Paul was actually born as Saul. He was born in Tarsus in Cilicia around AD 1–5 in a province in the southeastern corner of modern-day Tersous, Turkey. He was of Benjamite lineage and Hebrew ancestry (Philippians 3:5–6). His parents were Pharisees—fervent Jewish nationalists who adhere...
They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them” (Revelation 20:7-9). This verse is the only verse in the Bible that actually mentions the phrase “Gog and Magog” ...
the entire nation of Israel in the Bible. Based on our definition of a saint as a holy one, it would indicate that the whole nation were to be saints. This concept is also brought forward to be applied to the early Christian believers in 1Pet 1:15-16 where we read: “As he which...
The term "priest" is derived from the Greek wordpresbyteros, or "elder", and was used in early English translations of the Bible as the equivalent of bothkohenandzaken(which literally means "elder" in Hebrew). In fact, one of the first English Bible translations made during the Protestant...
Do not be deceived; neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals,Amplified BibleDo you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, ...
4. The SaintsThe Bible also speaks of the saints, or believers who have died in faith, as dwelling in heaven. These individuals are described as being in the presence of the Lord, experiencing eternal life and joy. In Philippians 3:20-21, Paul writes, "But our citizenship is in heaven...
After Paul’s dramatic conversion, the believers were hesitant to take him in because he was formerly a persecutor of the saints. Barnabas took Paul to the apostles and recommended him saying how Paul had “seen the Lord on the road, and that He had spoken to him, and how he had preac...
“And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.” WhileChristwas on earth His disciples wereunder thelaw: but Christiansarenot. Here then we can say that a Christian is a fruit-bearing branch abiding in Christ, the trueVine.AChristianisoneinwhomChristlives(Galatians2:20),onewho...
To the saints, who are in his land, he hath made wonderful all my desires in them. Their infirmities were multiplied: afterwards they made haste. I
15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. 16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. 17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be...