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. ● Rev 14:6-7 . . And I saw another angel flying through the sky, carrying the everlasting gospel to preach to the people who dwell on the earth-- to every nation, tribe, language, and people. Fear God! he shouted. Give glory to Him! For the time has come when He will sit as judge. Worship Him...

. Eve's body was made from Adam's body. (Gen 2:21-23) Consequently, when children are conceived by women that are biologically related to Eve, then the women and the children are biologically related to Adam: whether naturally-conceived or virgin-conceived makes no difference, i.e. every child...

. ● Gen 3:16 . .To the woman He said: Your desire will be for your husband. Apparently the Hebrew of that passage is difficult; not even the great rabbis Rashi and Ramban were in agreement how best to interpret it. But the passage appears to me simply the very first rule prohibiting adultery...

. ● Gen 2:24 . . A man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. The Hebrew words for "leave" and "cleave" are a bit ambiguous; but in this case, I'm pretty sure they're saying that when a man marries; loyalty to his parents becomes...

. ● Gen 2:18 . .The Lord God said: It's not good for Adam to be solitary; I will make a fitting helper for him. "fitting helper" is from two Hebrew words. "Fitting" is from neged (neh'-ghed) which means: a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate. The word for "helper"...

. ● Gen 3:16 . . and he shall rule over you. That is probably one of the most hated verses in the whole Bible. Eve's daughters do not like to be subjugated to and/or dominated by men. It really goes against their grain; and if the women's suffrage movement that took place in America's early...

. God's free will trumps everybody else's free will, including Christ's. For example: "This is the will of the one who sent me; that I should not lose anything of what He gave me." (John 6:39) One of the many things that God gives His son is sheep. (John 10:27-30) Now, whether the sheep like...

- ● Jer 31:31-34 . . Behold, the days are coming, declares The Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant...

- Paul wrote a curious comment in one of his letters to the Christians at Corinth that goes like this: "We know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For indeed in this house we groan, longing...

- I frequently encounter people online who are interested in reading some of the Bible but don't know where to begin. Well; I suggest the little books of Ruth and Esther. They're brief and they're entertaining. And afterwards; maybe just enough chapters of Matthew and Luke to get a first-hand...

- ● Acts 1:1-3 . . The first account I composed, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when he was taken up, after he had by the Holy Spirit given orders to the apostles whom he had chosen. To these he also presented himself alive, after his suffering, by many...

- There lacks a universal consensus regarding the nature of Jesus Christ's resurrection. Some believe that his crucified body was restored to its former life. Others believe that his crucified body was exchanged for a glorified body. Still others believe that Christ's crucified body is still...

- ● Matt 12:40 . . As Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. If we reckon Sunday to be the third day; then: Saturday would've been the second day, and Friday the first. Saturday night...

- I was baptized an infant into the Roman Catholic system and continued on to complete First Holy Communion and Confirmation. Roman Catholicism is a difficult religion. In order for its followers to obtain a passing grade they have to consistently comply with everything in the Catechism and...

- ● Gen 2:15-17 . .The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. And the Lord God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you...

- ● Mark 12:30 . .You shall love The Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. One of the aspects of love is empathy; which can be roughly defined as emotional responses related to things like compassion, pity, and sympathy...

- ● Gen 2:8-9 . . Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. And the Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground-- trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the...

- Two things that Christ and his Father value very highly are integrity and loyalty. ● 2Tim 2:4 . . As Christ's soldier, do not let yourself become tied up in the affairs of this life, for then you cannot satisfy the one who has enlisted you in his army. ● 1Tim 4:14 . . Focus upon the public...

- Although Gentiles aren't contracted with God to comply with the covenant that Yhvh's people agreed upon with Him as per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy; it's useful for revealing God's feelings about certain kinds of behavior; for example: ● Lev 19:11 . . You shall not deal...

- ● John 14:21 . .Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. God's commands as per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy are covenanted commands, i.e. contractual. Christ's followers are not contracted with God to comply with those particular commands; and lucky...