BABYLON HAS FALLEN Revelation 18:1-20 1 And after these things…
BABYLON HAS FALLEN Revelation 18:1-20 1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth…
Did scholars doubt Belshazzar’s existence before 1854?
I realise this isn’t entirely related to hermeneutics, but anyway I was doing some research on people’s views on King Belshazzar mentioned in Daniel 5. All the Christian apologists who defend the book of Daniel mention that his existence w…
Dr. Terry Wiles: From Apostolic Expectation to Dispensational Systematization (Part 1)
FROM APOSTOLIC EXPECTATION TO DISPENSATIONAL SYSTEMATIZATION Historical Antecedents of Imminent Returnism, Premillennialism, and the Prophetic Future of Israel A Historical and Exegetical Study with…
What is “Jewish Interpretation”?
Jewish interpretation of sacred texts, particularly the Torah, is characterized by a profound and multi-layered hermeneutical tradition that seeks to uncover the richness and…
Why mankind was mentioned twice apart from others?
What is the difference between Gen:1:27 and Gen:2:22?
Gen 1:27 – So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He
created him; male and female He created them.
Gen 2:22 – And the LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which …
How should we interpret Ecclesiastes 9:5 in the case of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob?
Ecclesiastes 9:5 (NASB):
5 For the living know that they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor do they have a reward any longer, for their memory is forgotten.
Mark 12:26-27 (NASB):
26 But regarding the fact that the dead ris…
Tuesday, September 13 God Can And God is able to…
Tuesday, September 13 God Can And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all…
‘Vanity’ v ‘Meaningless’ v ‘Futile’ in Ecclesiastes
The book of Ecclesiastes repeats the phrase “vanity of vanities”, or similar, many times in some translations, including ESV. However, in some other translations, it is rendered “meaningless, meaningless” (eg, NIV) or “futile, futile” (eg…
Jeremiah 31:38-40: the rebuilt city?
According to jeremiah 31:38-40:
38 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the city shall be built
to the Lord from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.
39 And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against…
Are there contextual cues which suggest Jesus calming the storm does not require Jesus to be God Almighty?
In all three Synoptic Gospels, Jesus is recorded as calming a storm. The incident happens about Matthew 8:24, Mark 4:37, and Luke 8:23.
Here is the complete pericope from Matthew:
Matthew 8:23-27 (Berean Standard Bible)
23When He got into…
What is creative inspiration?
All things through His creative inspiration came into being, and without Him there came into being not even one thing which has come into existence.
John 1:3 Commentary.
