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To what extent did Isaiah understand his own prophecies?
Consider Isaiah 53:4-6 (NIV), which is commonly interpreted as a prophecy that the Messiah would die for the sins of the world:
4Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
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If Jehovah's Witnesses believe they should use Jehovah to be accurate why don't they use Jesus' real Hebrew name?
I think everyone knows that the name Jesus is Greek, but why don’t Jehovah’s Witnesses use his Hebrew name, which is closer to Joshua than to Jesus?
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How is Freemasonry related to Christianity?
My community recently found out that one of our local priests is also a Freemason. I'm not entirely sure of what Freemasonry is about and how it relates to Christianity.
What exactly can outsiders know using publicly available sources about what…
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How is the Catholic belief in Purgatory supported?
There is already this question on this site: What is the Biblical support for Purgatory?
But I believe there might be more to the Catholic argument. We know that Catholics regard the Holy Tradition of the Apostles as highly as the Holy Scriptures.…
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From an idealist perspective, what are the "seven spirits of God"?
In Revelation, we see God along with the "Seven Spirits before his throne".
Revelation 1:4 (NIV)
John,
To the seven churches in the province of Asia:
Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven…
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God created male and female.... What about those who do not fit in the box?
Often times I hear the argument that marriage is between a man and a woman, God made them male and female, (adam and eve not adam and steve ..etc).
My question is for those who do not fit into the gender boxes we like people to fit into.
In fact…
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Was Jesus crucified naked?
Wikipedia's article on crucifixion says
While a crucifixion was an execution, it was also a humiliation, by
making the condemned as vulnerable as possible. Although artists have
traditionally depicted the figure on a cross with a loin cloth or…
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Who, and what, are the "chosen people"?
According to Deuteronomy 7:6, the Israelites are called the "chosen people". Who in fact are the chosen people, and does this include Christians?
What sets the chosen people apart, are there special rights or honors that go with this title?
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Is the Israel of the NT the modern country?
The Israel talked about throughout the Old Testament is fairly clearly a specific people group and later a country. The New Testament also makes references to Israel. Are these references comparable? Are they still talking about the Jewish people…
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What Scriptures did Arius use to support teaching that Jesus was created?
Arius probably quoted the following:
Revelation 3:14: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God.
Psalm 8:5–6: thou madest Him
Proverbs 8:22–25: the LORD possessed [H7069 strongs, get, acquire,…
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Why does God have a chosen people?
Christians as well as Jews believe that God made the Israelites as his "Chosen People."
Why does God need a Chosen People at all?
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According to the LDS faith, did Noah build the Ark in America?
According to Mormon Doctrine, Adam and Eve lived in Adam-ondi-Ahman. Which was revealed to Joseph Smith to be located in Missouri (see D&C 116:1).
This would mean that unless Adam's posterity went on some epic intercontinental journey between Adam…
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Significance of Methuselah's death year
This is something I noted once when reading Genesis, and am still wondering if there's any meaning to it.
Genesis tells us that Noah was 599-600 years old1 when the flood came.
Genesis 7:11 (ESV)
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the…
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What is the source of the story about the melted gold in the destroyed temple in 70 AD?
In Matthew 24:2, Mark 13:2 and Luke 21:6, Jesus seems to indicate that in the coming temple destruction, "not one stone will be left upon another". And, indeed, this seems to be the case from the current ruins.
However, I have come across several…
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Why did Abraham lie to Pharaoh about Sarah being his sister in Gen 12?
It says that Abraham feared for his life (Gen 12:12). Does this mean Abraham didn't trust God in spite of the NT view that Abraham was a man of faith (Heb 11:8-12, Gal 3:9)?
Why is the repeated mistake with Abimilech then recorded in Gen 20?
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