Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
So what can be deduced from the Hebrew verb as to the creation process? Instantaneous fiat event, or long drawn out process? Or an obscure meaning, indefinite as to time?
Genesis 6:4 (NIV)Emphasis added
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.
Is there an E…
I was having a conversation with an orthodox Jew over on Code Golf SE on whether Christians still need to follow the Law or not. After bringing up a few verses on the subject, he brought up Psalm 119:160:
All your words are true; all your…
Find out more about Dr. Jack Levison HEREThis conversation focuses primarily on Dr. Levison’s book A Boundless God: The Spirit According to the Old Testament.You can listen HERE to the whole RTT called Spirit and Man in Ancient Judaism.Find ou…
I was reading through Exodus the other day and thought that the translation of Exodus 26:26-27 was odd.
OSB:
“You shall make bars of incorruptible wood: five for the posts on one side of the tabernacle, five bars for the posts on the …
On the one hand he seems to be speaking of Israel but in the next breath it seems that the servant is the messiah who gathers in the remnant of Israel:
NIV Isaiah 49: 1Listen to me, you islands; hear this, you distant
nations: Before…
ד וְהֶבֶל הֵבִיא גַם-הוּא מִבְּכֹרוֹת צֹאנוֹ, וּמֵחֶלְבֵהֶן; וַיִּשַׁע יְהוָה, אֶל-הֶבֶל וְאֶל-מִנְחָתוֹ.
Genesis 4:4 YLT
4 and Abel, he hath brought, he also, from the female firstlings of his flock, even from their fat ones; and Jehovah…
Isaiah 3:1-3 New American Standard Bible 1995
For behold, the Lord
[a]God of hosts is going to remove from Jerusalem and Judah Both
[b]supply and support, the whole [c]supply of bread And the whole
[d]supply of water; 2 The mighty man and…
Genesis 1:26-27 (ESV)
26Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over ever…
Isaiah 19:3:
3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards. [KJV]
3 And…
What is the purpose of the collected pieces of poetry in Psalms? How do we know they were to be sung? Dr. Nicholas Schaser gives us a sneak peek into his course at Israel Bible Center about the Hebrew Psalms. This week we discuss how the psalm…