ANSWER The biblical account of Noah begins in Genesis 6. Approximately 1,600 years had passed since the creation of Adam and Eve (Genesis 1:26–27). As the earth’s population exploded in number, it also exploded with evil. Long forgotten was the righteous sacrifice of Abel (Genesis 4:4) as “the Lord saw that the wickedness of manContinue reading “What was it like in the days of Noah?”
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What is the strange flesh in Jude 1:7?
ANSWER Jude 1:7 speaks of “Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh” (KJV). In context, Jude is assuring his readers that God has punished sin in the past and, therefore, He will continue to do so in the future. Jude givesContinue reading “What is the strange flesh in Jude 1:7?”
“Verily verily Before Abraham, IAM”
Jesus, in response to the Pharisees’ question “Who do you think you are?” said, “‘Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad.’ ‘You are not yet fifty years old,’ the Jews said to him, ‘and you have seen Abraham!’ ‘I tell you the truth,’ Jesus answered,Continue reading ““Verily verily Before Abraham, IAM””
What does it mean that God will be all in all in 1 Corinthians 15:28?
ANSWER God’s being “all in all” is rooted in the truth of Jesus’ resurrection and the resultant future, when Christ returns and “the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all” (1 Corinthians 15:28). Paul begins 1 Corinthians 15 by discussing theContinue reading “What does it mean that God will be all in all in 1 Corinthians 15:28?”
“Behold I make all things new”
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, and He pronounced that everything was very good (Genesis 1:31). Yet mankind sinned, marring God’s creation. The world was “good” no longer. From Genesis 3 through Revelation 20, the earth and everyone in it experiences sin and death (Romans 5:12). Yet something will change afterContinue reading ““Behold I make all things new””
