Bible Questions Page 93

  • S Spencer - 1 year ago
    How we study the Bible.

    Part 1 of ?

    Biblical hermeneutics is the branch of knowledge that deals with interpretation. The word most often refers to how to interpret the Bible or other sacred texts from other religions.Literal Interpretation

    This approach seeks out the "plain meaning" of a biblical text. This is not to imply that every passage of Scripture should be interpreted literally, but rather the plain meaning be accepted as truth. For instance, when Jesus said the Christians are the light of the world, we don't believe we are literally a 100-watt light bulb. We do believe that Jesus was telling us plainly that it is our role to showcase the love of God to everyone around us.

    1) Define the Terms.

    look up the words in the original. When you are first attempting to understand the Bible, knowing the definitions of the words used by the authors is a great first step. But you should also know if you're reading historical narrative, poetry, or a parable. Each literary style comes with its own rules of interpretation, undoubtedly understood by the authors who penned them.

    2) Put scripture in its context! Knowing the context is key to being able to interpret anything, including the stories from the Bible. Understanding how Jesus' words would have been interpreted by his original audience is an important step to being able to properly apply the truth in our own lives.

    3) Look to Jesus.

    Suggest that every story, poem, or verse only has significance as we consider the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

    4) And prayer.

    Start with prayer, end with prayer, and make sure prayer permeates every step along the way in your interpretation of the Bible. Since God will be most concerned with our application of the Bible, it follows God would be most interested in ensuring we utilize biblical hermeneutics correctly.

    See Part 2.
  • GiGi again - 1 year ago
    ...continued-pt. 3

    God instructs Moses to tell the people to consecrate themselves "today and tomorrow" and to be ready on the third day to meet the Lord. I wonder if the apostles thought about this event when Jesus had died and was in the grave for and then arose on the third day where they met Him once again.

    YHWH says that anyone but Moses who touches or approaches the mountain will meet death right away. God meant business here. He said that they will hear a long sound of the trumpet. (a heavenly one) and then should come before the mountain. When God came upon the mountain it was a cataclysmic event-thunderings and lightnings, thick clouds, loud trumpeting. This display of YHWH's power and might made the people tremble in fear. I think that God wanted this reaction from the people. Fear of the Lord comes before wisdom, I believe it says in Ps. 19:9. The people were still in camp when this happened. At the sound of the trumpeting, Moses brought the people before the mountain. The mountain was completely cloaked in smoke as God descended up it in fire. It was like a furnace that emitted plumes of fire and smoke. And the mountain quaked. This must have been like a volcanic eruption although it did not say anything about a lava flow.

    Then Moses spoke to YHWH and YHWH answered him in a voice that all could hear. YHWH called Moses to come up to the top of the mountain. Moses obeyed. No sooner did Moses get up there and YHWH told Moses to go warn the people to not try to break through the boundary in order to gaze upon Him in His majesty, since they would perish if they did so. YHWH also told Moses to call the priests who would come near to the LORD to consecrate themselves. Moses protests to God, reminding YHWH that the people cannot come up because of YHWH's warning. Moses was concerned about his people's welfare here. YHWH says "Away! Get down and then come up". But it was only going to be Moses and Aaron, not the priests (there were priests before the Law?
  • GiGi - 1 year ago
    Exodus Chapter 19 tells of the Israelites camping in the plain before Mt. Sinai and YHWH's descent upon the mountain in a very astounding and awesome way. Moses was familiar with this mountain, the Mount of God, as it was called. I wonder when it began to be called that? Perhaps this was a mountain that Jethro had encountered God as a priest of the Most High and perhaps Jethro had called it that in sharing his encounters with the "Most High".

    YHWH tells Moses to instruct the people to cleanse themselves and wash their garments and prepare themselves to meet with God. God was going to meet with the whole nation of Israel in this encounter. The people were to assemble before the mount, but not try to climb up even its lowest slopes or touch the dirt of it. Perhaps there was some sort of barrier set up, such as a row of stones of rope fence so that the people would know the bounds that God is speaking of in this chapter.

    This instruction to cleanse themselves and prepare for meeting with God reminds that we, too, should be careful how we approach God, even though we come to "Mt. Zion" rather that "Sinai". God is still and always will be Most Holy, pure, undefiled, owner of all the earth. I have witnessed instances in church services or youth rallies were the leaders are leading people into worship in a very casual, irreverent way. This always breaks my heart because I desire to approach God reverently to bring honor to Him and lift Him up, not me. Do I always do this? No, I fail at times, but then I realize that I have not acknowledged His holiness and majesty and repent.

    Interesting that God asked the people to cleanse themselves and their garments and prepare for three days. I think, when was the last time I examined myself before God and asked for forgiveness for three days before coming to a time of corporate worship. This makes me think about what how God would like me to prepare my self better. O Lord, let me never be flippant in my approach to You!
  • Gene Sevenau - 1 year ago
    Why does my KJV not have the words Rise, Peter, Slay and Eat, but reads Kill and eat?

    and many more distorted verses all thru it?
  • Donna G. Warren on Psalms 92 - 1 year ago
    I am trying my best to come up with a plan for summer reading for my granddaughter who is 12 & is inquisitive ,very very intelligent , she can read anything I can read & have understanding of what she has read .My family has been blessed with intelligence :) . I still am learning. I thought do the gospels ,rest of new testament, psalms& proverbs. Sound like a plan ? Any suggestions ?Well not just reading but a more in depth study.
  • Ronnette on Acts 19 - 1 year ago
    Does anyone knows who the Alexander, the Jew verse 33 mentioned?
  • Sheila - 1 year ago
    Matthew 24:7. Are these birth pangs before trib or after trib begins because I believe Christians are spared the beginning of Trib wrath by the Rapture because of 1Thess ch5 ? Thanks for any clarification on this. God Bless.
  • Dgjot on James 2 - 1 year ago
    Regarding James 2:15-16

    The question is: who is our brother or sister? For years I thought Christians were supposed to be giving to EVERYONE in need. Now I think that Christian-charity is for believer to believer. Not believer to infidel.

    Acts 2: (after the Holy Spirit of God came down to earth)

    44 And ALL THAT BELIEVED were together, and had all things common;

    45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

    2 Corinthians 6:

    14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

    15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

    16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

    17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.

    Why should I give aid to Christ deniers???? (you-know-who-I mean)

    I'm real tired of hearing that old line, "Fine Christian you are!" because I won't support the wicked: Baal worshippers, pedophiles, homosexuals, women who kill their babies, lying & cheating politicians, drug users/runners/manufacturers, illegal invaders..... to name a few.

    Am I off base or not?
  • ELB - 1 year ago
    EPHESIANS 4:6

    Ephesians 4:6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

    Is God the father of the Holy Ghost?

    Is God the father of the Holy Spirit?

    Is God the father of the comforter?

    Is God the father of Christ?

    Is God your father?
  • Richard Leet - 1 year ago
    If a little Boy or Girl would come up to you and say my teacher said according to the Bible that we are to be Holy, can you tell me just like you can describe the steps of Salvation?

    Thank You!
  • Segun Afolabi on 2 Chronicles 6 - 1 year ago
    who do you think is the ruler of this world ?God or Satan
  • Fred Scanlan - 1 year ago
    What are the 1000 foreskins' given to Saul from David after this massacre? How demeaning, yet proactive. Without an clear answer, I would say that it would not be circumcisions', for if it were, the Philistines would have not perished!

    In the Viet Nam conflict, this would become a common practice of castration. Castrating the enemy , even removing the ears, carrying them around ones neck as a trophy. The atrocities of war, searing the conscience.

    Each generation shall learn and shall not pass until all things be fulfilled!

    Jesus asked His disciples , "who do men say that I Am"?

    The power in the confession of such men, will cause the world to turn upside down. That the prophecy once again as the sands that flow through an hour glass, will once again never ever end and shall prevail, as long as heaven and earth exist. The lunacy to think outside of the prophecy is walking in the darkness that soon will come to those who do not believe! They have killed the prophets, but remember He has reserved the best for last! Jesus shall return in the power of His might with all His Holy Angels!

    If you do not believe the prophecy, then you are the enemy, neither can you belief the trinity found in the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit. Repent and be Baptized
  • JesusTheWayTheTruthAndTheLife on Ezekiel 28 - 1 year ago
    This second part of this chapter cannot possibly be referring to satan because God tells Ezekiel to take up a "lamentation" upon the king of Tyrus. "Son of man, take up a LAMENTATION upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him......"

    Ezekiel:28:12a

    A lamentation is defined as "a passionate expression of grief or sorrow." Just why would he be "lamenting" over the supposed destruction of satan if this were the case? We lament or there has always been lamentations for humans and cities being destroyed...never satan! It's all in the Bible regarding the examples and principle of what lamentation was and scripture doesn't contradict itself...it INTERPRETS itself. I find that just one word that we find insignificant in scripture actually is the key to bringing clarity to the passage.

    I do believe God is speaking in symbolism to the king of Tyrus but to an actual person. It's poetic like most prophetic words given to the children of Israel were poetic. In Hosea, God is speaking to them and calls them a backsliding "heifer". Is He saying they are LITERALLY a heifer? No!

    The first half of the chapter still can't be referring to satan because God is saying this prince of Tyrus is saying he is God when he's but a man and we know satan is not a man! He goes on to say that when God sends men to slay him will he tell them before they do it that he is God? They will see he is just more man because he will perish like a man. Once again...this cannot be referring to satan because this is not how his ending will be according to RRRevelation.and in Isaiah .

    I ifirmly believe the Bible is a spiritual Book and spiritual language can only be understood by the Spirit of God revealing what things mean in the Word so we aren't misinterpreting things. Also context is very important!
  • Deborah (McCrea) Snow-Robison on Amos 3 - 1 year ago
    Why? Does it say Amos3:13-Amos3:16.
  • Melissa Viles on Ezekiel 22 - 1 year ago
    Which concordance has the word sostanza in it meaning evil
  • Debra Kay Gibbs on Job 42 - 1 year ago
    How many years did Job go through this suffering?
  • Johannes Figglebottom on Jonah 4 - 1 year ago
    Who is this Jesus/ God character? I have been trying to read up on the Bible and it's characters, and a friend of mine told me that I have to read Harry Potter before reading the Bible because Anakin Skywalker from Harry Potter is one of the 27 disciples of Jesus from the Bible. Is this true?? I cant seem to find any evidence of it. Any help is appreciated.
  • Jade - 1 year ago
    Is Heaven and hell, right here on
  • Junnybug - 1 year ago
    I have always believed in the 10% tithe giving but recently saw a vidio concerning a pastor talk where he said that the title was under the law and once the Jesus fullfulled the law the 10% was also fullfulled. And that now we have what he called the "Spirit of the tithe" where we still give as we feel led to and where we feel led to.

    How do you feel about that.

    Also heard that God instilled the tithe BEFORE the law was given to Moses to Abrham, Lot and others... so if so wouldnt it still be in affect even though the law was fullfulled?

    Junnybug
  • Junnybug on Genesis 3 - 1 year ago
    Genesis 3:14 ..... upon thy belly thou shall go........ Does this mean the serpant originally walked with legs and feet?

    Junnybug
  • Junnybug on Genesis 2 - 1 year ago
    There is always those who say the seven days of creation are literal and those who do not but in Genesus 1:4 my eye caught, "These are the generations of the heavens and earth........ So I am thinking it is not a literal seven days?

    Your thoughts?

    Junnybug
  • Alice - 1 year ago
    is it wrong to wear deep neckline dresses? is it wrong to show a lot of skin for girls?
  • Dgjot on Matthew 22 - 1 year ago
    How do you know if you've been "chosen"??

    I got "saved" in 1974. Am I really? Have I been deceived/deceiving myself the whole time?

    Yes. God loves us. Jesus loves us. But God will not allow the rebellious or unrepentant person into Heaven.

    I've come to the realization that I am nothing more than a poser. I am a blasphemer. I have repeatedly questioned God, "Why, why, why do you allow evil to run over us?" I have accused God of making mistakes, and being an absentee father.

    When I see how the good things of God/Jesus have been perverted and destroyed, I shake my fist at the sky and say, "DO SOMETHING!" Is that faith or blasphemy?

    A while back I went through a peculiar supernatural event: every day I felt as if I was standing on the edge of the Lake of Fire.

    It really creeped me out. Then, every morning when I'm waking up, I have the most horrible/shameful/terrifying/wicked thoughts. I'm pretty sure the Lord is trying to tell me something but I don't know what. Am I doomed or is this just a warning?

    Jesus said that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven in this world or the next. Is there a difference between willful blasphemy and blasphemy done out of ignorance? Or is blasphemy just blasphemy, period.
  • Phil Jackson - 1 year ago
    The bible is very clear that Jesus Christ was from the tribe of Judah..

    What 'qualified' him to be of this tribe?
  • Fred Scanlan - 1 year ago
    Who has made himself ,what the Lord wants and expects?

    It is impossible to know His will for us unless we make ourselves available!

    Much like the stone mason , who has an image of what too build, yet He will never know the image until He starts to lay the stone.

    The stone is heavy, it is in no certain size, or shape, it is difficult to begin his work, for it is so uncertain!

    The final outcome is unknown, yet he looks at each piece as it lays before him.

    There are some pieces that will need to be reshaped, and now he begins to see what will take shape!

    His hands are sore, his back is weak, His spirit however overcomes it all , as what will become His work will forever be seen!

    This is, you see , His work.

    This stone He lays with His hands is guided by the unseen!

    If only you could see the unseen, than you too would become His workmanship!

    Repent and be Baptized
  • Names of Jesus A_C - 1 year ago
    Advocate - 1 John 2:1

    Alive for Evermore - Rev 1:18

    All Knowing Psalm 139:1-6

    All, and in All - Colossians 3:11

    Almighty - Revelation 1:8

    Alpha and Omega - Revelation 1:8

    Altar - Hebrews 13:10

    Altogether Lovely - Song of Solomon 5:16

    Amen - Revelation 3:14

    Ancient of Days - Daniel 7:13 & Daniel 7:22

    Anointed One - 1 Samuel 2:35

    Author of Eternal Salvation - Hebrews 5:9

    Author of our Faith - Hebrews 12:2

    Balm of Gilead - Jeremiah 8:22

    Banner over us - Ps 60:4, S of Sol 2:4

    Bearer of Sin - Hebrews 9:28

    Before All Things - Colossians 1:17

    Beginning and Ending - Revelation 1:8

    Bishop of our Souls - 1 Peter 2:25

    Blessed and Only Potentate - 1 Timothy 6:15

    Blessed Hope - Titus 2:13

    Bread of Life, my manna - John 6:35

    Bridegroom - John 3:29

    Bright and Morning Star - Revelation 22:16

    Brightness of His Glory - Hebrews 1:3

    Buckler - Psalms 18:30

    Captain - Joshua 5:14-15, Hebrews 2:10

    Changeless One - Malachi 3:6, Hebrews 13:8

    Chief Among 10,000, S. of Solomon 5:10

    Chosen of God - 1 Peter 2:4

    Christ - Matthew 1:16 - 1 John 5:1

    Comforter - John 14:16-18

    Consolation of Israel - Luke 2:25

    Counselor - Isaiah 9:6

    Creator - Romans 1:25 - Isaiah 40:28

    Crown of Glory - Isaiah 28:5
  • James - 1 year ago
    In Acts 10:9 what hour of the day is the sixth hour?
  • Alan Lee on Leviticus 1 - 1 year ago
    What significance was the difference in the placement of the sacrifices around the alter. Why the dove feathers in the ashes?
  • Bob on Matthew 27 - 1 year ago
    I am fascinated by the stories in books and on TV of Mary Magdalene. So many details about her life with Jesus, but in my search, she only appears 11 times in the NT.

    The first is Matthew 27:56 when Jesus is dying on the cross. The last is St. John 20:18 after His rise when she tells the Disciples what He said to her.

    Where do all these stories about the lives of her and Jesus before the Cross come from?
  • Trinity? - 1 year ago
    What is the trinity?


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