violence). The Bible says that rebellious human beings created "government" as a way of being their own gods.The Bible is an anarchist manifesto. The concept of "civil government"is a false god, and creating or maintaining a "civil government" isidolatry, anda rejection of God(1 Samuel 8...
The principal scriptural authority for the papacy relied upon by the Roman Catholic Church isMt 16:18-19. Without entering into a discussion of the meaning of this famous passage, we may here quote from Abbott'sCommentaryon the New Testament a statement of the Roman Catholic interpretation, and...
Moses then proceeds to renarrate how the Israelites scouted out the promised land early on in the wilderness period and how on account of their rebellious nature and lack of faith in Yahweh they were denied entry and forced to wander the wilderness for 40 years. Ok, I thought. Everyone kno...
3. CHRIST is called Mediator (1Ti 2:5; Heb 8:6; Heb 9:15; Heb 12:24) by virtue of the reconciliation he has effected between a justly- offended God and his rebellious creature man (see Grotius, De Satifactione Christi, cap. viii). In this sense of the term Moses was, on many...
The meaning of the Hebrew word (*H7812 shachah) to bow down, is to depress, prostrate oneself (in homage to royalty or God), to bow oneself down, to humbly beseech, worship or to do obeisance.7 This word is used as indicated in verses 7, 9 & 10 above, in reference not only to...
451. We are in Revival when: The sleeping Christians wake up, the lukewarm fire up, the dishonest confess up, the rebellious give up, the discouraged cheer up, the depressed look up, the oppressed are freed up, the estranged people make up, the gossipers shut up, the soldiers of Christ...
(sura IV). Likewise, Mohammad says “Men are the managers of the affairs of women…And those you fear may be rebellious admonish; banish them to their couches, and beat them” (sura IV). Thus, Mohammad condones domestic violence, at least in cases where a husband thinks his wife has a...
Is God trying to intentionally deceive us by using words that have a different meaning than what their plain meaning is? Isn't this a basic rule of hermeneutics? The literal meaning is the first meaning used unless context declares otherwise. Don't you have to redefine "destroy" in every ...
This article seeks to explain Jesus' central role in inaugurating and consummating the renewal of rebellious creation. We see the first signs of redemption in Jesus' victory over Satan in the wilderness temptation, in his authority over the rebellious nature, and supremely ...
Langlois began attending Bible study armed with a notepad and pen, and he would pepper his pastor with questions. “I wasn’t trying to undermine him—I had sincere questions,” Langlois said. “He probably thought I was a pain in the ass.” It was more than a little rebelliou...