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In 2 Corinthians 6:15, who or what is "Belial"?
Belial
The best answer to the question, "who is Belial" is: Satan.
NIDNTTE gives this listing of meanings:
Βελιάρ G1016 (Beliar), Beliar (Belial)
Concept: Satan
JL This name evidently ...
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In 2 Corinthians 6:15, who or what is "Belial"?
Phanuel, may his name be exalted forever, asked me quite forcefully to clear up all this man of sin business for the upcoming Armageddon
Perhaps all you mortals enjoy speculative fiction using ChatGPT ...
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Does God love those who love Him and hate those who hate Him?
It seems to be a theme throughout the Old Testament; does it change
in the New?
I would challenge that this a theme throughout the OT. Some OT teachings emphasize that God loves even evildoers and ...
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Does God love those who love Him and hate those who hate Him?
God loves those he destroys. In the Sermon on the Mount accounts, Jesus says we should emulate the Most High, our Father, in loving our enemies. So it seems like Jesus is clearly saying God loves his ...
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In light of Deuteronomy 21 & 24, was the hanging of Saul's descendants in 2 Samuel 21 a violation of the law?
I cannot answer the question of why they were left to hang on the tree for so long, but I do believe that this passage is a foreshadowing of Christ. It is 7 people (the complete number) - sons of the ...
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Do the ten commandments cascade from the greatest to the least in Exodus 20:1-17?
No.
The existence of different content and orderings of the commandments by different versions of the Old Testament precludes any notion of any prscribed ordering by rank. In particular, the Masoretic ...
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Why was David allowed to take more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, during the establishment of his government, in direct violation of Deut, 17:17
Allowed to sin Why was David allowed to marry several wives? The answer has to do with "free will" if we were to discuss this theologically in a seminary. But we must not let that phrase ...
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Suffer the sins of your parents (Deut 5:9) or not (Ezk 18:2)
My original question was specifically about Deuteronomy 5:9 and Ezekiel 18:2. Answers from Anne and Ray brought some clarity to those specific verses. Anne points out that verse 5 ends with "of ...
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Deuteronomy 18:15 "from among your midst, from your brothers"
מֵאַחֶיךָ (“from among you” or “from your midst”) is further specified by מֵאַחֶיךָ (“from your brothers”). מֵאַחֶיךָ is the general and מֵאַחֶיךָ the particular.
The audience is “all Israel”.1 ...
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Ancient Bible Hebrew Deuteronomy 18:15
This is a more precise translation:
The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet from among your own people, like myself; him you shall heed. (Deut. 18:15, JPS1985)
מִקִּרְבְּךָ֤ - from among/...
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Deuteronomy 18:15 "from among your midst, from your brothers"
As you well-mentioned, מִקִּרְבְּךָ֤ and מֵאַחֶ֙יךָ֙ are in apposition to each other. More specifically, they are in a parallel construction (as we bump into so often in Hebrew). There are three ...
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Suffer the sins of your parents (Deut 5:9) or not (Ezk 18:2)
It is not only Ezekiel 18 that seems to run contrary to Deut. 5:9. Deuteronomy itself says (24:16):
Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall
children be put to death for their ...
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Suffer the sins of your parents (Deut 5:9) or not (Ezk 18:2)
There are several instances in the Old Testament of people misunderstanding God on this matter. The misunderstanding originated long before the Ten Commandments were set in stone, where that bit about ...
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