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Skeptics often charge that the virgin birth of Christ is not really predicted by the Bible. They claim that Christians are reading the doctrine back into the Old Testament text, Isaiah 7:14, that reads: "Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign; behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Emmanuel" (KJV). These critics have argued that the Hebrew word for virgin used here simply means "young woman" and that the whole verse is taken out of context, and really applies only to some child contemporary with Isaiah. They also further charge that since Jesus...
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In the gospel of Matthew, chapter 27:9-10, Matthew describes the account of Judas with the high priests after his betrayal of Jesus and how he throws the betrayal money of thirty pieces of silver down in the temple in front of the high priest and runs off . The priests then take the money and use it to purchase a potter's field. This account is referred to by Matthew as a fulfillment of prophecy spoken by Jeremiah. However, the details about the betrayal price, the place of transaction, and the eventual use of the money are given in the prophet Zechariah, in chapter 11:12-13...
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One of the most frequent problems brought up by critics concerning the book of Genesis is the supposed contradictory creation accounts in Genesis chapters 1 and 2. They are referring to the apparent chronological contradictions between the creation accounts in Genesis 1 and 2 where in Genesis 1 animals are created first and then man, and Genesis 2 where it seems to say that man was already there when God formed the animals. Also the trees are created before man in Genesis 1, but said to be planted after God had formed the man in Genesis 2. Also, are the birds formed out of the ground,...
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For many years King David was considered a legendary character by some scholars. Then an inscription from the ninth century B.C. referring to both the house of David and the king of Israel was found in 1993 at the northern Israelite site of Tel Dan. The inscription contained the words “House of David.” Here is a quote from the discoverer of the inscription, Professor Avraham Biran: “In this fragment, a king of Damascus, Ben Hadad, is apparently victorious. . .But what was really thrilling was to find he defeated a ‘king of Israel of the House of David’! So here you have the mention...
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What book has had the greatest impact on world leaders throughout history? Answer: The Bible’s influence has extended all around the world throughout history. As a result, many great leaders and statesmen throughout history have had the greatest respect for the Bible. There are too many quotes to reproduce them all here, but I will give you a sample, with reference site attached. “It is impossible to rightly govern without God and the Bible” (George Washington, thinkexist.com/quotes). “The Bible is the Book of faith, and a Book of doctrine, and a Book of morals, and a Book of religion,...
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You probably have heard about the consistency of the Bible that seems to be unique among books. This consistency shows up not only in its message but in its use of word pictures, or idioms. They give evidence that the whole Bible was designed and inspired by one mind. Idioms are words used as a symbol for something that may not be obvious in their literal meaning. Across the whole Bible, even with its many writers over thousands of years, we see a consistency in the way a given word is used as a symbol. These idioms can be subtle, but yet the consistency is remarkable. You can test...
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Was the story of Abraham and Isaac a sordid tale about child sacrifice, as some skeptics allege? Not a chance. Abraham's faith was not only being proven, but he and Isaac were in fact acting out prophecy. First of all, the choice of Hebrew words shows that God did not demand, but request of Isaac that he trust God enough to be willing to sacrifice the possession he most loved, the son of promise, Isaac. And Abraham had come to such a level of trust in God, that he figured that if Isaac dies, and the Lord said he promised many descendants through him, then the Lord is obviously...
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Most of us have heard the familiar song, "Joshua fought the battle of Jericho, and the walls came tumblin' down." But it is common in modern scholarship to deny the authenticity of the story of Joshua in the Bible. Many cite a study by archaeologist Kathleen Kenyon as having debunked this event as the Bible relates it. Kenyon, who excavated Jericho in the 1950s, said the city was indeed destroyed, but the time it was destroyed was too early to fit the biblical account. But the evidence has been revisited, and there are reasons to question this conclusion. First,...
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Is there any evidence supporting the existence of Jacob, Joseph, Abraham or the other patriarchs of the Old Testament? Answer: Although we might not expect to find personal references to such men in the archaeological records we can verify that the political, historical and social conditions fit their life and times in history. For example, Joseph was sold for twenty silver shekels, according to Genesis 37:28. Egyptologist Kenneth Kitchen found that this amount matches exactly with Joseph’s time period according to the Bible and not any earlier or later periods.[1] Joseph’s...
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Let's bury once and for all the idea that the disciples of Christ put words in Jesus's mouth or invented history! Here are at least 17 reasons below that show that what Jesus said and did was accurately reported. 1.Eyewitnesses: At the time of writing there were many eyewitnesses, including hostile ones, who could have discredited any inventions. This could be true even forty years laer. Many of even the more skeptical scholars will admit this possibility. Josh McDowell quotes Laurence McGinley: “First of all, eyewitnesses of the events in question were still alive when the tradition had been...
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