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According to bible.org the 7 last plagues in Revelation 15 and 16 are divine judgements, out of the seventh trumpet, that precede the second coming... Revelation 15:5 After this I looked, and the temple—the tabernacle of the Testimony—was opened in heaven. 6And out of the temple came the seven...

Berean Study bible 23So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these New Living Translation That is why the Tabernacle and everything in it, which were copies of things in...

My understanding is that writers most often set the theme of their publications at the start and will summarise at the end. It seems to me that if one takes that approach, then the attached image makes sense. there seems to be considerable argument over whether we can use the above approach...

Genesis 4:3 So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD, 4while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock Why did God accept grain offerings in Leviticus 4 for Israelites, but not Cains offering in Genesis Ch4?

I have begun studying Des Ford's thesis on the Investigative Judgement. I am interested in looking at various views on this doctrine? I have already stumbled across what I feel is an error in the thesis on page 31 (comparisons between 19th and 20th century) where Des claims that 20th century...

I have tended to take the view that serpents in creation were able to fly and that after the deception of Adam and Eve, they lost the ability to fly. I had I guess supposed that the reason the serpent could speak was because the devil had entered the snake...ie possessed the snake. However, I...

I have been starting to research about this topic and my initial thoughts are: 1. Sons of God - are these giants born of earthly women fathered by fallen demons 2. Belong to the lineage of Seth - Abel, the apparently Holy brother was dead leaving only Cain as the other line of the family 3...

I am interested in gathering references from the Bible, and also external sources from early writers, where the Holy Spirit is a person. How does religion/Christianity define a person? What biblical references aid in the defining of a person? I am wanting to find correlation in Bible where...

Jesus said in Matthew 24: 26So if they tell you, ‘There He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. 27For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 28Wherever there is a...

If we are under the new covenant 1. Love the lord thy God 2. Love thy neighbour as thyself where is the command to worship our creator on a particular day? Do we even need therefore to worship at all in church and celebrate creation and the creator? What is the point of Sunday worship at all...

My understanding is that SDA church doctrine (there may be other denominations who share this belief) believes the wicked who are dead in the grave are not raised at the second coming of Christ in Revelation 1:7 "Behold, he comes with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which...

For example, if one was to ask a Jew in the first century (prior to 100 A.D) if the Son of God = God... and, knowing that the Jew would have used old testament scriptures for their doctrine, did they believe this doctrine as a religious movement? I would like biblical references or even any...

When we catalogue the 10 commandments we find Commandments 1-3 = Love to God 4th commandment = Sabbath (made for man to worship the creator, to enter into Gods rest) Commandments 5-10 = Love to thy Neighbour What is the significance of the position of the Sabbath commandment in this location...

We know that Jesus himself was baptised by immersion in water (Matthew 3). John the Baptist preached that "one would come after who would baptise with spirit and fire", however, Jesus does not appear to have baptised anyone via immersion in water and yet, the apostles clearly did this long...

Hi guys, I am new to this forum. I have a keen interest in Christianity and discussing a wide variety of issues. I have searched for an alternative to the stack exchange Christianity forum simply because the approach that forum requires quite often decrees the asking of questions from a very...