The name “Omega” appears only in the book of Revelation and is always linked to “Alpha”: “I am Alpha [even I] and Omega the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.” Revelation [...]
The tabernacle in the wilderness and the temples that replaced it were filled with symbols which pointed to the coming Messiah and God's plan of salvation. Paul, referring to the high priests under the Law Covenant wrote, "They serve at a sanctuary that is [...]
Scriptures show the position of a man is the head of the family.“For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.” Ephesians 5:23“Children, obey your parents in the [...]
Jesus promised a resurrection for all in John 5:28, 29. "…all in the graves will hear His voice and will come forth." Those who die as infants will come forth come forth as infants recognizable to their parents. This resurrection to life on earth [...]
God's creations, both angelic and human, were not made robotic, but were given brains to think and reason with and make their own decisions. One of God's angels, Lucifer, fell from heaven due to his prideful ambitions, and chose to influence the serpent in [...]
God’s plan for us and ALL of his creation is grander and more wonderful than anything we could ever imagine! Our heavenly Father’s original design for a perfect universe filled with perfect beings has been in the process of fulfilment from before the creation [...]
Yes, they do. The educational system, or Mishnah, in Galilee in the time of Jesus was well structured, and the schools were closely associated with the synagogues. Children, boys and girls, began to learn to read and write the scriptures, the Torah, at age [...]
World = Heavens + Earth The first “heavens and earth” are referred to as “the world (kosmos: orderly arrangement) that then was.” This first world was destroyed by the flood. 2 Peter 3:5-6 When will the present heavens and earth of our “world,” or [...]
1 John 4:5-6, “They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of [...]
It helps to have some history of the book of Galatians. Some Jews had accepted Jesus as their Messiah, but were not willing to accept that the Law given by God had been replaced. They insisted that it was necessary for salvation that Christians [...]
The first instance of the word Israel is found in the book of Genesis. Genesis 32:28, “And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed." [...]
Acts 1:4,5, “…wait for the promise of the Father…for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with (in) the holy spirit. Verse 4 tells us that this was a promise from God.The Greek word for “baptize” is Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance #907 baptizo, and [...]
The Bible actually says nothing about near death experiences. While the Bible does record that a person (such as Lazarus in John 11:1-44) died and came back to life or was very ill to the point of death (Jairius’ daughter—Matthew 9:18-25, Mark 5:22-42), it does not [...]
The Bible verses you are referring to are found in Genesis 32:24-26 and 29. "And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the [...]
“You shall surely destroy all the places where the nations whom you shall dispossess served their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree. You shall tear down their altars and dash in pieces their pillars…chop down the [...]
The simple answer to your question is Romans 10:4, "For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes." The purpose of the Law was to show how now imperfect human beings cannot keep a perfect Law, and thus we [...]
Genesis 9:22-27, “And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside. But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; [...]
Marriage was instituted by God for the first couple. "For Adam no suitable helper was found. So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, He took one of the man's ribs, and closed up the place [...]
The oldest section of the Bible is strongly believed to be the book of Job as opposed to Genesis or other Old Testament books. The Bible starts with the Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. These books were already grouped together thousands of years [...]
There are various Greek words translated “love” in any English Bible. The word used in Ephesians 5:25 is “agape” love, which is a love based on principle. (It is not merely based on emotion or feeling.) Although affectionate feelings should certainly exist in a [...]
