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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2012-05-12
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Proverbs 6:23
Proverbs 6:23 (ESV)
For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,Created 21 days ago
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When someone is down in the dumps, be a support!
I've always wondered at Noah's harsh curse to Ham's son. Why did he react that way? The Bible doesn't go into detail here (at least in the translations I can read), but I imagine that Ham looked at his…
Created about 1 month ago
Genesis 9:22 (NKJV), Genesis 9:23 (NKJV), Genesis 9:24 (NKJV)
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Symbols
This is a promise to humanity and to all living creatures! God gave a new meaning to this beautiful reflection of sunlight; now rainbows give the world a message of God's love. This symbolism reminds…
Created about 1 month ago
Genesis 9:12 (NKJV), Genesis 9:13 (NKJV), Genesis 9:14 (NKJV), Genesis 9:15 (NKJV)
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Shall not cease
I love this verse! It's so poetic, and it's such a great message of love.
Created about 1 month ago
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Gen 9:3 - about meat
At first glance, it may look like God allowed Noah and his family to eat whatever animal they wanted to in Genesis 9:3, as opposed to eating only clean animals. BUT there are a few problems with that…
Created 3 months ago
Genesis 7:2 (KJV), Genesis 7:8 (KJV), Genesis 8:20 (KJV), Genesis 9:3 (KJV)
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Remember Methuselah?
Methuselah died sometime during the year of the great flood. Calculation: Methuselah lived 782 years more AFTER begetting Lamech, and Lamech died at age 777. He lived 5 years more after his son Lamech…
Created 5 months ago
Genesis 5:21 (KJV), Genesis 5:22 (KJV), Genesis 5:23 (KJV), Genesis 5:24 (KJV), Genesis 5:25 (KJV), Genesis 5:26 (KJV), Genesis 5:27 (KJV), Genesis 5:28 (KJV), Genesis 5:29 (KJV), Genesis 5:30 (KJV), Genesis 5:31 (KJV), Genesis 5:32 (KJV), Genesis 7:1 (KJV), Genesis 7:2 (KJV), Genesis 7:3 (KJV), Genesis 7:4 (KJV), Genesis 7:5 (KJV), Genesis 7:6 (KJV), Genesis 7:7 (KJV), Genesis 7:8 (KJV), Genesis 7:9 (KJV), Genesis 7:10 (KJV), Genesis 7:11 (KJV), Genesis 7:12 (KJV), Genesis 7:13 (KJV), Genesis 7:14 (KJV), Genesis 7:15 (KJV), Genesis 7:16 (KJV), Genesis 7:17 (KJV), Genesis 7:18 (KJV), Genesis 7:19 (KJV), Genesis 7:20 (KJV), Genesis 7:21 (KJV), Genesis 7:22 (KJV), Genesis 7:23 (KJV), Genesis 7:24 (KJV)
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Noah's Father and other thoughts
Noah's father died five years before the flood. He lived 595 years after begetting Noah, and the flood began when Noah was 600 years old. I wonder what Noah's father thought of the Ark and the flood.…
Created 5 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights
2012-01-06
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Explanation of "repent" mistranslation
The King James Version is a medieval, outdated translation. Many words used in it have changed meaning over time, and that causes a lot of confusion if you don't take this into account. One of those words…
Created 5 months ago
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Sons of God and Daughters of Men
What I understand through this verse is that men who followed God began to lust after the girls of the world, and "took" as many of them as they wanted. They became corrupt. Noah and his family were…
Created 5 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2012-01-06
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Adam's many sons and daughters
Adam had many sons and daughters. Most of them are not directly mentioned in the Bible; we only hear of a very small few. If we realize this fact, the so-called "contradiction" of where Adam's first-born,…
Created 5 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2012-01-05