20. Genesis 1 — What it says and what it doesn't say — Genesis 1; nice to meet you Possibly the most loved and certainly the most famous piece of literary art ever produced may be more accurate than any of us ever expected. In the pages that follow we will have a look at ...
MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE that according to the Bible, there has been a cosmic Fall as a result of...Cunningham, Conor
We can cast our cares on the Lord and know He will not condemn us (Psalm 55:22; Romans 8:1-2). All Are Made in God’s Image In the Old Testament, we discover we are made in the image of God (Genesis 1:26-27), and we are therefore not allowed to murder anyone, including ...
Why Does the Bible Call Us to 'Be Fruitful' in Marriage? God proclaims children as a blessing (Genesis 1:28), meaning that we should view them as something valuable to desire. In this passage, God blesses Adam and Eve and commands them to "be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth...
Far be it from You to do according to this thing, to put to death the righteous with the wicked; that it has been—as the righteous so the wicked—far be it from You; does the Judge of all the earth not do justice?”Young's Literal Translation Far be it from Thee to do ...
creating them male and female” (Genesis 1:27). Immediately after this last act of creation, God rests. Genesis 2 begins: “The heaven and the earth were finished, and all their array. On the seventh day God finished the work that had been undertaken: [God] ceased on the seventh day...
(Comp. Luke 2:51.) Thy mother.--Rachel was certainly dead, as Joseph had at this time eleven brethren. Nor did Leah ever bow down before him; for she died at Hebron (Genesis 49:31). The enumeration of "sun, moon, and stars," means Jacob, his wives, and his children, that is...
(1 Peter 4:8), which means that God's primary attributes are his wings (Psalm 17:8, 36:7, 57:1, 61:4, 91:4). Since we are made in God's image (Genesis 1:27), and are under orders to love as he loves (John 13:34, 1 John 4:7-19), we are winged too, precisely ...
(Genesis 1:27) "You cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live." (Exodus 33:20) "God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." (John 4:24) Although God the Father is spirit, the Bible talks about Jesus being “the image of ...
And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's bondmen, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found....