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Moses is a key figure in world history for several reasons, among them the following. In Exodus Chapter Three, God appears to Moses in a burning bush and tells him to lead his people out of slavery. God says to Moses, tell them "I AM has sent me to you." The reason this is historically...

From when Israel had no king: "And the Lord said to Samuel, 'Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me. . .they have forsaken me and served other gods, so they are doing to you also. Now therefore, heed their voice...

In some versions of the Bible, including KJV and NKJV, certain words are in italics. Such words are not italicized for emphasis as in most English writings. Rather, these are words added for clarity and are not in the original Hebrew nor Greek. This is sometimes necessary because neither Hebrew...

The modern evidence clearly demonstrates that God creates living forms of life to adapt and change to ever-changing environments. God's creation is living, dynamic and fluid and in constant flux, not static. Darwin is right about that. What Darwin is wrong about is what is called "natural...

The modern evidence clearly demonstrates that God creates living forms of life to adapt and change to ever-changing environments. God's creation is living, dynamic and fluid and in constant flux, not static. Darwin is right about that. What Darwin is wrong about is what is called "natural...

In the Old Testament, God says to Moses: "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you" Exodus 3:14. In the New Testament, Jesus says: "Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM" John 8:58. This is the only concept of God tracing from ancient times, that...

A city called Haran is mentioned in the travels of Abram (later named Abraham by God), a man who came from the region of Ur, a well-documented ancient Mesopotamian city. Historians have identified Haran, where Abram's father died, in modern-day Turkey; Abram later continues his journey to a land...

Modern science has discovered that due to what is called species-crossbreeding and weaker strains along the genetic trail being weeded out, all people living on earth today share a recent ancestor no older than Noah in the Bible and quite possibly, considerably younger. This means that the...

Jesus is presented throughout the New Testament as the friend of sinners and regular average people. And he is also presented as the enemy of orthodox conservative religion, which he seems to have passionately hated. Later both Stephen and Paul in Acts insist that God "does not live in temples...

Almost always found in the plural as "saints" in the New Testament, the Greek word translated as "saint" in modern English Bibles, simply refers to believers in Jesus, such as "the saints" who lived at Lydda Acts 9:32. It does NOT refer to someone who is necessarily celibate or someone who is...

Up until recently, science divided humanity into three supposed distinct "races". But since the decoding of the human genome, modern science has conclusively proven that on a biological genetic level, there is no such thing as race. Rather, the idea of race is a cultural construct, a myth that...

The word in Greek mistranslated as 'preach' means to proclaim; it does not mean to preach a sermon. The word "preach" as found in modern New Testaments should never be confused with what one commonly hears today from television evangelists and religious pulpits, much of which is the antithesis...

Isaiah prophesies that Messiah would have "no form or comeliness. And when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him" Isaiah 53:2. Many if not most historians agree Jesus was probably dark, short, unkempt by modern standards and according to Isaiah was unattractive, having nothing...

Today there is some controversy over I Timothy 6:10, which in many modern Bibles is translated as "love of money". The original Greek appears to primarily mean avarice, which is defined as "extreme greed for wealth or material gain." Martin Luther translated it as "avarice", while William...

At the bottom line, atheism would have us believe that the grand design cosmic reality magically appeared and, out popped magical living beings of intelligence and conscious awareness. Atheism assumes without evidence, that there is no Creator; no design, no thought, no reason and no rhyme...

Greek has eight different words for "love", including "agape", unconditional universal or God's love, "eros"; sexual love, "philia"; friendship or affectionate love, "storge"; familial love or the love between parents and children, "philautia"; self love, "xenia"; hospitality or love for...

In the beginning was the logos, and the logos was with God, and the logos was God John 1:1, inadequately translated as "Word" in most modern bibles. While it is true that the "word of the Lord" or the word of God is an aspect (or part) of God, this by no means describes everything that God is...