Time is an intangible substance. We cannot label it as we would a book, or count it as we would count apples. Yet if human life is to be seen in perspective, in relation to events; if it is to be chronicled for the benefit of present or future generations, time must be counted and … [Read more…]
Hebrew for Hill of Megiddo, this is not the first time Har-Megiddo has been placed on the map for its theological significance (nor will it be the last). Located in the Jezreel Valley in Northern Israel, it is today a modern settlement. In ancient times it was an important city state in a strategic location. … [Read more…]
Question: I recently read your booklets on Bible topics, and have found them quite interesting, containing a lot of truth but also containing much about which I am unsure as yet. There is one point about which I am quite confused, and that is your belief as to the state of the faithful dead and … [Read more…]
Question: Please illumine my mind. Are cherubims and seraphims angels? What about Ps. 104:47 So many Hebrew or Jewish teachings indicate that angels can assume any form according to what God wants them to do and perform, such as parting the Red Sea during the exodus of the Hebrews. Your help will be appreciated. Thank … [Read more…]
Answer: Jump To: The Need for Hospitality | A Lesson for Today The passage you cite is Hebrews 13:2: “Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels.” The passage does not tell us enough to know what incident was in the author’s mind, but there are several possibilities. … [Read more…]
Answer: The narrative is in Matt. 12:43-45: “When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. Then he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order. Then he goes … [Read more…]
Question: Do you believe after Christ returns the righteous will become angels? Answer: Jump To: What the Bible Says | The Righteous Will Be Made Like The Angels What the Bible Says Our best source of information to answer this question is Jesus. Talking with the Sadducees about the resurrection, He explained also the state … [Read more…]
Question: In the Epistle of Jude, verse 9 tells about a contention of Michael the archangel with the devil over the body of Moses. I have read the Old Testament and cannot find where this dispute took place. Can you tell me where this originate? Answer: The verse to which you refer reads as follows: … [Read more…]
Question: It is written in the Gospel of Matthew that a star guided wise men to the place where lay the Christ child, the newborn King. We read that “the star, which they had seen in the East went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. When they saw … [Read more…]
Question: Of whom was the apostle Paul speaking when he said, “For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed” (2 Thess. 2:7-8 RSV)? Answer: Who is the “lawless one”? Paul … [Read more…]