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Why did God create creation? Was it just so that he would be worshipped and man would praise his abilities and powers? Or was there a greater purpose behind creation?

Many readers have struggled to understand the account in Genesis 32 of Jacob’s encounter with a man with whom he wrestled and overcame. That account was the subject of a thread I opened in December asking why God said that no one could see God and live (Exo 33:20), yet Jacob said he saw God...

Was Melchizedek God? If so, was he Jesus? The Christian Courier published a piece at https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/920-questions-about-melchizedek challenging the view that Melchizedek was God. The piece suggests that it was not Melchizedek who was without father, mother and...

Is God omniscient? Some scriptures state He is, but others suggest He is not.

Jesus says to the pharisees, “[y]ou have neither heard [the Father’s] voice at any time, nor seen His form” (John 5:37). However, Jesus later states to Philip, “[h]e who has seen Me has seen the Father” (John 14:9). Therefore, anyone who has seen Jesus has seen the Father. Therefore, the...

Why did God say to Moses that he could not see God’s face and that no one could see God and live (Exo 33:20), yet Jacob wrestled with God, saw him “face to face” and lived (Gen 32:30)?

Jesus said: John 1:18 “No one has seen God at any time.” However, there are many stories in the Old Testament of people seeing God. For example, Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu and seventy elders of Israel saw God: Exo 24:9 Then Moses went up, also Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the...

Does anything in the Bible state that anyone who lived prior to Christ's coming was saved? If so, where in the Bible does it state this?

Romans 1:18-2:16 states that the Gospel is known naturally and all are without excuse (Rom 1:18-2:16). However, Romans 10:9-15 states that salvation requires preaching, hearing and believing the Gospel (Rom 10:9-15). If the Gospel is known naturally, why does it require preaching and hearing?

Which Bible is the true Bible? I find it disheartening that there are so many versions of the Bible out there, all with different books in them, making it virtually impossible for a Christian to determine which is the true Bible and inspired word of God. Is it the Greek Orthodox Bible, with...

Jesus said: "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me" (John 14:6). Doesn't this mean that anyone who lived before Jesus or who never heard of Jesus cannot come to the Father? It seems faith is the only way to salvation: John 3:16 For God so loved...

1 John 5:7 in the KJV states as follows: "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one." However, 1 John 5:7 in the ASV and RSV omits the text found in the KJV. It states instead: "It is the Spirit who bears witness, because...

I understand that the Israelites are to give the tithe to the Levites (see Nehemiah 10:35-39). However, Deuteronomy 12 and 14 state that the Israelites are to consume the tithe. Which is correct – give the tithe to the Levites or consume it? It hardly seems to me to be a sacrifice if the...

Paul wrote in his first letter to the Corinthians, Chapter 11, "5 But any woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled dishonours her head-it is the same as if her head were shaven. 6 For if a woman will not veil herself, then she should cut off her hair, but if it is disgraceful for a...

A man who purchases a Hebrew girl as a slave (Exo 21:7) is given the following options: 1. If he has betrothed her to himself and she does not please him, then he shall let her be redeemed (Exo 21:8). 2. If he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of...

It has been said that Abraham's marriage to Hagar was the fruit of lack of faith in God's promise that He would multiply Abraham "exceedingly" (Gen 17:2). However, Abraham's marriage to Hagar occurred in Genesis 16:3, before God's promise to Abraham in Genesis 17:2. So the two are unrelated...

In his book, The True Message of Jesus Christ, Dr. Bilal Philips challenges the veracity of the Gospel of John, "which consistently contradicts the other three gospels. As mentioned earlier, the Gospel of John was opposed as heretical in the early Church” (p. 84). Dr. Philips cites to The Five...

God is recorded as having instructed Prophet Moses in the Torah, Deuteronomy 12:16, “Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it upon the earth like water,” and in Leviticus 19:26, “You shall not eat any flesh with the blood in it. You shall not practice augury or witchcraft.” Why did...

Did Jesus keep all of the Old Testament laws perfectly? For example, He is accused in the NT by the Pharisees for not washing his hands before eating. Was this requirement an OT law or a Pharisaic tradition? Similarly, he is accused in the NT by the Pharisees for healing on the Sabbath and...

1 John 5:14-15 states, “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.” Thus, if we ask anything according to His will, He...