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John 5:39 You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me... A common refrain in sermons (and I've used this myself!) on the Transfiguration is that Jesus is being shown to be "the Word." Historically, Jesus referred to the Scripture as "the Law and the ...

The Bible teaches that the Spirit of Elijah would be sent to the earth a total of 5 times (5 is the number of grace1). By Spirit of Elijah, I mean God's spirit anointing a man to bring a message, in the same way that the first Elijah was anointed (a straight shooter, hard hitter, come out of the wilderness, etc). First, Elijah Himself An examination of ...

Because John 3:13 says, "And no man hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended from heaven" (Douay) I am inclined to believe that they went to Abraham's bosom. That is the easiest interpretation of that verse without going through some severe theological hoops. Additionally, and this is admittedly out of the scope of the question directly, but there ...

You ask for what groups besides the LDS have alternate views on the meaning of this passage. There is group knows as Branhamists (or by their own internal name of Message Believers) who, like me, believe that the fourth Elijah mentioned in Malachi came to earth in the person of William Marrion Branham. Like the LDS, this is a reconstructionist faith and we ...

I've read articles which interpret the word translated as "spirit" in Luke 1:17 to mean something like "motivational attitude" as in "team spirit." I don't think that is what Luke 1:17 means. Let's compare the language of Luke 1:17 with other scripture: Luke 1:17 - [Angelic messenger speaking to Zacharias] - And he (Gk. autos) shall be coming first in ...