What does the Bible teach about fasting, its purpose and its benefits?
Fasting was a common occurrence in the Old Testament and was implemented for many reasons. Surprisingly, fasting was only proclaimed once as an annual national observance in the Law of Moses. It was to be done on the Day of Atonement and it was to be done by ALL of Israel. This was a solemn [...]
What is the meaning of Beulah land?
The word Beulah is only mentioned in the Bible once in Isaiah 62:4. In context, Isaiah 62 is a prophecy about Israel and a future time when Israel will be restored to a position of honor in God’s sight and for the nations to see. Isaiah 62:4 (Amplified) “You [Judah] shall no more be termed [...]
Please explain Psalm 8:5. Has God created us only a little lower than Himself or the angels?
This is a scripture that needs thoughtful consideration. The translators of the various Bible versions seem to disagree somewhat as to exactly what the scripture says. The King James reads: "For thou hast made [man] a little lower than the angels..." The Jerusalem Bible reads: "Yet you have made him little less than a god..." [...]
What does the Bible say of polygamy if you do not desire to be a leader in the church, or if you are just a Christian?
Jesus declared, ‘Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh.’ Matt. 19:4, [...]
Where is heaven?
There are two possible answers to this question. Firstly, there is a physical heaven composed of our atmosphere, the air we breathe, the sky, and, further still, space, where we find the sun, the moon, the stars, and all the other galaxies and celestial bodies that comprise our universe. It is certainly of this physical heaven that David [...]
Explain the parable from Luke 5:36-38 about the new and old garment.
Luke 5:36-38 "No one tears a patch from a new garment to patch an old garment. Otherwise, the new garment would be ruined, and the new patch wouldn’t match the old garment. Nobody pours new wine into old wineskins. If they did, the new wine would burst the wineskins, the wine would spill, and the [...]