What is Earth's Great Jubilee?
In the Old Testament, a Jubilee occurred every 50th year. It followed seven cycles of Sabbath or “sabbatic” years. A Sabbath year was the seventh year in Israel’s agricultural cycle when God commanded that the land was to rest. Farmers were not to sow, prune or harvest any crops (Leviticus?25:1?7). Instead, the fields and vineyards [...]
What does Matthew 6:34 mean: "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."
The phrase “Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof” (Matthew 6:34, KJV) comes at the end of Jesus’ teaching on worry in the Sermon on the Mount. In simple terms, Jesus is saying that each day has enough trouble of its own, so we should not borrow tomorrow’s anxieties and drag them into today. [...]
What does the Bible say about vows?
Vows in the Bible are portrayed as solemn, weighty commitments made directly to God. Unlike ordinary promises between people, a vow invokes God as witness and carries spiritual gravity. Scripture defines a vow as a voluntary “self-committal to God,” meaning an individual chooses to dedicate something—time, resources or personal devotion—to Him. Because vows are self-imposed [...]
Please explain how to repent.
Repentance is far more than feeling sorry or recognizing that something was wrong. In Scripture, repentance is a fundamental change of direction and thinking. The New Testament highlights this difference by using two distinct Greek words: metamellomai, which means regret or an emotional change, and metanoeo, which means a deliberate change of choice that reshapes [...]
Please explain Leviticus 16. (Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur)
The Tabernacle ceremonies are often viewed as ancient Jewish history with little meaning for today’s Christian. However, the Apostle Paul viewed it quite differently. In the book of Hebrews, he delved into the important symbolism. On the 10th day of the 7th month, Israel’s annual Day of Atonement (known today as “Yom Kippur”) was observed [...]
If only God has perfect foreknowledge, why do some scriptures show demons speaking about future events?
The Scriptures draw a sharp distinction between the perfect, causative foreknowledge possessed by Jehovah and the limited, derivative knowledge held by Satan and his demons. God alone “declares the end from the beginning” because He is the Author of the Divine Plan (Isaiah 46:9–10). Evil spirits, by contrast, are merely observers and students of that [...]