It can also be reasonably asserted that Jesus taught His followers to believe God’s Word was recorded by those God had chosen and enabled for the task. Jesus was quite explicit in describing the scriptures as coming from the mouth of God. As Matthew records: But He answered and said, “...
Rather than describing a divine rescue plan for a chosen few, what if it is the description ofa great cosmic unfoldingthat began with an explosion of love so powerful that nothing can stop it from reaching outwards, and continues on and on not just through history, but through each and ever...
圣灵的来临 - 五旬节 到了,他们都聚在一个地方。 突然,从天上传来一个声音,好似狂风大作一般,充满了他们所在的屋子。 一团火舌般的烈焰出现在他们面前,然后分别落在了每个人的身上。所有的人于是都充满了圣灵, 并且按照圣灵赐予的能力,开始讲不同的语言。
The primary thing we notice about these letters, apart from how much more cranky and revenge-y Jesus seems to be since the last time we saw him, is how specific these words are to the First Century churches, to the point of naming names and describing current events. That’s very import...
“Thus the heavens and earth were finished” in Genesis 2:1 to be the header of a recapitulating section or chapter, if you will, describing “the generations of the heavens and earth when they were created.” In other words, these are the generating actions that finished creating heaven ...
For example, in Acts 2:25-31 Peter quotes Psalm 16:8-11 as a prophecy of the resurrection of Christ, even though that psalm seems to be describing David’s experiences. It should be noted that Peter’s quotation of this psalm was not his own invention, but was likely an interpretation...
这事以後,埃及王的酒政和膳长得罪了他们的主─埃及王,法老就恼怒酒政和膳长这二臣,把他们下在护卫长府内的监里,就是约瑟被囚的地方。护卫长把他们交给约瑟,
2. (40-43) Describing the coming judgment against Jerusalem the harlot. “They shall also bring up an assembly against you, and they shall stone you with stones and thrust you through with their swords. They shall burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments on you in the sight of ...
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This passage (a parable by Jesus) gives far more information about Hades than any other in the NT, but to what extent the language describing Hades in this passage is parabolic and to what extent it is to be taken literally is a question upon which commentators are not agreed. Hades is ...