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    My beliefs about the bible incorporate the written words which were inspired by God through the Holy Spirit to the human scribes as truth. To full understand the bible, one should understand the cultures of the people in the biblical world and their understanding and influences of the world around them. Scriptures are historical, narrative, and are factual. Some of the words transcribed by monks over the centuries may have lost some of the true meaning. The errors one find in the scriptures are

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    learned about the Bible this week is Bible contradictions and discrepancies. In my textbook it states that the Bible is the only book we can wholly trust (Taylor,2009 ,p.52). What caught my attention to this topic is the apparent upright of former believers in Christ no longer believe in the Bible. Social media has changed many people’s thoughts and belief in God. I have seen full debates on a status that a Christian has posted and an unbeliever commented to tell the Christian that the Bible was untrue

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    The Bible on Gender Roles The Holy Bible is full of advice on every issue known to humanity. This advice varies in topics from society's functions to foreign policy and even gender roles. Today's western culture is very confused when it comes to gender roles, swinging over the last over 50 years from a male-dominated society to a large portion of the feminist society fighting for female dominance and the disappearance of chivalry. Society is always searching for answers from science and philosophy

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    advancing. Respecting the Bible, since it has been written it has been evolving. As the scriptures have been translated throughout the centuries, exact meaning and context have been lost within the text. What is interesting about the Bible, though, in that matter is that it continues to thrive. In our modern world, we have access to not only an English translation of the sacred text, but dozens of different versions of it. It is amazing to me that the Message version of the Bible comes

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    Sapphire Ware Zachary Malone English 130 05 November 2017 To Teach a Servant The Book of Job in the Bible is the story of an earnest man named Job who was the cream of the crop. As the book unfolds, we hear of his abundant wealth, wonderful family and how much he is faithful to God. All was going well for Job, until his life began to fall apart. Disaster soon plagues him and he loses it all. He goes through trials in which he no longer has his children, wealth, and even his health. God is thought

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    oracles, prophets and direct communication with God. In the Bible, mortals often have direct contact with God, who is seen as a father figure. In contrast, divine communication in Oedipus the King comes in the form of oracles and prophets, which are seen as an abstract entity. While both God and the Oracles have the same intent of guiding and advising those involved, individuals were more apt to listen to divine communication in the Bible because it derived from a fatherly figure while individuals

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    Jaicie Cheshier 10/2/17 Mr. Shannon Bible Study Melchizedek GENESIS 14:18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High. 19 And he blessed him and said: "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth; 20 and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand." And he gave him a tithe of all. (NKJV) Melchizedek is a priest and king of Salem mentioned three times in the Old Testament and once in the New testament

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    From its first pages, the Holy Bible indicates that the most terrible events in the annals of space occur due to the human actions. From the theological point of view, the man is designated with such importance due to the fact of being the reason of war between God and Lucifer. Unfortunately, after the Fall of man, the evil was allowed into the world, and thus the world got secluded from God. God can speak to people, is able to remind them of His existence, but the whole tragedy of the pre-Christian

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    Requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy In Advanced Prophetics By Justin G. Prock Pyeongtaek, South Korea July 2016 PROPHECY IN THE HISTORICAL BOOKS Based upon Tim LaHaye’s numbers, the average amount of prophecy in the twelve “Historical” books of the Bible is 15.41%1., with the Book of II Chronicles having the most at 31% and the Book of Esther having the least at 1%. Regardless of how much prophecy is involved in these books, what is important is the history of people of Israel through the period of

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    The bible was built on four biblical acts.The first was the act of creation, when God created everything the heavens and the earth including everything within it. The second was the actof fall, when Adam and Eve committed adultery, meaning they theirselves ahead of the one who created them. They want to be more powerful and greater then him, at the result we are paying for they iniquities. The third act was the act of redemption, when Christ came and died for our sins. The fourth act was restoration

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