TECHNOLOGY AND THEOLOGY Michael Burdett PART 1
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Please discuss meaning of Spirit in 1 Peter 1:11
What are the possible renderings of ‘Spirit of Christ” in 1 Peter 1:11 –
(BLB) inquiring into what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ
in them was signifying, testifying beforehand of the sufferings of
Christ and the glories after…
How is Malachi 1:11 to be understood?
Early Christians linked the sacrifice of the Eucharist with the sacrifice described in Malachi 1. In the King James Version, this passage relevant reads
10 … I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts, neither will I accept an o…
Are the forty years of Ezekiel 4 related to the seventy years of Jeremiah 25?
Ezekiel portrays the siege & destruction of Jerusalem for forty years
Ezekiel 4:1-6 NIV
4 “Now, son of man, take a block of clay, put it in front of you and draw the city of Jerusalem on it. 2 Then lay siege to it: Erect siege wor…
Mark 6:52 What exactly were the disciples supposed to have understood about the loaves?
Jesus walked on the Water, Mark 6:
51 And he got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. And they were utterly astounded, 52 for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
What exactly were the discip…
Does Paul’s use of θεοῦ πατρὸς in Ephesians 1:2 prove Sharp’s Rule is invalid in verse 3?
Granville Sharp identified texts in the New Testament which he believed described a single person with two attributes. The validity of Sharp’s Rule is debated, and, in my opinion, is unnecessarily complicated, largely due to Sharp’s own ex…
God knows all things
How can a God who knows all things change his mind. Does not this conversation show that God listened to Moses and decided to…
Exodus 33:20, "see my face" or "see me"?
Exodus 33:20 (DRB):
And again he said: Thou canst not see my face: for man shall not see me and live.
Did Moses say that he wants to “see the Face of the LORD” or he wants to “see the LORD”?
The LORD says in verse 20:
Thou canst…
Why must a Hebrew slave who has to work six years only be released after the seventh year?
In Jeremiah 34:14, we read that a Hebrew slave which has served six years must be let go at the end of the seventh year:
Jer 34:14:
מִקֵּץ שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים תְּֽשַׁלְּחוּ אִישׁ אֶת־אָחִיו הָעִבְרִי אֲשֶֽׁר־יִמָּכֵר לְךָ וַעֲבָֽדְךָ שֵׁשׁ שָׁ…
What was the spiritual significance of one not buried in his father’s sepulchre?
On many occasions when one died he was said to be buried in his father’s sepulchre:
KJV Judges 8:32
And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
KJV…
In Light of Deuteronomy 4:15 & John 4:24 how to understand the image and likeness in Genesis 1:26? [duplicate]
We are initial told that when God created humankind he made him in his image and likeness.
Genesis 1:26 ESV
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over th…
In what sense the psalmist asks for the righteousness of the Lord?
I’m meditating on Psalm 36. In v. 10 the psalmist asks for God’s unfailing love and righteousness for the godly. But I can’t figure out in what sense the psalmist is asking for the righteousness of God. Is he doing it in the same sense as …