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What Is the Best New Testament?

What Is the Best New Testament?

What Is the Best New Testament? Translation                             Source                     Date               Publisher   Weymouth                          Weymouth’s Re-              1903          Boston! Pilgrim sultant                                             Press     Spencer                              Westcott and Hort           1895         New York: Macrnil­   (approx.)                                         lan Company     Basic…

COMPARE THESE BIBLES WITH YOUR FAVORITE BIBLE

COMPARE THESE BIBLES WITH YOUR FAVORITE BIBLE

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A more accurate New Testament

A more accurate New Testament

Two tasks now need to be done if the next generation is to have a better, that is, a more accurate, New Testament. First, much of the evidence…

MicroTestament

MicroTestament

MicroTestament ~A rudimentary pocket-size reference companion for the Gospel -containing Scripture with corresponding quotes from instrumental authors and pastors of the early and Apostolic…

Elect according to the foreknowledge

Elect according to the foreknowledge

Peter 1:2 KJV — Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the…

DIG DEEPER INTO THE BIBLE

DIG DEEPER INTO THE BIBLE

WANT TO DIG DEEPER INTO THE BIBLE? Easy to follow as we go through the Bible Chapter by Chapter, breaking down the scriptures. N2Christ…

Did King Hezekiah do something wrong in showing off his wealth?

The Hezekiah (Heb: Chizkiyahu) narrative in II Kings (chapters 17 – 20) and Isaiah (36 – 39) concludes on a dissonant and haunting confrontation between King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah. Hezekiah has just shown his kingdom’s wealth to messengers of Brodach Baladan, King of Babylonia. Isaiah asks Hezekiah about his guests, and when Hezekiah tells him where they are from, Isaiah proclaims:

Behold, days are coming and everything in your house and what your
ancestors have collected until this day will be carried off to
Babylonia, nothing will remain saith the Lord. And the children that
you will beget will be taken to be eunuchs in the palace of the King
of Babylonia. And Hezekiah responded to Isaiah, the word of the Lord
that you have spoken is good, insomuch as there will be peace and
truth in my days. (II Kings 20:17-18, JPS translation).

This prophecy of doom is devastating and perplexing. Does Isaiah mean to say that Hezekiah is literally responsible for the future exile and destruction at the hands of Babylonians? If so, what did he do wrong? How should Hezekiah have known it was bad to receive foreign emissaries from Babylonia?