Rev 20:2-3 And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, (3) and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After [...]
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I assume you are referring to Jude verse 9: Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” This verse in Jude, refers to the incident described in Zechariah 3. The same phrase [...]
Jesus is talking to a group of Jews including some Pharisees (John 8:13) and possibly other Jewish leaders (John 8:22 NET). He had said to them “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me. [...]
The serpent in Eden was not a supernatural being (often called the devil, or Satan), it was an animal. Genesis 3:1 says the following about the serpent: …the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made…. Here the serpent is identified as simply one of the [...]
Despite popular belief, there is a scholarly consensus that ‘satan’ in the book of Job is not a personal name, and does not refer to the supernatural evil being known as ‘Satan’ or ‘the devil’. ‘The appearance of “Satan” in virtually all English translations of the book of Job befuddles me since it is very [...]
Yes. When someone becomes a Christian they still face difficulties and temptations like they did before they were a Christian. James, who was writing to Christians, makes it plain that they were still going to face temptations: Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be [...]
Question: “If he didn’t, then he was positively untruthful, for He purposely conveyed an impression contrary to the truth. It represents Him not as instructing but deceiving His disciples, as encouraging superstition rather than teaching truth. It presents Him in a light entirely inconsistent with His claim to be a teacher sent from God, since [...]
The question: ”What are your views on the use of the four temperament studies e.g. melancholoy, sanguine and their use on determining why a person behaves a certain way and how does this line up with God’s word and the use of theophostic prayer ministry.” Answer: It is a mistake to assume that the Bible [...]
The phrase “Great Deceiver” does not occur in the Bible. There are two references to “the deceiver”: For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist. (2 John 1:7) And the great dragon was [...]
Revelation is a book of symbols. Whenever we read Revelation we should be asking ourselves, “what do these symbols mean?” We should be cautious of assuming that some has the same meaning in Revelation as it might elsewhere. Elsewhere in the Bible, “heaven” often refers to the places where God dwells. In Revelation, it might [...]
