Posted by Navah on Aug 16, 2019 in Q&A
Question: Who changed Shaul’s name to “Paul”? Answer: Wherever we find in the Scripture that a name was given, we always find the reason and who did it, i.e. Elohim and His messengers, the patriarchs and even King Nebuchadnezzar who changed the names of Daniel and his companions. We find the same pattern in the Apostolic Writings, i.e. giving the names of Yochanan (aka John the Baptist) and Yeshua the Messiah. However, who changed the name of Apostle Shaul...
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Posted by Navah on Aug 14, 2019 in Q&A
Question: Did Yoseph and Miryam have other children? Answer: Yes, Yoseph (Joseph) and Miriam (Mary) did have other children after the birth of Yeshua, and the more famous of them are Ya’akov (James) and Yehudah (Jude), the apostles. Yeshua also had sisters, according to the account in Mark, Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Miryam, and brother of Ya’akov, and Yoseph, and Yehudah, and Shim’on? And are not His sisters here with us? (Mar 6:3) See also Mar...
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Posted by Navah on Aug 14, 2019 in Q&A
Question: How many are the exiles of Israel? Answer: There are four exiles of Israel: the Egyptian, the Arabian, the Babylonian, and the longest one: the Roman exile. Read more about Israel’s exile in the article “Did Israel reject the Messiah?”
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Posted by Navah on Aug 14, 2019 in Q&A
Question: How long did it take for Israel to leave Egypt? Answer: It took YHVH only seven days to take Israel out of Egypt, but 40 years to take Egypt out of Israel. (Read more in Chapter “The Beginning of Months” from the book Reckoning of Time)
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Posted by Navah on Aug 14, 2019 in Q&A
Question: What is the difference between Mount Horev and Mount Sinai? Answer: The use of the generic name Horeb (Deu 1:6) is to designate the mountain group in today’s Saudi Arabia (Gal 4:25) where Israel spent thirty years in the Arabian exile. It comes from the verb חָרַב charav, to parch (through drought), that is, (by analogy) to desolate. While the specific name סִינַי Sinai is given to the particular mountain upon which the Torah of YHVH was given to the nation....
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Posted by Navah on Aug 13, 2019 in Bible Study
Is there forgiveness without repentance? “Should we forgive one who has wronged us but has not repented?” is the question we should ask when there is a transgression against us. It is a common misunderstanding, particularly in the Christendom, that a Christian must forgive regardless of the absence of repentance from the guilty part, he should forgive even in the stone-cold face of the transgressor. This understanding, which has become a mainstream doctrine in...
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Posted by Navah on Aug 11, 2019 in The War of Gog of Magog
The Bible prophecy alludes to three scenarios of the War of Gog of Magog in Ezekiel 38-39, Zechariah 9-11, and Zechariah 12-14, the final war in this world, also known as World War III – the final war that will end all wars before the return of Yeshua, the Messiah of YHVH. Two main Biblical prophets – Zechariah and Ezekiel – foretold messages about the War of Gog of Magog. The War of Gog of Magog is predestined; it will happen regardless. It is predestined from the...
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Posted by Navah on Aug 4, 2019 in Bible Study
“Once saved always saved” is a doctrine, although not as prevalent as the Predestination, created by men that once a Christian “accepts Christ as a personal Savior” he or she becomes “born again” and cannot lose his or her salvation. Not all mainstream Christian Churches, such as the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church, support this doctrine. “Once saved always saved” doctrine is supported and it is even a main...
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Posted by Navah on Jul 29, 2019 in Bible Study
Predestination vs Free Will is a paradox created by men and the heavenly predestination is one of the most inaccessible mysteries, locked in the realm of YHVH’s reason and wisdom. The human mind, falling short on comprehension and limited in its ability to grasp what is inconceivable to grasp, will never be able to understand this mystery of predestination and free will. There is nothing as proud or as curious as the human mind or what the human mind thinks of itself....
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Posted by Navah on Jul 21, 2019 in The Messiah
The Messenger of YHVH aka The Messenger of His Face is a mystery that cannot be comprehended completely. Who is this Messenger and what is His identity? The answers are found in the trial against Apostle Stephanos (Acts 7) where we also find the inconvenient truth for many, then and now. The exposure of this inconvenient truth in his fervent speech before the corrupted clique of Pharisees is the subject of this article. Apostle Stephanos was falsely accused by the Pharisees...
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Posted by Navah on Jul 11, 2019 in The Exiles
Who were the Spartans — the people concerning whom the lines between mythology, legends, and facts have been washed out in the sand of the turbulent scene of history? What do we know about the Spartans and what we know about them, is it a matter of mythology, legends, or of facts? This will be the subject of our study. Mythology of Lakedaimon In antiquity, Sparta was known as Lakedaimon (Λακεδαίμων), while the name Sparta referred to its main settlement on the banks of the...
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Posted by Navah on Jun 30, 2019 in Bible Study
Little is known that YHVH’s covenant with the Levites is called Covenant of Salt. “Covenant of salt” comes from YHVH’s command that everything brought on the altar must be seasoned with salt; salt is not to be lacking from any blood or bloodless sacrifices for the purpose of giving greater intensity to the force of these sacrifices (Lev 2:13). And if salt is so important to YHVH, then we understand that the salt of the sacrifice is also called the...
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