Category Archives: Biblical Studies
Did God Create the Present Order of Things as an Incubator for Sin?
A correspondant wrote: It seems as though you are suggesting that God created the earth and man with the “intent” of sin entering. If this is so – if God created the earth with the anticipation of sin – in … Continue reading
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Is It Valid to Use Old Testament Commands as Types?
A correspondant responded to the article on using Old Testament commands as types: I guess it is fun to speculate, but you don’t teach this as doctrine, do you? You can never be positive with types, but I believe what … Continue reading
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Why Does the OT Depict Sex as Unclean?
One thing that has puzzled me is the Bible’s attitude toward sex. Paul says that marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled, but the OT treats sex as somewhat dirty. If a man or woman had an emission, … Continue reading
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God Is a Hard Master
In Matthew 25:24 Jesus recounted a parable where a one talent man defended his sloth by saying, “Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed.” … Continue reading
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Punishment “For Ever” and “Eternally” Are the Same When Applied to an Unending Age
Sometimes “for ever” means, “age lasting” (e.g. Ex 21:6), but the majority of the time it means “without end”, and when you apply “for ever” to the age to come that does not end, “age lasting” during the an age … Continue reading
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The Apostasy of the Church vs. the Falling Away After the Millennium
I do not believe that II Thes 2:3ff and I Tim 4:1ff are speaking of the same event. I believe that I Tim 4:1ff has to do with the apostasy of the church, and that has clearly already occurred. I … Continue reading
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Is the Advocacy of Christ Nullified by His Eternal Subordination to God?
Some correspondants have complained that if Jesus is to be subordinate to God forever, as I Cor 15:28 says that He will be, that it affects His ability to be our Advocate. How does subordination to God affect his ability … Continue reading
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How Should We View Shortly?
Ron wrote: >Dear brothers. Quite a point is being frequently made in your exchanges >regarding “en-tachos” (“shortly”) in Rev. 1:8, which seemingly indicates >the events described in Revelation had to either all be fulfilled within a >limited number of years … Continue reading
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The Letters to the Seven Churches–Are They for Us Today?
>I’m sorry but Revelation (singular) is to 7 churches that existed 2000 >thousand years ago. Not us. It’s not about the end of time. >It’s about the Lord’s vengeance on the Roman empire. >God help you all to see that……James … Continue reading
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The Spirits in Prison — 1 Pet 3:19
Dave wrote: >I think that the key to it is the tenses of the verbs … > >1 Pet 3:19 >19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; >(KJV) > >Allow me to elaborate a … Continue reading
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