Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
KJV Genesis 11 : 29
And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
Closely related:Who is Iscah in Gene…
Paul states in Romans 4:22 that there was a reason that righteousness was imputed to Abraham (‘therefore’). The reason (or reasons) are stated in 4:16-21:
He believed God (who quickens the dead and calls those things that be not as thoug…
Paul argues in Galatians that circumcision obligates one to keep the whole of Torah:
Gal 5:1 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and
do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Gal 5:2 Look: I, Paul, say
to y…
Who is the “possessor of heaven and earth” in
Genesis 14:19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the
most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: 20 and blessed be the
most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies…
Is it possible, on the basis of the text, to establish the approximate time span between God’s prophesy to Abraham about his descendants’ being mistreated in Egypt:
"And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a
s…
I’m not a biblical scholar so please don’t be too hard on me.
I understand that twice Abraham presented his wife Sara as his sister. First in Egypt and later after Sodom and Gomorrah.
I am not sure that God recognized ancient Egypt as evil…
Did Lot actually go to Zoar? Bible text would suggest yes. However, why would the daughters think no one was left on earth? Genesis 19:31. It seems to me they arrived in Zoar and later left. Although it doesn’t indicate how long neverthele…
Genesis 21:14-19, NIV
14 Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water
and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her
off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of
Beersheb…
After Lot had been told to vacate Sodom and escape its judgement his wife is said to have looked back at the burning city and was turned into a pillar of salt
Genesis 19:23-26 NIV
23 By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the…
“The whole land of Canaan, where you now reside as a foreigner, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God” (Genesis 17:8, NIV)
In the Torah, there’s no real development on …
God made a covenant with Abram in Genesis 15, specifically Verse 18
On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your descendants I have given this land,
From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrate…
Why does the Bible say that Abraham sacrificed his “only-begotten son” (Heb. 11:17, Gen. 22:2) despite the fact that Isaac had a step-brother Ishmael who was 14 years older than Isaac and was in fact the first-born son of Abraham?