Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
NASB95 for reference
Genesis 16:1
Hagar is the Egyptian handmaid/slave of Abram & Sarai.
Genesis 15:16
God tells Abram his descendants will be enslaved for 400 years because of the iniquity of the Amorites.
Are the Hebrews enslaved by …
There are two different interpretations:
The Cessation view: Based on the biblical and church historical records: "the perfect" refers to completion of the canon of Scripture; "partial will pass away," the cessation of …
One poster’s answer to a separate question has "As is clear from Mark 12:29, this is not a statement which is consistent with the Shema. Jesus should say there is one, εἷς true God, or even more properly, there is one, εἷς God. Instea…
The text:
“Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud
voice, saying to all the birds which fly in midheaven, “Come, assemble
for the great supper of God,
so that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of c…
When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
Revelation 5:8, NASB
Why did the…
It just makes sense that if in the last week of the 70 weeks we have the Messiah cut off (death on the cross) and he died in the midst of the Passover week which all so was the 50th Jubilee then the previous weeks would be weeks as well an…
"You have said so," Jesus replied. "But I say to all of you: From now on, you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven." Matthew 26:64 NIV.
I´ve had a lot of…
The Syriac of Luke 23:54 seems to affirm an interpretation of "Sabbath Dawning". In addition, the same word seems to be used 43 times in the Syriac New Testament to mean "Dawn".
So, Why is ἐπέφωσκεν, (Dawning) interpret…
The book that Daniel was told to seal, is that the same as the little book that was opened in the angel’s hand in Rev. 10?
Daniel 12:4 reads:
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shal…
Jesus is quoted as speaking of those who are "least in the Kingdom" in two situations: the Sermon on the Mount (or the Plain as in Luke) and in reference to John the Baptist, after John asks if Jesus is "he who is to come.&q…
Revelation 12 describes a series of wars in which the dragon is the aggressor:
Before Christ, it opposes the women (12:1-4),
Then Christ (12:5),
Then Michael and his angels in heaven (12:7-12),
Then the woman again (12:13),
Then the woman…
Every conscientious bible student knows that John the Baptist began his ministry in Tiberius’ 15th year. Turn to Luke 3:1-3.
Luke Chapter 3 (KJV)
1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of…