Tanakh

In that view, the church replaces — or as they would say — “fulfills” — Israel. There is no further national program for Israel nor is there a future earthly kingdom lasting for 1000 years with Christ ruling from Jerusalem. This millennial (which means 1000 years) view is called Amillennialism (meaning: no literal millennium). I reject that view in favor of what’s called Premillennialism which basically says that Christ will return before the millennium to set up His 1000-year kingdom on earth.…

The book of Jonah, just like the other Minor Prophets, is a short story – only 4 chapters with 48 vesicles – which, between other characteristics, its distinguishes by having the prophet as the main character, while the other prophets are only collections of oracles. Another difference with the other minor prophet books, is that the book of Jonah is a narrative story about the mission ordered to Jonah, and, even in other books of the Bible, we find parallel writings of this particular style,…

academically, as well as religiously. Unfortunately, when studying it, scholars must keep in mind the problems involved in the process of studying the Hebrew Bible. One of these issues is the fact that the events being recorded in the Hebrew bible occurred many thousands of years ago, and there are very limited resources or evidence that we can use to verify or compare to what is written in the Hebrew Bible. Another issue that arises is the fact that the original text is written in Hebrew, and…

Satan’s role in two monotheistic scriptures – the Hebrew Bible, and the Qur’an is developed differently within each scripture and within each interpretation of those scriptures – although these scriptures are considered to be unchanging. Their stories and teachings are considered to be the official teachings of each religion. However, within these two scriptures and the creations of the teachings, a maleficent, mysterious creature inhabits – Satan. Even the slightest reference of Satan evokes…

Conversations about the Bible include: “The Bible is God’s Love letter.” “Read the Bible like a respectable novel.” “The Bible is a narrative telling about God’s love.” “The Bible is a source of knowledge.” I’ve often wondered about the best way to describe the Bible. The Bible is all those things and more. Talking with my mom, she asked me what type of literature is the Bible? Granted, it is impossible to include them all, here are selected ones along with what they can teach. Narrative or…

One individual commented on a website called gracethrufaith.com, by Jack Kelly, saying, “Can you explain what pre-tribulation, pre-millennial, OSAS, and literal reading is and why I should care? I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God – He is my Lord and Savior – the only way to salvation (John 14:6).” Sure it is the primary concern of the Christian faith to believe Jesus is the Son of God, but it is also important to know the facts about the Bible so that you can be better prepared to…

The book of Job and Ecclesiastes are written from two different points of view, but still have some of the same underlying messages in the text. Job is the signature character in the book of Job and his life is put on display for the reader. This story about suffering, faith, and trials raises a big question for the reader to discover and interpret, why would the Lord make his chosen people suffer again and again and not step in to stop the actions? The book of Job also makes the reader try to…

When it comes to philosophical believes, everyone's ideals have a foundation. Robert Frost's, "After Apple Picking", along with his other poems, have important references and ideals coming from biblical allusions. Many of Frost's work are centered and somehow incorporate biblical proverbs throughout the unrolling of the poems. For starters, one can infer from the title itself that the story of Adam and Eve has been used as a point of reference. However, his inspiration also came from the…

In the narrative, A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, the author Mary Rowlandson, was captured by Indians as known as “barbarous creatures (259). Mary Rowlandson had to witness half of her family be murdered and be separated from her children without any acknowledgement where they could be. During her journey with the Indians, she started to lose hope especially when her one of her children dies, but she knew she could not show too much fear in front of her…

The history of Judaism, is a lengthy and very interesting one. Being one of the oldest organized religions in the world, Judaism has been studied by many scholars. Although the history of Judaism is pretty solid, there has always been a debate about one specific issue. The issue in question is the arrival date Ezra the scribe into Jerusalem, and whether he arrived before or after Nehemiah. This issue has been the topic of many scholarly publications, and it seems that many people have differing…