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What is a Prophet?

The Hebrew word for prophet in the Old Testament simply means an inspired person.

Abel was a prophet (Luke 11:49-51 Abraham was a prophet (Gen 20:7) and Moses'
sister Miriam was a prophet. (Ex 15:20)

To my knowledge, none of those three predicted future stuff; I'm not saying they didn't,
only that I'm unaware of any recorded in the Bible.
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What is the name that is above every name?
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What is the name that is above every name?

There are several names for God in the Old Testament, but only one that I know of
that's His personal moniker. and that's Jehovah. (Isa 42:8)

Well then; according to Philippians 2:9-11 Jesus has the God-given right to use the
name of Jehovah for his own name; ergo: everyone far and near, high and low,
must bow to Jesus Christ just the same as they would bow to God. Refusal to do so
dishonors God the Father.
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What's the difference between immortality and eternal life?
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Name the special sabbaths.
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What's the difference between immortality and eternal life?

Immortality has to do with a death-proof body. In other words; as long as a body
has immortality it won't die and it won't age.

The negative side of immortality is it's impermanence. In other words: immortality
isn't indelible, i.e. it can be washed out; so to speak. For example: Adam's body
was created with immortality, but lost it as a result of him eating a certain fruit
known to be off limits for human consumption.

Whereas immortality has to do with the constitution of a being's body, eternal life
has to do with the constitution of one's being, i.e. their very core.

I am a man, ergo: the core of my being is human nature; whereas God is a deity,
so the core of His being is divine nature. The advantages of divine nature become
very apparent when we compare it with human nature.

For example: when I was a youngster; it occurred to me that If my propensities
and proclivities were like God's, then it would be very easy to get into Heaven, and
very easy to stay in Heaven without ever getting evicted because doing what's
right would come just as natural to me as it does for God, i.e. God has no difficulty
getting along with God; so if I had divine nature instead of human nature, then I
too would have no difficulty getting along with God.

So it's easily seen that whereas immortality is beneficial; eternal life is far more
desirable because of its potential for making ordinary people super holy.
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Name the special sabbaths.

First and last days of the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Ex 12:16, Lev 23:5-8)

Feast of Trumpets (Lev 23:23-25)

Yom Kippur (Lev 16:29-34)
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Whence did Mary get a Y chromosome for baby Jesus?
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Whence did Mary get a Y chromosome for baby Jesus?

In the beginning, God constructed a fully functioning woman from some already
existing human material taken from a man's body. Well; if God could construct an
entire woman from a man's body, then it shouldn't be too hard for him to construct
a teensy little male chromosome from a woman's body.

Now it was essential that the Y chromosome not be created ex nihilo because Jesus
had to be fully Man. Were his Y chromosome to be made from something other
than an already existing human body, then Jesus would only be partially Man but
not fully Man, nor would he be fully related to David as Rom 1:3 attests.
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Was Joseph baby Jesus' stepfather, or his adopted father?
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Was Joseph a stepfather to Jesus, or his adopted father?

Joseph was instructed to name Mary's baby.

• Matt 1:21 . . She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus

Joseph complied.

• Matt 1:25 . . And he gave him the name Jesus.

So Christ went in the books as Joseph's son because that's how it worked in those
days when a man stood with a woman to name her child. (cf. Luke 1:59 and
Luke 2:21)

From that day on; Joseph was legally bound to Jesus as his father. (Matt 13:55,
Luke 2:27, Luke 2:41, and Luke 2:48)

NOTE: Adoption is very advantageous for children because it gives them not only a
legal right to their adoptive father's name and a position in his genealogy, but also
inheritance rights equal to biological children. This is very important in matters
related to not only the man's estate, but also his status. In other words: it's possible
for a child to circumvent blood, and go from pauper to prince by just the stroke of a pen.
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Was the forbidden fruit toxic?
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Was the forbidden fruit toxic?

Eve was first to taste the forbidden fruit; and when she did, nothing happened. She
didn't get sick, and she went right on in the buff as before without the slightest
guilt feelings about frontal nudity. It wasn't till Adam tasted the fruit that she
underwent a change in her feelings about decency; but even so, neither Adam nor
Eve became ill from the fruit.
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Wasn't Adam supposed to die right away? (Gen 2:16-17)
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Wasn't Adam supposed to die right away? (Gen 2:16-17)

Yes; absolutely; however, the death that came upon him wasn't what might be
expected.

Adam was created with immortality (Gen 1:26-27). The consequence for eating the
forbidden fruit was the loss of his immortality. In other words; Adam's death came
upon him as a walking death in the form of mortality. As a result, mortality became
a pandemic malady: we all have it; and the only known cure is the tree of life; to which
no one yet has been allowed access.
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Why was Mary chosen for Jesus' mother?
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Why was Mary chosen for Jesus' mother?

It was due to a combination of genetics and the moment.


1» Mary was a Jew biologically related to David (Rom 1:3) and

2» Joseph was a Jew biologically related to David (Matt 1:20) and

3» Their confluence in history. (Gal 4:4)
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Seeing as how Joseph wasn't Jesus' biological father, then wouldn't any Jewish man
have served as well to be Mary's husband; why especially Joseph?
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Seeing as how Joseph wasn't Jesus' biological father, then wouldn't any Jewish
man have served as well to be Mary's husband; why especially Joseph?

This matter is of little importance to the average Gentile, but very important to
pious Jews.

God appointed Jesus to take David's throne (Luke 1:32). However: successors have
to meet two prerequisites. They have to be directly related to David, and they have
to be directly related to David's son Solomon. These prerequisites are non
negotiable. (1Kings 1:13, and 1Chron 22:9-10)

Jesus was directly related to David via his mother; but she wasn't directly related to
Solomon. However; Joseph was directly related to both David and Solomon.

Now whereas successors to the throne have to be David's biological posterity, they
don't have to be Solomon's biological posterity; they only have to be one of his
direct descendants; which made it possible for Joseph to pass the throne on to
Jesus by means of adoption: a process that gives children just as much standing in
the home as biological children, including the right to inherit, the right to their
adoptive father's name, and the right to a place in his genealogy.

This is very important in matters related to not only the man's estate, but also his
status. In other words: it's possible for a child to circumvent blood, and go from
pauper to prince by just the stroke of a pen.

Jacob set the precedent for this procedure when he adopted his two grandsons
Manasseh and Ephraim in the book of Genesis; effectively endowing Joseph's two
boys with the status of tribal heads equal in rank and privilege to Jacob's original
twelve sons. So then, what Joseph did with Jesus was neither innovative nor
unheard of.

FAQ: How do you know Joseph adopted Jesus?

A: Joseph was instructed to name Mary's baby. (Matt 1:21)

Joseph complied. (Matt 1:25)

Thus; Joseph became bound to Jesus as his genealogical father (Matt 1:1 thru Matt
1:16) because that's how it worked in those days when a man stood with a woman
to name her child-- effectively claiming the child as his own. (cf. Luke 1:59 and
Luke 2:21)
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It appears to me that the apostle John didn't see the actual Jesus in person, rather;
he saw an angel who appeared as Jesus, spoke for Jesus, and spoke as Jesus.
(Rev 1:1 and Rev 22:16)
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Revelation 1:12-17 (NKJV) Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band.
His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire;
His feet were like fine brass as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters;
He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength.
And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, "Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last.

Daniel 10:4-11 (NKJV) Now on the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, that is, the Tigris,
I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, a certain man clothed in linen, whose waist was girded with gold of Uphaz!
His body was like beryl, his face like the appearance of lightning, his eyes like torches of fire, his arms and feet like burnished bronze in color, and the sound of his words like the voice of a multitude.
And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see the vision; but a great terror fell upon them so that they fled to hide themselves.
Therefore I was left alone when I saw this great vision, and no strength remained in me; for my vigor was turned to frailty in me, and I retained no strength.
Yet I heard the sound of his words; and while I heard the sound of his words I was in a deep sleep on my face, with my face to the ground.
Suddenly, a hand touched me, which made me tremble on my knees and on the palms of my hands.
And he said to me, "O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright, for I have now been sent to you." While he was speaking this word to me, I stood trembling.