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Acts 4:26, isn't the Christ himself the Lord?
Acts 4:26 (DRB):
The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes assembled together against the Lord and his Christ.
The question is so simple:
Isn't the Christ himself the Lord?, How to say (against the Lord and his Christ) if he means by the…
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(Genesis 4:7) What is Cain Ruling Over? Sin? The Door?
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 theology of…
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Trumpet Call of God
Three times in the NT we are told about the "trumpet call of God" which is always associated with the second Advent and the great resurrection of the dead. These are:
Matt 24:31, And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they…
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By what Name did God reveal Himself to Abraham?
God is on several accounts called the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (Even by Jesus himself and by his apostles he is called their God. e.g. Mk 12:26 /Acts 3:3
I quote from this answer (from…
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What does in the "Form of God" mean?
5 Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself [from being in the form of God], taking [by entering] the form…
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What are the earliest dated Syriac manuscripts of the Bible?
What is the dating of the earliest Syriac manuscript of the Hebrew Tanakh (Old Testament)?
What is the dating of the earliest Syriac manuscript of the New Testament?
Who is in current possession of these manuscripts?
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Are we saved by faith alone or by faith with works? James 2:14-17
James 2:14-17
What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be…
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Divine council and the Bible
Recently saw this video from The Bible Project with title "The Divine Council". This comes from the Psalms 82:1, ESV, which states
God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the
gods he holds judgment:
What is the meaning of…
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A question about the mind of Christ in Corinthians and Philippians
For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. [1 Corinthians 2:16 KJV]
Here, νοῦν, noun (mind) is accusative, masculine singular see Biblehub with no article.
Let this mind be in you, which was…
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Why does God say that humanity will be capable of doing anything they imagine if they have one language?
In Genesis 11:6, as man is building the Tower of Babel, God says that,"If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them." Does this mean that man is literally omnipotent…
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What does "likewise" connect to in Romans 8:26?
I'm trying to understand what the "likewise" is referring to in Romans 8:26. Here is some surrounding context (ESV):
For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. 23 And not only the creation,…
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What deity was Reuel a priest of?
Exodus 2:16 introduces Reuel (who was later Moses's father-in-law) as "a priest of Midian" without specifying anything further about which deity he was priest of:
Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the…
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Does Deuteronomy 12:21 reference a missing commandment?
In Deuteronomy 12:21 G-d tells the Jewish people that when they arrive to their homeland and settle into the areas they will be assigned, "[t]hen you may slaughter of your herd and flock...as I have commanded you." Apparently this is a reference to…
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What is "apocalyptic" literature?
What are the characteristics of what is called "apocalyptic" literature? Why would an author use this literary style? Does apocalyptic literature envision the end of the cosmos? If not, what kind(s) of thing(s) does apocalyptic literature envision?
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How did the medium of Endor suddenly realize that Saul had fooled her?
Then the woman asked, “Whom shall I bring up for you?”
“Bring up Samuel,” he said.
12When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out at the top of her voice and
said to Saul, “Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!” (1 Samuel 28:11-13).
After she sees…
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