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.
Category: Christian Faith
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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Follow God
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.
An Assessment of Freemasonry
Some of the most influential American leaders are known to have been Freemasons including John Hancock, Paul Revere, Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. How should Christians view Freemasonry? Is it only a charitable fraternal foundation that does good works, or do the good works and noble goals of Freemasonry serve as a cloak to mask a corrupt philosophy that leads its adherents into spiritual darkness and deception? In this message, Rod Reynolds provides an assessment of Freemasonry from the perspective of the Bible.