Who are the "spirits in prison" in 1 Peter 3:19?
1 Peter 3:18-20: (NASB1995) “For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that he might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; in which also he went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison, who [...]
We read in the Bible that as Lot and his wife were fleeing from Sodom, his wife looked back at the city and was instantly turned into a pillar of salt; can that be literally true?
Salt was invaluable in biblical times due to the hot, dry climate. It was used to preserve both human food as well as animal food, and it was used in sacrifices. Salt symbolized hospitality, durability and purity. Jesus told his believers they were to be the “salt of the earth” in Matthew 5:13. However, is not what [...]
Which day should be observed as the Sabbath Day, the first day or the seventh day of the week?
It would depend upon the religious belief of the person asking the question. To the Jew, the seventh day (Saturday) is the one to be observed. It was commanded in the Law given to the Israelites that they should keep the seventh day as a holy day. That Law is still binding upon the Jews. [...]
What about the “River of the Water of Life, clear as crystal?” (`Rev. 22:1,2`) Is it an actual river? If so, how may one get a drink out of it?
If we were disposed to accept this as a literal statement, we might well do as the old Spanish explorer, Ponce De Leon, did--search for the Fountain of Perpetual Youth! And we might have the consoling thought that surely there would be enough water in this river of the water of life to put out [...]
Does the religious wave over the country indicate anything, or is it a “flash in the pan?”
We believe that it is indicative of much that is important to the welfare of the entire race of mankind. Not that we anticipate that it will result in converting the race to Christianity, or "save the world for Jesus," but that it indicates that mankind in general is longing after the higher and holier [...]
Were Adam and Jesus in any sense representatives of the race?
Adam, as the federal head of his family, was its representative in Eden. This is demonstrated by the fact that all of his posterity are involved in everything affecting him. Thus the sentence of death which directly passed upon Adam affected and impaired every one of his offspring. Jesus was not a representative in this [...]