Q. Can you tell me if Mary, the Mother of Jesus, finished her life as a virgin.  I’ve heard both versions of this one.  I assumed that after Jesus was born, then the sons and daughter that came after were both hers and Joseph’s.  However I’ve also heard that the additional children were Joseph’s from a different marriage (maybe the woman passed away?)  Do you know which is true, and also, does it even matter whether or not she was a virgin at the end?

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Q. I really enjoy your site and the daily Q&A’s that I receive. Thank you for doing this.  In one of your recent answers to a question about the Ark of the Covenant, you mentioned the Temple Institute and how they were preparing priests to be ready to serve in the Temple when it is finally rebuilt.  Please tell me how the Temple Institute determines, after two thousand years, who is from the tribe of Levi?  And more importantly, who is from the line of Aaron?

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Q. I have been a Christian for a long time and have always believed in Jesus Christ, however, as of late, I realized that I didn’t understand why I believed what I believed, so I set out on a quest.  I wanted to understand why others from different faiths believed what they believed about God.  This quest brought me to a finding that I have a question about.  It would appear that  Hinduism predates Judaism.  I also found that Krishna has a very similar story as Jesus.  Now please don’t get me wrong, I am a firm believer in Jesus, I was just hoping for an explanation for my findings.  Again, I am a firm believer, but I guess I am on a quest of reassurance.  I wish I had more faith so I didn’t doubt all the time.  It really isn’t that I doubt what I believe, I just want answers to back it up.  Do you think this is wrong to have a lack of faith like this?  To question things all the time like I do?

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Q. I think Daniel’s 70th week will likely begin around the end of 2011 with the Rapture happening sometime between now and then. I don’t believe that’s the same as naming the day and hour.  So if we are still here beginning of 2012 then are we to believe that there will be no rapture and that we will have to bear God’s wrath just like Noah did in the great flood?

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Q. I have been given a challenge by a Christian brother to explain how Christ’s prophecy of Peter’s denials were fulfilled as prophesied without contradiction. When reading the account in the four gospels they seem to convey conflicting thoughts.  Was the prophecy actually fulfilled as prophesied? Do the scriptures contradict themselves? Or did the tattletale rooster fail to do his part? Can you explain how the denials were fulfilled as prophesied without contradiction?

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Q. Does Satan not know what his end is? It is very clear in the bible, all the end time prophesies, etc. Standing in the temple proclaiming himself God and more. Why would continue along that prophesied path thinking he could possibly fight the Lord, win or even change things to his favor? I just don’t get it.

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Q. Re: Matt 2:13 and Luke 2:39.  I’ve been trying to work the timing out for these two accounts.  Luke has Joseph taking his family back to Nazareth after the dedication of the Jesus and purification requirements of Mary.  Matthew tells us they went to Egypt.

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Q. I know you believe there was a water vapor canopy surrounding the Earth before the flood, but I just read an article claiming that both the Bible and science agree that couldn’t have been so.  The author’s conclusions are based on two Hebrew words in Genesis 1:6-7 and the fact that our atmosphere couldn’t support the amount of water it would take.  What do you think?  Did God change the atmosphere so He could put the water vapor canopy in place?

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Q. How do you respond to claims in books written by unbelievers that there’s no historical evidence for the existence of Jesus and that Christianity is just another version of the savior myths that were part of so many ancient societies?

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Q. I have a question about our faith.  I am asking where our faith in the Bible as the Word of God comes from. I have only found this statement in the New Testament in one of the epistles, basically reading that all scripture is the Word of God.  So I have two questions. One is that I am hesitant to believe that the author of the epistle considered his letters to others, as well as the letters of his contemporaries, or even the Gospels themselves, which were still being written, as scripture.  Wouldn’t he only be referring to the Old Testament

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