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Abram, Lot and the location of Sodom 15 (possible) Antitypes ... ... The likely origin of word "ibri" [Hebrew] is derived from "br" which means "to cross over a boundary". Lot's family and all their possessions were taken into captivity from Sodom, by the 4 Mesopotamian kings. The choices Lot and Abram make and their end result are significant. Lot chose the worldly ... Abram refused to keep the goods he had recaptured, knowing God had promised blessing through Melchizedek. New Testament writers pointed to three Old Testament characters to prove that the Law of Moses was to be abolished. a. Click to View First is Melchizedek whose priesthood preceded Aaron's; whose kingship preceded David's; who blessed and received tithes from Abram. Gen 14:19 (Heb 4) b. Click to View Second is Abraham, who was justified by faith before circumcision. Gen. 15:6 (Rom 4) c. Click to View Third is Moses who wrote the Law's "self destruct clause" in Deut 18:15, (Acts 3:22; 7:37) that stated the Jews should ignore the Law of Moses and give exclusive heed to Christ. Abram ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/d-15-antitypes-gen14-15-abram-melchizedek-lot.htm

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Kingdom of David: Fulfills Abraham's land Promise 1003-1001 BC ... The LORD also declares to you that the LORD will make a house for you. "When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth ... Part 5: David's New Spiritual Order. f. Part 6: David fulfills Abrahamic land promise. God made three promises to Abraham: i. Great nation promise fulfilled physically in Egypt and spiritually in the church ii. Land Promise Fulfilled physically by Joshua, Saul, David, Solomon etc. and spiritually in heaven iii. Seed promise fulfilled in Christ, though whom the world has salvation. 2. Additional ... the way of all the earth, and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one word of all the good words which the Lord your God spoke concerning you has failed; all have been ... III. Israel lost the land promise to Abraham for wickedness: A warning to the USA God choses every world leader including Obama, Stephen Harper, Hitler, King David etc. "Every person is to be in ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-maps-timeline-chronology-2samuel8-1chronicles18-david-fulfills-abrahams-land-promise-997-995bc.htm

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100 BC: two Greek inscription tombstones of Jewish women Heraclaea ... ... the New Testament illustrated by recently discovered texts of the Graeco-Roman world, A. Deissmann, & L. R. M. Strachan, p434, 1910 AD) "I call upon and pray the Most High God, the Lord of the spirits and of all flesh, against those who murdered or poisoned the poor untimely lost Heraclaea, wickedly spilling her innocent blood: may the same fate strike them that murdered or poisoned her, and also their children, o Lord, who oversees all and you angels of God, You (o God) before whom every person humbles ... great task of peacefully secularising the Jewish faith, and this at a time when in the old home of that faith men were still living who had witnessed the great days when the Maccabean martyrs poured out their blood for the law of their fathers. ... (Tanakh) was the scripture text found in every synagogue, not only outside Israel, but also in Judea as well at the time of Christ. a. Hebrew, as a language had gone extinct among the Jews everywhere except for the Jerusalem Temple elites. b. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-inscriptions-archeology-tombstones-Greek-Jewish-Heraclaea-Marthina-murdered-poisoned-prayer-vengeance-Lev23-29LXX-Rheneia-Island-Delos-Greece-100BC

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The Samaritans: 720 BC The pagan half-Jews of the Old Testament ... This action was a continuation of Jeroboam's policy of separating the ten northern tribes from the one true God at Jerusalem. His famous quote: "It is too far for you to go up to Jerusalem... worship ... the Messiah, Jesus Christ. j. The woman at the well was told by Jesus that they were totally wrong and in error: "Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. "You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews." (John 4:21-22) 3. In the New Testament, Jesus used the ... Joshua 22:16 "Therefore we said, 'It shall also come about if they say this to us or to our generations in time to come, then we shall say, "See the copy of the altar of the Lord which our fathers ... And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan who read it. Shaphan the scribe came to the king and brought back word to the king and said, "Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-samaritans.htm

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Sola Scriptura: The prophecy in Matthew 2:23, that Jesus would ... Holy Spirit spoke from God. (2 Pet 1:20-21) Catholic and Orthodox defenders must contradict the traditional interpretation of the Fathers (Jerome) of Mt 2:23 and their own theologians. They are therefore violating the very principle of oral tradition and the "authority of the church" to interpret scripture, that they are trying to prove. Such an argument is as dishonest as it is self-defeating. Jerome says that Isa 11:1 is the Old Testament prophecy: "Once more it is written in the pages of the same evangelist, "And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene." Let these word fanciers and nice critics of all composition tell us where they have read the ... supposed to be the Greek form of the Hebrew netser, a "shoot" or "sprout."" (Easton's Bible dictionary, Nazareth) "Thus the word "Nazarene" carries with it an allusion to those prophecies which speak of Christ as "despised of men" (Isa. 53:3). ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-pro-tradition-nazarene-matthew-2-23.htm

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Alleged Bible contradictions refuted: Harmony of Matthew 28; ... ... Testament such transmissional errors may have resulted from a poor reading of the vowels; Hebrew was originally written in consonants only, and the vowel signs were not added until a thousand years after the completion of the Old Testament canon. ... propaganda, just as their modern counterparts do; and it is incredibly naive to suppose that simply because a statement was written in Assyrian cuneiform or Egyptian hieroglyphics it was more trustworthy and factual than the Word of God composed in Hebrew. ... It is impossible to assume that Mary had left the group early. The Gospel of John contradicts the other three. Notes: It is well known that the Bible writers would often tell stories to maximize narration often ignoring the specific actual sequence ... John enters tomb and is first person to believe Jesus rose 8 So the other disciple who had first come to the tomb entered then also, and he saw and believed. Peter doesn't believe, both go home immediately 9 For as yet they did not understand the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-alleged-bible-contradictions-refuted.htm

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Bible Tongue Speaking and Modern Impostors! Simon The Fake Vs Apostles the truth: Acts 8:5-13 Purpose of the gifts Bible modern pentecostals To confirm god's word word confirms gifts Bring About Unity Of Faith Many Different Churches Claim To Have Gifts Confirm False Teachings Miracles Bible modern pentecostals Dependent On Faith Of Healer Acts 3:7 Dependent On Faith Of Person Healed If Not Healed- "No Faith" Truly Supernatural Acts 3:7 ... Stressed As A Sign Of Spirituality A Sign To Unbelievers 14:22 A Sign To Believers Modern Day Tongue Speaking Is Not From God! In the Los Angeles area which consists of about 12 million people, every ... The common human phenomenon of tongue speaking is often confused with the New Testament gift of speaking in other languages. They are not the same in content, source, or purpose. Contemporary tongue ... This was true for ancient paganism. The first written record of tongue speaking dates back more than 1,000 years before Christ. A certain Wen Ammon under stress gave forth ecstatic utterances, and the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-tongues-today.htm

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Unavoidable Consequences Of Inherited Sin ... This company is great numerically, and without this group some representation from every tribe and nation might not be included among the redeemed. Being unable to respond to God's proffered grace in Christ, the child, if saved at all, must be ... Earlier, extreme Calvinists asserted that hell is a place paved with infants not over a span long; because of this sort of teaching and as a heritage from Rome came about the belief in baptismal regeneration. To such a position, of course, the Word of God ... Whitefield were-how bold and barefaced their opposition. They jeered at his person, nicknaming him "Dr. Squintum," they ridiculed his attitudes, his prayers, and sermons. They burlesqued and caricatured him every way. The following is the title of ... He rejected predestination and the idea that any babies were in hell. It is interesting that this was a common charge against Calvinists as far back as 1771 AD. Here we have two founding fathers of Methodism TEACHING OPPOSITE AND CONTRODICTORY ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cal-T-consequences.htm

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Christians are the TRUE Hebrews (etymology, origin of the word ... Notice the powerful history of the Jewish people as sojourners: (Hebrews) Click to View Abram, crossing the Euphrates or Jordan, when he was told by God to leave the land of Ur in central Mesopotamia: Heb 11:9-10 Click to View Abraham, ... land, yet Heb 4:8, shows that they were still spiritual sojourners of the same city Abraham looked for: Heaven. The word "Hebrew" is used exclusively in the New Testament as a literal ethnic sect and never in a spiritualized way, (as the word "Israel" and "Jew" are spiritually applied ... Christians are currently in the "wilderness" awaiting to cross the Jordan into eternal rest at the second coming of Christ! The idea of "Abram the Hebrew", as a nomad/wanderer and alien/sojourner (Hebrews 11:13-16), is also directly ... an ALIEN in the land of Midian" (quoting Exodus 2:15,22) Acts 13:17 "The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as STRANGERS in the land of Egypt" Hebrews 11:9-10 "By faith he [Abraham] ... ... https://www.bible.ca/d-christians-are-hebrews-etymology.htm

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What makes an apostle The Gift of the Holy Spirit ... Andronicus & Junias: Rom 16:7 e. Epaphroditus: Phil 2:25 f. James, the Lord's brother: Gal 1:19 2. Remember that the word apostle is a simple Greek word that means "one sent" a. Baptism is used in different ways in the Greek: i. Literally: to simply immerse ... from the apostles, the apostles from Christ, Christ from God." a. False doctrine was that which was contrary to the truth taught by them (III: 252). b. After condemning some heresies, he said: 'besides all this, I add a review of the doctrines themselves, which, existing; as they did in the days of the apostles, were both exposed and denounced by the said apostles" (III:259). c. Tertullian also mentioned "the apostolic age" as being the age in which the apostles ... The only exception of which we know was within the movement led by Montanus, a second century heretic who believed that divine revelation continued through him beyond the New Testament. Apparently no other tongues-speaking was practiced in Christianity until the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-Qualifications-of-an-apostle.htm

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Frend, W.H.C.: The Rise of Christianity ... He could accept that Christ "was before all ages" (i.e., a purely temporal concept) and even that he was God from God or the power and image of the Father (i.e., divinity derived from God) but not that he was "truly God from God." It was at this stage that Constantine made his momentous suggestion. Might not the relationship of Son to Father be expressed by the term homoousios ("of the same substance" ). Its use, however, by the Sabellian bishops of Libya had been condemned by Dionysius of Alexandria in the 260s, and, in a different sense, its use by Paul of Samosata bad been condemned by the Council of Antioch in 268. It was thus a "loaded" word as well as being unscriptural. Why Constantine put it forward we do not know. ... he was not," and that "He came into being from what is not" ("nothingness"), or those that allege, that the son of God is "of another sub-stance or essence," or "created," or "changeable," or "alterable," these the Catholic and Apostolic Church anathernatizes." ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Frend.htm

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Morenz, Siegfried: Egyptian Religion ... Also Christology, which is closely linked to it - the doctrine concerning the nature of Christ and especially his pre-existence before the creation and time - revolves around questions which had been posed earlier by Egyptian theologians and which they solved in a strikingly similar way." So Morenz comes right out and trashes the JW's view of Jesus pre-existence before creation right along side of the trinity! Absolutely incredible deception! May God have ... St James [James 3:4] , which was originally Egyptian.", The way in which Egyptian influence made itself felt is fairly clear in those cases where it first affected images in the Old Testament (including the Apocrypha) which were later taken over by New Testament writers. ... Nor is any such evidence forthcoming from Syria, even after the amount of original literature increases considerably. On the contrary, the Syrian goddesses Kadesh, Astarte and Anath apparently only coalesce into a triune deity on Egyptian soil (see p. 143) One ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Morenz.htm

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Reincarnation is not taught in the Bible! There needs to be kept in mind the big difference in the Biblical doctrine of life after death and in reincarnation; they are not the same. Old Testament passages that refute Reincarnation: Of such Old Testament characters as Adam, Seth, Enos, ... I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me." 2 Sam. 14:14 says "we must needs die, and are as water split on the ground. which cannot be gathered up again, neither doth God respect any person. Job 14:1-2 "Man that is born of woman is a few days, and, full ... In Phil. 1:21-24 he shows to be "in the flesh" is the opposite of being "with Christ." When absent from the body, Paul was not looking to be reincarnated in another body in a future life back here on earth. Heb. 9:27 In this plain passage we ... Reincarnation was not that which his divine power gave, thus, it does not pertain to life or godliness. 2 Cor 6:7 Paul said we walk by faith and Rom. 10:17 teaches faith comes by hearing the word of God. If there is no word of God for the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/d-reincarnation.htm

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Lovesick, a romantic novel. Commentary on Song of Solomon, Canticles ... Commentary on the Song of Solomon, Songs, Canticles God's Marriage preparation manual BUY THE BOOK Paperback Digitial A person with her hand on her chin Description automatically generated "Lovesick" Will she marry the king ... A man of faith is warned that although there is a perfect Shulammite out there just for him, there are 1000 beautiful women he must avoid for lack of inner beauty. These will turn his heart away from God to the destruction of his soul. When the Bible says, "House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers, But a prudent ... it instructs a man to limit his search for a God-fearing sister in the church who attend all church services of her own free will, is active when she needs to be and holds herself to the high moral standards of Jesus Christ. ... Many three-character interpretations turn the Song into an anti-Solomonic tract." (Word Biblical Commentary, SONG OF SOLOMON, p 78, 2004 AD) c. "But the prevailing view which Jacobi (1771) established, and which has ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-maps-timeline-chronology-song-of-solomon-song-canticles-abishag-shepherd-boy-love-triangle-960bc.htm

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Sola Scriptura Creedalists: The Apostolic Fathers expected all ... ... For they were spoken and written by God, through men who spoke of God. But we impart of what we have learned from inspired teachers who have been conversant with them, who have also become martyrs for the deity of Christ, to your zeal for learning, in turn. (Athanasius, On the Incarnation of the Word, 56) Click to View Whereas the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches teach that only the church can correctly interpret the Bible, Athanasius really believed that scripture was understandable by the common man by simply reading it! Notice it is addressed to the "Christ-loving man", to all! This kind of statement from Athanasius, should be troubling for Catholics and Orthodox alike, since, he is the a church leader who is not supposed to ask us to use our own powers of interpretation to know truth, he is supposed to interpret it for us and just tell us his opinions! B. Master index of the Fathers on Sola Scriptura: Apostolic Fathers: Dates they lived and other information. 180 AD: Irenaeus ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-bible-understandable.htm

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Official creed of the Southern Baptist Church ... B. God the Son Christ is the eternal Son of God. In His incarnation as Jesus Christ He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. Jesus perfectly revealed and did the will of God, taking upon Himself the demands and necessities of human ... He ascended into heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God where He is the One Mediator, partaking of the nature of God and of man, and in whose Person is effected the reconciliation between God and man. He will return in power and glory to judge the world and to consummate ... VI. The Church A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is a local body of baptized believers who are associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel, observing the two ordinances of Christ, committed to His teachings, exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by His Word, and seeking to extend the gospel to the ends of the earth. This church is an autonomous body, operating through democratic processes under ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-BaptistSout.htm

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Early and Latter Rain Theology Refuted ... "slain in the spirit" c. your preacher claims God talks and communicates with him. d. your church is Calvinistic and teaches the Holy Spirit must communicate directly to you and independent from the Bible in order to "let you know you are elect." ... Extra-Biblical, oral tradition doctrines are seen as equal to scripture itself. These churches are heavy users of creeds. In buffet style, they pick and choose which doctrines of the apostolic fathers they feel are authoritative, while rejecting others. b. ... the Word of God actually says OR DOESN'T SAY. 2. The Joel 2:23 "early and latter rain" statement precedes Joel 2:28 which is the primary prophecy of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost. So ignoring the actual context of physical blessings enjoyed by physical Israel will be followed by spiritual blessings by spiritual Israel, the church, on the day of Pentecost. 3. Notice that in Acts 2, there is no hint that this was an outpouring of rain. 4. Nowhere in the New Testament is ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/rapture-prediction-end-of-the-world-early-and-latter-rains-god-told-me-inspired-illuminated.htm

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The Ignatian Forgeries: They claim to be written by Ignatius ... They claim to be written by Ignatius in 110 AD, but were forged by another in about 250 AD that deceptively claimed to be Ignatius. Click to View Apostolic Fathers: Dates they lived and other info. All ... Schaff comments: "been found in this letter to the Romans, especially as in this letter we first find the use of the phrase "Catholic Church" in patristic writings." (Philip Schaff: Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. I, Introductory Note To The Epistle Of Ignatius To The Ephesians.) We feel it is proof enough to reject all as forgeries. "See that ye all follow the bishop, even as Jesus Christ ... It is not lawful without the bishop either to baptize or to celebrate a love-feast; but whatsoever he shall approve of, that is also pleasing to God, so that everything that is done may be secure and ... No other post-apostolic writer before 200 AD helps them. Remember, even Roman Catholic and Orthodox scholars agree with us: "In the New Testament, the terms bishop and presbyter are used interchangeably. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/history-ignatius-forgeries-250AD.htm

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The Lord's Day - Revelation 1:10 ... The First Day! no example in the Bible of Christians communing. "Sunday" is only used in languages such as German, Dutch, and English, whereas Latin-based languages, such as Spanish, Italian, and French use a derivative of the Latin word "Dominica," literally "Lord's Day." ... D. Here are a few quotes from our history archive that prove early Christians unanimously called the first day of the week, the "Lord's Day"! (click here for more quotes) 107AD IGNATIUS: let every friend of Christ keep the Lord's Day as a festival, the resurrection-day, the queen and chief of all the days of the week. (Ignatius, Epistle to the Magnesians, chp 9. Ante-Nicene Fathers , vol. 1, pg. 62-63.) 130AD BARNABAS: Moreover God says to the Jews, 'Your new moons and Sabbaths ... dead, which they say, as being the one and only truly holy day and the Lord's day (Proof of the Gospel 4:16:186). 350 AD APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTIONS: Be not careless of yourselves, neither deprive your Saviour of His own members, neither divide His body nor ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-lords-day.htm

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Earnest Haenchen: 1984 English translation of Haenchen's commentary ... "John 1:1: 'In the beginning was the Logos, and the Logos was with God, and divine [of the category divinity] was the Logos. ... "In order to avoid misunderstanding, it may be inserted here that theos' and ho ... It was quite possible in Jewish and Christian monotheism to speak of divine beings that existed alongside and under God but were not identical with him. Phil 2:6-10 proves that. In that passage Paul depicts just such a divine being, who later became man in Jesus Christ. . . . Thus, in both Philippians and John 1:1 it is not a matter of a dialectical ... Jehovah's Witnesses deliberately mislead the reader into thinking that Haenchen was commenting on John 1:1c (and the Word was God), rather than what Haenchen was actually commenting on, namely John 1:1a (In the ... He was refuting Modalism. A simple reading of Haenchen's comments reveal that what he was saying is that Jesus is not the same person as GOD THE FATHER. Haenchen never denies that Jesus is God and does deny that ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Haenchen.htm

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Using the local newspaper to save souls! ... direction, were saved under the leadership of this stalwart servant of God. God said to Moses, "I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that shall command him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he -shall speak in my name. I will require it of him." Peter identified that prophet as Jesus Christ, the "I Am" of the New Testament. Some sought to kill Him for this. With his own mouth Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man can come to the Father, but i4 by me." It is time that all men considered the person of Jesus Christ. 'He cannot be dismissed with indifference. ... Religious people today should be similarly minded. To draw a crowd with entertainment is to reduce the true drawing power of God to a sideshow. The drawing power of God is the word of God. All who are truly drawn to Him are taught of God, not entertained by ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-newspaper.htm

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Judean Governors, Procurtors and Prefects time of Jesus, first ... ... On Pentecost 33 AD, God set up his divine Kingdom which we know today as the Church of Christ which will never come to an end: "For this you know with certainty, that no immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God." (Ephesians 5:5) "For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His ... C. Chronological account of New Testament and Roman events 49 Julius Caesar (Emperor 1) crosses the Rubicon river, becomes dictator 44 Julius Caesar murdered. Octavian is Julius' only heir 36 Mark Antony kills Antigonus, ending Hasmonean rule 31 Octavian (Augustus) defeats Antony in Battle of Actium ... The Jews only realized Muhammad was not their messiah when he ate non-kosher camel meat and the attack on the Jewish oasis of Khaybar in 628 AD. b. "Contrary to the widely held view that the Aramaic word Kazab is "falsehood", and all examples cited from rabbinic literature have the meaning of lie, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/coins/Coins-Judean-Governors-Satraps-Procurators-Prefects-Jesus-Herod-Antipas-Philip-Archelaus-Pilate-Agrippa-Felix-Festus-587BC-66AD.htm

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Objections to baptism being essential to salvation REFUTED! ... Synecdoche, "a figure of speech in which a part is used for a whole" Webster's All the verses that prove faith is essential to salvation do not prove that baptism is non-essential! "'Every Word that proceeds from the mouth of God "'Matthew ... "He who believes in Me, does not believe in me (only) but in Him who sent me" Jn 12:44 "You have not lied to man (only) but to God Acts 5:4 "let not your adornment be external: dresses (only) but hidden person of heart" 1 Pe 3:3-4 "do not look out for your own personal interests (only) but also for the interests of others" Phil 2:3 "the husband has not authority over his own body (only) but the wife does" 1 Cor 7:4 "Christ sent me not to baptize (only) but to preach the gospel" 1 Cor 1:17 "It is not you who ... Therefore the preaching came first.- but I think baptizing withal was lawful to him to whom preaching was." On Baptism, Chap. XIV., Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. III., p. 676. 9. We are not of Christ until baptized in the name of Christ: 1 Cor ... ... https://www.bible.ca/baptism-objections-refuted.htm

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Should Christians "Fast" Today? ... Fasting, like prayer, may bring blessings to the participant apart from the special blessings bestowed by the Heavenly Father. For the person who would gain in self-control it is excellent practice. It may contribute to weight control and economy of time and food cost, but like prayer, Jesus taught that its greatest benefit would come from the special blessings of God. 6. Perhaps our strongest New Testament teaching on the subject is from the Sermon on the mount when Jesus was teaching that we ... E. Purposes of fasting: 1. Fasting to Gain Spiritual Alertness to Overcome Temptation: Jesus Christ was led to fast forty days (Matt 4:2) 2. Fasting to Seek God's Will in a Specific Matter. a. The Israelites fasted to determine direction in battle - ... David fasted and repented of his sin - II Sam 12:16, 21-23 c. Ahab fasted and repented after causing Naboth's death: I Kin 21:27 d. Hearing God's Word, Israel fasted, confessing their sins - Nehemiah 9:1-3 e. Daniel fasted and repented for himself ... ... https://www.bible.ca/d-fasting.htm

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Mental Ilness Cures: (MMPI-7) meticulous moral principles inquiry ... Nevertheless I am continually with You; You have taken hold of my right hand. With Your counsel You will guide me, And afterward receive me to glory. " (Psalm 73:21-24) b. Jesus Christ: "For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; ... the corruption that is in the world by lust. " (2 Peter 1:2-4) c. "Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained, But happy is he who keeps the law. " (Proverbs 29:18) d. "Every word of God is tested; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. ... Throughout his life he also eats in darkness with great vexation, sickness and anger. " (Ecclesiastes 5:16-17) e. "The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person. For God will ... went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree; and he requested for himself that he might die [depressed and suicidal], and said, "It is enough; now, O Lord, take my life, for I am not better than my fathers." ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-cures-MMPI-7-meticulous-moral-principles-inquiry.htm

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Official creed of the Unity/Unitarian Church God is present throughout creation: in humans, plants, animals, the earth itself, etc. [And, all things are present in God, hence panENtheism... WM] Jesus Christ: Unity rejects the traditional Christian view that Jesus is a ... Satan: Many Christians look upon Satan as a quasi-deity; an all evil presence who is the opposite of the goodness of God. Satan and God are often portrayed as fighting over individuals' souls. This dual divinity has obvious links to Zoroastrianism which was incorporated into ancient Jewish legends which, in turn, ... But if we take the time to explore the Bible in depth, we will realize that the story of Adam and Eve is allegorical. It was composed after much of the rest of the Old Testament was recorded, designed to give a beginning to the ... Within Christendom, some faith groups follow the tradition started by John the Baptist; they totally immerse the body in water. Others regard baptism as symbolic; they simply sprinkle drops of water on the person. Most Unity ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Unity.htm

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The office of Elders, pastors and bishops Organization of the local church Click to View Find a local congregation of the New Testament church that is organized exactly as the Bible says Click to View The Eldership: 1 Tim 4:14 The Office of ... Elders are the spiritual leaders of a congregation. They also watch out for the souls of the members like a shepherd. Christ is the head of every local church. There is no human head of the church. ... Five terms describing the office of an elder Term Greek word Definition: Emphasis Elder or presbyter Presbureros An older man a senior Experience Overseer or bishop Episcopos A guardian or ... Elder Presbyter Episcopos Overseer Bishop Poimen Shepherd Pastor Baptizo Immersion Baptism D. Why did God use four different terms to describe the one office? Simple! Each term gives us a distinct ... "CHURCH OFFICERS: In the New Testament we find that in apostolic times, and for many years after, pastors and deacons only were known as permanent church officers. Others have been added at later ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-elders-pastors-bishops.htm

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When the Bible was first viewed as having both an "Old and New ... God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that church leaders were inspired in their selecting the canon, only that God had his eye on the scriptures the whole time and brought about His will to form the Bible we see ... The author explains that he was initially very reluctant to write at all. He did not want to create "the impression that he was adding anything to the word of the gospel of the New Testament; since no one, who decided to live according to the gospel, can add to it or take ... Father James Bernstein, an Orthodox church leader wrote: "It is not until A.D. 200-about 170 years after the death and resurrection of Christ-that we first see the term "New Testament" used, by Tertullian." (Which Came First: The Church or ... This merely illustrates an important matter that Bernstein is all too willing to ignore, namely that the record of what the early fathers believed is incomplete and sparse. You see the Orthodox church wants so desperately to avoid the Bible ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-old-and-new-testament.htm

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The weekly Sabbath is abolished, being nailed to the cross! researchers, and writers at bible.ca, I am no longer a sabbatarian! Adventists are having a much more difficult time keeping the TRUTH about the Adventist 'truth' from its own members and prospective converts." Kerry Wynne, July 31, 2009 Sabbathgate 1888 Click to View Sabbatarians falsely say: "Adam, Noah and Abraham kept the Sabbath." Yet the Sabbath did not exist until Moses. Sabbatarians haven't comprehended the fact that the word "Sabbath" is never ... Stunning new documentary book exposes Sabbath keepers as frauds and hypocrites Sabbathgate 1888 Click to View The Sabbath is an Old Testament shadow or anti-type of heaven and was never intended endure past the cross. God gave the Jews many physical anti-types that were replaced with new meaning in the New ... Click to View Adventists incorrectly argue that only by Sabbath keeping can we know that it is God who sanctifies us. Yet the same language is ascribed to both animal sacrifices and the Jewish tabernacle. Faith in Christ, and not ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-sabbath.htm

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Sola Scriptura: The illumination of the creeds by the Holy Spirit ... Each of these three relates to the other two in a unique way. The Scripture is the Spirit-inspired Word of God that bears witness to the truth of the regula fidei and bears witness to the identity of the Church. (The Shape Of Sola Scriptura, Keith A. ... Christian churches is their adherence to the apostolic regula fidei. But what does this mean? It means that we can identify the fragments of the true visible Church by their acceptance of the common testimony of the Holy Spirit in the rule of faith, especially as expressed in written form in the ecumenical creeds of Nicea and Chalcedon. The Holy Spirit has born a miraculously unanimous witness to the same twenty-seven books of the New Testament throughout a confessing Christendom, and the ... According to the teaching of the early Church and of the magisterial Reformation, a rejection of this rule of faith as a hermeneutical boundary is a rejection of the perspicuity of Scripture; a rejection of the promise of Christ that the Holy ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-illumination-holy-spirit-creeds.htm

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Hebrew: The World's Oldest Alphabet: English came from Hebrew ... the word of God into Greek. a. God looked ahead at the Babylonian Captivity and through Jeremiah prophesied the New Testament Law of Christ wherein the body of Christ, the church replaced the physical temple. b. Weekly meetings in thousands of synagogues, each equipped with its own "Christian maker" (water baptistry- Mikveh) made the missionary journeys of the Apostle Paul very easy with a seamless transition from Temple, to synagogue to church. c. Read detailed history of synagogues. 6. We now know of four different Hebrew alphabetic scripts, thanks to the translation skills of Dr. Doug Petrovich. This changes everything! BUY HIS AMAZING BOOK. 7. Four Hebrew Scripts: We see therefore, that the Hebrews have had four different written alphabet scripts: a. Mosaic-Hieroglyphic Hebrew: 1859-1050 BC b. Paleo-Hebrew: 1050 - 458 BC c. Aramaic Hebrew (Square Hebrew): 458 - 70 AD d. Masoretic Hebrew (Vowelled, modern) 600-1000; 1915-present. 8. Date of Script changes and the person who ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Hebrew-worlds-oldest-alphabet-Douglas-Petrovich-original-first-Proto-Consonantal-Sinaitic-Canaanite-Pictograms-Photograms-Echograms-Avaris-Tel-el-Daba-1859-1842BC.htm

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Prophecy Blunders! 100 Years of Failed Watchtower prophecies (N.H. Barbour and C.T. Russell, Three Worlds, and the Harvest of This World, p. 17). 1879 "Christ came in the character of a Bridegroom in 1874.... at the beginning of the Gospel harvest." ... of the Kingdom of God is already begun, that it is pointed out in prophecy as due to begin the exercise of power in A.D. 1878, and that the 'battle of the great day of God Almighty (Rev. 16:14) which will end in A.D. 1914 with the complete overthrow of earth's present rulership, is already commenced. The gathering of the armies is plainly visible from the standpoint of God's word." (Studies in the ... 1922 "The period must end in 1925. The type ending, the antitype must begin; and therefore 1925 is definitely fixed in the scriptures. every thinking person can see that a great climax is at hand. ... to help God run the universe. (The New World; 1942; 2,000,000 ed.; p. 308) 1942 "The faithful acts of the men who were known as fathers in Israel are recounted in the eleventh chapter of Hebrews. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/Jw-Prophecy.htm

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Origin of Synagogues: 10 Reasons why Synagogues began in Alexandria ... The first and oldest word for a synagogue is the Greek word, "proseuche" and it means "house of prayer". The first synagogues were in "houses" (ie. HOUSE of prayer). As more copies of the Septuagint were produced combined with the large numbers who wanted to participate in the ... There are many important historical and archeological markers that point to the origin of Synagogues at Alexandrian in Egypt at 280 BC. 1. In preparation for the Greek New Testament, Alexander the Great makes Greek the universal language of the world in 333 BC because Hebrew would be extinct at the time of Christ. a. God knew Hebrew would be extinct as a language in the first century AD. b. The Diaspora Jews outside Judea ... floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them." (1 Kings 22:10) i. "Who cause a person to be indicted by a word, And ensnare him who adjudicates at the gate, And defraud the one in the right with meaningless arguments." ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Origin-of-ancient-Synagogues-first-century-originated-at-Alexandria-Egypt-began-spawned-by-Greek-Septuagint-translation-Tanakh-Babylonian-captivity-Nehemiah-280BC.htm

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Earliest evidence for the New Testament canon brought about His will to form the Bible we see today! 2. This of course does not mean that there was direct inspiration in the many men who were part of the process, just that God, in His providence, achieved His goal of a 27 book canon. a. ... The earliest textual witnesses of his letters already reflect the form of a corpus (cf. Zuntz). (The New Testament as canon, Brevard S. Childs, 1984, p 422) "The modern debate over the development of the Pauline corpus emerged in the long controversy between T. Zahn and A. Harnack. Zahn developed his position, which was supported with formidable scholarship, by an exhaustive study of the early canonical lists, Marcion, and the Apostolic Fathers, especially Clement, Polycarp, and Ignatius. He argued that the ... "The second big surprise came when I realized that the first complete listing of New Testament books as we have them today did not appear until over 300 years after the death and resurrection of Christ. (The first complete listing was given ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-earliest-evidence.htm

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Comparison list of 14 Joshua/Christ Shadows, Types, Antitypes ... ... 10:3-4) k. "But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, after that those who are Christ's at His coming, then comes the end, when He hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when He has abolished all rule and all authority and power. ... His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself. He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies which are in heaven, ... forever according to the order of Melchizedek." (Hebrews 6:19-20) "Forerunner" in Heb 6:20: Used only once in the New Testament. "an adjective signifying running forward, going in advance, is used as a noun, of those who were sent before to take ... the nation had finished crossing the Jordan." (Joshua 3:17) c. "For I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea; and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Messianic-prophecy-Joshua-Jesus-Christ-types-shadows-antitypes-similarities-comparisons-1446BC-AD33.htm

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Tradition wars: The Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches make ... In Catholic communion, the cup is withheld from the members, while the Orthodox float the "crouton looking" bread cubes in the wine. Catholics believe the bread and wine (transubstantiation) become the literal body of Christ when the priest says, ... In practice most Orthodox laity have communion four times year and Catholics weekly. So which of these two traditions is the one the apostles used? All this proves that they have no valid "apostolic tradition", otherwise they would all agree! They ... If they reject this, we are clearly not bound to follow them. Therefore let God-inspired Scripture decide between us; and on whichever side be found doctrines in harmony with the word of God, in favour of that side will be cast the vote of truth." (Basil, ... In other words, they are doctrines that clearly never entered the minds of the apostles. The earliest Apostolic Fathers also knew nothing about them. But Carlton misses the most important proof they are false: Forget tradition, they are not taught ... ... https://www.bible.ca/catholic-vs-orthodox.htm

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What Early Christians believed about Hades: where conscious dead ... ... not only so, but where they see the place [or choir] of the fathers and of the just, even hereby are they punished; for a chaos deep and large is fixed between them; insomuch that a just man that hath compassion upon them cannot be admitted, nor can one that is unjust, if he were bold enough to attempt it, pass over it. ... For all men, the just as well as the unjust, shall be brought before God the word: for to him hath the Father committed all judgment : and he, in order to fulfill the will of his Father, shall come as Judge, whom we call Christ. For Minos and Rhadamanthus are not the judges, as you Greeks do suppose, but he whom God and the Father hath glorified: Concerning Whom We Have Elsewhere Given A More Particular Account, For The Sake Of Those Who Seek After Truth. This person, exercising the righteous judgment of the Father towards all men, hath prepared a just sentence for every one, according to his works; at whose judgment-seat when all men, and angels, and demons shall ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-hades.htm

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Sola Scriptura: Apostolic Fathers used scripture as the primary ... ... D. Catechism class for oral Traditionalists: Click to View Mandatory: Apostolic Fathers Catechism Class for Catholics and Orthodox. (You must take our catechism class before you read our truths.) Apostolic Fathers: Sola Scriptura Creedalists "Ignorance of prophetic diction and unskillfulness in interpreting Scripture has led them into a perversion of the point and meaning of the ... But you, taking occasion by this, if you light upon the text of the Scriptures, by genuinely applying your mind to them, will learn from them more completely and clearly the exact detail of what we have said. For they were spoken and written by God, through men who spoke of God. But we impart of what we have learned from inspired teachers who have been conversant with them, who have also become martyrs for the deity of Christ, to your zeal for learning, in turn. (Athanasius, On the Incarnation of the Word, 56) Click to View Whereas the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches teach that only the church can ... ... https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers.htm

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bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra-rolalyn-maqsood-petra ... ... The other early "men of Seir" were the menhir-building cave-dwelling Horites mentioned earlier, descendants of their founding-father Seir the Horite. Their capital (headquarters would be a better word) ... Abraham was the Nomad of Mesopotamia, reckoned to be the founding father of all the tribes people in that region - both Arabs and Jews. He was the man called by God, the man who became Al-Khalil ("the Friend") who spent all his life following the commands of the Voice that guided him. His religious enlightenment is revealed both in the Old Testament and in the Qur'an. According to the ... The Great Goddess `turning now to the female divinities, the second person in the Triad was the divine power that symbolized response and receptiveness. The response could take the form of quiet, passive ... Four "mysteries" were bound up with the concept of female divinity: virginal purity and chastity; the hunger and passion of voluptuous female sexuality; the self-sacrificing beneficence of motherhood and ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra-rosalyn-maqsood-petra-a-travelers-guide-1994ad.htm

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Messianic Bible Prophecy Fulfilled: Matthew 2:23 "He shall be ... called, "Jesus the Nazarene" the crowds often addressed him as "Son of David have mercy on me". Mark 10:48 The word play made "Jesus the branch who lived in branch land". Phonic wordplay: similar sounding in Greek "Nazarite" Name of Messiah branch is HOLY Isa 4:1-3 LXX substitutes "Holy one of God" for Nazarite in Judg 13:7 and 16:7. Jesus was universally known as the "Holy one of God". ... This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets: "He shall be called a Nazarene." (Matthew 2:23) Atheists, Jews and "Bible trashers" say Matthew got it wrong because no Old Testament prophecy ... was impossible for Him to be held in its power." (Acts 2:22-24) ii. "Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ-this Jesus whom you crucified." ... his head grow long. 'All the days of his separation to the Lord he shall not go near to a dead person. 'He shall not make himself unclean for his father or for his mother, for his brother or for his ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Matthew-2-23-triple-messianic-prophecy-Jesus-called-Nazarene-branch-from-branchland-holy-despised-Nazareth.htm

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Civil Courts, beating and scourging in Synagogues, Slavery jail ... This brand new study sheds a positive light on the role slavery had in rehabilitating criminals and providing welfare for the poor. Confinement was something completely foreign in the Jewish Legal system. Read full outline: No jails in Judah B. Type of punishments for crimes and sin: Methods of execution under the Old Testament law of Moses: The expression "Capital offense" comes from the Latin word for head: "caput", indicating the person could lose their head. However decapitation of the head by sword or the French guillotine etc., was never ... If a man could not make restitution, he was sold as a slave to the one whom he owned the money, or the proceeds of the sale of the slave (30 pieces of silver) were given to him in lieu of restitution. 3. Slavery: Read full outline: No jails in Judah a. Slaves were valued at 30 shekels of silver: Exodus 21:32. The same price Christ was betrayed by Judas for. b. Financially bankrupt people could be sold as slaves to pay civil debts or ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Courts-ancient-Synagogue-Civil-judgment-Slavery-jail-beating-scourging-Columns-first-century-early-Christian-Church-New-Testament-worship-patterned-prototype.htm

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Hebrew, Jewish, Yehuda, Bible coins of the Persian Empire ... But I did not do so because of the fear of God." (Nehemiah 5:14-15) "Then Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, "This day is holy to the Lord your God; do ... Yehudim = Literally=one of the tribe Judah = usage is "Jew" as today, one who ascribes to Judaism and the law of Moses. "Although Heb. yehûḏî means "person belonging to [the tribe of] Judah," it is never used this way in the OT. It comes ... Now he was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner, and these were allies with Abram." (Genesis 14:13) Yehudim is a unique word in the Old Testament the Babylonians and Persians used to refer to the Hebrew population from ... 2 Chron. 25:28 relates the following about the burial of Amaziah king of Judah: "and they buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah" (769 B.c.E.). The "city of Judah" is certainly Jerusalem, the burial place of the kings of Judah. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/coins/Jesus-coins-of-the-bible-Persian-Empire-539-333BC.htm

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Catholics wrong: Mary had many other children in addition to ... The Catholic Catechism says of these verses: "The Church has always understood these passages as not referring to other children of the Virgin Mary. In fact James and Joseph, 'brothers of Jesus,' are the sons of another Mary, a disciple of Christ..... to get to Him because of the crowd. 20 And it was reported to Him, "Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wishing to see You." 21 But He answered and said to them, "My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it." ... Greek Dictionary: cousin/Relative: anepsios (ajneyiov" , (431)), in Col. 4:10 denotes a cousin rather than a nephew (A.V., "sister's son"). "Cousin" is its meaning in various periods of Greek writers.¶ In this sense it is used in the Sept., in ... Lat., nepos, whence Eng., nephew), a cousin (so, R.V.), is translated "sister's son." See Cousin.¶ John 1:41 the term brother is never used in the New Testament to denote a cousin or relative or anything other than a literal BROTHER. John 1:41 He ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-mary-had-many-children.htm

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JW: incridible flip-flop of landmark "1914 generation" doctrine ... January 8, 1975) Click to View 1988: a generation is 75 years! (1914 + 75 = 1989) "J. A. Bengel states in his New Testament Word Studies: "The Hebrews . . . reckon seventy-five years as one generation, and the words, shall not pass away, intimate that the greater part of that generation [of Jesus' day] indeed, but not the ... But fulfillment of all the foretold events affecting the generation of 1914 does not depend on comparatively slow human action. Jehovah's prophetic word through Christ Jesus is: "This generation [of 1914] will by no means pass away until all things occur." (Luke 21:32) And Jehovah, who is the source of inspired and unfailing prophecy, will ... Generation revised in 1995 (1914 + 80 = 1994) The year after 1994 (the outward limit of the 80 generation position , the organization was forced to revise its definition. Again, God came through just in time and gave them "new light"! The Watchtower organization has the nerve to blame all misunderstandings on the Witness on ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-1914-generation.htm

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Door Knocking as a method of Evangelism Afterwards you all meet for lunch somewhere and discuss the doors of opportunity the Lord has opened up! Click to View The Therapy of Door Knocking By Stanley E. Sayers The word therapy has almost ... When one has made contact with one who is not a Christian and has either spoken to him at length or merely left something in his hand to read, he knows he has done a good work, and has given God ... One never knows when he knocks on a door just who is going to answer. I was knocking doors recently and the friendliest person I met was a Jehovah's Witness! He thanked me graciously for taking the ... We are hunting for "big game" when we are knocking doors for Christ! The Therapy of Winning souls "He that winneth souls is wise," writes the prophet. Think of all the things we may do for recreation, ... Especially is this true when we see somebody whom we have taught the gospel walk down the aisle and be buried in New Testament baptism. Perhaps we have initially knocked on that person's door, have ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-door-knocking.htm

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Messianic Bible Prophecy: God the Rock of Moses ... Although David is the first person in the Bible to directly call God a "rock of refuge", the typology originated with Moses. Although Moses never called God a "rock of refuge" it is inferred when he said of the idol worshippers, "Where are their gods, the rock in which they sought ... He who believes in it will not be disturbed." (Isaiah 28:16) 3. Isaiah creates new typology of "Christ the Stumbling stone of offence": Isaiah 8:13-15 introduced a new "God the stumbling stone" typology which was widely applied to Jesus in the New Testament in Luke 2:34; Rom 9:33; 1 Pet 2:8. a. "It is the Lord of hosts whom you should regard as holy. And He shall be your fear, And He shall be your dread. "Then He shall become a ... and a rock of offense"; for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed." (1 Peter 2:8) 4. Finally, it is well documented that Isaiah applied "I AM" imagery to the Father, that Jesus applied to himself in the New Testament. a. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Exodus17-6-triple-messianic-bible-prophecy-Midrashic-1Corinthians10-Moses-rock-water-Christ-rejected-cornerstone-temple-church-foundation-fortress-stumbling-stone.htm

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Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology How the quote appears in "Should you believe in the Trinity", Watchtower, JW's booklet. "'The Triad of the Great Gods': Many centuries before the time of Christ, there were triads, or trinities, of ... [Anu] was god in the highest sense, the supreme god. All the other deities honoured him as their 'father', that is to say, their chief. ... Thus the goddess Ishtar, harshly repelled by the hero Gilgamesh, goes to find Anu, her father. 'Oh my father,' she said to him (Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, p 54-55) He [Bel] was called 'King of the Land' or 'Lord of all Regions'. ... the word of Bel ... THE GREAT GODS: When the victory of Marduk over Tiamat had reestablished peace and order in the world of the gods each divinity received his owl' particular sphere of influence. The universe was ... Like Anu, Enlil (Bel) held the insignia of royalty which he dispensed to the person of his choice. Earthly kings, then, were only the representatives or vicars of Enlil (or Bel). In order to raise ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Larousse.htm

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Josiah, King of Judah 640-609 BC seals, bulla. They're Digging ... ... of God explained the word of God to him. it was easily understood as he heard it a. "By referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ," (Ephesians 3:4) b. "Go, inquire of the Lord for me and the people and all Judah concerning the words of this book that has been found, for great is the wrath of the Lord that burns against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us."" (2 Kings 22:13) c. Josiah tore his cloths realizing how evil Judah was in the sight of God. d. Josiah must have wondered how at age 26, he and the entire nation could have drifted so far from the will of God. 5. The word is always near: a. ... Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation." (Romans 10:6-10) 6. Josiah sought the specific counsel of God when he read the book, as we must: a. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-josiah-king-of-judah-hilkiah-high-priest-find-lost-book-law-of-moses-seal-bulla-640-609bc.htm

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What Early Christians believed about ABORTION ... sterile, and to bind themselves tightly so as to expel what was being conceived, since they would not, on account of relatives and excess wealth, want to have a child by a slave or by any insignificant person. ... of adultery against Christ but also of suicide and child murder" (Letters 22:13). 400 AD The Apostolic Constitutions "Thou shalt not use magic. Thou shalt not use witchcraft; for He says, 'You shall not suffer a witch to live' [Ex. 22:18]. Thou shall not slay thy child by causing abortion, nor kill that which is begotten; for "everything that is shaped, and has received a soul from God, if it be slain, shall be avenged, as being unjustly destroyed." (Apostolic Constitutions 7:3). "The law, moreover enjoins us to bring up all our offspring, and forbids women to ... "Thou shalt not slay the child by procuring abortion; nor, again, shalt thou destroy it after it is born." (Ante-Nicene Fathers: Volume I, The Epistle of Barnabas, chap. XIX, The Way of Light) "Who does not reckon ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-Abortion.htm

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Examples of Mental Illness in the Bible: Hebrew Greek word study ... Click to View Mental Illness in the Bible Hebrew/Greek word study of "insanity" and "madness" Introduction: 1. The Bible clearly says that God will strike sinners with madness as a curse. a. Exactly how God accomplishes this is unknown. b. Paranoia, panic and horror was a key ... howl, rage." (Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament, p 905, 7696) 3. "You shall be driven mad [shaga, 7696] by the sight of what you see. " Deuteronomy 28:34 4. "David took these words to heart and greatly feared Achish king of Gath. ... E. Definition of Hebrew "Timmahown", 8541 "confusion, mental illness" 1. "(timahown lebab) mental illness, formally, confusion of the heart, i.e., a physical condition of weakness of the mind, and so a person is in a confused condition and ... a party that aliens are coming will get you labeled insane just the same as if you warned Jesus Christ is coming. 5. "While Paul was saying this in his defense, Festus said in a loud voice, "Paul, you are out of your mind [mainomai, 3105]! ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-bible-hebrew-greek-word-study-insanity-madness.htm

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