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Could the iniquity of the fathers visit the children as the Bible says in (Ex. 20:5) and as we say “The fathers ate sour grapes and the children’s teeth are set on edge”?

The fathers can hand down to their children physically the result of their sins or sicknesses. The parent could sin …

What is the meaning of the statement of the Lord “I am the door of the sheep all who ever come before Me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them ” (John 10:7-8). Is it believable to say about all the prophets that came before Him that th

The Lord Christ, absolutely did not mean by this statement the prophets. Here He talked about those who did not …

Who were the three that Abraham the patriarch hosted in Genesis 18? Were they the Holy Trinity? Was Abraham’s worshipping them an indication of that? He talked to them at times in plural and at other times in singular, is that a proof for the Trinity?

We cannot say that these three were the Holy Trinity. For there is no clear separation in the Trinity as …

How can the Lord Christ be the maker of peace and the king of peace, and at the same time tell His disciples “he who has no sword let him sell his garment and buy one.” (Luke 22:36) What did He mean by ordering His disciples to buy a sword? Why when they

The Lord Christ absolutely did not mean the sword in its literal sense. As an evidence of that, hours …

Isn’t God the absolute goodness? How then is it said about Him that He is the maker of peace and creator of evil (Is. 45:7) while evil doesn’t agree with God’s nature.

We should know first the meaning of the word “good” and the word “evil” in the biblical terminology for they …