EMMANUEL - GOD WITH US

Originally By: Andrew Tong, Michael J. Bumbulis, MaryAnna White, Russ Smith, and others (1994-1995) Index of Biblical Contradictions Contradictions 1 to 55 Contradictions 56 to 99 Contradictions 100 to 143 1. God is satisfied/unsatisfied with his works 2. God dwells/dwells not in chosen temples 3. God dwells in light/darkness 4. God is seen/unseen and heard/unheard 5. God is tired/never tired and rests/never rests 6. God is/is not omnipresent and omniscent 7. God does/does not know the hearts of men 8. God is/is not all powerful 9. God is changeable/unchangeable 10. God is just/unjust or partial/impartial 11. God is/is not the author of evil 12. God gives freely/witholds his blessings 13. God can/cannot be found by those who seek Him 14. God is warlike/peaceful 15. God is cruel/kind 16. God's anger endures for a long/short time 17. God approves/disapproves of burnt offerings 18. God accepts/forbids human sacrifices 19. God tempts man/doesn't tempt man 20

What is the Trinity? The word, "trinity," is a term used to denote the Christian doctrine that God exists as a unity of three distinct persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.Each of the persons is distinct from the other yet related in essence. DISTINCT, a. [L. See Distinguish.] 1. Literally, having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign, or by a note or mark; as a place distinct by name. 2. Different; separate; not the same in number or kind; as, he holds tow distinct offices; he is known by distinct titles. 3. Separate in place; not conjunct; as, the two regiments marched together, but had distinct encampments. 4. So separated as not to be confounded with any other thing; clear; not confused. Each is divine in nature, but each is not the totalityof the Godhead. Col. 2:9, "For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily." This person seems to be a oneness believer--the error that God is not a trinity of persons but is one person. When

God cannot be tempted. Jesus was tempted. Therefore, Jesus cannot be God. by Matt Slick James 1:13, "Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone."  It also says in Heb. 4:15, "For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin." Answering this objection is a bit more difficult than answering the other objections to Christ'sdeity because it deals with an area of Scripturethat is not explicitly clear: the relation between the divine and human natures of Jesus. We see that Jesus has two natures as is taught in the chart below, but how they relate is not clarified in Scripture. Jesus as one person with two naturesGODMAN He is worshiped (Matt. 2:2, 11, 14:33, 28:9) He is prayed to (Acts 7:59, 1 Cor. 1:1-2) He was called God (John 20:28, Heb. 1:8) He was called Son o

The rapture and the second coming of Christ are often confused. Sometimes it is difficult to determine whether a scripture verse is referring to the rapture or the second coming. However, in studying end-times Bible prophecy, it is very important to differentiate between the two. The rapture is when Jesus Christ returns to remove the church (all believers in Christ) from the earth. The rapture is described in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 and 1 Corinthians 15:50-54. Believers who have died will have their bodies resurrected and, along with believers who are still living, will meet the Lord in the air. This will all occur in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye. The second coming is when Jesus returns to defeat the Antichrist, destroy evil, and establish His millennial kingdom. The second coming is described in Revelation 19:11-16. The important differences between the rapture and second coming are as follows: 1) At the rapture, believers meet the Lord in the air (1 Thessalonians 4:17). At

Changing the Godhead goes along with changing water baptism... Water Baptism STUDY -- ; BRITANNICA ENCYCLOPEDIA 11TH edition, Vol 3, Pg 365-366 The baptismal formula was changed from the name of JESUS CHRIST to the words Father, Son, & Holy Ghost by the Catholic Church in the second century. ________________________________________ BRITANNICA ENCYCLOPEDIA Vol 3, Pg 82 Everywhere in the oldest sources it states that baptism took place in the name of Jesus Christ. ________________________________________ CANNEY ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION Pg 53 The early church always baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus until development of Trinity doctrine in the 2nd century. ________________________________________ CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA Vol 2, Pg 263 Here the Catholics acknowledged that baptism was changed by the Catholic Church. ________________________________________ HASTINGS ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION Vol 2, Pg 377 Christian baptism was administered using the words “In the na

In the ancient world,copies of the New Testament books were made in several major locations.The manuscriptsoriginatingintheselocationsaregroupedinwhatarecalledfamiliesoftexts.Manuscriptsfrom theselocationsgenerallyhavevariations common toother texts fromthe same location. Textual critics hold different opinions about how many families of texts there are of the NewTestament. Somewill saythere arethreemajor families;others might arguethereare four or five. The three major locations and families are theWestern (mostly Latin) texts from Italy and theWest,the textsfromaroundAsia Minorin theeast (Constantinople/Byzantiumin what isnowTurkey),and thosefrom Egypt,particularlyAlexandria. Some scholars say that Syriac, or texts from western Mesopotamia,constitute a fourth family.Others declarethatthe Caesareanversions,those originating around Palestine,might bea fifth family. Because of geographic isolation,through the centuries each of these families tended to “inbreed”or become uniqueto itse

The way in which Jesus fulfilled the Jewish feasts is a fascinating study. In the Hebrew Scriptures, the Jewish prophet Amos records that God declared He would do nothing without first revealing it to His servants, the prophets (Amos 3:7). From the Old Covenant to the New, Genesis to Revelation, God provides picture after picture of His entire plan for mankind and one of the most startling prophetic pictures is outlined for us in the Jewish feasts ofLeviticus 23. The Hebrew word for “feasts” (moadim) literally means "appointed times." God has carefully planned and orchestrated the timing and sequence of each of these seven feasts to reveal to us a special story. The seven annual feasts of Israel were spread over seven months of the Jewish calendar, at set times appointed by God. They are still celebrated by observant Jews today. But for both Jews and non-Jews who have placed their faith in Jesus, the Jewish Messiah, these special days demonstrate the work of redemption thr

Scribes in ancient Israel were learned men whose business was to study the Law, transcribe it, and write commentaries on it. They were also hired on occasions when the need for a written document arose or when an interpretation of a legal point was needed. Ezra, “a teacher well versed in the Law of Moses,” was a scribe (Ezra 7:6). The scribes took their job of preserving Scripture very seriously; they would copy and recopy the Bible meticulously, even counting letters and spaces to ensure each copy was correct. We can thank the Jewish scribes for preserving the Old Testament portion of our Bibles. Jews became increasingly known as “the people of the Book” because of their faithful study of Scripture, particularly the Law and how it should be followed. In the New Testament era, scribes were often associated with the sect of thePharisees, although not all Pharisees were scribes (seeMatthew 5:20;12:38). They were teachers of the people (Mark 1:22) and interpreters of the Law. They we

The Gospels refer often to the Sadducees and Pharisees, as Jesus was in constant conflict with them. The Sadducees and Pharisees comprised the ruling class of Israel. There are many similarities between the two groups but important differences between them as well. The Sadducees:During the time of Christ and the New Testament era, the Sadducees were aristocrats. They tended to be wealthy and held powerful positions, including that of chief priests and high priest, and they held the majority of the 70 seats of the ruling council called the Sanhedrin. They worked hard to keep the peace by agreeing with the decisions of Rome (Israel at this time was under Roman control), and they seemed to be more concerned with politics than religion. Because they were accommodating to Rome and were the wealthy upper class, they did not relate well to the common man, nor did the common man hold them in high opinion. The common man related better to those who belonged to the party of the Pharisees. Tho

Introduction Like all other ancient writings, the Holy Scriptures present many difficulties. Some of these are not easy of solution, while others may be satisfactorily explained. The existence of difficulties in such a book was to be expected, and therefore cannot be wondered at. It is a matter of astonishment, indeed, that there are not more found in it. This must be evident to any one on reflecting that "the books of Scripture were written by different persons, in almost every variety of circumstance; that they refer to people whose customs and habits were totally dissimilar to our own; that they narrate histories of which we possess no other authentic documents which might reflect light on some obscurity of expression or vagueness of description; that they were written in other languages than those in which we now possess them; and that, in addition to the mutability of language, there are the difficulties of translation out of one tongue into another." The proper spi