Power in the Ark 1 Samuel 5:3“But when the citizens of Ashdod went to see it the next morning, Dagon had fallen with his face to the ground in front of the Ark of the LORD! So they took Dagon and put him in his place again.“ The Philistines had captured the Ark of the […]
“Who are the Hebrews?”……The Hebrews are peoples descended from Abraham. The origin of the word Hebrew is thought to come from the proper name "Eber," listed in Genesis 10:24 as the great-grandson of Shem and an ancestor of Abraham. Another etymology traces the original root word back to the phrase "from the other side"-in that […]
“What is the Via Dolorosa?”……Answer: The Via Dolorosa, literally "the sorrowful way," is the traditional route in Jerusalem which our Lord traveled on the day of His crucifixion from the judgment seat of Pilate, also called the Praetorium (Matthew 27:2-26), to the place of His crucifixion on Mount Calvary. After his judgment by Pontius Pilate, […]
“Who are the various Herods mentioned in the Bible?”……There are several men in the New Testament referred to as "Herod." These men were part of a dynasty, a partly hereditary, partly appointed line of Jewish rulers over Judea during the days of the Roman Empire. Unlike other previous kings of Israel, the Herods were appointed […]
Prophecy fulfilled Judaism and Christianity believe in the authority and divine inspiration of the Hebrew Scriptures. Both faiths believe in one God. Both believe in the coming of a Messiah. And both believe in a judgment before God and life hereafter. Unfortunately, through the centuries, certain interpretations of the Bible, plus the traditions of Judaism […]
“When did the separation of humanity into Jews and Gentiles occur?”……Although there is no direct mention of the time when the Jews and Gentiles became separated, there are two primary lines of thought. First, some view the separation occurring with the descendants of Adam and Eve. According to this view, the chosen line of Seth […]
What Happened at the Tower of Babel? by John D. Morris, Ph.D. Biblical history takes us through several world-changing, but non-repeatable episodes; including Creation, the Curse, and the global Flood of Noah’s day. By basing our historical thinking on these true events, we have a much better chance of properly reconstructing the past than if […]