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The temptation of Jesus is often a subject to skeptics. One can say that Matthew and Luke do contradict each other. For some reason, the second and the third temptation were reversed. We all know the three temptations were pretty much as (1) turn the stones into bread, (2) jump off the pinnacle and let the angels save Jesus, and (3) worship Satan and Jesus will have all the kingdoms of the world. Yet, we read that Luke puts Matthew wrote as second as the third. What was the reason behind this one? Studying the Bible requires much research. It's not a book that can be mastered overnight. It's the Book that makes you search every other reliable (but fallible) book to authenticate its infallibility. The Apologetics Press' article " In What Order Did Satan Tempt Jesus? " by Eric Lyons gives us this insight: The problem with this allegation is that it is based upon an assumption. Those who claim that the “disorder” of temptations is a contradiction, presuppose that his...

Apparently, there are two verses that seem to come to conflict. Jeremiah 25:1 says that the siege happened during the fourth year of Jehoiakim. Yet, Daniel writes that the siege happened during the third year of Jehoiakim. It would be very important to understand how stuff was written in ancient times. It's like how we try to solve the following: It was said that Absalom only waited for four years yet the KJV uses a non-literal 40 years. 2 Samuel 15:7 is often challenged since David would be too old if Absalom waited for a literal 40 years. Yet, it's most likely said that it was Absalom was actually 40 years old when this rebellion happened but he only waited for four years. The age of Ahaziah supposedly differs in 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles. I don't buy the nonsense story from Chick Publications. Actually, we must understand that 42 refers to the time from the rise of Omri's dynasty up to Ahaziah, not the actual age. Modern versions of the Bible prefer to put his literal...

While doing the readings on Luke as part of the Christmas tradition - I wanted to do a study on Jesus going "missing" when He was 12 years old. Some people may be quick to point that Jesus was not as sinless as the Bible would want him to look like. Some even say it may possibly be erroneous (which I believe it isn't) as this would be part of Dr. Luke's penmanship. The passage can be found in Luke 2:41-52 which talks about Jesus at 12 years old in the Passover. We don't know what happened in-between the time His mother and foster father fled to Egypt and this time. Jesus' silent years would kick in again after this incident. This was a pretty interesting story. I remembered John F. MacArthur's book "The Jesus You Can't Ignore: What You Must Learn From the Bold Confrontations of Christ". MacArthur managed to try and explain Jesus' "disappearance" in the chapter "Two Passovers". It would be interesting to see the followi...

It's one thing to be King James Version (KJV) Only proponent like David W. Cloud of Way of Life Literature. It's another thing to be a KJV Only who's a nutjob like the people from Chick Publications and Jesus-is-Savior. I decided to listen to this speculation by David W. Daniels of Chick Publications concerning Ahaziah. If you just think about it - he has made some mistakes. One thing worth noting is that Athaliah is not the sister of Ahab but his daughter . 2nd Kings 8:18 and 2nd Chronicles 21:6 says that Jehoram had the daughter of Ahab to wife. Yet, I wonder why does Ahaziah claim that Athaliah is Ahab's sister? The theories from KJV Today are also very messed up which is more or less the same as Daniels'.  I guess that's why Daniels has some issues with Study Bibles. Every author is biased? Yes, including him  and I wonder has he read the "Geneva Study Bible" or the "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible?" for a start? I ...