Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
How is the creation of the physical first man an image of the spiritual God?
What is the “design” of the first man that represents “Our image?”
Gen 1:26, 27 – Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our
likeness, to rule …”
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Numbers 11:3 After that, the area was known as Taberah (which means “the place of burning”), because fire from the Lord had burned among them there. (New Living Translation)
Numbers 11:34 So that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah (whic…
[See Part I] In the first part of this investigation we looked at the uses of pharmakeia, pharmakon, and pharmakos in the NT. The intent was and is to try to determine a more precise meaning for pharmakeia in our subject verse, Revelation 18:23: 18:21 …
But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, From the days of eternity (yom olam).
Micah 5:2 NASB
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Is the statement, “warned them on earth” (v25) an allusion to the judgement pronounced by Noah, or by Moses and Yahweh at Sinai?
See to it that you do not refuse Him who is speaking. For if those did not escape when they refused him wh…
John 6:44 says:
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. (ESV)
While John 14:6 says:
No one comes to the Father except through me (ESV)
Comparing these two verses, brings to my mind the egg/chicken paradox: Which …
In Genesis 3:3 ESV Eve said:
but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’”
So, according to Eve, God not only prohibited eating, but also touchin…
Did Moses fast (without food or water) for 81-days straight in Deuteronomy 9:9-18 | Or did Moses eat & drink in verses 12-17?
If the descent from Mount Horeb, destruction of the Golden Calf, and ascension back up Mount Horeb took plac…
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In Exodus chapters 19 and 20 we read of the giving of the Law at Mount Sinai. Many believe this momentous event occurred during the first week of Sivan, the third month in the Hebrew calendar (see Exodus 19:1). Many Je…
In chapter 24.1 of his authoritative book on the fourth century Arian Controversy – The Search for the Christian Doctrine of God – Bishop RPC Hanson discusses how the various parties in that controversy used the Bible to defend their posit…
“I saw a mighty angel descending from heaven, clad in a cloud, having a rainbow upon his head. His face was like the sun, his feet like pillars of fire. He placed his right foot on the sea, his left foot on the land; and, supporting himself on the sea …
When Jacob flees from Laban, Rachel steals his household gods.
When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s
household gods.
Genesis 31:19 (NIV)
Jacob seems pretty serious about the household gods too.
But…