Matthew 27:46 meaning Jesus’ Father had forsaken, abandoned, rejected His only-begotten Son – so it is commonly thought. If the Father could forsake even His own Son, wouldn’t that make us feel less secure about God’s attitude towards us? Could the Father have done that? This study will show otherwise. God DID NOT forsake His […]
Note: these are the notes used in this study presented April 1, 2023. The video of this study appears at https://youtu.be/1kPsrn6FJ9c It is only 34 minutes long as we forgot to resume the recording after the break so I am posting the notes here. The point of the break is indicated and material before that […]
Dispensation meaning. In the Bible, periods of time during which God has dealt with people in different ways. People have variously identified up to about nine different dispensations. But are there really so many? Note that the actual uses in the Bible of “dispensation” (4 in Paul’s letters) have a somewhat different meaning. Traditional Legal […]
A covenant definition or illustration I like to use is that of a landowner agreeing to pay money to a contractor to build a house. The contractor agrees to build the house using specifications provided by the landowner in exchange for the money. The house is the subject of the covenant but it is not […]
I received this question from a skeptical commenter to my website: “How on Earth do you read the Bible and come away with the conclusion that God doesn’t destroy? Ever heard of Sodom and Gomorrah?” The question came with a list of supporting points (see list below, submitted from ESV version). I understand that even […]
Exodus 21:17 is a difficult verse. If applied literally today as most understand it, many children would die. But was that the actual meaning or the intent? Let’s look at some other examples of this term to help us with the meaning. “And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely (H4191) be […]
Ezekiel 18:20 “The soul that sinneth, it shall die …” seems to be saying simply that the penalty for sin is death, period. However, it also lays out an important principle that transferring guilt or punishment for sin from one person to another is not possible. Note: This is a supporting page for the Glossary […]
“That soul shall be cut off,” rather than specifying the death penalty for Sabbath breakers, is warning of the natural effects of separation from God, the Source of Life, for those who disregard it. Traditional Legal Model – “That soul shall be cut off” is a declaration of the punishment of death (the cutting off) […]
Exodus 31:14 directs that a person who committed various offences should “surely be put to death.” To “surely die,” was the sentence but was that an imposed death sentence or the prediction of an eventual outcome? Traditional Legal Model – Those who defiled the Sabbath were to be put to death by God’s orders to […]
God is holy but that does not mean He wants to be separate from us unholy beings as many have suggested. Traditional Legal Model – God is holy because of His perfection, His sinless purity and that He, being uncreated, is so much better than us created beings (mere mortals). As such, He cannot tolerate […]