Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
How do we read that Satan had received authority over all the kingdoms of the world? That is, he received them, and so offers them to Jesus in the following verse (and of course he cannot offer something to Jesus that he does not possess)…
It’s obviously significant since he repeated it four times, but what actually is the significance of the phrase?
The phrase is translated from the Greek ἀναστήσω αὐτὸ (ἐν) τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ which occurs in the following four verses:
John …
Isaiah 46:5 ASV To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and
compare me, that we may be like?
Having consideration of the rest of the bible, does this passage imply;
God has no equal
God has an equal – possibly Jesus
Is there more t…
In Enoch XX.2 (20.2) Uriel is said to be a saint angel over the kosmoi and the tartaroi. Codex Panopolitanus Enoch XX.2
By analogy to other facts in 20.3-6 these should be some kind of a collective or society, whether of people or spirits …
John 1:13 "children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God" NIV.
Also: NET Bible "a husband’s desire".
Weymouth N.T. "the will of a human father".
I think "…
Do I need to have faith for answered prayers whenever I pray in tongues?
How can I have faith for an answered prayer when I do not understand what I have prayed for?
In defending His actions of healing the invalid and instructing him to pick up his bed and leave the pool, Jesus compares His actions to His Father’s and makes this statement:
For the Father loves (φιλεῖ) the Son and shows him all that he…
Song of Songs 6:9b-10 presents the women of the royal court catching sight of the new bride before the wedding, and being so impressed that they declare her praise and blessedness with the following words (verse 10):
מִי זֹאת הַנִּשְׁקָפָ…
The book of Jasher describes Rikayon as a man of all Wisdom that shows up in Egypt without provisions. He established a death tax without asking permission only to win favor by showing up on “King Day” with riches for the King and ending …
Psalms speak in general terms about the Glory of God. How has Paul come to the conclusion that this relates to Jesus?
Psalm 8:3-6
3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in pla…
Ephesians 1:22-23
And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
Is this language of God giving Christ, "the head of all things,&…
Jude 1:5 has major textual variants. One reads
"Ὑπομνῆσαι δὲ ὑμᾶς βούλομαι, εἰδότας ὑμᾶς ἅπαξ πάντα, ὅτι Ἰησοῦς λαὸν ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου σώσας τὸ δεύτερον τοὺς μὴ πιστεύσαντας ἀπώλεσεν"
Why is Ἰησοῦς translated as ‘Jesus’ instead of …