What is the significance of the number 40 in the Bible? Jesus fasted for 40 days and the Israelites wandered for 40 years.
Numbers used as symbols in the Bible are of special importance. Sometimes the number itself has an exact, literal meaning. Other times, the number represents a scriptural concept. So what is the biblical, symbolic meaning of the number forty? Some examples of the use of forty in the Bible are as follows. Jesus fasted in [...]
How many will make it through the last days?
“The earth abideth forever,” Ecclesiastes 1:4. From this we know that the literal earth is never going to be destroyed. “There shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts (plans).” II Peter 3:3 This verse informs us that there will be people on this earth in those last days. “The [...]
Why was Jesus baptized by John the Baptist?
John the Baptist immersed Jews into the Jordan River with the baptism of repentance. Acts. 19:4, “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.” Therefore, John’s purpose was to prepare the hearts of the Jews for the greater one who [...]
What is the role of music in church and are musicians true ministers?
Music was an important element of Jewish temple/synagogue worship and probably influenced the music of the early Christian church. The New Testament records that early Christian worship included singing of psalms from the Old Testament. Subsequently, Christians composed their own hymns. Music has been in churches for a long time. Initially, it was unaccompanied [...]
What are the facts and history of the cross? Who were the 2 thieves hanging beside Jesus?
The cross was a well-known tool implemented in one of the most excruciating forms of execution: crucifixion. Public crucifixion was used by the Persians as early as 500 B.C. and later the Greek and Roman empires also employed this method of capital punishment. The incredible pain and humiliation suffered by the victim was a strong [...]
The Bible says God doesn't leave a person, but we found out that God did leave Jesus. Why?
Neither God nor His words in the Bible are ever contradictory. In fact, Romans 3:3-4 asks “What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness? Not at all! Let God be true…” (NIV) The abandonment of Jesus on the cross by His Father, Jehovah, was not connected with a [...]