Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
At the outset of the Book of Genesis, we read:
Genesis 1:3-4: "Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light. 4God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness."
We know that God is ligh…
I’m trying to understand a phrase in Exodus 29:39 and Numbers 28:4. The phrase is "בין הערבים."
This seems to literally mean "between evenings." It is present here in the language of sacrificing two lambs daily. One …
We read in Mtt 17:18-21 (KJV)
And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?20 And Jesus said unto t…
In Matthew 27:46, the author quotes Jesus, first transliterating his words with Greek letter (NA28 | ESV):
ηλι ηλι λεμα σαβαχθανι;
Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?
He then translates into Greek:
Θεέ μου θεέ μου, ἱνατί με ἐγκατέλιπες…
Joshua 2:1 recounts the journey of the Israelite spies in Jericho:
וַיֵּ֨לְכוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ בֵּית־אִשָּׁ֥ה זוֹנָה וּשְׁמָהּ רָחָב וַיִּשְׁכְּבוּ־שָמָּה
And they went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab and l…
Hebrews 2:10 (ASV):
For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
What is the meaning of perfecting Je…
This Psalm seems to point out that there was rain and thunderstorm during the night they crossed the Red sea
Psalms 77:15-20 NASB
15You have by Your [j]power redeemed Your people,
The sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.16
The waters…
Are the words of Jesus to be taken literally when he said "this generation"? That is 30-70AD? He
seems to be emphatic about it because he prefaced it by Verily, I say unto you…"
Why do Isaiah 37 and 2 Kings 19 contain the same verses? Of course, consulting or referring to an older and reliable source of eyewitness information is expected and acceptable, but what is strange is that the writer of 2 Kings 19 has copi…
Mark 3:21 NLT “When his family heard what was happening, they tried to take him away. “He’s out of his mind,” they said.”
IN other versions it says “own people” or “friends”
The greek was not very clear to me; it looks like an interpret…
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Acts are all written in a narrative style, but are treated as biographies of Jesus and his apostles. Are there other examples in the ancient world of a biographical account of a real person being written in …
Revelation 19:5 (ASV):
And a voice came forth from the throne, saying, Give praise to our God, all ye his servants, ye that fear him, the small and the great.
I’ve been reading and re-reading Revelation recently and many interesting thin…