The term "merkaba" is of Hebrew origin, with its roots firmly embedded in the biblical texts. The word itself is derived from the Hebrew root "r-k-b," which carries the general meaning of "to ride" or "to be ca
What does the name Hayes mean biblically? This family name is a matronymic surname derived from a female ancestor's personal name, in this case of biblical origin. ... Hayes and Hajes are matronymics of the Hebrew feminine name Haya (from Hayyim meaning "life"), indicating "son/descenda...
One common way people use the word faith is to refer to belief in something despite lacking any evidence. But is that what the Bible means by faith? The answer is a resounding no! So, when the Bible uses the wordfaith, what does it mean?
I realized I didn’t have a clear biblically based understanding- only what I had been told throughout life. I plan to write about this later because I think others might have this question too. Ironically- in hindsight, after all this “death” surrounded me, late summer when I was...
don’t do work. Shavuos, Sukkos, Pesach, Rosh HaShanah, maybe Yom Kippur. I’ve heard it referred to Purim and Chanukah sometimes, but I think it’s mostly used with the “don’t touch that light switch” holidays. I.e. the biblically mandated ones (as opposed to the rabbinic ones)...
In each of those circumstances, we can understand the negativity drawn to homosexuality. However, another passage in scripture states “Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is ...
I have spent the last several years in Biblically expounding in a 32 page document that I have put together on the truth of there being no eternal suffering in a Lake of Fire for anyone. I have just explained the real LOVE of God that today’s Church just simply does not seem to gras...
Jesus gives another clue which clearly uses days as symbolic with 1000 year periods.6 days after his resurrectionHe tells his disciples that His ‘perfection’ will be ‘in the third day.’ Luke 13:32. Does this not also imply just as Hosea does that his millennial reign (1000 years) wil...
History does not back it up. Muslims today use a lunar calendar but keep a weekly day as honored. The argument that a continuous weekly cycle is Biblically inconsistent is purely speculative. And that is the polite way to say it.The fourth point, strictly speaking, is not a Biblical one....
Both the purity and righteousness of God (Luke 1:75) are involved. "Be ye holy; for I am holy." (1 Pet 1:16, also 3:11; Exod 15:11; Isa 6:3; 2 Cor 7:1)6.3 The Bible does speak of cooperation ("be of one mind," "that they may all be one," "labourers together," "...