Cain’s wife – who was she? Part IV
Mar 29God’s Laws Many people immediately reject the conclusion that Adam and Eve’s sons and daughters married each other by appealing to the law against brother-sister marriage. Some say that you can’t marry your relation. Actually, if you don’t marry your relation, you don’t marry a human! A wife is related to her husband before they are married because all people are descendants of Adam and Eve—all are of one blood. This law forbidding close relatives marrying was not given until the time of Moses (Leviticus 18–20). Provided marriage was one man for one woman for life (based on Genesis 1–2), there was no disobedience to God’s law originally (before the time of Moses) when close relatives (even brothers and sisters) married each other.
Cain’s wife – who was she? Part III
Mar 26
Who Was Cain? Cain was the first child of Adam and Eve recorded in Scripture (Genesis 4:1). He and his brothers, Abel (Genesis 4:2) and Seth (Genesis 4:25), were part of the first generation of children ever born on this earth. Even though these three males are specifically mentioned, Adam and Eve had other children.
Cain’s wife – who was she? Part II
Mar 23
“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned” (Romans 5:12). We read in 1 Corinthians 15:45 that Adam was “the first man.” God did not start by making a race of men. The Bible makes it clear that only the descendants of Adam can be saved. Romans 5 teaches that we sin because Adam sinned. The death penalty, which Adam received as judgment for his sin of rebellion, has also been passed on to all his descendants.
What is "Propitiation?"
Mar 18
"And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world." (1 John 2:2) Most of the words in the King James Bible are words of one or two syllables (our text verse, for example, has 21 such short words and only one big word; but that word, "propitiation," has five syllables, and so has elicited much complaint from folks who don't like to use dictionaries). What does "propitiation" mean? The Greek word is hilasmos and occurs just two other times. These are as follows: "Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God" (Romans 3:25). "Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins" (1 John 4:10). As an aside, note that these two verses contain two words of two syllables, three of three syllables, and 48 of one syllable. But both also include "propitiation," and that seems to be a problem. Nevertheless, "propitiation" is certainly the most accurate word to convey the meaning of the original. The dictionary gives "expiation" and "conciliation" as definitions, but that probably doesn't help much.
The Gap and Ruin-Reconstruction theories? Part I
Mar 11
[Translate] Because of the accepted teachings of evolution, many Christians have tried to place a gap of indeterminate time between the first two verses of Genesis 1. Genesis 1:1–2 states: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the...
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