What are the names of some angels?
We only know the names of three angels, Michael the archangel, Gabriel and Lucifer the devil. Michael the archangel is in Daniel 10 and 12 and Jude 1:9. Michael means "one who as God" and refers to Jesus. (The Revelation 12:7 reference refers symbolically to a church system and not to a specific angel.) Gabriel is mentioned [...]
Why do most Christians believe in the rapture when it is not in the Bible? I have read the Bible over 25 times and have never seen it there. Or is it just a way to scare people to turn to God?
The doctrine of the rapture is a Protestant addition to Futurist interpretations of the book of Revelation. It was not invented to scare people but evolved from the Roman Catholic Church’s attempts to suppress the Protestant Reformers in the 16th century. Martin Luther, through intense study of the Scriptures, concluded that justification comes through faith [...]
In Revelation 20, when the devil is released for a little season, and the rest of the dead are raised, who are the rest of the dead?
Revelation 20:4-6 (New English Version) reads: “ 4 Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the [...]
Did Jesus Christ speak in tongues?
Summary: Yes, Jesus was fluent in different foreign languages. However, he never spoke ecstatically.Discussion: In the Greek, the word for tongues is glossa, Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance word #1100. It is referring to a language. When the early church received the holy spirit, God wanted believers to spread the gospel. So, some believers received a gift [...]
Please explain 1 Peter 4: 5,6. Who are the living and the dead? What is the gospel preached and why?
The context of the first six verses aids our understanding. 1 Peter 4:1-6 (NASB), “Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but for [...]
I believe praying means talking to God, but by what other means can one talk to God?
When we are full of joy and gratitude to God, we talk with Him in praises, psalms and songs. “Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,” Ephesians. 5:19. We also communicate with God by our behaviors. Perhaps you’ve heard the saying, “Your [...]