Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
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…
According to Numbers 1:20-46 (NJPS):
They totaled as follows:
The descendants of Reuben, Israel’s first-born, the registration of the clans of their ancestral house, as listed by name, head by head, all males aged twenty years and ov…
Did this take place during Zerubabbel’s life or is there a future Zerubbabel character?
21 “Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I am about to
shake the heavens and the earth, 22 and to overthrow the throne of
kingdoms. I am ab…
In Lev. 19:18, why is it worded with רֵעַ, the word translated neighbor, rather than the word שָׁכֵן?
Both occur throughout the books of the Old Testament and aren’t isolated to a particular period of time. The common word in modern Hebre…
I had once heard that one of the remarkable thing about the creation account in Genesis, as compared to the other creation accounts of the cultures of the surrounding area is that God creates the universe out of nothing, or ‘ex nihilio’; w…
So I was spending some time with the Hebrew under the Cain and Abel narrative in Genesis 4. I noticed a peculiarity in the Hebrew in God’s instructions to Cain after his offering was rejected. I think it may challenge the way that the th…
This question is prompted by a question in which "software piracy" and copyright issues come up. (See: What’s Christians take on pirating authors books, software, movies etc?)
Some suppose that the commandment refers to stealing …
I was reading Psalm 22 (from this question) and I found this verse:
Psalms 22:21 (KJV)
Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
When I switched translations I found “wild oxen” instead:
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Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path. (ESV)
has similar wording to John 1:1,4.
In the beginning was the Word… In him was life, and the life was the light of men. (ESV)
Is there any connection? The traditional in…
Using a Hebrew word study, discover the word TROUBLE and the amazing Hebrew nugget that will change your understanding of your TROUBLE! #perrystone #treasurebook…
In the book "Vetus Testamentum Hebraicum : cum variis lectionibus" Kennicott, Benjamin, a comparison of manuscripts with the Masoretic text is given, of which more than 600.
https://archive.org/details/kennicott_vetus-testamentum…
1 Chronicles 22: 8
But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
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