What is our attitude towards God’s Word? The knowledge that the Scriptures are inspired by the Holy Spirit involves definite obligations. Our conception of the authority of the Bible determines our attitude and measures our responsibility. If the Bible is a Divine revelation what follows? We Need to Seek God’s Forgiveness. If it were announced... Continue Reading →
Exodus 3:22 OTBDC: How could a God that is the epitome of love command the Israelites to plunder the Egyptians for their riches?
Exodus 3:22 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 22 But every woman shall ask of her neighbor and the woman who lives in her house, articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing; and you will put them on your sons and on your daughters; and you will plunder the Egyptians.” We must look at the... Continue Reading →
Exodus 1:15-21 OTBDC: How could God bless Hebrew midwives for defying the Pharaoh’s decree?
Exodus 1:15-21 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 15 Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, 16 and he said, “When you are helping the Hebrew women to give birth and see them upon the birthstool, if it is a son, then you will put him... Continue Reading →
Exodus 1:15 OTBDC: How could two Hebrew midwives deliver the children of hundreds of thousands of women of childbearing age?
Exodus 1:15 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 15 Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, When we look at Exodus 12:37 and Numbers chapters 1-4, there were about 600,000 men besides women and children, which would mean about three million. This would mean... Continue Reading →
GENESIS 49:10 OTBDC: Who or what is “Shiloh” in this verse?
Genesis 49:10 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until Shiloh[1] comes; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples. Shiloh means “He whose it is; he to whom it belongs.” In uttering a blessing upon Judah, the dying patriarch Jacob... Continue Reading →
GENESIS 49:5-7 OTBDC: How can Jacob pronounce a curse upon Levi here and yet Moses blessed Levi in Deuteronomy 33:8-11?
Genesis 49:5-7 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 5 “Simeon and Levi are brothers; weapons of violence are their swords. 6 Let my soul come not into their council; O my glory, be not joined to their company. For in their anger they killed men, and in their willfulness they hamstrung oxen. 7 Cursed be their anger, for it is... Continue Reading →
GENESIS 46:26-27 OTBDC: How many persons were in Jacob’s household when they moved into Egypt?
Genesis 46:26-27 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 26 All the souls belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt, who came out of his upper thigh,[1] not including the wives of the sons of Jacob, were sixty-six souls in all. 27 And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls... Continue Reading →
GENESIS 46:4 OTBDC: Did God bring Jacob out of Egypt or did he die there?
Genesis 46:4 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 4 I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I myself will also bring you back from there, and Joseph will lay his hand on your eyes.[1] Here in verse 4 of chapter 46, it says that he would go down with him to Egypt and that... Continue Reading →
DIVINE INSPIRATION: Inward Confirmation of the Truthfulness of the Scriptures
We are living in a day when confidence is lacking; when skepticism and agnosticism are becoming more and more prevalent; and when doubt and uncertainty are made the badges of culture and wisdom. Everywhere men are demanding proof. Hypotheses and speculations fail to satisfy: the heart cannot rest content until it is able to say,... Continue Reading →
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 NTBDC: How can God be justified in sending the people a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and then they perish under his judgment?
2 Thessalonians 2:10 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 10 and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved. 2 Corinthians 13:5 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 5 Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize... Continue Reading →