Genesis 8:21 declares, “the intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth.” Jonathan Edwards, in his classic work The Great Christian Doctrine of Original Sin Defended, remarks on this verse: “The word translated youth, signifies the whole of the former part of the age of man, which...
Genesis 2:9 speaks of two trees, the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Both are integral to the Genesis narrative, and attempts to discount one or the other destroy narrative meaning. Similarly, efforts to explain the meaning of either of the trees in terms o...
Genesis 1:1 (NKJV) 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Time/tīm/noun (Oxford Online Dictionary) 1.the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.”travel through space and time” 2.a point of time as...
Thus, Jesus must be referring to more cities than just those in the area of Palestine (such as those Jacob was alluding to in Genesis 49:1-27). Jesus, therefore, seems to be prophesying that it would not be possible that any headquarters of the true church could permanently remain in ...