuchadnezzar, once suffered from a condition called lycanthropy, in which he lost his rational senses, lived in the wild, ate grass, grew long hair and nails, and literally lived as an animal (Daniel 4:33); but many people down through the ages have believed he actually turned into a werewolf! How befitting is that for the Halloween time of year?
There are 16 prophetic books of the Bible, which are divided into the Major prophets including the 4 books of Isaiah, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, and Daniel and the 12 books of the Minor prophets including Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi; each one of these books is considered either Major or Minor depending upon their length, not their content or importance.
The word “And” is the first word of many verses in the Bible such as in the first chapter of Genesis; and in those cases it is used as a Polysyndeton, which is a figure of speech that means there is much more implied by the verse than is actually stated.
Jacob, the son of Isaac and Rebekah, was named
Although it was an actual occurrence that Jael nailed Sisera’s head to the earth (Judges 4:21), that story is also symbolic of the truth of God being driven through the minds of non-believers as Christ speaks in the final generation, effectively nailing all iniquity and evil to this earth (age) before we go into the dimension we call the eternity.
Sons were almost always named from oldest to youngest in the early days of the Hebrews because the “birthright” belonged to the oldest son, which makes it odd that the sons of Noah are listed as Shem, Ham, and Japheth even though Japheth was the oldest and Shem was the youngest, (Genesis 6:10, 7:13, 9:18, 10:1); but in that case the birthright was actually given to the youngest because Jesus came through the blood line of Shem, (Luke 3:23-39).
Jesus said to Nicodemus, “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the
Although most people teach that you must be “saved” before you leave the flesh, the Apostle Paul taught that immortality is achieved after the death of the flesh, (I Corinthians
Joseph, a patriarch of Israel, was so hated by his 10 half-brothers that they planned to kill him by leaving him in a pit to die; but a caravan of traders (Ishmaelites) found him and sold him into bondage in Egypt, where he ended up second in charge of the entire nation, (Genesis 37:18-28).
Man makes void the Word of God by his traditions(Mark 7:7-9; Mark
Abraham fathered Isaac with Sarah and fathered Ishmael with Hagar; and even though Abraham was 137 years old at the time of Sarah’s death (Genesis 23:1), he subsequently married Keturah and fathered Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah, (Genesis 25:2).
I Thessalonians 4:17 declares, “Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord”; but did you know the Greek word from which the word “air” in that verse was rendered means “spirit”, not “atmosphere”, (Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, Greek # 109)?
Some people claim to have conversations with God, and some people say the Holy Spirit of God speaks through their mouth; and they seem to have no adverse effects, afterward going on about their daily routines. So why do you think the prophet Daniel fainted and was sick for days just because of the appearance of Gabriel the archangel, (Daniel
When Eliezer, the eldest servant of Abraham’s house was sent to the family of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, to find a wife for Isaac, he found the beautiful damsel Rebekah at the well; she gave him water and then drew water for his 10 thirsty camels until they were full, as a sign that she was the one he should choose, (Genesis 24:1-20). That was no small feat, as she had to run up and down the steps of a hand-dug well with an earthen jug many times to satisfy the thirst of 10 “dry” camels!
God appeared to Abraham in the plains of Mamre to inform him of Sarah’s upcoming pregnancy and to warn him of the impending destruction of
The first miracle of Jesus was to turn water into wine at the wedding feast (John 2:6-11); and on a 3rd level of understanding, the story of that miracle can be taken metaphorically. The 6 stone pots (6 is the number for man in Biblical numerics) symbolize the family of God (vessels) who are inherently filled with the Living Water (Christ); and from that Living Water they become His kindred (blood), which is symbolized by the wine.
Jael, the wife of Heber, killed Sisera by driving a nail through his temple thus nailing him to the ground while he slept, (Judges
It is said that God kept Jacob “as the apple of His eye”, (Deuteronomy 32:10); but the word “apple” might have been better translated “pupil”, and the phrase is a Hebraism that means God would protect Jacob as quickly as a blink would protect the eye.
The King James Bible declares that God “possessed” wisdom before “the Creation”, (Proverbs
Sarah lived to be 127 years old, (Genesis 23:1); and she is the only woman in the Bible whose age is given.
The Apostle Paul was shipwrecked on the island of Malta, and while putting wood on the fire was bitten by a poisonous viper causing the men around him to say he was a murderer, because he survived the shipwreck only to die from a snake bite; but when they saw that he suffered no ill effects from the snake bite, they determined he must be a god, (Acts 28:1-6). Superstition, what’re you gonna’ do?
According to the Bible, Jesus uttered things that were “kept secret from the foundation of the world”, (Matthew 13:35); but did you know the word “foundation” actually means “casting down” or “overthrow” and should be translated “destruction” or “ruin”, (Companion Bible, Appendix 146 by E.W. Bullinger)?
Eli, a judge of Israel for 40 years, fell off of his seat backwards and broke his neck upon hearing that the Ark of the Covenant had been taken by the Philistines, (I Samuel 4:11).
There once was a mystery involving two women: one the mother of a certain baby, and the other a kidnapper and imposter. They went before King Solomon seeking his judgment as to which of them was the actual mother and which was the kidnapper of that baby; but Solomon ordered a sword to be brought in to cut the baby in half so both could share it, knowing the real mother would give the baby to the imposter rather than see it killed, thus solving the mystery, (I Kings 3:16-28).
God killed 50070 people because the men of Bethshemite looked into the Ark of the Covenant, (I Samuel 6:19); and He even killed Uzzah, one of the children of Israel for just touching the Ark as he reached out trying to keep it from falling,(II Samuel 6:6&7). There’s a message in there somewhere!
God split Israel into two separate “sticks” or “houses”, with one house consisting of Judah and Levi while the other house consisted of what has been referred to as the “10 Northern Tribes”, (Ezekiel 37:15&16); and then He likened His entire family to a bride and proceeded to divorce the 10 Northern Tribes, (Jeremiah 3:8).
Many people declare that anti-Christ will be a man who will rise up out of the East and be empowered by Satan; but the Bible actually declares the entity most commonly referred to as anti-Christ will be Satan himself, (II Thessalonians 2:3&4; Revelation 13:4&5).
In John 8:37, Jesus told the Jews He knew they were the children of Abraham; but in John 8:42-44 He told them they were not, so which way was it?
If the church is going to be gone when anti-Christ arrives, there will be no one on earth who is not already deceived, will there?
The infamous Greek number 666, which spells “anti-Christ” when it is converted to text, is made up of 3 letters (chi xi stigma), the 14th, 22nd, and an obsolete letter of the Greek alphabet; and that obsolete letter is the shape of a cross, which is one thing about the true Christ Satan cannot fake or duplicate.
As is recorded in Revelation 2&3, Christ will speak to the seven churches which are representative of the entirety of His family; and according to John in Revelation 1:10, that event will happen on the last day of this age, which means the church will still be here even after the tribulation of anti-Christ.
Legend has it that a young Jesus (about 7 years old) and his playmates would play in the dirt with clay animal figures; and Jesus would make His toys come to life, (I Infancy 15:5, “The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden”).
P.S. Don't lambaste me, I'm not saying I think it's true!
Abraham sent Eliezer to the family of his brother Nahôr to find a wife for Isaac as insurance that Isaac would not marry into the wrong bloodline, (Genesis 24:1-4); so how is it that all people are the same and all came from the same two people?
According to the Apocrypha, those souls that leave the flesh not in good standing with the Father will not necessarily have to face the ultimate punishment as is commonly taught, (II Esdras 7:86).
When Jacob first saw Rachel he was so taken with her and so anxious to impress her that he alone moved a giant stone, that normally took several people to manipulate, from the mouth of the well where she drew water (Genesis 29:7-10). Ah, love at first sight!
When God told Abraham to sacrifice Isaac (Genesis 22:2), Abraham and Isaac were 133 and 33 years old respectively, (E.W. Bullinger’s research notes in Appendix 50 of the Companion Bible); so it is unlikely that Abraham could have bound Isaac or placed him on the altar without his full cooperation.
Jacob secretly stole away from the house of Laban, his father-in-law, taking all of his belongings and all of his family with him; but Rachel, Jacob’s wife stole her father’s household gods (teraphim), and got away with it by hiding them in the “camel’s furniture” (saddle), sitting on them, and claiming she couldn’t get up for him to search because it was her “female time of the month”, (Genesis 31:20-35).
Many “faith healers” claim if they pray for your healing and you don’t receive it, it’s because you don’t have enough faith; the Apostle Paul prayed for his own healing 3 times only to be denied 3 times (II Corinthians 12:7-9), although there have been very few with a faith equal to that of Paul.
When Genesis 4:1&2 states, “And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. And she
again bare his brother Abel”, the King James translators rendered the English word “again” from the Hebrew word yacaph, which can also be translated “to continue to do a thing”; and some scholars think that’s an indication that Cain and Abel were twins.
There is considerable evidence to support the notion that “Noah’s flood” was not worldwide, rather it was only in the specific area of the Garden of Eden. One might consider that there were many people, including the sons of Cain (Kenites), alive and well after that flood (I Chronicles
God caused the earth to open, swallowing at least 251 men along with their families and all their possessions because they spoke against Moses and Aaron; and then he slaughtered 14700 more people the next day for the same reason, (Numbers 16:33&49). That just goes to show that God takes care of His elect!
Many think the parable of the fig tree as taught by Jesus and recorded in Matthew 24:32-34, Mark 13:28-30, and Luke 21:29-32, took place on May 15, 1948 when Israel became a nation, marking the beginning of the final generation; others think that generation began in the summer of 1967 when Israel won the “6 day war”, finally solidifying her sovereignty.
The “Feast of Trumpets” which is celebrated as “Rosh Hashanah” by the Jewish people, occurs in the fall of the year on the first day of the 7th month (Tisri) as commanded by God in Leviticus 23:24 & Numbers 29:1; and that feast day, which begins at sundown on the 16th of September, is most probably the birth date of Jesus rather than December 25th. By the way, September 16th does not coincide with the Jewish calendar, which sets the date at September 18th.
Cain gave his children names that were very much like, if not identical to, the names Adam and Eve gave their children, (Genesis 4:17-22; Genesis 5); that’s one reason why it is very important to pay close attention to detail when you study!
The Apostle Paul often times would create an argument between the Pharisees and Sadducees so he could escape from among them while they argued, (Acts 23:6-10).
Did you know there will actually be two tribulations at the end of this age, the tribulation of anti-Christ and God’s tribulation, (Matthew 24:21&29).
The seven vials of Revelation 16 parallel the 7 trumpets of Revelation 8-11; the difference is that the trumpets, for the most part, bring about actions of Satan, while the vials bring about actions of God.
The King James Bible declares that Lot’s wife looked back at Sodom and Gomorrah “and she became a pillar of salt”, (Genesis 19:26); but according to the Hebrew manuscripts it would probably have been better said that she stopped to look back and was pulverized right where she stood by the falling hail stones.
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God told Jeremiah He “knew” (Greek = yâda’ = properly, to ascertain by seeing – it kind of reminds me of Seinfeld!) him before he formed him in the belly, and that before he was born God sanctified him and ordained him as a prophet, (Jeremiah 1:5); so how does that fit with life beginning at birth. In the Poser for 9/10 I wrote, Greek = yâda’ = properly, to ascertain by seeing. Well, I was called out on that statement, and sure enough it was a mistake. The word is actually Hebrew, not Greek. Sorry!
The epistle of I John declares that Cain was “of” (Greek – ek – out from) that wicked one (I John
The book of John presents Jesus Christ as God, (John 1:1).
Did you know you can parallel the 7 seals of Revelation in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21?
When Satan quoted from the Psalms to Jesus during the so-called “temptation” in Matthew 4:6, he tried to deceive Jesus by changing the scripture he was quoting ever so slightly and leaving out the phrase, “to keep the in all thy ways”, (Psalms 91:11).
According to Revelation 1:10, John wrote almost the entire book of Revelation from the perspective of his being on the last day of this age; so most of it hasn’t happened yet.
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