The Easter Red Egg
Prepared by Very Reverend Archimandrite Alexander Kile. The Easter Egg has many meanings The white color, represents the white marble tomb, where Jesus Christ’s…
theology
Should the participle-clause in Song 6:10 be perceived more as "describing/nonrestrictive" or "defining/restrictive"?
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…
Rikayon, Enoch or Hermes?
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 8:3-6 – has this been manipulated by Paul to imply it relates to Jesus?
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 Language a reference to marriage?
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,&…
Why is Jude 1:5 translated ‘Jesus’ instead of ‘Joshua’?
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 …
How long was Jesus in the tomb?
How can we reconcile that the Bible indicates that Jesus would be in the earth for three days and three nights (Matt. 12:40) but we also read that he died right before the start of the Passover and arose on the morning of the day after the…
Galatians 2:16: is it really "not by works but by faith"?
The NASB renders Galatians 2:16 as follows:
nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus . . .
The way this is rendered, it sounds like “Not A, but rather B!” I was just r…
I have found a ransom Job 33:24
Job 33:24 (NASB)
24 And he is gracious to him, and says, ‘Free him from going down to
the pit, I have found a ransom’;
What was the ransom that prevented Job from dying?
How many times did Peter really deny Christ?
All four gospels record Peter denying Jesus 3 times, but it seems they record different events. Either they can all be reconciled to three, or there were more than three denials. Looking at the contexts of the denials, it seems that Peter …
Does Malachi 3:8-11 concern christians today?
Is tithing a cardinal christian requirement?
Are there instances of tithe paying in the early church in the book of Acts of Apostles or in the Epistles?
Are Christians who don’t pay tithe in danger of God’s curse and anger?
Is it Revelation 20:12 "the dead" is referring to verse 5 or something else?
I wonder what Revelation 20:12-14 is talking about in terms of "the dead". It seems they are different groups, but share a common label.
In ch20, how does "the dead" compare between v5 and v12?