Genesis 4:4 But Abel brought some of the firstborn of his flock – even the fattest of them. And the Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering, 5 but with Cain and his offering he was not pleased. So Cain became very angry, and his expression was downcast. 6 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why is your expression downcast? 7 Is it not true that if you do Read more…
Genesis 4:1 The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, “I have gotten a man with Yahweh’s help.” 2 Again she gave birth, to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. WEB Genesis 4:1 Now the man had marital relations with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. Then she said, “I have Read more…
Revelation 12:7 Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. 8 But the dragon was not strong enough, and no longer was any place found in heaven for him and his angels. 9 And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and Read more…
Genesis 3:14 So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life. 15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” BSB God Read more…
Genesis 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh. 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. JPS Tanakh 1917 Historically the church has pointed at this verse along with Matthew 19:4-7 and Mark 10:6-9 as the norm for human sexuality. While the word “marriage” doesn’t appear here, the act of leaving parents, Read more…
God teaches truth in the Bible three ways: 1) Direct statements, 2) approved examples and 3)inference/prudential reasoning. Direct statements, such as the Ten Commandments, are relatively straightforward as are the examples. Inference is the hardest because we are taking the principles and morals of the story and then applying them to ascertain what is being taught. These narratives teach their truths differently than direct statements (think Mark versus the Ten Commandments). In terms of frequency, Read more…
Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. KJ This is an important verse for Christians and Jews as both view this text as the premise for humans having both a physical body and a soul. Of even greater importance is the implications this has after we die for the continuing existence of the Read more…
There are people who will say that the Bible is full of contradictions and therefore, cannot be trusted. They typically start with a comparison of Genesis 1 and 2 with the observation that these two chapters cannot be reconciled. The thing to keep in mind is that these two chapters are not intended to be reconciled. The relationship of Genesis 2 to Genesis 1 is similar to that of the Gospel of John versus Matthew, Read more…
Genesis 1:31 God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day. 2:1 he heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished. 2 On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done. 3 God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, Read more…
Genesis 1:26 And God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the flying creatures of the sky, and over the tame animals, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creature that crawls on the earth.” And it was so. 27And God created humankind in his own image. In God’s image he created him; Read more…