Fulfilling the Jewish Feasts

Question: Where in the Bible can I learn about the feast days the Israelites celebrated?
Discussion: The books of Exodus and Leviticus give the origins of the rites and reasons for Jewish feast days that began about fifteen centuries before… Read More

God’s Word as a Two-Edged Sword

Question: Our group is doing a Bible study. Can you explain to us the verse in Hebrew 4:12? What does it mean by "the Word of God is a double-edge sword?"
Discussion: In The New Catholic Answer Bible, a footnote… Read More

Choosing Judah: A Discussion in Verse and Prose

Question: In a comment posted below "Foremothers and the Twelve Tribes of Israel," someone asked why God ordained Judah to be the tribe through whom the Messiah would come. You mentioned a couple of other Bible Talk articles where you… Read More

God of Anger or God of Love?

Questions: The God in the Old Testament seems to be a God of wrath and destruction. In the New Testament, He is a God of forgiveness. I don't think God changed but that man evolved. Is there anything in the… Read More

Foremothers and the Twelve Tribes of Israel

Question: Would you tell me more about the Twelve Tribes? Were there any "daughters of Israel," and who was the mother?
Discussion:  As previously mentioned, the tribes descended from the twelve sons of Jacob, whom God renamed "Israel." While each… Read More

Jewish Heritage and the Tribe of Judah

Question: If we can trace the ancestry of Jesus through the Bible, why can't Jews today?
Discussion: They can if they read and accept the New Testament accounts written by Christian believers. However, Jesus' lineage is not in dispute so… Read More

The Twelve Tribes of Israel and the Forefather of Christ

Question: Are the Twelve Tribes of Israel the same as the twelve sons of Jacob? If so, why is Joseph not always mentioned? Did Jesus come from his tribe? If not, which one and why was it chosen?
Discussion: According… Read More

The Ancestry of Jesus

Question: Why do genealogies of Jesus differ so greatly between Matthew 1 and Luke 3? A guest lecturer at a local university, speaking about the religion of Islam, pointed out the "discrepancies" between the two Gospels as a reason not… Read More

Reconciling Gospel Passages

Question: I have a couple of questions concerning passages in the Bible: (1.) How do we reconcile Jesus' telling Mary Magdalene at the garden tomb not to touch Him as He has not yet ascended to the Father, but inviting… Read More

Reading Christ’s Words In Red

Question: My question has to do with the Words of Christ. It seems to me that many if not most Protestant versions of the Bible will put the Words of Christ in red font letters. I don't see this in… Read More

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