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When Elijah went up to Heaven
In 2 Kings 2:1-12, we read the account of Elijah being taken up into heaven. Verse one gives us the first glimpse of what the Lord has planned for Elijah, “And it came to pass, when the LORD was about to take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind…”; here we learn that Elijah was not
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Elisha Succeeds Elijah
Last week, we considered 2 Kings 2:1-11 and Elijah’s ascension to heaven. Today, I’m curious to get into the aftermath of that incredible event and focus on the rise of Elisha as a prophet of God in Israel. Picking up in 2 Kings 2:12, we see Elisha’s reaction to the great scene before him. As the fiery chariot
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Where do you get the “direct command, approved example, and necessary inference” idea from?
So, where does this idea come from? In short, from the bible, from many pages of the bible. Now there is not a verse/sentence that commands these three means of establishing bible authority, but they are the only three that we can see the bible using or referencing time and again. While there is not
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Historical Evidence: Roman Historian Suetonius
Historical Evidence of the Gospel Account: Part 6 Roman Evidence In the previous article, we considered the testimony of Tacitus, who provided some of the most important testimony from the first century Roman Empire. That leaves us with two other Roman historians who spoke of Christ and/or the early church, they are Suetonius and Pliny
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Historical Evidence: Roman Senator Tacitus speaks of Christ and the Early Church
Historical Evidence of the Gospel Account: Part 5 As with our previous discussion of Josephus, we turn to other sources of significance. Significant because they were quite contemporary with the events of Christ and the early church, but also that these sources were not apart of believers in Christ. These historians, who were not believers,
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Historical Evidence: Josephus speaks of Jesus
Historical Evidence of the Gospel Account: Part 4 Josephus speaks of Jesus In the last couple of articles we have considered Josephus’ documentation on John and Baptist, James the brother of Jesus, and Herod. In this article we will be looking at Josephus’ most important corroboration with the biblical account, his documentation on Jesus. There
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Historical Evidence: Murder of James, the Brother of Jesus
Historical Evidence of the Gospel Account: Part 3 The Murder of James The bible is clear that Jesus had plenty of siblings. These would be half-brothers and half-sisters, in that Jesus came from Mary while she was still a virgin, and the rest therefore, came from the loins of Joseph afterward. Matthew 13:55-56 records the
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Historical Evidence: The Death of Herod
Historical Evidence of the Gospel Account: Part 2 Josephus (Please Refer to the previous article for information on who Josephus was), a non-Christian historian from the first century, unwittingly became a significant source by corroborating with events also found in the biblical account of the beginning days of the gospel. In this article we will
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Historical Evidence: Herod and John the Baptist
Historical Evidence of the Gospel Account: Part 1 Flavius Josephus In the year 37 AD, a Jew named Joseph was born. He grew up to become a General in the Jewish forces. During the Jewish-Roman war (66-70 AD), General Joseph and the Jews were defeated by the Romans at Galilee. Joseph then defected to the
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Where was Jesus while His Body was in the Tomb?
There are plenty of ideas out there about where Jesus was for the three days that His body lay in the grave. Some of these ideas seemed to have been pulled straight out of the imaginations of men with little to no scriptural support. Other ideas have been primarily founded on scriptures that have been