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. • Gen 2:9 . . And out of the ground made The Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden. The tree of life is sometimes assumed to be a source of life, but I rather think it's intended to preserve life; for...

. • Matt 27:50-53 . . And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. . . . At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split. The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were...

. Jesus' crucifixion was a plus and a minus. For those of us fearful of an eternity suffering in fire, his crucifixion is a very big plus because by it, we have recourse to a God-given safety net. • Isa 53:5 . . But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the...

. • Mark 14:12 . . And the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they killed the Passover, his disciples said unto him: Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the Passover? That passage can be a bit misleading for folks unaware that the seven-day feast of Unleavened Bread...

. Jesus went to the cross with a normal human body. Was it restored to life no different, or upgraded? _

. Our primary sources for this explanation are "Things To Come" by J. Dwight Pentecost and "The Coming Prince" by Sir Robert Anderson. Our point of reference is Daniel 9:25-26 where it's said: "So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem...

. • Matt 12:40 . . As Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. (Jonah 1:17) A handy fact to know about Christ's resurrection is that a preponderance of textual evidence indicates that his...

. Prior to making a decision whether to take up the Seventh Day Adventist religion, folks really should thoroughly research not only Ellen G. White, but also a crucial SDA doctrine called Investigative Judgment; which is a doctrine that has quite a few Adventists crossing their fingers and...

. • Matt 26:42 . . He went away a second time and prayed: My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done. Jesus must've been really dreading the ordeal that he was facing because he prayed like that three times. During the incident, an...

. • Gal 1:1 . .This letter is from Paul, an apostle. The Greek word translated "apostle" means a delegate and/or a messenger; and not necessarily somebody on the same level as the twelve, for example John 13:16 and Phil 2;25. I suppose there are astute historians somewhere who can prove that a...

. International Holocaust Memorial Day 2022 falls on Thursday, January 27. Were I a Jew, I would not want the Holocaust remembered because it raises too many painful questions about the so-called chosen people's popularity with God. One has to ask, in point of fact there has been more than one...

. • Matt 2:16 . . When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. That's actually pretty good evidence...

. The verse below is deliberately misquoted. Watch for the revision. • Matt 2:2 . . Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have followed his star from the east No, they didn't follow Jesus' star from the east; rather, they saw it in the east. Jerusalem was a logical destination...

. Angels announced Jesus' birth up around the teensy community of Bethlehem, but they didn't go to Jerusalem; which seems to me would've been a far more sensible venue. Important news deserves an important audience, i.e. Jerusalem was Israel's religious center whereas Bethlehem was no-account...

. Mary and Joseph were pious Jews, but that isn't the primary reason they were chosen to be Jesus' parents. Jesus was on track to take David's throne (Luke 1:32-33). Men who take that position from God have to satisfy two mandatory requirements: they have to be biologically related to David...

. The Greek word translated manger can also indicate a stall (Luke 13:15) which describes a cage where beasts not only have a place to lie down (usually on straw) but also easy access to their fodder via a box built on to one end, or side, of their accommodations. The box is situated outside...

. • Luke 2:8-20 Not just why the shepherds; but why only the shepherds? _

. • Gen 2:21a-22a . . So the Lord God cast a deep sleep upon the man; and, while he slept, He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that spot. And the Lord God fashioned the rib that He had taken from the man into a oman; The Hebrew word translated "rib" is tsela' (tsay-law') and Gen...

. Before coming into the world as a creature, God's son was a divine being known as the Word (John 1:1a) The Word is translated from the Greek noun logos (log'-os) which basically refers to something spoken as opposed to something written, viz; logos refers to voice, i.e. speech. God's spoken...

. • Ps 115:17 . .The dead do not praise The Lord, nor do any who go down into silence "The dead" in this Psalm likely refers to the folks spoken of in verses 2-8 "any who go down into silence" are again the folks described in verses 2-8. Psalm 115 tells me that those folks in verses 2 thru 8...