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I Will Multiply Your Sorrow - Genesis 3:16
The curse of sin, as meted out in Gen 3 had several components:
SERPENT (V14, 15):
cursed above all livestock (V14)
it would crawl on its belly
it would eat dust
God would put enmity between the ...
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I Will Multiply Your Sorrow - Genesis 3:16
Biologically, the intensity of labor pain can be explained by the sensitivity of nerve receptors. Surely God is capable to make this more severe. However, since Eve had not experienced labor before ...
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By the phrase "οὔτε ἐν τῷ μέλλοντι", was Jesus saying that there are sins that could be forgiven after death?
A literal reading of the Bible, without the burden of doctrine, provides a simple answer to the question of what it means to be forgiven in the age to come.
Jesus said that he would return and that (...
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Was King David's sin only against God?
Even while David says in his Psalm that his sin was only against God, it was likely that he had sinned against others too. There are multiple reasons that he might have said this in the Psalm. One of ...
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When did the concept that God allows time before judging someone for his/ her sins take root in pre-Messianic era?
In the Bible book of Proverbs, a wise man is one who is patient, and "it is to his glory to overlook an offence" (transgression, or sin, against him). Proverbs 19:11. However, the Bible is ...
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When did the concept that God allows time before judging someone for his/ her sins take root in pre-Messianic era?
If by judgement is meant immediate death imposed, then the answer is in Gen. 3: 23-24 when He banished Adam & Eve from the garden, and in Gen.4:10-16 when God allowed Cain to live as a marked man ...
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Rom 5:12 - Did death come to Eve through Adam?
To answer whether death came to Eve through Adam, based on Romans 5:12 ("Through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin"), we can analyze the text in light of the proposed ...
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Why does the guilt remain after forgiveness in Exodus 34:7?
First the general statement, then the specific question about Bathsheba's first son.
The general statement does present a paradox: God forgives sins yet does not clear the guilt and even punishes ...
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Why does the guilt remain after forgiveness in Exodus 34:7?
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In Exodus 34:7, God says He is abounding in goodness and mercy and forgives iniquity and transgression but he doesn't clear the guilt, what does this mean?
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This is a ...
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Why does the guilt remain after forgiveness in Exodus 34:7?
As someone who is prone to a touch of numeric dyslexia (transposing figures), I recognised the two later references to Exodus 7:34 to actually being intended for 34:7! Sympathies!
Well Exodus 34:7 has ...
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Did Eve have a girl child or girl children before the birth of Cain?
Do the words ' greatly increase ' imply that Eve had already given birth to a child or children before she committed the sin of disobedience?
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No Old and New Testament scripture teaches that Eve ...
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Did Eve have a girl child or girl children before the birth of Cain?
The text indicates the first instance of Eve's bearing a child in Gen. 4:1, as the OP mentions. There is no mention of any earlier children born to Eve. Genesis 5:4 mentions daughters, but in this ...
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(Genesis 4:7) What is Cain Ruling Over? Sin? The Door?
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
'Sin' in this context has more than ...
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What are the Implications of Mathews 12:32 to trinitarian theology?
When the Spirit, God’s possession, came to be understood as God Himself
The Use of the Definite Article with the Genitive Case τοῦ and τῆς
ἡ γὰρ σὰρξ ἐπιθυμεῖ κατὰ τοῦ πνεύματος, τὸ δὲ πνεῦμα κατὰ τῆς ...
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Jonathan sinned against Saul not God
Jonathan did go against the King’s oath. He violated the oath of God’s anointed.
Jonathan first ate the honey and then was told of King Saul’s oath.
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How are we to understand Jesus' words in Matthew 7:21-23, and how they were to be applied by hearers?
The OP asks, “How is the reader to discern such lawlessness -- disobedience, in their own everyday walk of faith?” Before addressing this question, we need to first establish the context of Matthew 7:...
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How did the Lord 'put away' the sin of David? 2 Samuel 12:13
I personally believe God used this moment to present us with a prophecy regarding Jesus. The rationale for this is that God said David's sin was put away and immediately after He told him, through ...
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