Here is an illustration that is so well thought out and so well illustrates the situation of God dealing with His people choosing the path of warfare that I have included it as it appears in the original publication. “Picture a smallish town located in an area where wild animals, such as bear, deer, mountain […]
There are numerous examples in scripture of God accommodating the needs, conditions and even the wishes of His people. In some cases, He even gave them things that were clearly not good for them. Why did He do that? God honors free will and He allows us to make our own decisions. Sometimes, only through […]
William Miller’s Rules of Interpretation These are not presented as though they were my rules but as an example to show that we should have an understanding that there are principles, that we should make an effort to understand and follow careful procedures in our study of God’s Word. Refer to the article Interpreting Scripture […]
A large part of the misunderstandings over the character of God issue come from the fact that some important principles of interpreting scripture are being neglected. In many cases (or quite possibly the vast majority), people are simply not aware of these potential problems. There were careful Bible students who worked out principles of interpretation […]
“[Charity or, better, agape love] Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;” (1 Cor 13:5, King James Version) What does the old language in the King James Version “thinketh no evil” mean? Does it mean to never think of evil or to never think an evil […]
By Guest author Marilyn Campbell New light has shone upon us in these last days, revealing our beautiful God in such splendor as we have never before seen Him. Slowly but steadily, the Bible has released to our understanding its glorious light that God does not kill, murder or destroy. Only a few seemingly-contradictory Scriptures […]
God Himself said: “I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.” (Isa 45:7) If God admits to creating evil, then we know who to blame for all the trouble in the world – or do we? Is it possible that the intent of […]
Consider these verses in which King David is told he will not be the one to build a temple: “And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God: But the word of the LORD came to me, […]
There are some good Bible stories illustrating that sin (evil intended against others) results in negative natural consequences (“punishment”) to the evildoer: Haman “And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that […]
Satan is the destroyer. He is the one who comes “to steal and to kill and to destroy” (John 10:10) and harass and discourage and tempt and everything else he can do against the people God has created. Here is collection of Bible verses showing that it is Satan who bring disease, death and destruction: […]