Posted May 18th, 2013 in Holidays and Holy Days
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
Pentecost comes in the early summer (mid May-mid June). It’s the only Levitical Feast Day between the 3 Spring Feasts (Passover, Unleavened Bread, and First Fruits) and the 3 in the fall (Rosh Hashanna, Yom Kippur, and Tabernacles). The Hebrew name for this Day is Shavuot, which means weeks, so in Israel it’s often called the Feast of Weeks.
Posted May 22nd, 2013 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. I have a question about something that was thrown into the middle of the conversation between Jesus and the centurion in Matthew chapter 8. In 8:11 and 12, Jesus goes from marveling at the faith of the centurion to telling His followers about people eating with Abraham Isaac and Jacob (the Jewish people) in the Kingdom of Heaven but those that already live there (the children of the Kingdom) will be tossed out. Is this referring to the angelic realm? I’m really confused.
Posted May 21st, 2013 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. It seems to me that Jesus gave up his divinity when He became a man. He was still God and man but in order to pay the price to redeem us he had to do it as a sinless man. I don’t believe he ever used His divine power to do any of the works that He had done, but that He operated only in faith. Otherwise Satan could have said he (God) was operating illegally in the Earth.
Posted May 21st, 2013 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. After reading the “Left Behind” series I became convinced that there was a second chance for all people to choose Christ and have salvation through Him after the Rapture of the church and during the Tribulation period. But after reading the parable of the Ten Virgins, it sounds like the door will be shut to everyone after the bridegroom comes and takes those who are ready into the wedding banquet.
Am I confusing two different subjects, or are there conflicting interpretations of the ability of Gentiles to be saved post-rapture during the Tribulation period?
Posted May 20th, 2013 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. Re: Will Having Sex Keep Me From The Rapture? My Bible says, ” fornicators will not inherit The Kingdom of God” 1 Cor. 6:9. Another litany of sins followed by “those who practice such things shall not inherit The Kingdom of God” is found in Gal.5:19-21 The Bible is very specific on our behavior (actions) that keeps us from The Kingdom of God. Paul calls them ‘the deeds of the flesh’. In 1 Cor. 6:11 Paul goes on to say, “such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our GOD.” How could a person who practices such as these be in The Kingdom of God?
Posted May 20th, 2013 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. You mentioned in one of your writings that there are 613 basic laws. I believe, for salvation, no law is required but only by grace through faith we are saved. (But, do not kill, do not covet, do not steal, etc., are still valid in our lives, right?) So, what is the present status of the Law; usually known as the Mosaic Law, to a NT believer (and a non-believer)?
Posted May 19th, 2013 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. Re: 2 Thessalonians 2:3 “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition.” I have heard this interpreted in 2 ways: 1) This is the Rapture 2) This is Apostasy.
I personally lean toward Apostasy because there is so much of it right now. What are your thoughts?
Posted May 10th, 2013 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. I have accepted Christ as my Savior but am having trouble with the view that I can continue to commit adultery, to steal, murder or whatever and be in heaven with him. Was his death a licence for me to be able to do all these things and be saved or can his spirit live his life through me and I stop doing these sinful things? Or either way I go I am saved?
Posted May 9th, 2013 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. A friend of mine quotes John 3:18 to support her belief that people who refuse to accept Christ as Lord and Savior before the Rapture will not be allowed to change their minds and accept Him after the Rapture. She says the only ones saved during the Tribulation will be those who have not previously heard the gospel. I always thought that those who are left behind, who know about salvation although never accepting it, will know what had happened and will accept Christ at that time. What do you think?
Posted May 9th, 2013 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. The Bible says in Genesis 1:27: “So God created man is his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” (RSV) If we are created in God’s image where does the sin nature each of us has come from?
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