Common Knowledge of the Bible

The Son of God

How was the thought about Christ in the days of the early Church? Let us study the truth and the thought about Christ that early Christians had. If we put together all the prophecies of the Old and New Testaments…

Keep Yourselves From Idols

An idol is an image—visible and invisible—created by the devil to make us turn away from God and worship him. A false doctrine inducing us not to follow the truth is a kind of idol; and in a broad sense,…

Who Is Jesus?

Since the fourth century up until today, there has been continuous dispute over the nature of Jesus. Some churches consider Jesus as a creature like one of us, denying the Trinity; some churches say that Jesus is one of the…

The Apostles’ Thoughts About the Soul

“What will happen when a man dies?” “Does a man really have a soul?” “Where does a man go after he dies?” These have been the concerns and unsolved questions of numerous people for a very long time. Countless people…

God Dwells in the City of Zion, Being in the Flesh

One of the things that all Christians, who hope for salvation and eternal life, must not overlook is to meet God. The prophet Isaiah wrote, “Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near.”…

The Work of the Holy Spirit & the Work of Evil Spirits

The Protestant churches regard healing illnesses or speaking in tongues as the proof of receiving the Holy Spirit. Not only the Protestant churches but also the Catholic Church say that the shedding of tears from the Virgin Mary statue or…

The Resurrection of Life & the Resurrection of Condemnation

Let’s study about the resurrection of life and the resurrection of condemnation, through the truth Jesus taught to His disciples, and find out the way to participate in the resurrection of life in this age. “Do not be amazed at…

Foods That We Can Eat & Foods That We Must Not Eat

There are many differences between Judaism that follows the Law of Moses and Christianity that follows the Law of Christ. One of them is the regulation about food. Let us study the regulations about food in chronological order, starting from…

Clouds and the Flesh

In the Old Testament, there were many prophecies concerning the coming of Christ. Two thousand years ago, however, it was very difficult for the religious leaders to accept Jesus as Christ because He was to come in secret. That is…

Household Gods

Now Rachel had taken the household gods and put them inside her camel's saddle and was sitting on them. … So he searched but could not find the household gods. Jacob was angry and took Laban to task. … Now…

The Feast of Dedication

The Feast of Dedication was a Jewish festival observed on the 25th day of the month of Kislev (the ninth month according to the sacred calendar, which corresponds to December according to the solar calendar); it was not part of…

The Tabernacle

1. The Ten Commandments and the tabernacle When Moses received the tablets of stone inscribed with the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai, God showed him the tabernacle in heaven. As Moses came down from the mountain, he delivered the words…

Baal & Ashera

1. Baal is a word which indicates ‘master,’ ‘LORD’ Many peoples around the land of Canaan were polytheists. Among many gods, they believed Baal who was called the god of thunder, rain and wealth. Ethbaal king of Tyre was the…

Footstool

1. The earth is described as God's footstool in Isaiah chapter 66 This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my…

The History of Israel

The Reason We Learn the History of Israel The reason we learn the history of Israel is because the natural Israelites’ history contains the things that will happen to us, the spiritual Israelites. Through the prophetic points in the history…

Hebraic Jews and Grecian Jews

In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Grecian Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. Ac 6:1 According to Acts 6, there are…

Purim

Purim is the day to commemorate the event when Esther and Mordecai defeated Haman on the day that Haman chose to kill every Jew in Persia [Media-Persia] by casting the pur (the lot, Est 3:7; 9:1). In the Law of…

Greek Philosophy

The New Testament was recorded in Greek which was an international language in those days. “Philosophia” [φιλοσοφια], a Greek word for philosophy, has the meaning, “to love wisdom.” Hellas [Greece] was a country where philosophy developed from the ancient time…

Rahab and Monster

. . . Was it not you who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced that monster through? Was it not you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of…

Gehenna

1. The name of a place Gehenna, a Greek term for the Hebrew Ge-Hinnom (the Valley of Hinnom), is the name of a narrow valley in the southeast of ancient Jerusalem. This site was notorious for sacrificing little children by…