A controversy arose in the early Church regarding circumcision, and coming under the Old Covenant, as opposed to faith in Jesus Christ and being redeemed through his sacrifice. Paul addressed this controversy in the book of Galatians. How is explained Paul’s statement to the Galatians “God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ”?
Category: Christian Faith
Did Jesus Eat Passover the Night Before His Crucifixion?
After I had written a publication titled When is the Biblical Passover?, available at cogmessenger.org, I received a “question,” from an individual, which was more like a challenge, with regard to whether the last meal Jesus partook of before his crucifixion as recorded in Scripture was a Passover observance. The idea that the last meal Jesus ate before his crucifixion was not the Passover meal is promoted by some among individuals who, contrary to Scripture, but in accord with the tradition of the Pharisees, assert that the Passover is properly observed on the fifteenth of Nisan rather than the fourteenth.
Were There Giants on the Earth?
We read in Genesis “There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown” (Genesis 6:4)
The word “giants” is translated from the Hebrew word nephilim, from naphal, “he fell.” (Clarke’s Commentary). This word does not necessarily mean a person of great stature or size. In the Septuagint, a Greek translation of the Old Testament made in the pre-Christian era, the Greek word γιγαντες (gigantes) was used to translate nephilim. The word γιγαντες literally means “earth-born” (Clarke’s Commentary), and also does not necessarily indicate a person of great stature or size. However, some scholars have pointed out that Aramaic, which is closely related to Hebrew, has a word that in its plural form would be nephilin, equivalent to Hebrew nephilim, and meaning “giants” (cf “Battle over the Nephilim,” Tim Chaffey, answersingenesis.org, January 1, 2012).
What Can You Know About God?
Is it true that you cannot know much about God? Is God’s nature so shrouded in confusion and mystery that we cannot have a fair understanding of his nature and of his person? In this message, Rod Reynolds explores the Biblical answers to the question, what can we know about God and how can we know it?
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The Bible has a lot to say about leading and following. And the Bible is very specific in telling us whom to follow. We are to follow God. Any other choices about this question are subordinate to that choice. Either we are following God, or we are not. And, as Rod Reynolds explains, the choices we make determine the answer to that question.